MLA LAKE – ACC March 19th, 2010 CFJC TV WEBSITE

CITIZENS AND LOCAL POLITICANS ALIKE ARE APPLAUDING A WINNIPEG FIRM’S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF KAMLOOPS. KIM SIGURDSON CONFIRMED BY E-MAIL OVERNIGHT HE IS LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SINCE THERE IS SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO HIS PROPOSED CREOSOTE-RAIL TIE BURNING PLANT IN KAMLOOPS. MLA TERRY LAKE CALLS IT THE RIGHT MOVE — SAYING CITIZENS HERE FELT LEFT OUT OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM SIGURDSON UNTIL LAST WEEK — FUELLING DISTRUST OVER THE PROJECT. BUT LAKE SAYS HE STILL BELIEVES IN THE TECHNOLOGY WHICH WOULD RECYCLE CREOSOTE RAIL TIES FOR ENERGY. HE WANTS TO HELP ACC FIND ANOTHER BC COMMUNITY TO SET UP SHOP. LAKE SAYS IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR SIGURDSON TO CONDUCT INFORMATION MEETINGS UP FRONT IN THEIR NEXT CHOSEN SITE.