FACILITY PROFILE
AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill Nackawic, N.B.
Prepared by:
Impact Management Branch New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government
March 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Wood Harvesting and Preparation Kraft Pulping Brownstock Preparation Bleach Production and Bleaching Drying and Finishing Shipping Chemical Recovery Recausticizing Steam & Power Mill Water Supply & Treatment Effluent Treatment System
POTENTIAL AIR QUALITY IMPACTS
AIR QUALITY COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT
Current Air Quality Approval to Operate Terms and Conditions, and Compliance History
PUBLIC OUTREACH
CONTACT INFORMATION
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BACKGROUND
AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill operates a dissolving grade Kraft pulpmill that has a production rate of approximately 540 air dry tonnes per day of bleached Kraft dissolving grade pulp which is shipped offshore for use in the textile industry to manufacture rayon. The Nackawic Mill was commissioned in the early 1970's and is located east of the confluence of the Nackawic Stream and the Mactaquac Headpond on the north shore of the Saint John River approximately 60 km upstream of Fredericton.
As required under the Air Quality Regulation - Clean Air Act, AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill is considered a source and therefore, must apply for and obtain an Air Quality Approval to Operate from the Department. The facility is required to conduct its operations according to conditions outlined in the issued Air Quality Approval to Operate aimed at preventing unfavorable air quality conditions. The conditions are generally wide-ranging and may include such requirements as:
- limitations on operational parameters; - requirements for testing and monitoring emissions from specific unit operations; - requirements for testing and monitoring the ambient air quality surrounding the facility; - requirements to operate air pollution control equipment; - limits on emissions that are approved to be released to the atmosphere; - provisions for equipment upgrade and/or maintenance; - requirements for environmental emergency and/or compliance reporting; and, - other conditions aimed at minimizing the facility's impact on the environment.
The Regulation provides for approvals to be issued by the Minister of the Environment and Local Government for a specified period, not to exceed five years.
The Approval to Operate AV Group NB Inc. (identified as I-7842) issued under the Air Quality Regulation expires on September 30, 2017. This document is intended to provide: background information on the AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill and the Air Quality Approvals process; a description of the Kraft dissolving grade pulpmill process, a list of the potential air quality impacts associated with the facility; and a compliance review of the current Air Quality Approval to Operate.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION:
AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill’s activities include wood harvesting and the operation of the dissolving grade Kraft mill complex consisting of a woodyard and debarking / chipping plant, prehydrolysis Kraft pulping and brown stock preparation, bleach chemical production and pulp bleaching, and pulp drying, finishing and shipping. The mill complex is served by a chemical recovery and recausticizing area, a steam plant, a chloro-alkali plant, a sodium chlorate plant, and an effluent treatment system. A more detailed description of each of these mill processes is provided below:
WOOD HARVESTING AND PREPARATION
The wood supply to the mill is provided primarily from 256,373 hectares of Provincial Crown land and 37,958 hectares of freehold land. Additional wood comes from Crown Licenses 3 and 9, the State of Maine and private woodlots in New Brunswick. The mill consumes about 900,000
3 green metric tonnes (GMT) of wood per year of which approximately 20% is in the form of purchased chips and 80% is whole logs to be chipped on site. The species of wood predominantly used are red maple, sugar maple, poplar, white birch, yellow birch and beech. Roundwood is separated by species for storage and subsequent use at the mill.
Semi-tree length logs are delivered by truck to the mill and are either stored in the woodyard or sent directly to the debarking and chipping plant. The debarking and chipping plant is equipped with one Fuji King debarking line and one 8 knife chipper.
After chipping, the chips are screened, with oversize chips returned by conveyor belt to be re- chipped. Accepted chips are blown to the chip storage piles. The bark removed from the logs in the rotary debarker is collected and sent to a hogger for further processing before being transferred to a bark reclaimer from which it is transported by belt conveyor to the power boiler where it is used as fuel. Approximately 30% of the mill's energy needs comes from the burning of woodwaste.
Three chip piles, maple/beech, poplar and birch, allow an accurate blend of chip species to be fed to the pulping process. Individual chip reclaimers are utilized to permit the precise blending of chips required by the cooking process.
The mill also receives about 20% of its wood as chips that are trucked in from sawmills and chipping facilities in New Brunswick and Maine. The chips are unloaded with a truck dumper and pushed to the appropriate chip pile.
