REPORT ON FNVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AT
THF. CASSIAR MILL

For a long time the company has
been concerned about the control of
asbestos dust and shorts carried in
the air. The company is concerned
with the air both within the mil),
and in the area surrounding the mill
including the townsite. As there
has been a number of queries as to
what steps are being taken to im-
prove the existing condition I
thought I would write to the
“Asbestos Sheet" and provide
answers to a greater section
public.

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of the

Of: course there is more than
one area that is important when dis-
cussing Environmental Control. How-
ever there are three main areas into
which all other fall. Firstlv there
is the atmosphere within the mill
buildings, secondly there is the
effluent from the Drvers,. and third-
ly the problem of Tailings disposal.
In this issue T should like to dis-
cuss the first area, whithin the
mill buildings, in subsequent issues
the other area will he discussed.

Within the mill the allowable
concentration of ashestos particles
in the air is five million particles
per cubic foot. This standard, call-
ed the threshold limit. is set bv
the Mines Act. At the present mom-
ent however, I am pleased to sav
that on the last inspection by the
B.C. Government Environmental Inspect-
or we were quite a hit under this
standard with an average value of
3.4 million narticles per foot.
However we are not satisfied with
this and as the men of the Sheet
Metal Nenartment know, are contin-
uously attempting to improve condit-
ions. Three months ago, as the
Sheet Metal Denartment was under-
staffed and we had a large work load
we had to obtain outside help in or-
der to carry out a large amount of
re-routing and re-designing of the
existing ductwork in the mill. This
work was carried out in accordance
with the design principles laid down
by the American Conference of Gov-

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ernmental Industrial Hvgienists in
their manual, "Industrial Ventilation’
This group is considered to he the
leading authority on Environmental
control on the North American cont-
inent. As vou all know, we hone to
have our nev mill oneratine earlv in
1971. We hone that this mill will
exceed the requirements of the “ines
Act hv a lonp chalk, All of the
desien criteria mentioned ahove,
plus our own ideas, and those of our
consultants, Kilhom Engineering
(B.C.) Ltd. have reoene into planning
a clean ashestos mill we can all he
proud of.

REKKKKKKKKKKKEKREK

TOWNSITE ADMINSTRATOR

One outcome of the recent lab-
our negotiations at Cassiar was the
apparent need for improved commun-
ications hetween residents of the
community and Company Management.

To instigate the required improve-

ments it was decided to appoint a

Townsite Administrator and to assist

this person a town’ council would he

formed. The suggested composition of
this council] was:- :

1 - Union representative

1 - Company: representative

5 - Flected representatives

Effective January Ist, Mr. A.
McAndrew was engaged hv the Companv
as Townsite Administrator. and Miss
Coralie Nsmond was engaged to assist
Art in this capacitv. A Townsite
office has heen set un at 164 Elliott
Street.

The Townsite Administrator's
functions include:-

Oversee - Townsite Housing-hoth
family and single accomnm-
odation.

- Cafeteria operation.

- Laundry and Pry Cleaning
Fstablishment.

- Retail Store and Butcher
shop.

Provide liaison with all community

activities - School ,Clubs,Churches,

and community services.