the first case to consider the content of such an EIA. The case arose out of the construction of a wood pulp mill in Uruguay. Effluent from the mill would be discharged into the River Uruguay, which forms the border with Argentina. There is no reference to EIA in the 1975 Statute of the River Uruguay, the applicable law in the dispute, nor are

Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay): Of Environmental Impact Assessments and "Phantom Experts". / Merkouris, Panagiotis. In: Hague Justice Portal, 15.07.2010. Research output: …

Pulp mills are potentially damaging to the environment and have been the focus of conflicts in many parts of the world. In the case of the installation of a pulp mill in …

This database contains information on 655 U.S. mills. (310 pulp mills and pulp & paper mills, and 345 mills producing only paper). Entry Information: • Type of mill: pulp and pulp & paper, or paper only • Mill location: city, state • Mill owner (corporation owning the mill + which is the actual owner of the mill in case of subsidiaries)

The Pulp Mills Case August 2010 Authors: Ilias Plakokefalos Request full-text To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the author. Citations (2) Abstract A case...

THE PULP MILLS CASE: A BRIEF COMMENTARY IN INTERNATIONAL TERMS Working Paper IE Law School AJ8-209-I 16-12-2013 Abstract This paper deals with the cellulose plant conflict between Uruguay and Argentina. When Uruguay authorized the construction of two pulp mills on its territory ...

Pulp Mills Case: A Commentary Alan Boyle 1 I want to discuss the decision's significance for international environmental law and general international law. Not going to talk about merits of the case. Obviously as counsel for Uruguay I am very pleased indeed with the outcome, but my perspective today will simply be that of an academic with a

The Pulp Mills case has a key difference from other cases reviewed by the court—that is, it is an environmental dispute with risks and uncertainty. The specific characteristics of environmental dispute foster some special principles in the field of environmental protection, for example, the precautionary principle (Rio Declaration, Principle 15).

Public sitting held on Thursday 17 September 2009, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, Vice-President Tomka, Acting President, presiding, in the case concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) Available in: Original Language Translation (bilingual version) Translation Verbatim record 2009/16

By an application filed on 4 May 2006, Argentina instituted proceedings against the Uruguay for the alleged breach by Uruguay of obligations under the Statute of the River Uruguay, which was signed by Argentina and Uruguay from 26 February 1975. Such breach was said to arise from "the authorization, construction and future commissioning of two pulp mills on the River …

This case allowed the ICJ to develop its jurisprudence on international environmental law and trans-boundary watercourses. ... ENCE, to build a pulp mill in Fray Bentos, on the River Uruguay. Botnia, a Finnish company, then also received environmental authorisation to build a mill in February 2005.

The Pulp Mills case (Paperback). The installation of two pulp mills on the territory of Uruguay has not accepted by Argentina, which considered that...

Today, in a win for clean air and communities around the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must ensure that its pollution standards for the pulp mill industry include limits on all the toxic pollutants that pulp mills emit, not just the ones EPA chooses to control.

Controlling sulfidity in a modern kraft pulp mill, case study. Many years ago, the kraft pulping liquor circuit used sodium sulfate salt as the main make-up source of cooking chemicals. The make-up chemical has given its name to the process in many languages. Back then, the sulfidity reached an equilibrium level that was dependent on the leakages.

more radically, argued that the burden of proof in environmental cases lay with the defendants rather than the plaintiffs.5 Pulp Mills rejected both of these readings, leaving only a vaguely defined and weak precautionary principle. Pulp Mills decided a conflict between Argentina and Uruguay: Argentina

The effectiveness of SPC in a pulp mill was shown both in the decreasing amount of deviations and in the positive opinions of the employees., – Findings are generated from a single case, so general applicability is limited., – This case study can be used as a benchmark by other practitioners in the industry., – This article provides new knowledge in the context of …

Although the Pulp Mills case was heard in 2010, there is a likelihood that a second case will be brought. It strengthens the case for MNCs to assume a role in the advancement of international environmental law and Business and Human Rights Ardea International Follow 0 Likes Statistics Notes Be the first to like this

I present a brief analysis of the reasoning of the Court in the 2010 Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, with special attention on the questions of the environmental impact assessment and the consultation of affected populations. M3 - Chapter. VL - 3. SP - 74. EP - 83.

Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) 5 International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,30 the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance,31 the 1992 United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity,32 and the 2001 Stockholm Convention on …

Abstract. This paper deals with the cellulose plant conflict between Uruguay and Argentina. When Uruguay authorized the construction of two pulp mills on its territory – though in the end only one cellulose plant was built – it did not take into account Argentinean rights on the basis of a bilateral treaty agreed by both parties in 1975 (the Statute of the River Uruguay).

In a modern mill, brownstock (cellulose fibers containing approximately 5% residual lignin) produced by the pulping is first washed to remove some of the dissolved organic material and then further delignified by a variety of bleaching stages.. In the case of a plant designed to produce pulp to make brown sack paper or linerboard for boxes and packaging, the pulp does …

Pulp Mills Case History. The Customer. The Company manufactures and markets bleached paperboard for the high end segment of the packaging industry. Their Customers convert the paperboard into a variety of end products, including packaging for liquids, food products, ...

Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) Cases Previous Next Overview of the case Institution of proceedings Provisional ... Press releases See other cases involving Argentina Uruguay See other cases involving Provisional measures Judgments Judgment of 20 April 2010 Judgment of 20 April 2010 Available in: English French ...

4 Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v Uruguay) (Judgement) [2010] ICJ Rep, General List No. 135, 20 April 2010, para 22. 5 Ibid, para 23. 214 AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL ...

Pulp mills can cause significant social and environmental impacts, on the one hand because they ... There are several reports of complaints about bad working conditions in the pulp sector. This is specially the case for employees of third parties. Outsourced companies seem to …

Farzad Omar A. Kohzad Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay Case Brief 10/24/2016 Dr. Tinker – DIPL 6005 CASE: Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina vs. Uruguay) 2010 DECIDING COURT: International Court of Justice DATE OF DECISION: April 20 th, 2010 FACTS: A dispute arose between Argentina and Uruguay involving the construction of pulp mills on the Uruguay …

The project is the subject of the Pulp Mills Case (Argentina v. Uruguay) pending before the Court under which the request for provisional measures was made. On July 13, 2006, the ICJ denied Argentina's request for interim relief aimed at halting the Uruguayan pulp mill project altogether.

Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina/Uruguay), International Court of Justice, Judgment of 20 April 2010 25. The dispute before the Court has arisen in connection with the planned construction authorized by Uruguay of one pulp mill and the construction and commissioning of another, also authorized by Uruguay, on the River …