week of 1/7/04
 
 
 
  Blue Ridge air permit hearing is Jan. 8 in Canton
SMN


The state will hold a public hearing Thursday on issuing Blue Ridge Paper Products a new air pollution permit.

The paper mill must reapply for an air permit every few years. A public hearing is required as part of the permitting purpose. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at the Colonial Theater in downtown Canton.

Blue Ridge Paper Products is conducting a roughly $20 million upgrade of air pollution controls. Blue Ridge Paper employs 1,300 people in Haywood County.