To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: "Gary Gallon, Canadian Institute for Business & Environment"Subject: The Gallon Environment Letter: Canada Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Status: RO X-Status: THE GALLON ENVIRONMENT LETTER Canadian Institute for Business and the Environment Institut Canadien du Commerce et de l=92environnement 506 Victoria Ave., Montreal, Quebec H3Y 2R5 Ph. (514) 369- 0230, Fax (514) 369- 3282 Email: cibe@web.net Vol. 2, No. 8, April 10, 1998=20 ****************************************************************************= ** ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTIONS AT THE FEDERAL LIBERAL POLICY CONVENTION IN OTTAWA The federal Liberal Party held its 1998 Biennial Policy Convention, March 19= =20 22, 1998 in Ottawa. More than 2,500 Liberals from across Canada attended bringing with them resolutions from their ridings that they want the federal government to act on. The Prime Minister and most Cabinet ministers were present most of the time at the 2 =BD day event. While the resolutions don't bind the federal Liberal Cabinet, they provide a strong reminder of the= directions their voters want the government to take. CLEAN UP MILITARY SITES; PROTECT FISH STOCKS Resolutions passed included one calling for the support for research and development into new technologies, including environmental technologies. Another resolution was passed asking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans "to make maintenance, rehabilitation and enhancement of marine and inland= habitats be a top priority", and to "maximize their powers of protection and enforcement against those who damage, pollute or otherwise alter natural habitats and marine environments." Another resolution passed was put forward by the Yukon Liberal Association, which asked the federal government to finally get= around to cleaning up the highly toxic abandoned military and early-warning radar sites in northern Canada. In a somewhat embarrassing moment, the Young Liberals put forward a resolution demanding the passage of the Endangered Species Act which remains dormant on the Cabinet agenda. The resolutionn passed with a huge margin. See all of the resolutions that were passed on the federal Liberal Website: = <http://www.liberal.ca/gd/d65.htmes/ACS-FrDio.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html>http://www.liberal.ca/gd/d65.htm.s/ACS-FrDio.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html ******************************************************** TWO GLOBAL WARMING RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT THE LIBERAL CONVENTION Resolutions 41 and 43, both urging strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) passed at the federal Liberal Policy Convention. Resolution 41. was a combination of three resolutions that were brought to the convention= by Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario), the Liberal Party in Manitoba, and the Liberal Party of Canada (Qu=E9bec). The resolution stated that "whereas= climate change is among the most serious environmental threats facing the planet and whereas Canada is one of the world's leading per capita producers of greenhouse gas emissions", be it resolved "that the Liberal Party of Canada urge the federal government to gradually equalize tax subsidies and incentives= granted to the renewable energy industry with those granted to the fossil fuel industry; promote scientific and economic research to better assess the environmental and financial impact of greenhouse gases; apply fiscal tools= to reduce greenhouse emissions, and, such as policies encouraging a shift in public transportation, efficient residential and commercial building, and efficient energy delivery". The second global warming resolution passed was put forward by the powerful federal Liberal Standing Committee on Policy Development. It recommended= that the federal government should increase incentives for research and= development of alternate electrical production; the use of electricity produced through less polluting sources by promoting and supporting the construction of infrastructure to supply power to areas of need and promoting the production of hydro electricity through the development of water resources in a socially= and environmentally responsible manner. ********************************************************** POOR DECISION TO APPROVE EXPANDED SEAL HUNT AT THE LIBERAL CONVENTION Some issues addressed at the Liberal Policy convention were emotion- laden where science and economic factors were set aside. That was the case with resolution 36. which barely passed. It endorsed the continuation of the 275,000quota annual commercial seal hunt. The resolution was based on the mistaken assertion that "the burgeoning seal populations within the region= are consuming large quantities of juvenile cod in particular thereby seriously retarding the recovery of fish stocks, particularly the large Northern cod stock". The resolution also stated that the "commercial seal harvest is of great economic importance to many Atlantic fishing communities". Neither is very accurate. On the first point, the harp seals are not responsible for the declining