Nova Scotia defers decision on Northern Pulp proposal, asks for more information
Nova Scotia’s environment minister is withholding approval of a pulp mill’s proposal to pump 85 million litres of treated effluent daily into the Northumberland Strait.
Gordon Wilson says the province doesn’t have enough information to determine if the Northern Pulp project will harm the environment.
He says Northern Pulp’s proposal can’t move forward until the company files an environmental assessment report regarding its plan for a new effluent treatment plant and a 15-kilometre pipeline near Pictou, N.S.