Baileyville mill fined for emissions
The former Domtar mill in Baileyville has agreed to pay $53,900 in fines for violating the state's air quality emissions standards.
Domtar, which sold the pulp mill in October to Hong Kong-based Grand Investment Corp., reached the settlement with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection over failure to pass stack emissions tests from 2007 to September 2010, according to the Bangor Daily News. Emissions at the mill, now known as Woodland Pulp LLC, were found to contain sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and other chemicals that can create acid rain and harm aquatic life. Company spokesman Scott Beal blamed the violations on equipment problems and the state's complicated air emission requirements.
The penalty was part of an agreement reached in October by the DEP and Domtar, and approved by the Board of Environmental Protection on Nov. 18, according to the paper.
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