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Fraser Surrey Docks must study health impacts of coal plan: Port Better dust control, environment assessment also needed before approval will be considered by Jeff Nagel PORT METRO Vancouver will require Fraser Surrey Docks to
undertake more research and commit to further steps to keep coal dust from escaping from trains and barges before its proposed new coal export terminal in Surrey will be considered. Port officials aren’t calling for covered train cars but said they expect the terminal proponent to require BNSF railway to respray coal trainloads with a dust-control topping agent as CN and CP do on trains coming here from B.C. coal mines. Fraser Surrey Docks must also eliminate its plan for a contingency coal storage pile at the terminal – which New Westminster residents feared might send clouds of dust floating their way. And a dust-control agent must also be applied when coal is loaded onto barges that will run down the river and across the Strait of Georgia to Texada Island. Darrell Desjardin The biggest setback for the year-old $15-million project is Port Metro Vancouver’s insistence that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) be undertaken to assess human health and ecological risks from the project. That’s to include both the issue of fugitive coal dust – which the port previously deemed merely a nuisance – as well as risks to aquatic species and increased train noise and traffic, which have been key concerns in White Rock and South Surrey. See RESULTS / Page 4
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Cancer survivor Simran Sarai, 13, and Delta Const. Ken Usipiuk kick off the Cops for Cancer Tour de Valley fundraising drive Friday afternoon atop a platform above the Bollywood Banquet Hall in Surrey.
Delta officer sets cancer fundraising goal sky high Constable camps out 15 metres up to raise awareness of this year’s Cops for Cancer cycling ride. See story, page 15.
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