Chemical clean up is almost complete in Marathon

Tembec officials, as the former operators of the Marathon Pulp mill in Ontario, say their winter contingency plans are reaching their final stages.

1.4 million litres of black liquor have been moved by truck from on-site storage tanks to the AbitibiBowater Fort Frances mill and to the Clean Harbour Waste facility in Sarnia.

Tembec project manager, Bob Gregor, said the remaining 270,000 litres of chemicals are now semi- frozen and will have to be stored on site until the spring when they can be safely removed.

Also nearly complete is the removal of 1.5 million litres of chemical effluent that have been pumped from a pipeline and trucked to a nearby spill basin.

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Marathon clean up almost complete (TbNewsWatch)