Editor: Re: Coast Reporter landfill report, February 5, 2024, “Area B potential landfill siting options scored lower.” At the SCRD committee of the whole meeting on Jan.
The panel is accepting feedback until June 27 and will then go through its own process, which is anticipated to take about a year.
Previous concerns over how the operation would deal with its tailings (mineral waste) have also been addressed, said Anwyll.
One alternative, proposed by a previous owner of the project, had tailings being disposed of in Bamoos Lake, but that s no longer being considered, said Anwyll. This is one of the historical artifacts of this project. Because this got put in there, that seemed to be something that alarmed a lot of people, he said, noting Bamoos Lake is beyond the boundary for any mine operations.