Failure by the Chinese bauxite company Bosai Minerals Group (BMG) to install a dust collector at its Linden plant despite repeated promises to do so has to be attributed in part to the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “hold the company to its word,” a source close to the agency said.
“If you follow the history of this issue you will find that it goes back beyond Bosai. Cambior, Bosai’s predecessor, had promised to install a dust collector but choose to sell the company to Bosai without getting around to that. Bosai itself has made several promises and given several deadlines for starting and completing the installation of the dust extractor. Those commitments were not followed through and unfortunately there is no evidence that the EPA has applied enough pressure on the company,” the source said.
The remarks regarding the protracted delay in installing