cod stocks. Human overfishing is. Scientific examination of harp seal stomachs reveal that only 3 to 8 per cent of the food content present is cod. In= other words, seals do not eat cod as their primary food source. Secondly, seals= eat squid and other natural predators of cod. When seal populations are severely reduced, other cod predator species bloom killing more cod. The Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) allowed the seal kill on the Atlantic coast to= jump from a sustainable 70,000 in 1991 to 261,000 recorded by Canadian sealers in 1997. Unfortunately, that is only the reported kill. Not reported is the 59,000 seals taken from the same herd by Greenlanders. Not reported is the high incidents of "shot and lost" of seals that slip back under the ice and die before they can be reached by the sealers. Not recorded is the poaching and "highgrading" of seals that are killed and not reported. These actions could easily double the annual seal deaths to more than 480,000. DFO scientists agree that the 4.5 million seals estimated in the herd cannot sustain a kill rate above 290,000 annually. Regarding the financial picture, the seal hunt is not economically sustainable. It is heavily subsidized. For example, the federal and provincial governments pay .35 cents per pound for seal meat (20 cents feds and 15 cents prov), then turn around and sell the meat for about 9 cents per= pound to be processed for low end uses such animal food (mink, chickens, etc.). Another several hundred thousand dollars are spent by DFO to organize and monitor the hunt. The new income generator is the sale of seal penises for aphrodisiac purposes within the Asian community. About 30,000 boney seal penises and scrotum were reported harvest by Canadians last year. They are sliced or ground into tea and other ingestibles. The sealing communications programs are also subsidized by the governments. Total income reported from all seal part sales was $11 million last year. Subsidies reduce that number substantially. And the sustained annual seal over hunt for at the 275,000 quota may well collapse the herd again bringing about a similar fate that befell= the cod fishery. See the Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans websitehttp//www.ncr.dfo.ca/. Or visit International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) websitehttp//www.ifaw.org/home.htm/.=20 ************************************************************* LIBERAL POLSTER MICHAEL MARZOLINI WARNS ABOUT IGNORING ENVIRONMENT Most of the federal ministers were in the audience of some 1,800 liberal delegates attending the latest polling results from Pollara Polling Inc. presented by its chairman, Michael Marzolini. He reported that while environment was not at the top of the mind in the Canadian public, concern= for the environment sat as one of the top three subsurface issues that remain= core in the public concern, the other two being health care and high taxes. These issues, he said, will flare up in the near future, if corrective measures aren't taken. Marzolini said that the top environmental issues remain water pollution and drinking water, along with air pollution and the impact on breathing. He found that the issue of global warming was less understood by the people and remained low on the concern spectrum. Pollara also found that public concern for the environment was seasonal, being higher in the Spring and Summer when people are closer to the water and more affected by smog. Email:=20 mmar@pollara.ca ; Websitehttp://www.pollara.ca/h.htm/.htm.s/ACS-FrDio.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html ************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT MARKET STUDIES FOR CANADIAN COMPANIES Industry Canada's Strategis Website has added nine new international environment market studies which can be used by companies to expand their services worldwide. Go to website:=20 <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ea01301e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html>http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/ea01301e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html ea01301e.html. The studies are: Norway Industrial Process Controls ISA970901 Philippines Water and Wastewater Chemicals ISA970901 Philippines Water Supply/Distribution/Treatment EQ. ISA970901 Spain Overview of the Natural Gas Sector ISA970701 Spain Water Pollution Control Equipment ISA970701 Taiwan Recycling Equipment ISA970701 Thailand Architecture/Construction/Eng. Services ISA970801 Turkey Civil Engineering & Consulting Services ISA970801 U.K. Waste Water Systems & Equip. (Rev) ISA970801 ************************************************************ MASSIVE NEW FOREST CLEAR CUTTING IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN SPARKS ACTION Massive new clearcutting operations being launched in Manitoba and on the border of Manitoba in Saskatchewan has raised concerns that the extraction= may have negative impacts on other economies in the region. Non consumptive economic uses such as those of the native communities (trapping, hunting,= and fishing, and non consumptive uses) and those including tourism,= birdwatching, and biodiversity protection will be negatively impacted. The three logging operations are Louisiana Pacific which plans to harvest wood to feed its waferboard mill in Swan River, Manitoba. Adjacent is SaskforMacMillan Inc.