Alcan’s Kemano Completion Project (KCP) in northwest British

Columbia is the subject of a B.C. Utilities Commission public review
that began last Novernber. Alcan respects this process and is a full
participant in the proceedings. This month, the third phase of techni-
cal hearings will examine the fisheries issues associated with this

You should know, for ecample, that:

~ Fish experts have been at work on the Nochako Rivar for
15 years to make sure salmon stocks will be protected
- under tha Kemano Completion Project.

Alcan is legally bound to protect

Neshako River salmon stocks.

Since 1979, when it announced its inten-
tion-to proceed with KCP- the second and final
phase of the original Kitimat-Kemano project,
Alcan has twice redesigned the project to meet
environmental objectives.

The first redesign was voluntary. The
second resulted from an agreement with the
governments of Canada and B.C. that assures
the maintenance of Nechako River salmon
stocks. Today’s KCP provides a program of
protection for Nechako River salmon that is
one of the most sweeping environmental
obligations ever imposed on a public or
private company in Canada..

KCP involves no new dams or flooding.

KCP is the completion of a hydroelectric

development begun 40 years ago.
As a result, the dam and the reservoir are
already in place. Water from the existing
Nechako Reservoir will be used to power four
new generators at Kemano, in addition to the
eight currently installed. This means that less
water will be released into the Nechako River, |:

but the project has been carefully designed to wo
ensure that lower water. levels will not interfere”

With other economic uses of the river. *
In fact, Kemano.Completion has fewer envi-

«ronmental effects than any other hydroelectric.
_ energy project available to the province of B.C:

KCP is the chaagest power:

available to B.C. Hydro.
@_/ ' Bécause of its unique natural config-
uration, Kemano is ove of the most efficient: °°:

producers of renewable hydroelectricity in the’:
«world. A 20-year sales agreement between :."..
.. Alcan and B.C. Hydro states that until alu-

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Alcan is a Canadian company with 44,000 employees around the world,
13,000 of them in Canada. In British Columbia, Alcan employs more than
1,800 people. The word ALCAN and the Aican symbol are registered trade-
marks in more than 100 countries and are synonomous with aluminum the
world over. Alean’s largest aluminum smelter is in Kitimat, B.C. This year,
the Kitimat plant celebrates 40 years of progress in British Columbia.

$1.3-billion hydroelectric development. We recognize that most British
Columbians will not have the opportunity to attend hearings being
held in Prince George and Vancouver. That’s why we're initiating a
1-800 Information Line to help you follow the facts about a project

that is important to B.C. and to Alcan.

KCP provides enormous
economic benefits to B.C.

oe ‘In addition to the energy benefits KCP

brings to the province, the project will have
injected more than a billion dollars into B.C.’s
economy by the time it is complete. For major
construction projects, Alcan’s practice is to
break large contracts down into smaller com-
ponents whenever possible so that local firms
have an opportunity to participate. This means
thousands of contracts for local suppliers. It
also means close to 1,000 high-paying jobs in
the construction and engineering sectors, and
many more spin-off jobs in service and other
industries.

KCP is half built.

Alcan began construction in 1988, after

receiving all necessary approvals from
the province of B.C. and the government of
Canada. Construction was halted in 1991 asa
result of a legal challenge from aboriginal and
environmental groups. More than 1,000 people
lost their jobs when the project shut down. The
Supreme Court of Canada ultimately dismissed

this project: Hindreds of constriction ‘workers
_and thousands of people working for B.C
“suppliers and contractors are anxi

- Over the coming weeks, the fish

science on which KCP i

If you would like to
know more, call
' 1-800-S44LCAN
~ 1-800-942-5226