This permit was written in 1976; and last amended in 2007.


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One welcome improvement in the proposed new permit is the clear definition of wood waste.

Current Permit  Excerpt: 

"1.4.2 The fuel normally used in power boiler #4 is woodwaste and primary and secondary effluent treatment sludge (subject to Section 8). However, oil (subject to the Sulphur Content of Fuel Regulation) or natural gas may be used on an intermittent basis."

 That's the extent of the current governance on what goes into pulp mills' main power boilers across the province. The single word, "woodwaste", which covers  salty wet bark, a waste product removed from sawmills, also turns out to cover housing scraps, and sometimes creosoted poles and ties, treated wood, wallboard, and shingles. Demolition waste has been disposed of at the mill; gathered in piles, chipped up, and trucked to the mill's boilers.   It solves a couple of big waste problems -  mill boilers, effluent treatment sludge?? - make that three problems, all up in the air.
   
The new permit excludes demolition waste, although sludge is still intended to be used as fuel.
   
CACG will maintain the pressure to have more stringent regulation implemented and  more pollution prevention measures at the mill.