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‘NORTH. VANCOUVER'S Lyan'‘€ Creek’ has suf-
fered another chemical spill.

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ministry. conservation officer. °
Doug Adolph.-the week after
a‘: federal FisHeries and:

dustrial” chemicals flowing
into Lynn Creek from a 21-
inch ; storm. sewer outlet on
July 9.:

_ Neither. the extent of the

fished killed, if any, have
thus. far been accurately
ape Although samples

‘businesses
Charlotte Roag. in the in-

_ same location,”’

. to be worked out,

from the first spill killed fish’

within 10 minutes in subse-

quent ministry lab tests, no.
dead..fish.were found in the.
creek as a result of the spill...
_ Bill“Hazledine, head ‘of- .
ficer for /
Lower: Mainland :conserva--'

the ministry’s

tion services, said the.second
spill was -witnessed by

‘Adolph in the course of the *

ministry’s. monitoring -the
area where the first spill oc-
curred. .

' The ‘source of the July 9

spill was narrowed down to

one of three. electro-plating
located along

dustrial Lynnmour area on

the..east. bank of Lynn.

Creek.
The © spill
Adolph ‘is’ not from the
said
Hazledine, “and the ‘chemi-

witnessed “by”

cal involved is different.?*
Suspected source of the
spill is from a manufacturing

‘business backing..onto the

creek from Lynn Avenue.
Although no. fish were killed

in the most recent spill,

Hazledine said the chemical

* involved was capable of kill-
_ing fish.

John Bremner, director of

- engineering for the. District

of North :Vancouver, . said
Fridey that he informed
‘ministry officials of the most
recent spill July 12, after be-
ing tipped off by North
Shore. health -
“The health department had
been called by a private citi-

zen who had knowledge 'of'a:
‘regularly: :
dumped chemicals into: the.

company |. that
creek.’’- .

Legal. proceedings were
never: initiated by the en-

inspectors:

vironment ministry "against
those responsible for the Ju--
ly 9 spill because ministry
lawyers concluded enough
evidence to convict ‘did’ not’
exist.

But Hazledine said: Friday
that charges against’ those.
responsible for the: latest °
spill are likely.

Because ministry »
vestigations into the incident .
have not yet-been completed, .::
Hazledine said the suspected:

“source ~cannot:’ be’ ‘released:

He. expects those investiga-:.
tions to. be completed within.
aweek:i-0 o.

The’. person.: ‘or. ‘persons :
responsible, if. ‘convicted -

under, section 33 of the Fed-
eral: Fisheries: ‘Act,: which =:
prevents: dumping *- -Of
deleterious substances into
waters frequented. by fish, .

’ face fines.of up te to $25, 000.

Premier St. land ill]
closure delayed_

NORTH VANCOUVER. District -Council has’
“scrapped - hopes of ‘closing the ‘Premier Street

landfill by December.

In a report to council,
Mayor Marilyn Baker said
the Greater Vancouver
Sewerage and Drainage
District, a Greater Van-
couver Regional Disirict
subcommittee of which
Baker is a member, has
drafted a Solid Waste
Management Plan that will
clase the Premier Street
Jandfill by 1988.

Efforts to close the local
landfill have been stymied by
a provincial veto of: a
Langley landfill and a reluc-
tance. by Vancouver
Delta to allow the GVRD to
use Burns Bog landfill in
Delta.

‘NOT IDEAL

While the ‘‘details’’ have
accep-
tance of the plan would
mean ‘‘the Premier Street

' gite would continue to

‘operate under altered condi-
tions. as projects come on-

_ “stream. ... to. handle North
“Shore garbage.”” ”

and

OSS MEEK

North Shore garbage
heading to the Premier
Street fandfill would be
compressed into bales before
being sent to the dump. This
would reduce traffic, noise,
smelf and bird problems to
surrounding residents, said
district engineer John
Bremner.

‘While the plan is not ‘the
ideal solution’ for North
Vancouver District (nor for
many other of the ‘players’),
it does responsibly and fairly
address the fact that a solu-
tion to the garbage problem
of urban municipalities lies
in a regional approach and it
provides future stability and
direction for alli
municipalities in securing
ongoing garbage disposal
facilities,’ said Baker.

“The District of North
Vancouver Council feels it
worth the compromise to
achieve this end,’’ .added
Baker.

‘ed after

- ment,

The Premier Street landfill
would be phased out as two’.
recycling plants, in Van-
couver and Coquitlam, come
on Stream by 1987 and clos-
a Burnaby in-
cinerator starts up in. 1988.

The plan also allows,
Burns Bog, which is jointly
run by Delta and Vancouver,
to be used by regional
municipalities; the extension
and continued use of the
Surrey landfill; and the clos-- ..
ing of the, Richmond land-
fill. ,

While Baker said the
Lower Mainland: needs a
waste management plan, «it
still has to be accepted ‘by
Vancouver and Delta’ who:
control Burns Bog... Van-
couver will present an alter-
nate plan to the subcommit-
tee this week, ;

“Failing such adoption by
the October (GVRD)
meeting, we will again be
pursuing the use of Burns
Bog under the . 1983 -agree-
albeit a short-term
resolution,” said Baker.
“That would be unfortunate
with a reasonable and*en-
vironmentally sound “:long-
term alternate at hand.2%:;":

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