‘There are no public health hazards’
Interesting letter received by City council yesterday from Interior Health:
Your Worship Mayor Milobar:
Dr. Robert Halpenny has directed your letter of Februaruy 4, 2010 to me for a reply. In preparing this reply, I have reviewed our comments on the original ACC application (attached) and I asked that Ken Christian, Director of Health Protection, and Dan Ferguson, Assistant Director, inspect the site, which they did on February 12, 2010. Based upon this evidence, I have concluded that there are no public health hazards evident at this site and, further, that the site has been left in a safe and secure state. I suspect that wood dusts evident near the site actually originated from the Domtar operation, not the ACC site. In any case, they are sufficiently coarse so as not to be respirable and, thus, not considered a threat to public health.
In anticipation of fugitive dust concerns and public safety with respect to fire potential, that issue was addressed in our formal response to the applicant on December 7, 2009 in points 7 and 8. The location of the site in a heavy industrial area, over a kilometer away from the nearest dwelling, leads me to conclude it is appropriately sited and able to operate within current air quality parameters.
Sincerely,
Dr. Andrew Larder
Senior Medical Health Officer
ArmchairMayor.ca 
Yes that is my point, not a great day to make an assessment when they are not operating!
“inspect the site, which they did on February 12, 2010”
IHA must think we all all stupid!
Too big to breathe in! Are they serious!
MSDS for Creosote treated wood states – Creosote and wood dust are classed as carcinogens. They have rules for the workers. So what about the residents and other businesses close by.
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ACC was shut down that day, no chipping been done. Real good day to go check. I suppose those are the same type of days ACC will test emissions! Does this look to big to breathe in?
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No chipping has been done at the site since last October. Council’s letter was dated Feb. 4.
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