Posted: Dec 10, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
The dredge sytem that will scoop out thousands of tonnes of contaminated sludge and sediment from 53-years of accumualted pulp mill effluent at Boat Harbour. (Nova Scotia Lands Inc.)
The Trudeau government has ordered an outside review of the $292-million Boat Harbour cleanup in Nova Scotia adding another layer of scrutiny to a dredging project already undergoing a federal environmental assessment.
The external technical review launched Nov. 17 will require the Nova Scotia government to justify its decision to store huge amounts of polluted pulp mill sludge inside a waste containment cell at the existing treatment site after the cleanup. The review is expected to take 12 to 14 weeks.