Despite its rough. passege
ata recent public hearing.

_the. bylaw . amendment

permitting the establishment~ - pollution). -

of the Mohawk Oil Co, Ltd’s
proposed plant to recycle
used. crankcase - oil. for

_ further ~ use” passed’ third -
reading by North Vancouver

District .Council Monday —
but not before Alderman
Mike. Lakes rose to pass

comment upon the ob--

jectives raised at . the
hearing. ae

He pointed out to council.
that it was’ not necessarily
obligated to. have held a
public hearing upon this
matter, ‘though he was glad
that one had been held.

“But,” he: said, “T was most

surprised that a recycling

project should have met with
the opposition that this one
did.” He was referring to the
fact that all four objectors to

the. proposal: were en-
‘ vironmentalists, se
Lakes pointéd ‘out that

used crankcase oil, in the

-past, had to be disposed of in

some way,
burning (air

usually by
pollution),

. “that
everything possible to.

«

burial in dumps: (ground
pollution) or run off into
flowing water (water

Yet here was a complaint
being. made, he said,
because- it was being
proposed that this otherwise

- useless product should be

recycled not only to.make it
reusable but also to make
the waste product. residue

into a harmless and useful
materialforroad making. _.

“Mohawk

proved- to my
satisfaction,”

said Lakes,
they had done

prevent either pollution or
danger. This was protest for
the sake of protest.” --

Aldérmen Marilyn Baker
and Mary Segal both ex-
pressed similar opinions.
They said, however, that
while they would support
passage ..of third reading,
they still wanted more
answers.from Mohawk and
were still /Eoncerned.

Notwithstanding _ their
‘reservations, third reading
was carried-“unanimously.

North Vancouver

All candidates running in
the North Vancouver-
Burnaby riding at next
Tuesday’s federal election
have been invited to attend
an all candidates meeting
tonight (Wednesday, May
16) at 8
School, 3467 Duval Road.

p.m. in Westover

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