B.C. pulp and paper mill fined $22,000 for leaking toxic gas into atmosphere

A B.C. pulp and paper mill owned by the country’s largest forestry company has been handed $22,000 in penalties for releasing toxic gases into the atmosphere.

The director increased the penalty to the mill for the repeated nature of the violations, finding “there was no detectable decrease in the rate of failures” over the nearly three years of contraventions. But Bourgeois decided they were not deliberate and reduced the penalty further after finding Paper Excellence had spent some money to ensure they did not occur again.

In another set of contraventions detailed by Bourgeois this month, the mill was found to have failed to maintain its equipment on 116 occasions over more than two years leading up to April 2023. Cross-border investigation prompts federal investigation Built in 1909, the Howe Sound mill is among the province’s oldest pulp and paper mills. Today, it employs 365 people and every year produces 420,000 tonnes of kraft pulp, much of which is shipped overseas where it reinforces paper products made from tropical hardwood.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

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