KRAFT PULPING
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The objective of all chemical pulping processes, including the Nackawic Mill, is to chemically separate the cellulose fibers in the incoming wood chips from the glue-like lignin that binds these cellulose fibers together. The cellulose fibers become the kraft pulp product while the lignin and other non-fiberous materials become the weak black liquor that is concentrated and ultimately burned in the recovery boiler for energy and chemical recovery.
In paper grade pulping, both the hemi-cellulose and alpha-cellulose are retained in the pulp product. DG pulp is cooked and bleached more rigorously such that the hemi-cellulose is removed and only the alpha-cellulose is retained in the pulp product.
The wood chips are pulped in six 177 m3 batch digesters and two 200 m3 batch digesters under the supervision of a distributed control system (DCS) using the CBC (continuous batch cook) prehydrolysis Kraft process. The digester cooks the chips by first steaming them to remove the hemi-cellulose, followed by cooking with white liquor, a solution of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide, under conditions of high temperature (160°C) and high pressure (85 lbs/in2). At these elevated conditions of temperature and pressure, and in the presence of the cooking liquor, the lignin binding component is dissolved, releasing the individual cellulose fibers. After cooking, the digester charge of unbleached Kraft pulp, or brownstock, is blown into one of two blow tanks. The digester relief gases and gases produced during cooking are vented through an accumulator and a series of condensers to recover energy with the non-condensable gases (NCGs) collected and sent for incineration in the Woodwaste Boiler with the Lime Kiln acting as the backup burn point.
Weak black liquor, the resulting spent cooking liquor from the digesters, which contains the dissolved organics such as lignin, is sent to the liquor recovery cycle for energy production and chemical recovery.
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BROWNSTOCK PREPARATION
From the digester blow tanks, the brownstock is fed to the pressure knotters where any uncooked knots are separated from the stock. Knots are currently being composted into soil amendment products by a third party.
Brownstock from the knotters is pumped to a compaction baffle filter then to a three-stage brown stock washing system where any remaining traces of black liquor are washed from the stock. The washed brownstock is then screened to remove any uncooked slivers of wood and discharged to the high-density brown stock storage tank at about 12-13% consistency. Screen rejects are collected and incinerated in the woodwaste boiler for energy recovery.
BLEACH PRODUCTION AND BLEACHING
Chlorine, caustic, and sodium hypochlorite, and sodium chlorate are produced in an onsite chemical plant (Membrane Chloralkali technology and Chlorate Cell technology). Oxygen and hydrogen peroxide are supplied to the mill by tanker truck. Chlorine dioxide, a major oxidizing agent for the bleaching of the pulp, is unstable, and must be generated on-site from the reaction of sulfuric acid, hydrogen peroxide, and sodium chlorate. The chlorine dioxide plant consists of the generator itself (in which the chlorate, hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid react to produce chlorine dioxide) and the gas absorption equipment. The chlorine dioxide gas is absorbed in cold water and the resulting aqueous chlorine dioxide solution is used in the bleach plant.
In the bleach plant, the washed and screened brownstock pulp is chemically bleached to its final white color and dirt specks are either removed or bleached. The addition of bleaching chemicals is controlled by a DCS system.
The bleach plant has a five-stage bleaching sequence using chlorine dioxide, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, sodium hypochlorite, and caustic. In the industry, this configuration is referred to as DEopHEphD, with D indicating the chlorine dioxide stage, Eop standing for caustic extraction stage fortified with oxygen (o) and hydrogen peroxide (p). H indicates the sodium hypochlorite stage. Eph refers to the second caustic stage fortified with peroxide and hypo. D is the fifth and final chlorine dioxide stage. This bleaching sequence achieves a pulp brightness of 91+ ISO brightness. Brightness is a measure of the whiteness of the pulp sheet. In addition to the normal five-stage bleaching sequence, the addition of hydrogen peroxide to the fourth stage allows pulp of 92+ ISO brightness to be produced.
The bleached stock leaving the bleach plant is transferred to one of two bleached high-density storage tanks.
Pulp from the bleached high-density storage tanks is fed to the bleached stock screening and centrifugal cleaning system for the final removal of dirt specs. The accepted stock is pumped to a slusher and thickener, discharged to the thickened stock chest, and then pumped to the machine chest ahead of the pulp machine.