= on the adjacent Saskatchewan side of the boundary. The third is Tolko Manitoba Inc. which has a 13 year agreement with the Government of Manitoba. It will= be allowed to log 11 million hectares. Manitoba has doubled the cutting area ceded to Tolko, which now runs the pulp and paper mill at The Pas, Manitoba, started by the province 30 years ago. Tolko, a B.C. based company, took over last= year from Repap Enterprises ltd. Tolko wants to expand and modernize the= existing pulp mill at the site and build a new one. It will also build 800 kilometres of all weather roads to help in its logging operations.=20 The native peoples and other affected economies are asking both the federal and provincial governments to conduct environmental assessments before allowing the projects to proceed. Regarding Tolko, Don Sullivan of Manitoba's Future Forest Alliance said "I'm tired of waiting for Environment Minister= Christine Stewart to respond to our requests for action. It's time to go to court and get the courts to force the federal government to enforce their own= environmental assessment act.'' For example, Tolko Manitoba Inc. requires permission from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to build bridges needed for road construction, Ottawa's responsibilities are triggered under the 1992 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Sullivan claims. The alliance says= the province of Manitoba's decision to conduct dozens of individual reviews for each aspect of Tolko's proposal rather than view it as a whole, makes a mockery of the environmental review process. The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund (CEDF) filed an application in Federal Court of Canada in Toronto asking a judge to intervene. Unfortunately, the possibility of the federal government intervening in a Canadian problem to correct any missteps, has been reduced= by the "Harmonization Accord" which effectively blocks the federal government= out of provincial jurisdictions. Source: Scott Edmonds, Winnipeg, Canadian= Press. ******************************************************************** PARTNERS FOR THE SASKATCHEWAN RIVER BASIN Consumptive and non consumptive users of forests, waters, and soils in the Saskatchewan River Basin will hold a conference and annual general meeting April 23 & 24, 1998 McEwan Student Centre, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta. Opening Remarks will be made by= Susan Lamb, CEO of the Meewasin Valley Authority. Henry Katarnuk, TEC Corporation, will speak on the values of tourism. Ecoeconomist, Dr. Dixon Thompson, University of Calgary, will also speak on environmental economic values. For registration information contact the Partners for the Saskatchewan River= Basin office ph. 1 800 567 8007. ******************************************************************** POPS NEGOTIATIONS IN MONTREAL JUNE/JULY 1998 Montreal will be the venue for talks beginning June 29, 1998 on a second treaty that will focus on the release and emissions of persistent organic= pollutants (POPs). These include some of the most toxic chemicals ever developed by industry. The negotiations on a new international environmental agreement (IEA) will start with a list of twelve (12) POPs aldrin, chlordane, DDT,= dieldrin, dioxins, endrin, furans, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, PCBs, and toxaphene; more will be added later.=20 These negotiations, also under the auspices of UNEP, are to be completed by the year 2000. The negotiations build upon the new Basel Convention PIC treaty where 95 governments finalized the text of the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. Negotiated under the auspices of UNEP and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Convention will establish an international alert list and help developing countries obtain the= information they need to protect themselves. It is based on the principle of Prior Informed Consent, or PIC, which states that exports of dangerous substances should not proceed unless explicitly agreed by the importing country. The exporting country is notified about the products the importing country no=20 longer wants to receive, and it works with its chemicals industries to= ensure that illegal imports do not occur. Decisions must be trade neutral that is, if a country does not wish to accept an import, it must not produce the= chemical domestically or import it from non-Parties. The treaty also contains provisions for the safe labeling of toxics in the event of export. At first the treaty will apply to around 27 chemicals, with potentially hundreds more qualifying on the basis of future decisions by= the Parties. Governments have asked that the Convention commitments be carried out on a voluntary basis immediately after the Diplomatic Conference in= Rotterdam next September, where the Convention will be formally adopted and opened= for signature by ministers and other senior officials. Additional data and documents are at website <http://irptc.unep.ch/c.ca/SSG/ea01301e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html>http://irptc.unep.ch/..ca/SSG/ea01301e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html For more information or to arrange interviews, contact Gertrud Attar in Geneva at (4122)9178234 or Michael Williams at 917 8242, fax 797 3464. *************************************************************** WHAT ARE PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS POPS? POPs remain in the environment and circulate globally through the= "grasshopper effect". POPs released in one part of the world can, through a repeated= (and often seasonal) process of release, deposit, release, deposit, be= transported to regions far away from their original source. This is why POPs can be= found in people and animals living in the Arctic, thousands of kilometers from any major POPs source. POPs are also transported via living organisms through a process known as bioaccumulation. POPs are not soluble in water but are readily absorbed in fatty tissue, where concentrations can become magnified by up to 70,000 times the background levels. Fish, predatory birds, mammals, and= humans are high up the food chain and so absorb the greatest concentrations. When they travel, the POPs travel with them. With worldwide sales of some $1.5 trillion annually, the chemicals industry= is a vital part of the modern industrial economy, providing a range of goods= and services essential to our lifestyle. The number of different chemicals in production is on the rise, and estimates of the chemicals currently on the market vary widely, from 20,000 to as many as 70,000. Annual production levels are some 400 million tons (1995 figures). Clearly, the dramatic growth in both the quantities and the variety of substances being released into the environment increases the potential for damaging human health and the environment. Source UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. **************************************************************** QUEBEC ENDS ITS TOXIC WASTE HAULING WAY BILL SYSTEM On December 1, 1997, the Quebec Ministry of Environment and Wildlife (MEF) ended its online system for tracking the transportation of hazardous waste.= =20 Previously, trucks in Quebec could not haul such wastes without a government issued waybill number. The waybill system was used to prevent midnight dumping. The system was also used to ensure that waste disposal companies were receiving only those wastes for which they had a permit. For example, the company called RecupereSol in St. Ambroise, Quebec received a shipment of PCB contaminated concrete. MEF used the waybill system to track the infraction. MEF issued a Notice of Violation which is now currently under investigation. Philip Preville from Quebec's "Mirror" magazine wrote that "Alain Boutin of MEF said such enforcement would be impossible." Source "Mirror" Magazine, Montreal, March 12, 1998. *************************************************************** A NEW PCB INCINERATOR STARTS UP IN QUEBEC The Quebec Ministry of Environment and Wildlife (Fauna) (MEF) has licenced Vancouver based Bennett Environmental Inc. to burn soils contaminated with PCB's at its recently purchased RecupereSol incinerator in St. Ambroise near Chicoutimi, Quebec. Bennett conducted test burns at the facility in August 1997 and received their permit October 1997. Bennett Environmental reports that= it signed a large contract to import PCBlaced soils from Ontario. The Company's PCB destruction operation in St. Ambroise has attained a throughput of 8 tonnes per hour, and the throughput is approaching the equipment's maximum= throughput level of 10 tonnes per hour. The company has received delisting certificates from the Qu=E9bec Ministry of Environment for material processed through the facility. Destruction certificates are issued after the processed soils are tested, and the test results confirm that the levels of PCB and organic contaminants are below acceptable levels for disposal. Bennett reports in= its press release (March 4, 1998) that it expects to complete its $2.8 million contract with Philip Services Corp. (PSC) of Hamilton Ontario, to burn PCB soils from Toronto ahead of schedule at the end of March 1998. For more information contact Bennett Environmental Inc., Suite 200 1130 West Pender Street Vancouver, B.C., V6E 4A4, Tel(604) 681 8828, Fax(604) 681 6825; email: info@bennettenvironmental.com; Website:=20 <http://www.bennettenvironmental.com/1e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html>http://www.bennettenvironmental.com/.e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html **************************************************************************** ******************* ORPHANED HAZARDOUS SITE IN LACHINE HAS QUEBEC IN A SPIN The former Jenkins Foundry in Lachine was left to provincial and municipal governments to manage and clean up after the former owner walked away. Most= of the soil in the 648,592 square feet property near the St. Lawrence River, is contaminated with heavy metals like lead and zinc and contains three large containers filed with 80% pure PCB oil. The cost of clean up will run in the many millions of dollars. The Jenkins Foundry provincial