Spruce Falls Inc.

Spruce Falls Inc. is a pulp and paper mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. Originally founded early in the 20th century, the mill is currently owned by Tembec. Few updates and improvements have been put into the mill and the future viability of the mill has been in question. News InformationMontreal, Quebec, May 16, 2006 ￢ﾀﾓ Spruce Falls Inc., a division of Tembec Inc. that operates the industrial complex in Tￃﾩmiscaming in Quebec, appeared yesterday before a Quebec Court judge and pleaded guilty to charges under the Fisheries Act. Spruce Falls Inc. pleaded... guilty to having deposited a deleterious substance into the Ottawa River 16 times between April 9, 2003, and December 14, 2004, in violation of subsection 36 of the Fisheries Act. In addition, the company twice failed to monitor final effluent from the biological treatment system. Lastly, between March 1 and June 14, 2004, Spruce Falls Inc. partially ignored a direction issued by an inspector under 38 of the Fisheries Act requiring the implementation of measures to prevent further deposits of deleterious substances from occurring.
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