The correspondence which you can review here, highlights a number of environmental protection issues that the Society would like to see addressed by the Port.
Among the issues of note for the PRES, concerns over record keeping when it comes to past noise issues that have been noted for the port and an inability to pinpoint and solve noise issues.
The Society also makes note of the installation of a permanent air quality monitoring station at Fairview Terminal, though observing that it was put in place without anyone from the Port first comparing past air quality results there, to those found in the Westview and Water Street areas.
The Society also expresses an interest on the ongoing assessment process of the Wolverine Terminal and Fairview Terminal projects, putting forward their concerns as to whether anyone knows if anyone in the Graham Avenue or Water Street areas are already at risk.
The letter also looks to address what the Environmental Society calls the culture at the Port.
Asking for changes to the culture within the PRPA and offering up its opinion as to how the Port Views concerns from the public:
From “the benefits of increased jobs from industrial expansion make environmental impact insignificant” to “we can solve noise issues”
From “other ports have worse air pollution than we do” to “we can meet the highest standards” •
From “residents shouldn’t complain” to “ help us pinpoint the issues so we can address them”
As they note in their correspondence, there currently are a number of major initiatives under study around the region.
Among them and now in the early stages of review is the Vopak marine terminal on Ridley Island which will see an increase in rail traffic into the Port of Prince Rupert, as well as make for more vessel calls for the port authority.
The North Coast Review contacted the Prince Rupert Port Authority by email on the topic of the Environmental Society correspondence.
In reply, the Port noted that "they have received and responded to the PRES correspondence, leaving it up to the Environmental Society to release that response if they wish".
Should the Prince Rupert Environmental Society choose to follow that path, most likely you will be able to review the notes from the Society's Facebook page.
For a look at the range of terminals and other industrial footprints around Prince Rupert see our archive page here.
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