DRYING AND FINISHING
The pulp sheet is formed at the wet end on a continuous 216-inch wide sheet former. The pulp sheet is then pressed to remove excess water and then dried in a can-dryer section composed of 66 dryers and a twelve-pass air borne dryer extension with a cooling section on the last pass. The dried pulp sheet runs directly into a heavy-duty pulp cutter and automatic sheet stacker with
6 overlapping sheets. Pulp bales are pressed by a 1,000-tonne pulp press, wrapped and wire-tied into 200 kg bales on the baling line. Each bale of pulp is weighed and its moisture content determined. Export pulp is unitized into 8 bale units. Up to 10,000 tonnes of product can be stored in the warehouse awaiting shipment.
SHIPPING
The finished pulp bales are trucked to various Atlantic Canada ports for shipment to offshore customers.
CHEMICAL RECOVERY
The chemical recovery operation is an integral part of kraft pulp manufacturing as it permits the recovery of both chemicals and energy.
Weak black liquor from the digesters is first concentrated from 18-20% to 49-53% solids by the removal of water using a seven body, 6 effect multi-effect evaporator train rated at 530,000 lbs/hr evaporation capacity. The liquor is further concentrated to 68% solids in two cyclone evaporators before being fired in the recovery boiler. Non-condensable gases (NCGs) from the evaporators are collected and incinerated in the power boiler with the recovery boiler scrubber acting as the backup treatment device.
The heavy black liquor from the evaporators is burned using stationary firing in the recovery furnace that has a rated capacity of 3,300,000 lbs of black liquor solids per day and is capable of producing 460,000 lbs/hr of steam. The organic portion of the concentrated black liquor
7 burns in the boiler and the energy released is used for steam generation. The inorganic portion of the liquor stream is reduced to a molten state and drains from the furnace floor into the smelt dissolving tank. The dissolving tank vent gases are treated through the recovery boiler scrubber to reduce particulate matter and odorous gas discharge. Weak wash, from the recausticizing area, is added to the smelt in the smelt dissolving tank forming green liquor.
The flue gas dust from the recovery boiler is collected in a dry-bottom electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and a recovery boiler flue gas scrubber. The dust is mainly composed of sodium salts that are returned to the liquor cycle.
RECAUSTICIZING
Recausticizing refers to the regeneration of the caustic cooking chemicals used in the digesters.
The sodium carbonate in the green liquor from the recovery boiler smelt dissolving tank is chemically converted to sodium hydroxide in the recausticizing plant. The green liquor is clarified, transferred to a slaker, and mixed with lime (calcium oxide). The slurry from the slaker overflows into a series of five causticizers where the sodium carbonate is converted to caustic soda. The resulting liquor is pumped to the white liquor pressure filter where the lime mud (calcium carbonate) and white liquor (sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide) are separated. The white liquor is pumped to the digesters for re-use in the cooking process. Lime mud is washed in the weak wash pressure filter and again on the precoat filters before being fed into the lime kiln where the mud is burned to calcium oxide, which is stored and used again in the slaker. The kiln is also used as the back up burn point for NCGs from the digesters. The lime mud wash water, or weak wash, is used for production of green liquor in the smelt dissolving tank.
STEAM AND POWER
To supplement the steam produced by the recovery boiler, the mill operates a woodwaste boiler (also referred to as the Power Boiler) rated at 400,000 pounds of steam per hour and firing both Bunker 'C' oil and bark.
Electrical power is generated onsite using a steam turbine with a rated output of 25 megawatts. The turbine uses 900 pound per square inch steam (psi) and extracts at 140 psi and 60 psi with both low pressure steam pressures used in the process. The turbine provides 75% of the electrical power required by the mill with the balance being purchased off the NB Power grid.
MILL WATER SUPPLY AND TREATMENT
Water supply for the mill is drawn from the Saint John River below the Nackawic Stream. Water is pumped to a raw water clarifier that is capable of clarifying up to 113,550 m3/d. Water, required for the mill’s boilers, undergoes further treatment using gravity sand filters and cation/anion demineralizers.
EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM
The Nackawic Mill uses 55,000 to 80,000 m3 of fresh water per day in its process and corresponding volumes of effluent are generated and must be treated before being discharged back to the Saint John River.
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The effluent from the mill consists of process waters that are contaminated with organic matter and suspended solids such as wood ash, pulp fibers and lime mud. As well, the effluent from the chloro-alkali plant and the yard drainage ditches flows by gravity to the effluent treatment system.
