ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE THAT Cedar Island Forest Products Ltd. of 320 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster, BC, V3M 5B1 applies to the Metro Vancouver Regional District (“Metro Vancouver”) pursuant to the Greater Vancouver Regional District Air Quality Management Bylaw 1082, 2008 for a Permit.

1. The purpose of this application is to request authorization to discharge air contaminants from a lumber remanufacturing facility located at 320 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster, BC V3M 5B1.

Cedar Island Forest Products, Limited (“CIFP”) is a remanufacturing facility that provides cut lumber and produces fence panels. Debarked, pre-cut lumber arrives at the site for remanufacturing with no kiln drying at the facility. CIFP has been in operation at the site since 1994. The facility in New Westminster has 2 active product cyclones which both collect sawdust for resale. Both cyclones exhaust particulate emissions to ambient air.

The purpose of this application is to request authorization to discharge air contaminants from:

• 2 process cyclones (ES01 and ES02) controlling wood dust from various saws and planers

• 2 fugitive operations (ES03 – bunker unloading) and plant-wide fugitive emissions (ES04)

Website for more information: http://cedarislandforestproductsltd.com/

2. The legal description of the land or premises where the plant, operation or source and treatment works are or will be located is Lot 2, Plan NWP59350, District Lot 757, Group 1, New Westminster Land District.

3. A summary of emission characteristics for the entire facility is as follows:

a. Combustion processes: N/A

b. Maximum Opacity: 20 Percent;

c. Maximum total number of sources: 4

d. Maximum duration of discharge of air contaminants: 4,680 hours/year

e. Authorization term requested: 10 years

4. The mass of material to be discharged, emitted or stored (per specific time period) is as follows:

Total Emissions from All Sources Based on Requested Limits and or Estimates*

*Detailed methods for calculating emissions are contained in the full application document.

This Notice is published pursuant to the Environmental Management Act, the Public Notification Regulation, and the Greater Vancouver Regional District Air Quality Management Bylaw 1082, 2008. A person who may be adversely affected by the granting or amending of the permit described in this notice may, within 30 days of its publication, notify Metro Vancouver’s District Director in writing stating how that person is affected. When making a decision on the permit or approval application, the District Director will consider the application, comments submitted and any responses provided by the applicant. Information collected during the comment period and the time following until a decision on the permit application has been made is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Your personal information and comment will be forwarded to the permit applicant for response to the District Director. By submitting a public comment, you consent to such disclosure.

Please note that submissions in response to this notice may be made available to the public as part of the public record, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Metro Vancouver
Attention: District Director
4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby BC V5H 0C6
Phone: (604) 432-6200
Fax: (604) 436-6707
Email: cedarislandforestproducts comments@metrovancouver.org [de15]