DEC fines Cascades Containerboard $375,000 for stench from Niagara Falls paper mill

Cascades Containerboard's Packard Road plant in Niagara Falls.

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A Niagara Falls paper mill subject to multiple complaints of foul odors was punished Thursday with a $375,000 fine and state-mandated plant improvements that will cost the plant's owners an estimated $2 million.

Quebec-based Cascades Containerboard Packaging Inc. has signed a consent order agreeing to the monetary penalty and the plant upgrades, the Department of Environmental Conservation announced Thursday.

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Source: The Buffalo News

 

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