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Sitka Conservation Society 



P.O Box 316 

 SiHca,Alaska 99835 



V- -. / /4/-/5t>9 Fhone 

 (907) 747-6105 Fax 



Tbe Sitka l.:on9ervatiaii Society, a membeniup oiganiiafion in Sidci, discussed aid passed die 

 fbllowing RnolBtiail it a EegvUr Board mcetias on June 23id, 1996: 



WHEREAS, SCS has a tweaty-sffvenyMrhittofy of cootervadoo advocacy aod, 



WHEREAS, SCS has an otaUithcd icoord of momtoriDg Alaska Pulp Corpofattoa air iad 

 water quality violations duting this time period and has bitnigbc violations to die attentioo of 

 State and Federal authorities and has given formal and infoimal testimony ai public mcetagi aod 

 bearings, and t&nj has esta/blobcd its credibility as a dtiaen group and as ao otgaoiatioo 

 knowledgeable aboul air and waier quality reguiatioda aad, 



WHEREAS, SCSbasaicpresaitativeontJiepitaeotCitiaea Advifloty Conunitteewhickis 

 involved with DEC, EPA APC aod its cootncton b the deamip of toxic waste malenals 

 determiacd to be picaeu oa Silver Bay aod the adjaootf mil] she, aad tlui has demonstrated its 

 coatin iui ig and cantnt participation and awareoess of the toxic vnat by-products torn the APC 

 mill she and, 



WHEREAS, SCS is fiuniliarwitit and involved widi timber supply issues, Toog^ssNztiooa] 

 Forest land use ptanniog, and Timber Sale practices and thus has ddooostTited its cootinmi^ and 

 caneot panictt>atioa in leviewing and coimneating en such issues and, 



THEREFORE, SCS Board of Directon does besby appose any exteasioa of the ftdttid ttober 

 supply contract ibr Ketchikan Pulp Oxporatioo - as indostry witii a history parallel to that of 

 Alaska Pulp Coiporatioa: repeated air aad water qoahty violatioaa, higb-giading clear-cut 

 logs^ practioiiS, a joim cocvictioa with APC for anti-truft violadons, and a convictiaa in 1995 

 for water poOiitioD vioiatioos. 



SCS Board (lutbcr wppoits the terminatiaD of the KPC cootract as betog in tbe best interests of 

 tbe health of Ketcfatkaa lesidcnla, &e best interests of d>e tourism iadostry and other small scale 

 users of the Tongass forest ecos>'Steni, the best interestt of wildlife dependent on the old growdi 

 ecosj-stem, and in the best inteiests of tbe American people who through taxes are subsidizii^ 

 die oper^<Mt of this polluting, technologicaUy outdated pulp mill. 



Instead, SCS st^iports a transitioa of tbe Krtchikan Pulp ficihty into a iKxipoiluting value-added 

 industry that uses fewer tre«8 wfaSe etoployii^ more people. We si^ipoit fundihg for the 

 transitioa of this fiidlJty aiid the retnining of empioyeei. if necessao^. 



Votes: Yes -12 No-0 Passed 23 Juoe, 1996 



MargaraLCalvin, Reoordtog Secretary 



Workinj; to conserve th€ natnral environment of the Tongass Forest and to protect Sitka's qualin o£ Kfe. 



