(2) collective septic tanks for the west section of the townsite; (3) an aerobic treatment plant for the cafeteria and bunkhouses. Cassiar has a small, but modern and fully equipped, six-bed hospital and dental clinic. Facilities include 2 two-bed wards, 2 single-bed wards, an operating room, 2 dental chairs, a nursing station and a kitchen. It affords complete provision for the thorough physical examination required by company safety and health standards, including equipment for chest X-ray, hear- ing, vision and respiratory testing. The hospital staff includes two doctors, a dentist, head nurse and five staff nurses. In more serious cases or emergencies, the Rescue Coordination Centre of the Emergency Health Services Commission for the Prov- ince of B.C. is contacted and they dispatch an air- craft for transportation to Whitehorse, Prince George or Vancouver. Other townsite services include snow removal, garbage disposal, and the operating and control of the dry goods and grocery stores. Recreation facilities include: a community center with a library, lounges and a gymnasium; curling club (two sheets of artificial ice); swimming pool; arena with artificial ice; lounge; snack bar; ski hill with rope tow; tennis courts and playing field. The business establishments in the townsite are: Royal Bank; C.N. Telecommunications; post office; transportation and bus company; liquor store; two gas stations; cable T.V. outlet; hairdresser; barber shop; two clothing boutiques; and many smaller and part- time stores providing sporting goods, snowmobile sales and repairs, radio and T.V. sales and repairs, and chil- dren’s clothing. An elementary-secondary school, with 17 teachers and 14 classrooms, offers instruction from kinder- garten to Grade 12 level. A small 3400-ft (1036-m) local air strip is available during the summer months. The CBC provides T.V. coverage through its ANIK satellite communication system. There are two churches in Cassiar which serve all denominations, an R.C.M.P. detachment, and a fish- eries and wildlife officer. Fibre Transportation and Use The transportation of the asbestos fibre from Cas- siar, approximately 400 tons per day, is an ongoing and continuous process. Truck, train and ship trans- ports are used to move container and palletized loads TABLE 1 — Cassiar Mine — Products and Industrial'Use Products Industrial Use AAA, AA, A, AC, Ac-60, AK-100 Spinning Fibres. Products are used in the textile industry for yarn, cloth, rope tape and wicks. Yarn and cloth are used for protective clothing, blankets, etc. The rope tape and wicks are mainly used for packing materials in water faucets and high-pressure pumps. AK, AS, AX, AY, AZ These products are used in asbestos cement products for pipe, flat and cor- rugated sheets and hand-moulded products such as pipe joints, flower pots, rain gutters and electric switch boxes. AK 60, AS 60, AX 60 Products are used in gasket products mainly. However, some is used in brake linings for heavy industrial equipment. AK 100, AS 100, AX 100, AY 120 Used in filter products for filtering beer, wine and water. Some AX, AY, AX 60 and AY 120 grades are used in electrical components as reinforcing agents with plastics of fibre to Vancouver for onward shipment to over- seas and North American markets. Currently, the fibre is routed by truck from Cassiar to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory, where it is loaded on the White Pass & Yukon Route railway system and transported to Skagway, Alaska. At the Alaskan port, the asbestos containers are reloaded onto container ships for del- ivery to Vancouver. A certain amount of fibre is also transported by truck to Fort Nelson and Dawson Creek, British Columbia, where it is loaded onto the British Columbia Railway system for delivery to Van- couver, with the exception of a small amount going directly to the United States. Some fibre is trucked to the Cassiar Asbestos wharf in North Vancouver, but this is strictly as a back-haul situation. The fibre is unloaded at the company’s North Van- couver wharf, where it is stored by grade for final shipment to customers. Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited ships its fibre to over 40 countries in the world (see attached plan of Cassiar trade routes, Fig. 3), where the prod- uct is used for spinning in the textile industry, mixing with cement, and in many other industries (as outlined in Table 1).