Votes - No. 15 - Wednesday, April 1, 1992

1992 Legislative Session: 1st Session, 35th Parliament

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No. 15

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Wednesday, April 1, 1992

Two o'clock p.m.

Prayers by Mr. Cowie.

Order called for "Oral Questions by Members."

The House proceeded to "Orders of the Day."

Pursuant to Order, the House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion "That the Speaker do now leave the Chair" for the House to go into Committee of Supply.

The debate continued.

On the motion of Mr. Warnke, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.

And then the House adjourned at 6.01 p.m.

JOAN SAWICKI, Speaker

NOTICE OF QUESTIONS

Friday Next

32 Mr. Chisholm to ask the Hon. the Minister of Environment, Lands and Parks the following questions:: 1. Is there a bio-medical waste incinerator planned for the foot of Sumas Mountain by Med Track Inc., a subsidiary of Laidlaw Waste System Ltd.?; 2. If so, where is the plant to be situated?; 3. What volumes of bio-medical waste will be imported into the plant daily? And from where?; 4. How will the testing for Dioxin and Furan emissions into the atmosphere be done on the plant when it is functioning; and what control devices will alarm the public in the case of exceeding safe limits?; 5. What will happen to the bottom and fly-ash after incineration?; 6. How will policing be done to prevent the burning of unauthorized substances, for example, PCB?; 7. Where is the existing competition from other companies to Med Track Inc.'s proposal?; 8. Could the business plan be attached to the response to this question?; 9. What other alternatives to incinerating have been considered?; 10. Where will the company obtain its volumes of waste once hospitals start using re-usable materials, hospital packaging systems in reformulated, and auto-claving becomes more hi-tech, efficient and cost effective?; 11. How will glass and sharps (needles) be handled?; 12. Which technologies are planned for the incineration/stack emissions?; 13. Are Government and independent environmental impact studies planned for the incinerator location both in terms of pocket pollution as well as the cumulative effect upwind thereof?; 14. Who will be accountable for any mishaps/population health deterioration the incinerator might cause?

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