The Crofton Airshed Citizens Group of British Columbia
.....Here to help preserve our shared atmosphere by encouraging sound environmental practices that reduce emissions.....
Each day approximately 25 million
cubic meters of exhaust gases leave the Crofton paper mill, carrying
with them roughly 1500 kg of fine particulate matter, 4500 kg of
sulphur dioxide, 2500 kg of volatile organic compounds, 2500 kg of
methanol, 1000 kg of hydrochloric acid, etc. The plume also contains
some of the most dangerous substances known to life: dioxins and
furans, chlorine dioxide, formaldehyde, lead, and hexavalent chromium.
Source: Environment Canada's National Pollution Release Inventory
(NPRI) 2003; data supplied by NorskeCanada, now Catalyst Paper
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On April 15, 2008, the Community Advisory Forum (CAF) of the Crofton mill, a multi-stakeholder group with the mandate to recommendations to Catalyst Paper,Crofton Division and others, made several recommendations for pollution prevention following a months long 'Pollution Prevention" process.
The CAF, comprised of groups representing employees, First Nations, residents, local business, local government, environment and senior management of the mill, unanimously recommended next steps for the Crofton mill and the Provincial Ministry of the Environment.
Central to the recommendations to both the Ministry and Catalyst Paper was the proposal for state-of-the-art continuous sampling technology for dioxins / furans, heavy metals and other persistent organic pollutants from plant stacks.
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By Sean McIntyre
Gulf Islands Driftwood-
April 23, 2008
Smell descended “like a bomb”
A Salt Spring Island resident is searching for answers after a strange odour she believes came from the Crofton Mill left her and three people working outside her home with headaches, nausea and itchy eyes last week.
“I am angry and scared and in need of answers,” Anne Miller wrote in a letter to B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner immediately following the incident. “I have long known the potential dangers of the air from the mill, but had also thought that this was being rectified and, as we tend to do, I put that aside believing that our government would not allow us to be harmed if the dangers were known.”
Though Miller has smelled the sulphur-like odour coming from the Catalyst pulp and paper mill before, she’s never encountered symptoms like those experienced just after 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15. |
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November 13, 2007
Hon. Barry Penner
Minister of the Environment
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Dear Minister Penner,
Thank you for directing a reply to the concerns of citizens, environmental and labour groups over the Soil Amendment Code of Practice. We have received
the letter from Assistant Deputy Minister, Lynn Bailey of October 23, 2007./
A number of statements in the letter bear further discussion, however.
“The practice of using industrial residuals to enhance soil quality is neither new nor unique to British Columbia. All jurisdictions in North America and Europe have rules or regulations governing how agricultural, industrial, and municipal residuals may be used on land.”
This statement could be taken to mean that all jurisdictions allow the practice with certain regulatory limits. In fact, a number of jurisdictions use rules and regulations to prohibit the use of sludge on agricultural land. ...
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