Individual effluent streams from the mill are mixed prior to treatment. The effluent then flows through one of two parallel sedimentation basins where suspended solids, such as lime mud, ash and fiber, settle out. An emergency holding basin is provided for use during accidental spills. The clarified effluent enters the aerated stabilization basin which has a capacity of 1.01 million m3 and a maximum retention time of 16 days. This lagoon is continuously aerated by 75 horsepower floating aerators and 40 horsepower self-aspirating aerators reducing biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and rendering the effluent non-acutely lethal to fish. Treated effluent flows through a 1000 m long pipeline to a diffuser outfall that disperses the effluent along the floor of the Saint John River.
POTENTIAL AIR QUALITY IMPACTS
The principle sources of air emissions from the AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill are from the pulping process itself, the evaporators, the Woodwaste Boiler, the Recovery Boiler, the Lime Kiln, the bleachplant, the effluent treatment system and miscellaneous process vents referred to below as the DNCG sources (dilute non-condensable gases). The following list of potential air quality impacts has been identified and is the focus of present and future air quality compliance:
- Non-condensable gases (NCGs) from the digester and evaporators; - Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) compounds and particulate matter (PM) emissions from the Recovery Boiler; - Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and PM emissions from the Woodwaste Boiler; - TRS and PM emissions from the Lime Kiln; - TRS emissions from the effluent treatment plant; - Chlorine (Cl2) and Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) emissions from the bleachplant; and, - TRS emissions from miscellaneous process vents (the DNCG sources).
AIR QUALITY COMPLIANCE & ENFORCEMENT
AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill is required to comply with the Air Quality Regulation – Clean Air Act and operate under terms and conditions established in its Approval to Operate, issued pursuant to Section 3 of the Air Quality Regulation – Clean Air Act. Conditions are aimed at ensuring that the facility’s environmental impact during its daily operations does not adversely affect air quality. Any violations of the conditions of the Approval to Operate may be subject to compliance and enforcement measures as described in the Department of Environment and Local Government’s Compliance and Enforcement Policy.
CURRENT AIR QUALITY APPROVAL TO OPERATE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, AND COMPLIANCE HISTORY
The main terms and conditions of the current Air Quality Approval to Operate I-7842 (issued on October 1, 2012, and expires on September 30, 2017) and compliance history over the life of the Approval are summarized in the paragraphs that follow:
- Report environmental emergency and environmental non-emergency events.
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The facility has been in compliance with these conditions.
- Operate the facility such that the annual Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in tonnes released from the facility is less than 1,735 tonnes per calendar year.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition. SO2 emissions have been below the required limits. The following table shows total SO2 emissions from the Nackawic mill for the 2012 to 2016 calendar years, as required in their current Air Quality Approval to Operate:
Year Reported SO2 (tonnes) Cap 1,735.0 2012 724.0 2013 578.5 2014 577.0 2015 628.6 2016 759.0
- Operate the facility such that the annual Particulate Matter (PM) in tonnes released from the facility is less than 400 tonnes per calendar year.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition. PM emissions have been below the required limits. The following table shows total PM emissions from the Nackawic mill for the 2012 to 2016 calendar years, as required in their current Air Quality Approval to Operate:
Year Reported PM (tonnes) Cap 400.0 2012 210.0 2013 221.2 2014 220.4 2015 234.2 2016 161.5
- Provide an Annual Report that provides a summary of the emission data from process point sources and readings from the ambient air quality monitoring station.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition as these annual reports have been submitted as required.
- Operate the facility such that the Recovery Boiler, Woodwaste Boiler, and Lime Kiln conform to the following limiting criteria.
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Point Source Limiting Criteria Recovery Boiler Particulate Matter (PM) concentration is limited to a maximum of 40.0 kg/h. TRS concentration is limited to a maximum of 15 ppm, on a volume basis, at stack conditions for any 4-hr rolling average. Woodwaste Boiler PM concentration is limited to a maximum of 7.5 kg/h. Testing shall follow the Department’s Code of Practice for Source Testing. Lime Kiln PM concentration is limited to a maximum of 10.0 kg/h. Testing shall follow the Department’s Code of Practice for Source Testing. TRS concentration is limited to a maximum of 15 ppm, on a volume basis, at stack conditions for any 4-hr rolling average.
Particulate Matter (PM)
The facility has been in overall compliance with the PM concentration limits over the life of the current Air Quality Approval to Operate. The following table shows the annual average PM emission rates from the Recovery Boiler exhaust stack, the Woodwaste Boiler exhaust stack, and the Lime Kiln exhaust stack.
