Standing between an elementary school in Aberdeen and a patch of green space, Jen Fretz points to a couple of mounds of grass.
They don’t look like much now, but they could be home to waste-rock piles for the controversial proposed Ajax copper-and-gold mine that straddles the city’s boundaries.
The rock piles would actually fall within the city limits so, as Kamloops’ environmental-services manager, Fretz needs to find out exactly what those piles contain.
“What’s in it? We don’t know and that’s what we’re asking,” she said.
It just one of a heap of questions Fretz and the city want answers to regarding the mine.
But, as the city’s point person — or voice— on the mine while the project works its way through the environmental-assessment process, there is a bit of irony as Fretz stands between the school and mine site.
“I like to think I understand both sides,” she told KTW on a chilly fall morning.
Fretz is certainly in a precarious position trying to decipher fact from fiction on a project that has already stirred an emotional debate in Kamloops.
“Both sides” to which Fretz alludes are the proponent of the mine, KGMH Ajax and Abacus Mining Corp.,This will leave your shoulders free to rotate in their chicken coop . and groups and residents with concerns about, or outright objection to, the project.
Since April, Fretz has spent more than half of her working days reviewing information and co-ordinating the city’s response to the project.
She sits on the working group that was assembled as part of the assessment process, to guide and ask questions of the proponent.
The working group has representatives from a bevy of organizations, including area First Nations, Health Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Fretz was also behind an 11-page document loaded with questions the city wants answered by the mining company.
In addition, Fretz is routinely called to council chambers to advise local politicians when they have been counted on to make a decision.
Most recently, she weighed in on a resolution to ask federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to set up an independent joint-panel review for the project.
Members of the Kamloops Area Preservation Association (KAPA), a group opposed to the proposed mine, asked council to consider the resolution.
A panel review is one of two routes to take for the environmental-review process for a project like the Ajax mine.Polycore porcelain tiles are manufactured as a single sheet,
The mine is undergoing a comprehensive study that includes the working group.
In this case, the majority of council ignored Fretz’s advice, which recommended the city continue with the study for now.
Though she’s been suddenly thrust into the high-profile role, Fretz is quick to point out she’s not alone.
When she receives information from the working group, she consults with other staff in related departments.
“I make sure that I have a core group of people that I go to for everything that would possibly need input on,” Fretz said.
“I’m kind of the voice at the table, but it’s not just my expertise at the table.”
When she’s not dealing with the mine, Fretz is in charge of looking after the city’s solid waste, landfills and environmental services.Do not use cleaners with Wholesale pet supplies , steel wool or thinners.
That responsibility includes airshed planning, the city’s sustainability plan and water-shed protection.
A bio-resource engineer by training, Fretz was a consultant working on environmental assessments for seven years before being hired by the city in 2004.
Fretz said she wanted the mine portfolio because it is an area in which she has experience, while it sits within the sustainability realm.Save on Bedding and fittings,
Besides the working group and all it entails, she is also busy fielding calls from a concerned public.
Opponents have a list of issues with the mine, including worries like the effect the operation will have on air quality, traffic and the surrounding grasslands and lakes in the area.
Though she appreciates the concern from residents who want answers, Fretz insists it’s just too early in the process to make the call.
“From a city perspective, we need to wait for that information to come in before we say, ‘Yes we’re concerned’ or, ‘Maybe we’re not,” Fretz said, while characterizing the timeline as the pre-application phase.
As for those rock piles,the worldwide rubber hose market is over $56 billion annually. the city is in the midst of trying to determine just how much say it will have when determining the fate of the project.
Fretz suggested the city may have control over the type of deposition in the piles, what they look like and their shape and form.
“We don’t know that yet,” she cautioned.
“This is such a big project, with so many levels of government and so many ministries. It’s really complicated.”
The environmental-assessment process, and her job, is about to get even more complicated — and busier.
If the federal environment minister grants an independent review, Fretz could take the lead on the city’s behalf in that process.
