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New Brunswick government approves air quality for Irving mill in Saint John

The New Brunswick government have issued a Class 1 air quality approval for the Irving Pulp and Paper Mill in Saint John, N.B. Andrew Cromwell / Global News

The New Brunswick government says it’s issuing a new Class 1 air quality approval for Irving Pulp and Paper’s Reversing Falls mill complex in Saint John.

The company’s current approval expires on May 31, with the new one taking effect on June 1.

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The approval follows consultations that included a four-month public review.

Irving Pulp and Paper operates a complex that consists of a kraft pulp mill that has a production rate of about one-thousand air-dry tonnes per day, and a tissue mill that has a production rate of about 200 machine-dry tonnes per day.

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