public trustee, Roland Chretien appeared to have recently disowned responsibility for the property. This raised concerns with the City of Lachine's Mayor, William McCullock who was "speechless when told by a reporter that the Quebec curator denied it= has assumed ownership of the Jenkins property." Source The Gazette" Montreal, March 10, 1998. ************************************************************************ INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ************************************************************************ NOMINATIONS FOR SASAKAWA INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AWARD Every year the United Nations Environment Programme awards the Sasakawa Environment Prize to individuals who have made outstanding global contributions to the management and protection of the environment. Some of the past= winners include Dr. M. S. Swaminathan of India, the father of the economic ecology movement; Lester Brown, Director of the World Watch Institute and Chico Mendes, the rubber tapper from Brazil who died leading the fight against the cattle ranchers' destruction of the rainforest. The Prize is awarded to individuals who have made outstanding global contributions to the management and protection of the environment consistent with the policies, aims and objectives of= UNEP. Candidates can be associated with any field of the environment. Those= eligible to make nominations include, but are not limited to, specialists in environmental sciences, academies of science, engineering and research, members of the United Nations system, governments and intergovernmental= organizations, trade unions and Non -governmental organizations. Nominees will be= considered on an annual basis. A new letter of nomination and updated description of achievements is required every year. Nominations for the Prize, related credentials, information in support of the nomination and letters of= reference must be received no later than 31 May 1998. No candidates may nominate= himself or herself. Nomination forms may be obtained fromThe Secretary, UNEP= Sasakawa Environment Prize, Information and Public Affairs Branch, P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi, Kenya; ph. (254 2) 62 3401/62 3128, fax (254 2) 62 3692/62 3927; email elisabeth.guilbaudcox@unep.org, or, rajinder.sian@unep.org **************************************************************************** ********** U.S. DEBATES COST OF REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS The estimates, being unveiled today before the House Commerce Committee by= the White House Council on Economic Advisers, say that the treaty will add only $70 to $110 to the average household's annual energy bill over the next 15= years. Independent assessments of the impact of the Treaty by the highly respected Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates, Inc. (WEFA), however, project that ratification of the treaty would force per household reductions in Gross Domestic Product of $2,061 in the year 2010, and $1,715 in 2015. "The Administration's own Interagency Analysis last July projected that the agreement would add a quarter to the price of a gallon of gasoline by the= year 2010," said RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson. "Yet today, we're expected to= believe that the added cost will actually be only 4 to 6 cents a gallon in the year 2008 with a much tougher Treaty, thanks to Al Gore's cavein at Kyoto. To= gain an understanding of those who feel the costs are too high visit the website:= =20 http//www.rnc.org/news/kyoto. ***************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS CONFERENCE ON THE ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Ninth Pacific Science Association Inter Congress on SIII2 Economics of Sustainable Development Linking Economics and the Environment, will be held November 16 18, 1998 in Taipei. Organized by Taiwan's Institute of= Economics at Academia Sinica, it will have 20 related symposia on environmental economics covering aspects of humanities, social sciences, physical and life sciences. One will be on the Economics of Sustainable Development Linking Economics= and the Environment which is organized by the Institute of Economics of Academia Sinica (IEAS). The program will consist of contributed papers on= environmental policies and the economy, economywide policies and the environment, and= green national accounts and macroeconomic performance. A limited amount of= financial support for transportation is available. Those applying for financial= support must submit more comprehensive information than the one page abstract.