Year Reported PM Emissions (kg/h) Point Source Recovery Boiler Woodwaste Lime Kiln Boiler Caps 40.0 7.5 10.0 2012 19.4 2.6 3.0 2013 21.0 3.3 2.4 2014 18.4 6.4 2.6 2015 22.6 2.7 3.1 2016 10.5 3.8 4.7
Total Reduced Sulphur (TRS)
The facility has been in overall compliance with the TRS concentration limits over the life of the current Air Quality Approval to Operate. The following table shows the annual average TRS emissions from the Recovery Boiler exhaust stack, and the Lime Kiln exhaust stack.
Year Reported TRS Emissions (ppm) Point Source Recovery Boiler Lime Kiln Limit 15.00 15.00 2012 7.03 5.60 2013 9.52 2.94 2014 10.71 3.31 2015 9.70 4.60 2016 10.40 4.60
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- In 2015, an amendment was added to the approval where the facility requested to add MDF waste, up to a maximum of 15,000 tonnes per year, as a fuel source for the Woodwaste Boiler. This was determined that it would not increase emission levels of the facility.
Since the amendment, the facility has been in compliance with this condition. The following table shows the annual MDF waste used as a fuel source for the Woodwaste Boiler.
Year Reported MDF Waste Used Limit 15,000 (tonnes) 2015 3,494 2016 270
- Direct the dissolving tank vent to the recovery boiler scrubber at all times that the recovery boiler scrubber is in operation.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition. During the life of the Air Quality Approval to Operate, there was only one period when this occurred (August 2013). DELG was consulted prior to this event.
- Ensure that Non-Condensable Gases (NCGs) are collected and directed to an incineration system.
There have been some instances, mostly during mill outages and/or power failures, where the NCGs have been vented to atmosphere. No enforcement action has been initiated for these instances as the duration and impact were minimal.
- Ensure that all gases from the ClO2 absorption tower vent, bleach plant towers, bleach plant seal tanks, and the digester air evacuation fan are collected and directed to the bleach plant scrubber. The bleach plant scrubber must be maintained in a good state of repair.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition.
- Ensure that the chemical plant hypo tower is in operation at all times that the chemical plant is in operation.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition.
- Operate the facility such that there is compliance to Schedule B of the Air Quality Regulation and that the ambient TRS does not exceed 10.80 ppb for any 1-hr average or 3.50 ppb for any 24-hr rolling average.
The facility has been in compliance with these requirements. The following table shows the maximum ambient TRS concentration limits of the facility.
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Year Highest Reported Ambient TRS Concentration (ppb) 1-hr average 24-hr rolling average Limit 10.80 3.50 2012 4.84 0.90 2013 8.61 1.70 2014 10.78 2.10 2015 9.52 1.50 2016 8.83 1.70
- Ensure that the ambient air quality monitoring station is capable of monitoring SO2, TRS, PM2.5, and wind speed and direction. The monitoring station must be maintained in a good state of repair.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition.
- Provide a Monthly Air Quality Report that provides emission data from process point sources and readings from the ambient air quality monitoring station.
The facility has been in compliance with this condition as these monthly reports have been submitted as required.
- The facility may burn waste derived fuel in the Recovery Boiler, Woodwaste Boiler and Lime Kiln.
No waste derived fuel has been burned at the facility during the life of the Air Quality Approval to Operate.
- In 2015, the following conditions were added to all industrial approvals with large greenhouse gas emissions: that a Greenhouse Gas Management Plan to be submitted to the Department by November 1, 2016; a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report by June 1st of each year, starting in 2016; and, an Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report by July 1st of each year, starting in 2017.
The facility has been in compliance with these conditions as it has submitted the Greenhouse Gas Management Plan and the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report by the required dates.
ENFORCEMENT
Enforcement options used by the Department are outlined in the Compliance and Enforcement Policy document. These may include, but are not limited to: schedules of compliance; verbal and written warnings; orders, and; prosecutions. Although not specifically outlined in the Policy, it is also possible to amend approvals with more stringent conditions, both during its valid period or at the time of renewal, to address specific compliance issues or to improve the environmental impact of the facility. Most recently, a new Regulation under the Clean Air Act allows for the
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COMPLAINTS
AV Group NB Inc. – Nackawic Mill receives calls related to air quality and other issues. The Department has on occasion received complaints, but typically, these are made directly to the mill staff.
