Jul 05, 2004. /Lesprom Network/. Russian Svetogorsk (Leningrad region) will start the construction of a waste site to store 4-class danger firm waste, Svetogorsk public-affairs director Irina Guseva told Lesprom.ru. In accordance with the project, the site will be built within several kilometers from Svetogorsk enterprise, and the cultivation of the existing waste site was to be provided afterwards. However the fulfillment of the project was postponed due to the high land cost exceeding $2 million where the new site was to be built. According to Svetogotsk CEO Sergey Pondar, the company found a suitable location in Viborg district. The preliminary construction permission was obtained on the state-owned lands. According to deputy technical director Nikolai Bondar, the project works will be fulfilled by September 2004, after that the construction is due to start. $170 thousand were spent on the designing of the project. Svetogorsk management intends to control the costs within the limit of $2 million. According to the agreement signed with Leningrad region, the waste site will receive non-recyclable waste from Svetogotsk, Kamennogorsk and other regional cities. The construction is due to be finished by late 2005. Svetogorsk was established in 1887. In December 1998 the enterprise was acquired by US International Paper concern. International Paper has fulfilled the modernization program worth $150 million on the enterprise. Svetogorsk includes 2 pulp production lines, 2 paper machines, 2 drying pressure machines, sheet and flat paper production lines. The enterprise occupies 200 hectares in Karelia isthmus. Svetogorsk produces a wide range of products: office, offset paper of various species, cardboard for liquid food products package, kraft-liner with a bleached layer, softwood and hardwood pulp. IP is the world’s major paper and timber-processing products manufacturer. The enterprises comprised by the concern are located within more than 40 countries worldwide, the company supplies its products to more than 120 countries worldwide.