The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

STARBUCK—The startup process for Columbia Pulp continues, with the business announcing on Friday, September 13th that contractor Allnorth Engineers signed off on mechanical completion of the pulp mill, and that general contractor PCI has completed their work and exited the site.

Work on the boiler continues, with steam blow outs taking place this week. Once the steam blows have been completed, the steam turbine will be commissioned and the mill will commence making pulp. “This feels very much like startup now,” said mill spokesperson Eleanor Specht.

According to John Begley, Columbia...