They don’t look like much now, but they could be home to waste-rock piles for the controversial proposed Ajax copper-and-gold mine that straddles the city’s boundaries.
The rock piles would actually fall within the city limits so, as Kamloops’ environmental-services manager, Fretz needs to find out exactly what those piles contain.
“What’s in it? We don’t know and that’s what we’re asking,” she said.
It just one of a heap of questions Fretz and the city want answers to regarding the mine.
But, as the city’s point person — or voice— on the mine while the project works its way through the environmental-assessment process, there is a bit of irony as Fretz stands between the school and mine site.
“I like to think I understand both sides,” she told KTW on a chilly fall morning.
Fretz is certainly in a precarious position trying to decipher fact from fiction on a project that has already stirred an emotional debate in Kamloops.
“Both sides” to which Fretz alludes are the proponent of the mine, KGMH Ajax and Abacus Mining Corp.,This will leave your shoulders free to rotate in their chicken coop . and groups and residents with concerns about, or outright objection to, the project.
Since April, Fretz has spent more than half of her working days reviewing information and co-ordinating the city’s response to the project.
She sits on the working group that was assembled as part of the assessment process, to guide and ask questions of the proponent.
The working group has representatives from a bevy of organizations, including area First Nations, Health Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Fretz was also behind an 11-page document loaded with questions the city wants answered by the mining company.
In addition, Fretz is routinely called to council chambers to advise local politicians when they have been counted on to make a decision.
Most recently, she weighed in on a resolution to ask federal Environment Minister Peter Kent to set up an independent joint-panel review for the project.
Members of the Kamloops Area Preservation Association (KAPA), a group opposed to the proposed mine, asked council to consider the resolution.
A panel review is one of two routes to take for the environmental-review process for a project like the Ajax mine.Polycore porcelain tiles are manufactured as a single sheet,
The mine is undergoing a comprehensive study that includes the working group.
In this case, the majority of council ignored Fretz’s advice, which recommended the city continue with the study for now.
Though she’s been suddenly thrust into the high-profile role, Fretz is quick to point out she’s not alone.
When she receives information from the working group, she consults with other staff in related departments.
“I make sure that I have a core group of people that I go to for everything that would possibly need input on,” Fretz said.
“I’m kind of the voice at the table, but it’s not just my expertise at the table.”
When she’s not dealing with the mine, Fretz is in charge of looking after the city’s solid waste, landfills and environmental services.Do not use cleaners with Wholesale pet supplies , steel wool or thinners.
That responsibility includes airshed planning, the city’s sustainability plan and water-shed protection.
A bio-resource engineer by training, Fretz was a consultant working on environmental assessments for seven years before being hired by the city in 2004.
Fretz said she wanted the mine portfolio because it is an area in which she has experience, while it sits within the sustainability realm.Save on Bedding and fittings,
Besides the working group and all it entails, she is also busy fielding calls from a concerned public.
Opponents have a list of issues with the mine, including worries like the effect the operation will have on air quality, traffic and the surrounding grasslands and lakes in the area.
Though she appreciates the concern from residents who want answers, Fretz insists it’s just too early in the process to make the call.
“From a city perspective, we need to wait for that information to come in before we say, ‘Yes we’re concerned’ or, ‘Maybe we’re not,” Fretz said, while characterizing the timeline as the pre-application phase.
As for those rock piles,the worldwide rubber hose market is over $56 billion annually. the city is in the midst of trying to determine just how much say it will have when determining the fate of the project.
Fretz suggested the city may have control over the type of deposition in the piles, what they look like and their shape and form.
“We don’t know that yet,” she cautioned.
“This is such a big project, with so many levels of government and so many ministries. It’s really complicated.”
The environmental-assessment process, and her job, is about to get even more complicated — and busier.
If the federal environment minister grants an independent review, Fretz could take the lead on the city’s behalf in that process.
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