West Coast Olefins Ltd. has submitted a request to convert Pineview agricultural land (ALR) to non-agricultural use/industrial use land to build a natural gas extraction plant on Lund Road in Pineview (within a four-kilometre radius to Horseshoe Drive, Buckhorn and Pineview Elementary Schools, and Pineview Recreation Centres).
A pipeline from this plant will be built to supply two processing plants (plastics) in the BCR site.
This is the start of what this company wants to build in our community.
The vapours, emissions, odours and flaring events from this extraction plant will contaminate our local farms by water and land pollution, interupt our wildlife and bird migrations. Local physician, Dr. Marie Hay, reports the following evidence-based impacts:
• Air & light pollution
• Ground and surface water pollution
• Fish impacts including nearby Tabor Creek and its tributaries
• Wildlife Impacts to nearby wetlands and important migratory bird habitat
• Negative property value impacts
• Traffic noise and electrical generation noise
• Negative visual quality impacts from property owners within line of sight
• Range of cancers and possible liver and kidney damage
• Possible reproductive disorders and infertility
• Mental health and stress
The proposed location for this plant is not acceptable for the safety and wellbeing of our community and simply not an appropriate location for an industrial project of its kind. Pineview residents desperately need P.G.’s support to keep our community green and immediate action is needed.
Supporters opposed to the location of the extraction plant in Pineview can do the following to help:
1. Write a letter to the Regional District of Fraser Fort George and consent to your letter being included at the next meeting. Email all directors: www.rdffg.bc.ca/government/board-of-directors/directors
2. Sign the petitions. Paper petition at the Pineview store and online petition found on Facebook: Too Close 2 Home.
It is our understanding the board will be voting in November as to whether to approve WCO’s plan to have ALR land in Pineview rezoned to no farm use.
Please help!
Jerry Daoust
Prince George