= Papers will be selected in accordance with subject matter and potential= contribution. Those wishing to contribute a paper are welcomed to submit a one page= abstract or complete manuscript by July 31, 1998. Selected presenters will be= notified by August 30, 1998. Complete papers must be mailed to the committee by November 1, 1998. People are encouraged to organize a session related to one of the subject areas. A session should consist of three to four papers with a chair and discussants. Contact Dr. Daigee Shaw (IEAS), The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan; ph. 88627822791 ext.616, fax=20 88627853946; emaildshaw@sinica.edu.tw. ******************************************************* U.S. RESEARCH FOUNDATION WILL FUND PROJECTS ON WATER POLLUTION The American Water Works Research Foundation (AWWARF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the science of water, is seeking applications for = new research projects on protecting and delivering drinking water. Since 1986, AWWARF has managed research projects worth over $24,100,000. Requests for proposals (RFPs) for these projects will be available on the AWWARF website= at http://www.awwarf.com.ronmental.com/.e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html Proposals submitted in response to RFPs must be postmarked by May 4, 1998. Project proposals must include at least 25% of= the total project budget from the proponent as inkind services, or cash contributions. Contact awards for all projects will be determined by an= AWWARF project advisory committee appointed for each project.. RFPs can re viewed a AWWARF's homepage http://www.awwarf.com/ronmental.com/.e.htmlo.htmlhtmlns/cc&i_toc.html in the What's New section and can= be requested and sent through email to dhughston@40awwarf.com or to gpreston@40awwarf.com. Interested parties can also obtain RFPs from the AWWARF RFP Desk, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235; or by calling (303) 347= 6117 or (303) 347 6211. **************************************************************************** *************** DELIBERATELY SET INDONESIAN FIRES RUINING RURAL ECONOMIES The economies of many villages and towns outside Jakarta are being harmed by the massive forest fires deliberately set to clear the way for palm oil plantations. Ironically, the IMF conditions for bailout loans to Indonesia include requirements to expand export earnings from palm oil. The issue no longer environment versus the economy. It is one type of economy versus and other. In other developments, the United Nations has identified the= Indonesian fires as a top priority. Secretary General, Kofi Annan has appointed Mr. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to coordinate a worldwide response. Toepfer will fly to Indonesia for a meeting with the government at the highest level. On March 28, 1998, a United= Nations Assessment and Coordination Team (UNDAC) left Geneva for Indonesia. This= team is composed of four firefighting members from OCHA and three environmental experts from UNEP. An OCHA/UNEP team is also on standby to fly to Brazil= this weekend where fires are now rapidly spreading deep into the ainforest and= over a million hectares of savannah woodland have already burnt. The aim of both missions is to assist the Governments' priorities in fighting the fires. = The teams will look at the assistance being provided from all other sources and assess the extent of damage caused and the threat to irreplaceable biodiversity and wildlife. To aid both the Indonesian and Brazilian efforts, the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is in the process of providing immediate financial assistance of US$750,000. Additional data and documents are available at UNEP's website http//unep.ch. For more information contact Vladimir Sakharov at= 917 1142, or Gertrud Attar at telephone (4122) 929 9234, fax (4122) 797 3464, or email gattar@unep.ch; or Jim Sniffen, UNEP Information Officer, New York, tel(1212) 9638094, fax (212) 9637341, email sniffenj@un.org ******************************************************************** IPSCO in Alberta Challenged the Constitutionality of NPRI and held the challenge in abatement until the Quebec PCB case was heard in court. INTERNATIONAL PIPING SERVICES COMPANY=20 2424 Wisconsin Ave.=20 Downers Grove IL 60515 USA=20 Phone: (630) 4359500 (800) 8747464=20 Fax: (630) 4359597=20 With offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Orlando, Charlotte, Scunthorpe U.K., Frankfurt and Abu Dhabi, and U.A.E.=20 IPSCO products and services allow our customers to perform repairs and modifications to their existing piping systems without shutting down their pipeline. Hot tapping and line stopping technologies are utilized to perform this work. Typical applications include installation of valves, repair of valves, relocation of lines, and expansion of existing lines. In addition, IPSCO offers a complete line of split sleeve repair clamps which allow for= the emergency containment of piping defects. Repair clamps may be welded to the pipleline after installation for permanent repair. Typical applications include repair of damaged pipe or leaking weld joints. For over 35 years, IPSCO has made it their business to keep pipelines on stream during maintenance, retrofitting, alterations, emergencies and new construction. Available worldwide, IPSCO's full line of products and services is designed to keep product flowing.=20 *********************************************************** ******************************************* =20 $180.90 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE GALLON ENVIRONMENT LETTER=20 Subscribe to "The Gallon Environment Letter" and its "Green Jobs Available" supplement. 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