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| Lions Gate treatment
plant exceeds permit

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levels for seventh time
THE NORTH Shore’s municipal. sewage
system has been Nagged by Victoria for the
seventh time for exceeding permitted flows.

By lan Noble

News Reporter

And the fact that the Greater Vancouver Regional
District (GVRD), which runs the Lions Gate sewage
plant, has not been charged for.its infractions has Jed
to charges of favoritism from environmentalists and
local outdoorsmen. a

~The Lions, Gate’ phint discharges: primary-treated
liquid waste inté the waters just west of the Lions Gate
Bridge. : . ;

Actording to data supplied by the plant, Lions Gate
excceded permit: flows 52% of the time during the
(period from October 1994 to March [99S,

The hint last appeared in the provincial povera-
ments twice

rly Environmental Protection |

Noncompliance Report in August 1993.

At that Gime, it was highlighted for exceeding per-—

mit levels for flows 28% of the ume.

A July 1991 seport stated the plant exceeded. its
permit for toxicity, tron and flow,

The first report. in 1990, simply said: “Concern
regarding poor sewage effluent quality.”

The province is trying to bring the sewage plant
into compliance through a liquid waste management
plan, said Harvey Maxwell, an environmental protec-
tion officer for the Lower Mainland region.

Currently, the plant operates under a permit that
outlines lintits to the quantity and quality of the plant's
discharge, he said.

However, the management plan is much broader, °

he said. i
The three-phase plan includes public reviews, deci-
sions on storm water and solids management, and
upgrading the facilities, he said.
“We're looking at 20 10 25 years into the future for
the liquid waste management plan.” he said.
Currently the: plan is in stage ovo, developing
detailed plans tor the most reasonable options for lig-
uid waste management based on technical, social and
economic parameters, he suid.
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