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--_--= Page 20, Terrace Bay-Schreib" ene 2 ae & Superior. Page 8, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, September 16, 1987 Terrace Bay mill desi 1,135 tons per day of bleached kraft (The remainder of the fol- lowing story will appear in three more segments, one seg- ment per week for the rest of the month of September. It concerns the Remedial ; Action Plan Team's status report on Jackfish Bay on Lake It focusses on areas of con- cern, and in this case, concern of pollution). (The following information was~ provided courtesy of Michael Moore, president of the Aguasabon Chamber of Commerce). The Kimberly-Clark mill at The News keeps y to the town council As a special five free coupons is $12.50. coupons fF money and to thank Name Terrace Bay is designed to pro- duce approximately 1,135 tons per day of bleached kraft pulp. Average discharges of mill effluent contain an approximate load of 35.0 tons of BOD and 8.0 tons of suspended solids per day. In addition, loadings of con- siderable amount of organic con- taminants are discharged as 'is typical of bleached kraft pulping operations. This operation represents the sole discharge of point-source pollutants to Jackfish Bay. A control order was first issued to Kimberly-Clark in 1979, BOD and suspended solids. The A new control order has just subsequent order included a toxi- been issued to Kimbery-Clark city requirement, bringing the directing them to continue com- A control order was first issued to Kimberly-Clark in 1979, limiting the discharge of suspended solids and BOD. A subsequent order in 1982 required further reduc- tions in BOD and suspended solids. The subse- quent order included a toxicity requirement, bring- ing the company into compliance with Federal Pulp and Paper Regulations. limiting the discharge of suspend-> ed solids and BOD. A subsequent order in 1982 required further reductions in 1. WE KEEP YOU INFORMED ou up to date on what's happenin cil agenda. 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No. Cheques, money orders payable to the Terrace Bay Schreiber Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ont. Terrace Bay-Schreiber News. , POT 2W0 (Simcoe Plaza) - solids load to 7.0 T/D. -Jackfish Bay since 1969. ened to produce about BOD loading requirement of 30 kg/ADMT and by June 30, 1989, must reduce their suspended total Continued reductions in efflu- ent toxicity will also be required. li The Ministry of the Environment and its predecessor agency, the Ontario Water Resources Commission, have monitored the water quality of -- During this period of operation of the mill, the settleable solids and other contaminants have been deposited throughout the 15-kilo- metre stretch of the Blackbird Creek system prior to its dis- charge to Lake Superior. A report issued following the -- first study in 1969 offered two significant conclusions. 4 The first was that the observed physical, chemical and biological -- conditions indicated the presence ~ of toxic and organic pollution throughout Moberly Bay and the second was that the Blackbird Creek system was incapable of asssimilating or reducing waste components to the extent neces- -- sary for the adequate protection ~ of Jackfish Bay waters. Conditions which character- ized the degraded water quality at j that time included waters which -- were turbid, laden with suspended ~ materials, malodorous and sup- porting high bacterial popula- tions. The stream bottom sediments, furthermore, were blanketed with wood wastes throughout the 15-~ kilometre reach of the system. ' The company has made improvements to their operations © and reduced the amount of pollu- tants being discharged, however, © water quality investigations in" 1981 and 1984 reveal that under" normal operating conditions, the" ill 3 The company has made improvements to their operations and reduced the amount of pollutants being discharged. ability of the Blackbird Cree system to assimilate oxyge demanding waste continues to taxed far beyond its natural limit. Furthermore, no aquatic li has been detected in the creek small lakes which form part 0 the Blackbird Creek system wi the exception of micro-organis and occasionally, the rattaill maggot. : ' An area' of Moberly Bay a Jackfish Bay of approximatel five square kilometres has altered to an extent where no clean water bottom-dwellin organisms are not able to survi and have been replaced by pollu tion-tolerant organisms as result of direct toxic influence the effluent or deposition organic wastes. A Ministry of the Environm was conducted in 1982. 1 The results indicated that th Kimberly-Clark effluent col tained varying levels of to organic substances. Of the many pollutants teste chlorinated phenolics and t resin and fatty acids have b identified as being of paricil