Arauco Celulose do Brasil S/A presented an Environmental Impact Study (RIMA) to start the process of obtaining a license for the installation of its mill in Inocência, Mato Grosso do Sul. The document contains the procedures for setting up the facility, the impacts that may be caused by the project, as well as the measures that will be taken to mitigate these impacts.
The RIMA demonstrates how the bleached pulp production project will be implemented from the processing of eucalyptus logs. The document also explains that each phase will be developed with the most advanced technologies in order to reduce environmental impacts and ensure process efficiency, with less losses. The new manufacturing unit will produce around five tons of pulp, with a forecast of using 10.5 tons of eucalyptus for each production line.
Scheduled to start in 2025, the works for construction of the new mill are estimated to last 40 months and should start operations in the first quarter of 2028. At the height of construction, around 12,000 workers are expected, and the operation will have more than 1,000 people.
According to the Study, the implementation will include the construction of accommodation for nine thousand workers, with an outpatient clinic, an access road, a place for receiving raw materials, stations for treating water and effluents, earthworks, including power generation for use in the facility is included. For this, it will be necessary to remove 69.3 hectares of vegetation in an already modified area, which was being used for livestock.
Among the mitigation measures that Arauco will adopt are the recovery of areas – the state regulation provides for the planting of five trees for each one extracted –; the use of technology to minimize noise, odors and gases; during construction, manage waste and seek reuse and recycling.
In addition, the EIA also mentions 16 fronts of the company’s action and states that it will maintain a program aimed at fauna, on chasing away, capturing and monitoring, in addition to monitoring the quality of water in the Sucuriú River.
