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Canfor Pulp ALC Land Use Application Prince George City Council – January 4, 2016

Pulp Operations -- Canada Pulp Mills •• • 2 4 • 1 3 1 Intercontinental 5 6 2 Northwood 3 Prince George Key Products 4 Taylor 5 Canfor Pulp Ltd. 1. Pulp Head Office 2. Pulp ,,. / 3. Pulp, Kraft Paper 4. BCTMP Pulp 6 Canfor Pulp Innovation ..l Total Economic Impact of Canfor Pulp Total Sales $1 Billion Direct jobs at Canfor Pulp: 1,117 in 2014: $668 Million 2

The Current Situation • Canfor Pulp is developing concepts for a water cleaning process on its property adjacent to the existing water intake for the Intercon and Prince George Pulp and Paper Mills • This is a project to remove sediment from the water that we bring into the mills from the Nechako River. • This sediment impacts product quality, damages equipment and makes the water unsuitable for potable purposes. 3

The Current Situation • At this point this is only a project concept. • In order for Canfor Pulp to Consider the most technically feasible option for a project we require permission to use land in the ALR for a non-agricultural use. • This step is an important “gate” and will influence whether it is worth while to install this water cleaning process 4

Proposed Water Treatment Plant Location .... .. Label Title Nu mber Comments 1 CA3539713 Inter cont i nenta l Pu 2 l nte rcon Water Intake CA35397U CA3539715 Or i ·na l Settlin Pond locat ion 3 4 CA3539716 5 CA3539717 ., ... ,, ..... 6 CA353971S 7 CA3539719 8 CA3539720 9 CA3539721 10 CA3539722 11 CA3539725 rmill .. .. • 12 CA3539726 13 CA3539727 rmill •• • 14 CA3539729 ' 15 CA3539730 16 CA3539731 CA35397B 0 0.5 1 2 la nd Unde,- Appfication 5 17 CA3539724 Kilometres ( Re e,- to Appendix 1) CA3539728

Proposed Water Treatment Plant Location 6

Proposed Water Treatment Plant Location A - Property Lines c:::J Approved c:J Proposed 1.• .! Alternative Configuration City of Prince Geo r ge - IZ2II Riparian Protection Development Permit Ar ea Note: All identified pr ope rties are within the Ag ri cultural Land Reserve (A LR ) 0 15 30 60 7 M et res

What We Are Asking For • Permission to use our land for a non agricultural use. • We DO NOT want to take this land out of the ALR. • We want to avoid putting assets in riparian areas. • Business certainty. . 8

What We Want To Do • Install a state of the art water treatment plant consisting of a clarification system and a sediment decanting pond. This will allow us to: • Have clean water all year round • Avoid scheduling maintenance outages around the “dirty water season” • Achieve better environmental standards and product quality throughout their production process. • reduce energy costs, decrease water use, improve product quality, improve the treatment of effluent by increasing the treatment time of the effluent, and reduce overall effluent volumes released to the river. • There will be similar predicted benefits to the other users of this water. Some users rely on groundwater wells when water quality from the Nechako degrades. With a stable source of clean water, it is expected that less water will be drawn from the aquifers in this area. 9

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Contacts James Spankie Jason Korolek Manager, Environment – Pulp Production Manager, Prince George / Intercon Mills