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4,

. Te public hearirigs’ hela’

: grounds,

‘used’ ‘crankcase _ oil

._of road
‘liquid - effluent,
"_ satisfies, municipal authori:.

by North Van District\Council
Monhiday “were “objectionable

 \affairs—in the..sénse that

four people launched lengthy

* objections at each of.them.

In the’ ° first hearing, :
- concerning an application by.
. Mohawk Oi} _ Co. LEtd. . ta.

re-refine used lubricated oils
in the general industrial zone
2 of the. Forester/Ewen/

. Bridge St. area: -near®, the

north end of Second Narrows,
the principal objections were
raised ..on environmental.

_ David Skagen, president of

-\ Mohawk Oil, outlined the

broad detail of the proposed
operation which includes the
collection by tanker truck of
from
service stations and other
users and storage in large
tanks at the proposed plant,
where it will eventually go
through a're-cycling process
which makes it re-usable.

.It was emphasised that the
process in no way resembles
the refining activities across
the Inlet at IOCO.= and
Burnaby, refineries. Skagen
likened the proposed plant to

_a laundry and stated that all

‘that .happens -is that the
impurities are.extracted to
make the oil as good as new.

_ The impurities also pro-.
duce a waste product which
can-_be used in the production
aking material. The
he | said,.

fies as: to \its discharg
hrough the sewerage sy$
tem,,and the air emission
are ‘almost -,entirely . water
vapor. Norjeffluent would be
discharged| into Burrard
Inlet, nor would there be any
noxious odours connected:
with the process.

District Fire Chief
Macdonald, when questioned
by council, t
was Satisfied about fire
safety and assured the
meeting that even a major
fire at the plant could be

onfirmed that he —

ae 5

_ contained within the plant

area.

_ The. objectors,
one. representing

_ mainly. “expressed cbncern

that . the ..municipality .
attracting too much chemical
industry in the Maplewood-
Second Narrows area and

. pointed to Hooker Chemicals,

Dow, and now, Mohawk. .

‘before othér dangerous pro-
cess industries involved with

‘chemicals: would be permit- ~

ted..to locate here,

they
wanted to know.

e

2 How’ long -would it:. be.

They pointed out -that | ---

neither Mohawk nor Dow
were labor-intensive indust-
ries and pointed ‘out all the

‘tdangers"’, real orimagined, -

that are traditionally aired on
these occasions. ©  -

.feturn the matter to council
for further action. ~

RESTAURANT CRITICIZED "

' The second public hearing,
which appeared to, be a
simple matter of granting
Torchy’s Rib House, 1050
_West Queens Road, a siting
areaj amendment to permit
an addition to the restaurant,
turned out to be not so
simple. . T

The hearing decided to .

~

‘

‘A succéssion. of . four

across-the-street neighbors

of the restaurant told council '

a story of noxious smells, late
-night noise, . parking prob-

. lems and open: garbage bins
attracting crows and other .

vermin to the. area.

All expressed the fear that
the real estate values of. their
homes were ibeing seriously
eroded, and one resident told
council that alterations ap-
peared to be being made.at
this time, despite the fact
that no permit had yet been
approved. °

All four objected to any

expansion of; Torchy’s and
asked council to deny the

. .
Aone

on his*.own, «this. young

diver, and the instructors
feel alot better to know
there Is a helping hand
waiting below. (Terry
Peters phota)

iment. They also want-

ed cotincil to make Torchy's ©

clean tip its act.

Council appeared to be
more than a little displeased
with what it had hear [and
quickly agreed to have’ the

matter returned tocommittee -

for further consideration.

Community schools backed in WV

Recommendations of West

Vancouver's Community
School Task Force led by
Alderman Ann Arnott were
adopted as policy by West
Vin counvil last week.

The task force encouraged
council to retain the com-

munity school concept in the.

western section of the
district, to extend decentral-
ized recreation programs and

JACK
DAVIS

to continue co-operation with
the school board on cost-
sharing——with council paying
25 per gent and the school
board paying 75 per cent of
funding.

Thanks the Voters
in North Vancouver-
Seymour for their
support

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