Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Government of Canada through the Department of Environment have taken a position, with a lot of political grand standing, that any materials that contain PCBs of a certain level should not be allowed to be land filled. The Government of Northwest Territories did raise a concern that did not seem to be based on scientific information. Our information is that the paint that contains the PCBs are in the materials that are slated for landfill. It would continue to be contained in a landfill and would not be able to break down. The idea of disposing these materials in the landfill seemed to be an environmentally acceptable option for us. However, shortly after this decree was enunciated by the Department of the Environment, the Department of National Defence, as the Member would recall then, asked the Department of the Environment for an exemption to that requirement. Since then the Department of the Environment has rejected the request by the Department of National Defence. We are at a position where we do not have any economically viable way of disposing of these materials at the present time. We are waiting for some suggestions from the federal government as to how they are going to get out of this particular predicament, since it is their responsibility to dispose of these materials. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 675-13(4): Dew Line Site Cleanups
In the Legislative Assembly on October 14th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 675-13(4): Dew Line Site Cleanups
Question 675-13(4): Dew Line Site Cleanups
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 13th, 1997
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