Environmental impact assessment program for Finnpulp’s new softwood pulp mill to be launched
4.6.2015
Finnpulp Oy has submitted an environmental impact assessment
program to the North Savo Centre for Economic Development, Transport and
the Environment regarding the pulp mill project in Sorsasalo, Kuopio.
The assessment program includes Finnpulp Oy’s plans on the various
implementation alternatives for the mill project and a plan (working
program) on the environmental impacts to be assessed and the
implementation methods of the assessment.
The annual production capacity of this pulp mill, designed
specifically to produce raw materials for the tissue and packaging board
industries, is 1.2 million tons. In addition, it will produce
bioelectricity and wood-based biochemicals such as tall oil and
turpentine. It is estimated that the mill will use roughly 6.7 million
cubic meters of wood raw material per year.
In addition to the
construction and operation of the pulp mill itself, the assessment
procedure will cover the essential auxiliary activities required by the
mill such as road and rail connections and the power transmission
network.
The assessment program will be available online for the
duration of the assessment process at www.ymparisto.fi/finnpulpyva. The
assessment program will also be available at the Kuopio council house,
the Siilinjärvi municipal office and the North Savo ELY Centre as of the
9th of June, 2015. The public event relating to the assessment program
will be held at the Kuopio council house’s council hall on the 16th of
June, 2015 at 6:00pm.
More information on the project and the assessment process
From the project manager: Pirkko Seitsalo, Pöyry, tel. +358 10 332 4325, pirkko.seitsalo@poyry.com Timo Piilonen, Finnpulp Oy, tel. +358 50 598 9310, yva@finnpulp.fi
From the coordinating authority: Juha Perho, the North Savo ELY Centre, tel. +358 295 026 836, juha.perho@ely-keskus.fi