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mergency spill staged

Local organizations to simulate barge/ship collision

NORTH VANCOUVER-
based CanadianOxy Indus-
trial Chemicals Ltd. has or-
ganized an emergency
response exercise for
Tuesday, July 13, that will
involve a simulated barge-
ship accident and chemical
spill.

The Canadian Coast Guard
(ship safety and hovercraft), Van-
couver Port Corporation (Port
Police), Emergency Health Ser-
vices (B.C. Ambulance), North
Vancouver District Fire Depart-
ment (fireboat), the chemical in-
dustry (CanadianOxy and

(barge towing comipany), and
Burrard Clean Lid. (petroleum
industry emergency responder) will
be involved in the exercise.

Approximately 35 to 40 people
will be directly involved in the ex-
ercise,

Participating by telephone only
will be Transport Canada and the
Provincial Emergency Program.

The exercise, Transcaer (Trans-
portation Community Awareness
Emergency Response} Marine
Emergency Exercise, will test
emergency response planning,
training and capabilities.

The scenario addressed by the
training exercise, scheduled to
take place at 9 a.in., involves the
collision of a ship transporting

couver Island pulp mill and an
inbound grain ship in poor
weather,

The vessels collide in the ship-
ping Jane southeast of Lighthouse
Park.

The collision results in damage
to the caustic soda transport barge
as well as damage to a loaded
sulfuric acid rail car located on
the deck of the barge.

According to company
spokesman Terry Litchfield, the
company supports 24-hour
emergency response teams that
train on a.monthly basis for any
potential spill.

CanadianOxy refines chlorine,
hydrochinric acid and caustic

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substation prepared by Lonsdale Quay dola fare), To register phone
merchants will be on sale on GVRD Parks at 432-6359 be-
Sunday, July 18, 2-4 p.m. at tween 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
the Quay. All proceeds go to Monday to Friday.
charity. Included in the fun is a a
sing-and-dance-along to the GROUSE MOUNTAIN PIC-
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Clog Dancer. View’? day for over 200 physi-

cally/mentally challerged
GOAT RID G E children and underprivileged
WILDFLOWERS ... Explore kids as The Variety Club hosts
the beauty of alpine it 9th Annual Grouse Mountain
wildflowers during their brief Picnic. The big day features
summer season. Join a lunch and. activities, including
GVRD-sponsored hike to Goat face painters, Burk Hoffman
Ridge in Lynn Headwaters the Organ Grinder and lots of
Regional Park, North Van- mascots. For more information
couver District, on July 18. call 936-0037.
Park naturalists will meet you ~
at the Grouse Mountain Gon-
dola and lead you on a 16-
kilometre (10-mile) round-trip If your community group has
hike to subalpine meadows. an upcoming event, send a
The hike begins at 9:30 a.m. press release to Community
and ends at 2:30 p.m. Bulletin Board, c/o North
Everyone eight years and older Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale
_who is in good physical shape Ave., North Vancouver, V7M
is welcome. Advance registra- 2H4, or fax 985-3227.

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WEST VANCOUVER
DISTRICT COUNCIL

by Maureen Curtis

THE BC Hydro substation at the
foot of 17th Street in West Van- -
couver will be replaced by a park-
ing lot for 15 to 20 vehicles ac-
cording to a lease agreement sign-
ed’ by BC Hydro and the
municipality. . . .

West Vancouver District Coun-

cil agreed June 14 to proceed with
an agreement that. will cost the
district $100 per year in rent for
the next. 10 years,

It will also cost the municipality
approximately $60,000 to remove
_ the existing. building, relocate

telephone cable and a fence and
‘then pave and landscape the new
parking lot. cs

West Vancouver parks director

Kevin Pike said staff are attempt-

ing to create as many parking
:~ Stalls as possible on the site with a

minimal loss of trees. ‘

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