January 4,
2006
(Crofton, BC) – A representative for the BC Ministry
of Environment shocked members of the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group
(CACG) when he confirmed that the province had no intention of opening
up the consultation process for a new air emissions permit for the
Crofton mill to the public. Bernard Bintner, the Senior
Industrial Pollution Officer for the Ministry of Environment, said that
this will not be classified as a ‘major amendment’ and therefore there
will be no public meetings or notice since the permit re-write is
considered an improvement.
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November 24,
2005
Local groups, including the Crofton Airshed Citizens Group (CACG) and
Reach for Unbleached (RFU), today condemned the most recent effort by
the provincial government and local pulp mills to offload toxic waste
to the environment and risk human health. An ‘intentions paper’
outlining a code of practice for spreading toxic waste on agricultural
and forest land in BC has been put forward for a brief public
consultation period prior to preparing and implementing legislation.
The Government’s intent is expressed on their website with a November
30 deadline for response
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October 13, 2005
(Crofton, BC) - A new British Columbia pollution overview issued today
by Environmental Defence and the Canadian Environmental Law Association
has named two of the mills run by Catalyst Paper, (formerly
NorskeCanada) as among the “Dirty Dozen” top air polluters for the
province. 1
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September 14, 2005
CROFTON MILL FORUM MEMBERS URGE NEW HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
(Crofton,
BC) – Members of the Crofton Mill Community Advisory Forum last night
recommended that an air dispersion modeling study be redone and that a
full baseline human health risk assessment of the Crofton mill be
conducted.
The recommendation comes after a review by a sub-committee
of the study conducted by mill owner NorskeCanada in 2004 and two
subsequent peer reviews. Comprised of representatives for the union,
environment and First Nations sectors, the group recognized the
fundamental disconnect between what the expectations were for the
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May 25, 2005
NORSKE'S CROFTON MILL SHOWS LARGEST INCREASE IN POLLUTION IN CANADA
(Crofton, BC) In a report issued by the North American Commission for
Environmental Cooperation (CEC), Norske’s Crofton Mill has shown the
single largest increase in pollution release in the entire country .
The report is based on data provided to the National Pollution Release
Inventory by the company itself for the years 1995-2002.
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