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INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

 

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GVRD -- How it started, What it is,
How it works, What it Does:

 

 

The Greater Vancouver Regional District - GVRD - is the
metropolitan area's regional government. But, while most people
have heard of the organization, there are many who don't under-
Stand its rote or function,

Recently the GVRD released a 16-page illustrated booklet

outlining its responsibilities, copies of which are available
in the campus libraries.

Information Services:

 

A number of information services are provided by the GVRD,
including a monthly Newsletter, weekly news releases, distribution
of reports etc. If you would like to receive the Newsletter, which
is free, please contact the GVRD offices at 2294 West 10th Avenue,
Vancouver, B.C. V6K 2H9. Phone 731-1155),

EXTRACTS FROM MARCH ISSUE OF
G.V.R.D. NEWSLETTER.

 

 

Oil Spill Safeguards Are Needed:

 

Instead of emphasizing improved ' mopping-up' techniques,
more attention should be directed toward the prevention of oil
tanker spilds.

This point is made in letters to Prime Minister Trudeau and
Premier Barrett from Surrey Mayor Bill Vander Zalm, Chairman of
the GVRDts Transportation Committee.

"Knowing what we do about the effects even of smaller spills
surely we must insist that no oil come into the Strait of Juan de
Fuca or travel along our coast except under extremely safe conditions,"
states the letter. "A capability to 'mop-up!' efficiently afterwards
is Just) not) good encughl::

The Committee Chairman says that "we (GVRD) are concerned that
in the past year, under pressure from the oil and energy crisis,
authorities have moved from questioning the "desirability of super
tanker oil transport to acceptance of them, and now, from acceptance