[LookOutSugarLake] Kokanee Lodge Effluent Discharge Conditions

[Wayne Cunneyworth]

To: Mr. Mike 
Reiner


Assistant Regional Manager 




Environmental Protection - 
Penticton


In your response to Ms. Beadin-Allen's letter (below), you state, "the Municipal Sewage Regulation automatically 
registers submissions that are in compliance with it effective the date we 
receive the registration.  There is no discretion to refuse or in your 
words 'not permit this discharge' nor does the Regulation formally 
require consultation and 
notification."

No discretion to refuse?  No consultation and 
notification required?  End of story?!  Not one iota of leadership on such an important issue?!  I respectfully ask, what kind of prehistoric, lemming-like response is that to receive form someone who effectively reports to taxpayers?  As a representative of this provincial government, you should provide every possible assistance to concerned BC residents to demonstrate that this government takes our environment seriously.  Obviously, that is not the message that we are receiving.  As an outraged taxpayer, I am now extremely motivated to pass on your message of arrogance and ineptness to every intelligent person that I know.

Based on such a neaderthal approach to environmental stewardship, please add one voter - and if I have anything to do with it, many many more voters - to your active political opposition.


 
 Wayne Cunneyworth
Cherryville, BC
wayne at cunneyworth.com

 





From: Huguette - 
Imagine-ere [mailto:huguette at imagine-ere.ca] 
Sent: May 2, 2007 7:25 
AM
To: Reiner, Mike J ENV:EX
Cc: Baker, Ric ENV:EX; 
Christensen.MLA, Tom LASS:EX; Abbott.MLA, George LASS:EX; Dr. Paul Hasselback; 
WWW ENVMail ENV:EX; Pryce, Conrad ENV:EX; lookoutsugarlake at sensociety.org; 
Mayes, Colin - Riding 1A; Jerry Oglow; OfficeofthePremier, Office 
PREM:EX
Subject: Kokanee Lodge Discharge 
Conditions




  

  
Mr. 
  Reiner,

  


  We have heard that Kokanee Lodge has now been given the conditions under 
  which they are permitted to discharge effluents to water. 

  


  As you remember, SLAMSS (Sugar Lake And Middle Shuswap Stewards) have 
  repeatedly asked you to inform us should this happen, and to please let us 
  know of the conditions that would be imposed on the discharge to water. As you 
  know, this request is not a matter of simple curiosity but one of necessity: 
  many of us drink that water, swim in it, and live by it.

  


  We also know that you and other members of the Ministry of Environment 
  have met with some First Nations Groups to discuss this matter. It seems 
  inconceivable to us that our petition of more than 700 names that was sent to 
  your ministry detailing all the reasons why we so strongly urged your 
  department to not permit this discharge, would not be the subject of at least 
  the same courtesy. 

  


  Our question to you is whether this email request is sufficient for you 
  to advise us of the conditions under which Kokanee lodge is permitted by your 
  ministry to discharge effluents to water, and if not, then what is needed for 
  you to do so?

  


  Huguette Beaudin-Allen

  Spokesperson for SLAMSS
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