Wilson said a ministerial order he issued Wednesday now sets the terms for an orderly shutdown of the Pictou County mill that will be monitored by department officials. It allows the mill to continue to release warm boiler water into Boat Harbour, as well as water generated from mill hibernation activities, site run-off and the mill’s landfill, until April 30. Under the terms of the ministerial order, the mill must measure such things as wastewater flow and file monthly reports to the Environment Department. It must also develop a plan for the decomissioning of the discharge pipe and for leachate disposal from its landfill, which currently runs into Boat Harbour. Sign Up NowProgressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston expressed disappointment in Wilson’s admission on the enforcement of the Boat Harbour Act, which was unanimously passed in the legislature in 2015.

Source: thestar January 30, 2020 19:23 UTC