Agreement in Place for Marathon Mill

An agreement that could finally end a 2-year dispute over who is responsible for Marathon’s dormant pulp mill could be approved by early next month.
The Ministry of Environment, former mill co-owner Tembec and other unnamed parties reached a tentative settlement last Friday.
Details haven’t been released, but the ministry says it could be endorsed by the province’s Environmental Review Tribunal on October 6th.
Marathon Mayor Rick Dumas says a tentative agreement is a step in the right direction.
Tembec has been controlling and monitoring the former Marathon Pulp property for just over two years under a ministry director’s order.
The plant went bankrupt in March, 2009.