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On April 15th, The Crofton Community Advisory Forum made several recommendations to Catalyst Paper, Crofton Division regarding pollution prevention measures. The CAF requested a written response from Catalyst Paper within 30 days. The response received on May 8th, although accepting recommendations for filling information gaps and information sharing, fell short of accepting the key recommendation to develop a proposal for continuous stack monitoring for several key pollutants identified as priority areas.
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May 20, 2008
Randy Alexander
Regional Environmental Protection Manager
Ministry of Environment
2080-A Labieux Rd
Nanaimo BC V9T 6J9
Dear Mr. Alexander,
The Crofton Community Advisory Forum (CAF) was formed in response to public concern regarding environmental, health and safety impacts of operations at the Crofton mill. It constitutes a broad-based membership of stakeholders that includes: employees, environment, First Nations, the local community, local government, local business and Catalyst Paper management and key staff.
As an advisory forum, the mandate of the CAF is to review and make recommendations to Catalyst Paper and appropriate regulatory authorities to address concerns regarding environment, health, safety and other issues relevant to Catalyst’s Crofton mill operations and the surrounding communities.
On April 15, 2008, following a lengthy pollution prevention committee process that identified distinct areas for further action, the CAF passed a motion to make a number of recommendations.
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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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Robert Wiltzen and Co-Signors
Crofton Airshed Citizens Group
Dear Mr. Wiltzen and Co-Signors:
Thank you for your email dated September 14, 2007 to the Honourable
Barry Penner, Minister of Environment, regarding the Code of Practice
for Soil Amendments (the Code). Your email has been forwarded to me to
respond on the Minister's behalf.
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Dear Editor:
Nanaimo News Bulletin
October 18, 2007
Environment Minister Barry Penner's response to concerns about the new Soil Amendment Code of Practice Government's Code of Practices Protects People, Environment, Oct 16th) is misleading.
Mr. Penner says that adding nutrients to soil can enhance crop growth, and who could argue with that? What he fails to mention is that many ingredients of industrial and domestic sewage sludge are toxic, and these will also be added to the soil.
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To: Editor, Nanaimo NewsBulletin
October 17, 2007
I find it intriguing that Mr. Penner considers heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury to be "soil amendments" and "nutrients" when in fact they are deadly poisons.
See Environment Minister Responds on Sludge
According to agencies such as Health Canada, Environment Canada, US Center for Disease Control, Harvard University, University of Calgary, University of Kentucky, and the World Health Organization, heavy metals cross the blood-brain barrier and destroy brain and nerve cells. They cause immune disorders, cancers such as leiomyosarcoma and multiple myeloma, cardiovascular disease, dementia, kidney failure, hormone irregularities including infertility, fibromyalgia, depression, chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, +++. (Mercury alone causes over 200 symptoms which multiply exponentially with every added heavy metal.)
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Government’s code of practices protects people, environment
Oct 16 2007 – Nanaimo News Bulletin
To the Editor,
A letter to the editor, Pulp mill sludge threatens environment, Oct. 4, contained incorrect information about the new Code of Practice for Soil Amendments that government recently approved.
The practice of using industrial byproducts to enhance soil quality is neither new nor unique to B.C. In fact, the term amendment in this context simply means to improve the biological, physical or chemical characteristics of a soil.
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Nanaimo News Bulletin
Oct 04 2007
To the Editor,
Bravo to Nanaimo city council and the Regional District of Nanaimo for taking steps toward environmental sanity. Re: Going green, Sept. 18 – collecting organic waste for composting to reduce strain on the local landfill. If only our provincial government would take the same tack.
B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner recently signed an amendment to the Environmental Management Act giving pulp mills carte blanche to dump contaminated sludge on Crown lands, agricultural lands, or any private property where the owner agrees, and call such sludge “soil amendments.”
See BC Groups Protest Sludge Landspreading
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Times Colonist
Published: Thursday, October 04, 2007
Premier Gordon Campbell has committed B.C. to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 40 million tonnes by 2020.
Finance Minister Carole Taylor's new public-relations process is asking the citizens how to hit the reduction targets.
There are glaring discrepancies between the headline-grabbing announcements on global citizenship and the mounting body of evidence indicating a climate-killer in action.
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September 27, 2007
Attention: Steve Thomson, Executive Director, BC Agriculture Council
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RE: Soil Amendment Code of Practice
The Soil Amendment Code of Practice was signed by the Minister of Environment in June of 2007, and came into effect September 1, 2007.
The Intentions Paper for the Code was responded to by a wide variety of citizens and groups from across the province with grave concerns and questions over the proposed land-spreading of toxic industrial waste. The land-spreading of pulp mill sludge is a practice that has been actively protested in the past, but up until now has required special permits from the Ministry of Environment. The Code now allows a simple notification process.
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September 14, 2007
Hon. Barry Penner
Minister of the Environment
Legislative Buildings
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Dear Minister Penner,
The Soil Amendment Code of Practice, recently passed and effective as of September 1, 2007 will facilitate the land-spreading of industrial toxic waste, including pulp mill sludge, fly ash and domestic and industrial sewage and water treatment sludge. We urge you to immediately reverse this decision and not allow any further spreading of hazardous industrial waste on B.C.’s farms and forests.
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