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Prince George city council has received an update on two proposed West Coast Olefins projects within city boundaries. While one project proposed by West Coast Olefins has been cancelled, another project remains on the table but is outside of the city’s jurisdiction. Deanna Wasnik, director of planning and development, explained during city council’s Nov. 8 meeting that the company’s Ethylene Plant Project, which was to be located in the BCR site, has been cancelled and withdrawn from the regulatory process. The company first announced the $5.6 billion Ethylene Plant Project in July 2019, which was intended to produce polyethene in plastic pellet form which could then be shipped to Asia using the CN Rail line to Prince Rupert. The withdrawal of this project has been confirmed by the Government of British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office. However, the company is moving forward with its proposed NGL Recovery project, which would be located on a 320-acre parcel of land on the eastern edge of the city in Pineview. This project would be divided into four components including an extraction plant, access road, NGL pipeline, and separation plan. Wasnik explained that although portions of the NGL Recovery Project are located within the city’s boundaries, the regulatory body at this stage of the
project is the BC Oil and Gas Commission. The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is the regulatory body for the portions of the project located in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) since the lands in question are designated within the Agricultural Land Reserve. “Should the ALC support the project components, an official community plan and zoning bylaw amendment would be required by the Regional District prior to the establishment of the extraction plant,” explained Wasnik. Coun. Cori Ramsay also noted that because the portion of land within the city’s jurisdiction is already zoned appropriately the matter will not be coming back to Prince George city council. “The land on the city side of the project is already zoned for this and it will not be coming back to council for our consideration, the only piece that is going to local government is the extraction plant on the Regional District side, which they will be discussing on Nov. 18,” added Coun. Kyle Sampson. Mayor Hall said he’s received a tremendous amount of questions regarding the role of council in this project and highlighted the fact that the land is within the Regional District’s purview – although the Mayor and three city councillors sit on the RDFFG board of directors “On that board we carry one individual vote,” said Hall, adding that over the last few months he’s heard misinformation that directors have more than one single vote. “We have no more than one single vote per director and I will also say that the mayor does not carry the day. I have one vote as do my board colleagues.”
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