Workers To Dismantle Domtar Tank

Workers will begin dismantling the Domtar Tank today, May 6.

Contractor Clean Harbors Canada Inc. has completed the removal of the tank's contents.

Workers have also cleaned the tank and the interior of the building that was constructed around it to contain fumes during the removal of the tarry liquids and solids inside.

The first step in dismantling will be to remove sheet metal panels from the containment building. Some of the materials will be salvaged for re-use. The remainder will be cut up for scrap.

The tank is a relic of the Dominion Tar and Chemical Company plant that operated on the Sydney Coke Ovens site until the late 1950s.

Clean Harbors expects the dismantling to be completed by the end of May.