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Province Shuts Public out of Mill Permit Process
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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BC Proposes Toxic Waste to Fertilize Crops
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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Catalyst Crofton and Elk Falls Mills Rank Among “Dirty Dozen” of BC
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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New Health Study Urged
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 initial study and what that study was actually designed to conclude.
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#1 Increase in Pollution
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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