NEWS
Funding murky as lagoon clean-up continues
Richard.mahoney@eap.on.ca
Wastes seen as major
H AWKESBURY
hindrance
The first phase of a clean-up of wastes
from the former Canadian International
Paper waste lagoon in Hawkesbury is
down in 1985, however, the adjacent
scheduled to be completed this summer.
researchcomplexhassincebeenconverted
However, money remains a murky factor
into residential units.
astheOntarioMinistryofNaturalResources
Theprovincehasassumedresponsibility
continues with the rehabilitation of the 40-
for the lagoon.
acre riverfront site.
At the time the mill closed, there were
“The work is expected to be completed by
no regulations in place requiring the
the summer of 2015, if we get the funding,”
company to clean it up. Waste disposal
said MNR regional engineer Mark Stephen
sites are now required by law to have
following a recent presentation to town
approved closure plans in place.
council.Stephennotedthatstablefundingfor
The completion of the clean-up and
the undertaking is not guaranteed since the
restoration will be followed by a period of
province is now governed by a minority
monitoring by the MNR.
government.
Thewastesproducedbythemillcontain
But MNR district manager Ken Durst was
heavy metals. Plus, because the sludge
more optimistic.
includes hydrogen sulfide, thewaste often
“Themorepositivenewsisthatsignificant
emits unpleasant smells during the
An idea of what the former Canadian International Paper waste lagoon inHawkesbury
workisgoingonandtheministryiscommitted
summer. In its present state, the lagoon is
is expected to look like when a clean-up of the 40-acre site is completed.
to move ahead,” he said.
considered to be a huge impediment to
The wastes are to be consolidated in one
developing large tracts of riverfront land.
$7,000 flood relief study
area and covered with earth, with the final
However, once the wastes have been
result being a recreational area. The “pilot
removed, the waterfront property would
construction” phase of the earthworks is
have great potential, a study presented to
newsroom@eap.on.ca
scheduledtocompletedthissummer.“Subject
Hawkesbury council in late 2007
H AWKESBURY
to funding approval” and the go-ahead from
concluded.
the environment ministry, full-scale
A development strategy envisages the
construction is scheduled to begin in the
establishment of housing and commercial
The town of Hawkesbury has awarded a $7,000 contract to a local engineering firm
summer of 2013.
ventures, such as a marina and a theatre,
to draw up a plan to resolve sewage backups that flood basements on Chamberlain
The current stage consists of partially
over the next 30 years on the 254 acres of
Street.
enclosing the work area with a gravel berm
privately-owned land west of the former
Levac Robichaud Leclerc Associates Ltd. had submitted the lowest of four tenders on
and investigating options for dredging,
mill.Thesepropertiesincludedrylagoons,
the job to evaluate the problem and present a solution to the municipality.
relocating, and dewatering the wet cellulose
some of which are situated in Champlain
The municipality decided to act after receiving in October a petition signed by 11
materials from the lagoon.
Township.
residents demanding a remedy for the chronic troubles. The most recent backups in
Originally estimated at $20 million, the
The lagoon encloses an estimated
September caused heavy damage to nine homes at Lansdowne and Chamberlain Streets.
price tag of the partial clean-up of the basin
190,000 cubicmeters of sludge, which is 92
TheengineeringfirmistoassessthesewagenetworkonChamberlainStreetfromMain
has since jumped to $31 million. The intent is
percentwater,andmaterialsleftoverfrom
StreetEasttoAberdeenStreet.Theengineerswillusethedatatoprepareareportoutlining
to divide the lagoon into two sections. Sludge
the paper mill demolition.
a preferred plan of action and a cost estimate.
will be pumped from the east lagoon to a
The sludge contains an assortment of
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dischargepointinthewestlagoon.Thewastes
substances, such as phosphorous, iron,
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will then be covered.
boron, zinc, arsenic, chromium, copper,
Stephen related that the final design has
cadmium, toluene, benzo(A) antracene,
not yet been determined.
benzo(ghi)perylene,benzo(k)fluoranthene,
The Canadian International Paper
chrysene, dibenzo(ah)anthraracene,
Company began operations in the 1890s and
fluoranthene, fluorine, phenathrene.
continued until 1982 when it closed the mill.
Lagoon water also exceeds the town’s
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Most of the buildings on the site were torn
sanitary sewer discharge criteria for iron.
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