Complaints received directly by the mill in the last 5 years:
Year Odour Noise General dust 2012 1 0 0 2013 8 0 0 2014 3 0 0 2015 8 0 1 2016 3 0 0
OCCURENCES
AV Group NB Inc. – Nackawic Mill is required to send notification to the Department in the case of an occurrence that may change the normal operations and air quality emissions at the mill. The table below shows the number of occurrences related to air quality in the last five years.
Occurrences at the mill in the last 5 years:
Year NCG Scrubber venting bypassing minutes hours 2012 698 30.7 2013 1543 12.7 2014 2061 42.5 2015 729 32.5 2016 530 49.6
In general, the complaints and occurrences related to air quality at the mill are considered a nuisance event as opposed to an environmental issue.
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PUBLIC OUTREACH
AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill recognizes that public outreach is an important aspect of being accepted as an integral part of the community. In this spirit, the mill has demonstrated its community involvement on numerous occasions, such as by:
- Providing two scholarship prizes for Nackawic Sr. High School; - Sponsoring of the Nackawic Public Library fundraising event Pathway to Reading; - Sponsoring of the NBAFC for the Children’s Annual Fire Safety Booklet - Donating to Junior Achievement New Brunswick; - Donating to the Alzheimer Society of New Brunswick’s Turning Darkness Into Light Gala; - Sponsoring of the CPANG for Family Violence Awareness; - Donating to the IWK; - Donating to the Western Valley Adult Learning GED program; - Donating to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Carleton – York Festival of Trees; - Donating to the Crime Prevention Association of New Brunswick for Creating Safer Communities Awareness; - Donating to Sanctuary House; - Sponsoring the 2016 Canada Day Celebration for the Town of Nackawic; - Sponsoring various local athletic organization, such as hockey and softball; - Donating to the Nackawic Elementary and Middle Schools for Breakfast for Learning program; - Supporting food banks (Fredericton Community Kitchen Inc., Fredericton Community Services, Woodstock Volunteer Family Services); - Donating to Nackawic Lions Club Christmas Daddies program; - Sponsoring of the Festival on the Bend; - Sponsoring, two nights annually, the Men’s and Ladies’ golf nights at the Nackawic Golf Club; - Providing public education through the provision of speakers to local schools and local event, such as: UNB job fair, NBCC Co-op Program; District High School Co-op Program; annual host of Provincial Take Our Kids to Work Program; - Sponsoring the of Boiestown Woodsmen museum; - Sponsoring the UNB Woodsmen competition; - Sponsoring the Canadian Woodlands Forum AGM; - Sponsoring the Forest NB AGM; - Sponsoring the Northern Hardwood AGM; - Sponsoring of Ducks Unlimited; - Chairing of the Crown Licence 8 Licensees Stakeholder Committee; and, - Maintaining an open-door policy whereby any member of the public or interested party wishing to obtain further information about the pulpmill’s operation may contact the Mill during regular business hours.
Further, AV Nackawic Inc. is partners with Forest Protection Limited and Northern Hardwood Research Institute. AV Nackawic Inc. also maintains a membership with the following: Forest NB; Conseil Économique du Nouveau-Brunswick; Northern Municipalities of NB; Southern Municipalities of NB; Canadian Woodlands Forum; Forest Products Association of NB; and, Forest NS.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information on the operation of the AV Group NB Inc. - Nackawic Mill please contact:
Hercules Georgiadis, P.Eng, CRSP Safety & Environmental Manager AV Group NB Inc. 103 Pinder Road Nackawic, NB E6G 1W4 Tel: (506) 440-8292 Fax: (506) 575-3282 Email: [email protected]
For further information on this document, or on environmental regulations relating to air quality, please contact:
Sylvie Morton, M.Sc.E., P.Eng Senior Approvals Engineer Department of Environment and Local Government P.O. Box 6000, Marysville Place Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Tel: (506) 444-4667 Fax: (506) 453-2390 Email: [email protected]
To contact the Regional Office:
Jennifer Bishop, P.Eng Acting Regional Director, Region 5 (Fredericton) P.O. Box 6000, 12 McGloin Street Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Department of Environment and Local Government Tel: (506) 444-5149 Fax: (506) 453-2893 Email: [email protected]
For comments or inquiries on the public participation process, please contact:
Chandra Clowater Project Officer Department of Environment and Local Government P.O. Box 6000, Marysville Place Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Tel: (506) 444-4506 Fax: (506) 453-3676 Email: [email protected]
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