Wood Products personnel continued to support the environmental audit program. Emergency Response Plans are in place at each mill. Waste wood is used for kiln drying lumber at Canal Flats and Cranbrook. All boilers meet Waste Management Act permit requirements. Office paper and other material recycling programs continue to be successful although improved segregation of wastes is needed at most facilities.
Work continues on construction of spill containment for all hydraulic oil reservoirs.
Few remain without secondary spill protection. The shavings cyclone appears to be emitting more particulate than expected. Soil remediation is required at various locations around the old sawmill. This is being addressed in a 2000 remediation plan. Improvements are needed in the labelling and control of various products used in the mills.