BUREAUCRATIC fo- ‘in... Victoria | . ulups prevented - 13. appeals against the spraying of | pesticides on B.C. Rail trackbéd from. West Vancouver to Fort St. John even from being considered. The . Pesticide Control Appeal Board has told appellants, including the West Van branch of the Society for Pollution and Environment Control (SPEC) and a member of the Chemical Hazards Alert Committe (CHAC) that insufficient time was allowed for the submission of ap- peals. Spraying of Krovar 1 and Tordon 22K went ahead the first half of September as had been requested by the rail company to keep down vegetation growth along the trackbed. ALDERMANIC candidate Dana’‘Taylor wants to know if North Vancouver City’s “flexible” Parks and Recreation Master Pian means more neighborhood parks for the lower Lonsdale area. Taylor posed the question to City council Monday night when it took time to answer public inquiries. He told council that lower Lonsdale had a_ small number of parks for the : By CHRISLLOYD _ A permit for the spraying was issued July. 28 and the Ministry of Environment set August 25 as the deadline for receiving notices of appeal. That deadline made the exercise pointless since the Pesticide Control Appeal Board stuck to its customary practice of requiring 30 days’ notice for. both permit holders and appellants before starting. an appeal. Organizations and_ in- dividuals who submitted a total of 13. notices of in- tention to appeal were not made aware of the 30-day notice requirement by the board and went ahead with detailing their grounds for appeal, as requested by the administrator who issued the permit. Shirley Mitchell, executive secretary to the appeal board, would not’- permit the NEWS to speak ants more N' number of people living in the area. He also asked what money had been set aside for restoration of dilapidated equipment such as that in parks in the lower Lonsdale area. Alderman Stella Jo Dean said the City was hoping to get two lots near Heywood, to the east of lower Lon- sdale, for use as park. Hall replied that putting more parks into the area was with board Chairman F.A. Hillier but.-said she would ‘answer any questions. - “We didn't get the grounds for appeal until September 9, 10 and 21,” she said. “That was the situation that developed and the board had no involvement in the matter at this point.” Sharon McKay, of North Vancouver, who submitted a written appeal on behalf of the. Vancouver Natural History Society and who is also a member of CHAC, received a letter from Hillier Stating that the appeals had been dismissed. On the basis of the appeal board sticking to its 30-day advance notice requirement, he said, the hearing would have been set for the middle of October at the earliest. “IMPOSSIBLE” “Since the life of this permit extended from August 8, 1981 to September parks one of his priorities. Council had passed a resolution that the Parks and Recreation Master Plan prepared for the City be accepted “as a flexible planning tool” at the meeting. = Beautiful 15,1981 and since that time has now expired, their permit is no longer in existance,” his letter stated. “Because of the 30-day lead time, it was impossible to call a hearing while the permit was in existance. Since the permit is no longer in existance, it also follows that here can be no appeals against this permit.” Apparently. SPEC asked the board to issue a stay on the spraying, which the board discretion. “But by that time the (spraying) program was pretty well over,” Mitchell said. Asked why breakdown in munication such a com- should occur between two government agencies, negating the submission of people invited to appeal, Williams responded, “How do you get around these things unless you bring the government to a grinding stop?” THE NEWS asked Mit- chell whether the ad- ministrator calling for the appeals would not be aware of the 30-day notice for the appeal board and ~ she responded: “I don’t know where this conversation is getting us. We handled the situation the best we could.” bill by as much as 75%, can do at its . efficiency in first place We believe that when you see the Free heat Machine, you will too. Installs wy 45 munutes and produces enough heat to reduce your heating ° woos a “er Al5 « «Wednesday; November 4, 1981 - North. Shore: News PERRAULT, SMYTH & COMPANY Certified General Accountants Bookkeeping & Accounting Auditing income Tax Consulting Management Consulting 102-1 975 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver, B.C. 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