AS - Wednesday, August 22, 1984 - North Shore News MERCURY MOVES Howe Sound group fighting A SPOKESMAN for the Save the Howe Sound ‘*The permit being applied Committee (SHSC) says a federal-provincial study for asks for an increase in that will investigate levels of mercury being chan- ‘h¢ total effluent but not an . increase in the mercury nelled into Howe Sound resulted from protests by discharged into the estuary. the SHSC over the operations of a Squamish- Apparently FMC has already based chemical company. increased its production of chlor-alkali and is now ask- Lorna Calvert says the ing for permission to do SHSC is protesting the ap what it has been doing for plication by FMC of Canada some time. Surely the correct Ltd. for a permit to In the letter to the procedure is to submit a discharge mercury into the Regional Waste Manager, proposal, apply for a permit, Squamish estuary in a more Calvert says the Committee allew time for feedback diluted form than in also feels FMC should con- front affected persons, and previous years. FMC, which opened a chlor-alkahi plant on the Squamish estuary in 1965, was closed down in 1970 due to the high level of mercury discharged into the estuary sider converting to another process of making chior- alkali, which does not use mercury. “Out of 16 = chlor-alkali plants in Canada, by 1978 nine had converted to other only after the permit is ap- proved, then increase pro- duction.’’ Calvert says the committee is currently planning to ap- proach the local federal can- didates to ‘‘sound them out during the previous five years. Once the company im- proved its pollution control and met federal guidelines, it was permitted to re-open. In recent correspondence to the Regional Waste Man- ager, the SHSC protests FMC’s application for in- creased discharge of ef- fluent, the future develop- ment by FMC of a hydrogen peroxide plant which could disturb the mercury already present in the sediment, and the further discharge of mer- cury into Howe Sound. processes,’’ says Calvert. on the Sound’s issues.’”’ DR. CATHERINE L. MARI is pleased to announce the opening of her office in the Practice of Dentistry 660 CLYDE AVE. WEST VANCOUVER 922-5522 i NEWS photo Ellsworth Dickson MARIE has lived in Iceland, enjoys weight training and is a gourmet cook. Her ambition is to own a sailboat and explore the coast. HONS QGATe MOSOPICAI THE NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER HOSPITAL SOCIETY NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING september 6, 1984 The Annual General Meeting of the North and West Vancouver Hospital Society will be held at the North Vancouver Recreation Centre, 123 East 23rd Street, North Vancouver, BC. on the 6th day of September 1984. Registration will begin at 615 PM. The Chairman will convene the meeting at 6:30 P.M. and will immediately declare a recess until 7:;33;0 PM. which will permit members to vote for candidates to the Board of Direc- tors prior to re-commencement of the meeting. Members must vote between 6:30 P.M. and 7:30 PM. No ballots will be issued after 7:30 PM. Nominees to the Board of Directors will not be speaking at the Annual General Meeting but may be heard on a special presentation by Shaw Cable, Channel 10 on Thursday, August 30, at 9:00 P.M. The program will be repeated on the same channel, Wednesday. September 5, at 8:OO PM. Special Resolutions pertaining to the Society's By-Laws will be presented to the members for their considera. tion. The complete resolutions have been mailed to all members. Air conditioned Cadillacs 937-3333 Travel in style FALL SESSION | 13 weeks - $65.00 Over 170 classes per week, unlimited use, mild to very intense 1731 Marine Drive rie. x Fines