{"id":27326,"date":"2020-12-14T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=27326"},"modified":"2020-12-16T14:21:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:21:57","slug":"wood-waste-landfill-at-bliss-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wood-waste-landfill-at-bliss-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood waste landfill at Bliss Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roy L Hales<\/p>\n

A numbered company called 1265209 B.C. Ltd. intends to a develop a wood waste landfill at Bliss Landing, just across from\u00a0Cortes Island<\/a>\u00a0on the Malaspina Peninsula.<\/p>\n

\"Bliss<\/a>

Adapted from Google Maps by Roy L Hales<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Proposed<\/a>

Proposed development on the old mill site in Squamish \u2013 courtesy city of Squamish<\/p><\/div>\n

Environmental application: Bliss Landing<\/h2>\n

The environmental protection application <\/a>was filed by Strategic Management Consultant Jeff Levine on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe maximum rate of industrial wood waste residue discharged from this facility will be 375,000 m3 over a 15-month period. The operating period for this facility will be 8am to 5pm 5 days per week. The refuse discharged, will contain saw dust, wood chips, hog fuel, end cuts of wood less than 1 metre in length, dredging\u2019s of wood waste, sand, gravel, rocks, inert waste and inert cover material. All material will be non-hazardous and covered through intermediate cover material until the landfill is completed (15 months) and a final low-permeability cover will be put on top and soils and vegetation will be replanted,\" the application states.<\/p>\n

The matter was brought before the\u00a0quathet Regional District Board<\/a> on Dec. 8.<\/p>\n

According to a report in the Powell River Peak<\/a>, Powell River City Director George Doubt calculated the project works out to moving 81 dump truck loads of wood waste, with a pup trailer, per day, five days a week over a 15 month period.<\/p>\n

In the article, it reported that qRD planner Julia Dykstra replied, \u201cThey are planning on barging it from the Squamish area to the actual location and they are not proposing any road use over the Sarah Point Road at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Map<\/a>

Map showing the Waterfront Landing area\u00a0\u2013 city of Squamish<\/p><\/div>

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Where the waste is coming from<\/h2>\n

Some opponents of the project are\u00a0concerned about waste materials <\/a>\u201ccoming from a site in Squamish that is notorious for contamination from industrial activity, including a nearby mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The wood waste comes from an\u00a0old Interfor sawmill<\/a>\u00a0site in Squamish, which was operational\u00a0during the 1980s and 1990s<\/a>.\u00a0Waterfront Landing<\/a>\u00a0is on the eastern shore of Mamquam Blind Cannel, across from the downtown core. The city plans to use this former industrial site for mixed density housing, a marina and a park.<\/p>\n

In their\u00a0description of the proposed Waterfront Landing park<\/a>, the City of Squamish states, \u201cprevious industrial use has led to some site contamination.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to a 2019 article in the Squamish Chief,\u00a0Municipal environmental co-ordinator Caroline Ashekian<\/a>\u00a0informed the Squamish council that \u201cthe waste wouldn\u2019t contaminate the area, but it could result in structural instability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tla\u2019amin approval<\/h2>\n

On Nov. 18, Levine <\/a>notified the quathet Regional District that, \u201cWe have completed the required First Nation consultation and have received a letter of support for the project from the Tla\u2019amin Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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