ENVIRONMENT

Burrard Inlet concerns discussed

THE BURRARD inlet En-
vironmental Action Program
(BIEAP), created by Environment
Canada, Fisheries and Oceans
Canada, B.C. Environment,
Greater Vancouver Regional
District and the Vancouver Port
Corporation hosted its first
meeting with the stakeholders of
Burrard Inlet on Oct. U1.

Nearly 50 industries attended an
open forum held at Simon Fraser
University, downtown campus,
where they were introduced to the
five-year program plan for
BIEAP.

Government and industry
discussed their mutual efforts to
improve the environmental condi-
tions ef the inlet.

The ::.Justry members discussed
their various concerns about in-
creased government regulation and
shared information about their

:. environmental initiatives to date.

It was emphasized by members

from the BIEAP panel of agencies
that industry is not the sole
polluter, nor the major con-
tributor to the degradation of en-
vironmental quality in the Inlet.

The invitation was made to par-
ticipate actively in the prograra
through options such as working
committees or special industry
groups.

“The Burrard Inlet environment
must be improved through the
concerted efforts of industry,
municipalities, the regional, pro-
vincial and federal environmental
agencies and the public. Joint
management of the resources is
increasingly being shared with in-
dustry,’’ said Brian Clark, chair-
man of the BIEAP Implementa-
tion Committee, and B.C. en-
vironment coordinator.

John Jordan, environmental
manager for the Vancouver Port
Corporation and a member of the
BIEAP management conimittee,

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confirmed the role of industry.

‘There are numerous examples
of industry and government work-
ing on environmental improve-
ments in the Inlet in the last few
years which we hope to expand on
to meet the BIEAP objectives. We
can have continued economic
growth of the port while controll-
ing impacts, and cleaning up ex-
isting problems.”’

This is the first of the public
meetings scheduled to increase
awareness of the nature of the
problems affecting Burrard Inlet
and to detail BIEAP’s approach
to tackle these problems.

BIEAP has now opened its of-
fice at 803 - 510 West Hastings St.
for weekday visitation, 8:30 a.m.
te 5 p.m., with extended evening
hours on Thursday to 9 p.m. for
scheduled appointments.

For further information, call
775-5197.

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