Skeena Pulp invests
in pollution control

‘Over $400 million is being Invested in

a fhiee-phase pollution abatement pro-

+ gram new undenvay at the Skeena Pulp
Operations in Prince Rupert.

The program began as part of ne

mill's extensive modemization and ex-

pansion program, with $5 milton com-
mitted fo envirenmenta! items.

“We've eliminated all PCP-treated
chips from our chip supply and Increas-
ed the levels of chlorine dioxide substitu.
tlon in our bleaching process,” expigins

Making way for the offluent teatmont facilityl Daily biasts enable local

contractors to move 230,000 cubic

Ing the Skeenag pulp mill.

yards of rock from the site adjoin-

Environmental and Technical Manager
Murray Websier. "Now we're trying
water-based defoamers. This isto avoid
ihe precursors that are ane of the causes
of dioxin formation.”

During the last three months, dally
rock blastings ata site adjoining the mili
Cleared the way for the second phase:
the instatlation of a $59 million effiuent
treatment facility that will bring the mill
up to today’s environmental standards
in the handling of flquid and solid
wastes.

“We've eliminated ail PCB-
treated chips fram our chip
supply.” ;
Skeena Pulp Technical
Manager Murray Webster

Mill waste will pass through a primary
clarifier, an oxygen reactor and two
secondary clarifiers. The treated effiuent
then flows by gravity fo the effluent dif.
fuscr at the bottom of Porpeise Harbour.
The separated studgs will be de-
watered and then used as fuel in the
mill's power boller. .

“In simplistic terms, ihe reactor is
similar to a saptic system,” says Webster.

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Lab technician Peter Lawrie
measures the amount of oxygen
consumed by mili eftiuent in tha
ongoing testing program that is
an important part of the mill’s
pollution abatement program.

- “Bacteria, of living organisms, cultured

to live on miil affluent, convert the ef-
fluent to harmless waste. The secondary
clarifiers remove the bacteria from the
effluent. with same recycled to keep the
colony thriving.”

The target date for completion ond
successful commissioning of the effluent
treatment facility is January 4. 1994.

The third phase ef the pollution
abatement program addresses alr emis-
sion controls, with §38 million committed
for next year.

“We believe that we will do better
than the standards belng established by
the government.” says Webster. “and
we'llbs able to address both immediate
and iong-tarm concerns.”

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WORKING WITH
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INFORMATION
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CARTAGE & STORAGE (1973) LIMITED

Congratulates the
Employees of Skeena Cellulose
on a job well done

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