The addition of a daily standard to ensure the control of arsenic emissions from the Horne smelter is an option considered by the Minister of the Environment of Quebec, Benoit Charette, confirmed his cabinet to the To have to, Wednesday.
However, the firm has “no figures to give” with regard to this daily standard, replied Rosalie Tremblay-Cloutier, the minister’s press secretary.
According to data obtained by The dutyarsenic emissions captured near the Horne smelter between 2017 and 2021 exceeded the limits imposed by the Ministry of the Environment on 93 occasions.
Further details will follow.
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