Collingwood’s ethanol plant is warning of more smells to come.
In a news release, the plant’s general manager says work in the plant’s odour abatement plan is now complete.
Martin Kazmir says what’s called “baseline testing” for smells has begun.
Kazmir says the testing should be done by the end of the month, and will tell plant officials whether the goals of the re-fit have been met.
During the next few days, the plant will stop using one of its additives in its scrubbers, which might change some of the odours coming from the plant.
The pellet mill was shut down last week after complaints about smell. Kazmir says there was a setback in the testing program when a fan wasn’t working.
Plant officials are also promising to expand its committee to talk to the community about what’s going on at the plant.
The plant’s manager, Martin Kazmir says the Community Liaison Committee is what he calls a “refocused” version of the committee that met during the first two years of the facility’s operations.
The committee will include people who live near the plant, representatives of the town, chamber of commerce, ministry of the environment and officials with the plant.