Sudbury Soils Study
Public
Advisory Committee – Meeting #28
September
19, 2006 – 6:00 p.m.
College
Boreal
Attendees: Ersin
Abdullah John Hogenbirk Gary
Hrytsak
Aino
Laamanen Rubina Nebenionquit Bob Somek Carol Zippel
Regrets: Darrell
Alston Nicole Breau Dick
Cowan
TC
Members: Marc Butler Brian
Cameron Stephen Monet
Glen Watson Ido Vettoretti
Independent
Process Observer: Franco
Mariotti
Chair: John
Hogenbirk
Recorder: Julie
Sabourin
Public (10)
______________________________________________________________________
JOHN
HOGENBIRK PRESIDING
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
2.0 INTRODUCTIONS
Members of the PAC and TC introduced themselves to the
public in attendance.
3.0 DECLARATION
OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
4.0 OPEN FORUM
(30 min.)
There were no questions raised from the audience.
5.0 ADDITIONS
TO/APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
There was a request to add:
12.1 Change of Ownership the Principals of the
SSS
12.2 Update on the Status of the SSS
6.0 REPORT ON
QUESTIONS/ISSUES RAISED AT LAST PAC MEETING
There were no items that needed to
be addressed.
7.0 PRESENTATION
7.1 Public Briefing on the
IERP for the HHRA of the SSS
The Chair noted that the PAC
meeting will continue until 7:30 p.m. with the above presentation following the
business of the meeting.
8.0 APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
8.1 Minutes of Meeting #26 – May 16, 2006
11-2006 Moved
by Somek - Hrytsak: With the correction
of a typographical error, the minutes of meeting #26 dated May 16, 2006 be approved. CARRIED
9.0 BUSINESS
ARISING FROM MINUTES
There was no business arising from
these minutes.
10.0 NEW BUSINESS
There was no business to discuss
other than those noted in the Addendum.
11.0 TC MEETINGS
This
document was tabled for information.
This
document was tabled for information.
12.0 ADDENDUM
12.1 Change
of Ownership of the Principals of the SSS
The
recent takeover by Xstrata Nickel of Falconbridge Ltd. was tabled for
discussion and the subsequent repercussions this might present. The PAC wanted assurances that the
Falconbridge commitment to the Sudbury Soils Study and the PAC are still in
place. Marc Butler, as the
representative of Falconbridge on the TC indicated that everything is still as
it was prior to the Xstrata takeover. Similar
concerns were expressed as it has been noted that INCO is also in a takeover
position and Glen Watson, the TC representative for INCO, indicated he expects
continued support from that takeover company as well. The PAC requested something more tangible in this regard and the
Chair indicated he would work with the WG to obtain some sort of official
commitment with regards to the SSS and the ongoing support for the completion
of the Study.
Action: The WG and PAC Chair
report respectively to the
TC and PAC the position of the takeover companies.
12.2 Update
on the Status of the SSS
Glen Watson reported that Volumes I and II were sent to TERA on July 24th
and later this evening we will receive feedback on these reports by the
IERP. He also informed the PAC that it
is expected Volume III, the ERA, is scheduled to be sent to TERA at the
beginning of October although there may be some delay with this date. We will then have a similar session with
this volume as we will now be undergoing with the HHRA. He also reported that the expected dates for
public release will be February 2007 for the HHRA and June 2007 for the ERA.
13.0 NEXT PAC MEETING
The next meeting is scheduled for November
21, 2006, location to be determined.
14.0 FOLLOW UP TO
PUBLIC SESSION
There
were no questions raised from the audience.
15.0 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Members of the PAC and the audience were then invited to the
auditorium for the public briefing on the International Expert Peer Review
Panel (IERP) for the HHRA.
_________________________ ________________________
Chair, John
Hogenbirk Recorder,
Julie Sabourin