Posted on May 11, 2022
Environmental group, timber firm Weyerhaeuser to settle over pollution claims at Longview timber...
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The Longview mill and its neighbors have been hit multiple times with allegations of pollution in recent years.
Less than two months after it sued over alleged river pollution in Cowlitz County, a group of environmental activists inked a settlement with one of the world’s largest timber firms.
Columbia Riverkeeper and Weyerhaeuser will settle on a deal to end the former’s lawsuit in exchange for upgrades at a mill in Longview, Washington, that is at the heart of the activists’ concerns.
Less than two months after it sued over alleged river pollution in Cowlitz County, a group of environmental activists inked a settlement with one of the world’s largest timber firms.
Columbia Riverkeeper and Weyerhaeuser will settle on a deal to end the former’s lawsuit in exchange for upgrades at a mill in Longview, Washington, that is at the heart of the activists’ concerns.
Environmental group, timber firm Weyerhaeuser to settle over pollution claims at Longview timber...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."The Longview mill has been hit multiple times with allegations of pollution in recent years.
In 2020, the mill and its immediate neighbors – North Pacific Paper Corporation and Nippon Dynawave – all landed in hot water with the Washington Department of Ecology over dozens of reported instances of pollution between September 2019 and April 2020.
The trio of companies comprises a 700-acre industrial complex, once owned entirely by Weyerhaeuser until it parceled off its pulp, thermo-mechanical and de-ink mills in 2016. The companies still share infrastructure.
In February, the Ecology Department also fined the mill $40,000 for failing “42 times to meet pollution limits” between October 2020 and November 2021.
Two days later, the regulators also fined the North Pacific Paper Corporation $68,000 for 71 documented cases of pollution.
Anter has said Columbia Riverkeeper has “kept its eyes” on the complex for years. Anter said the organization’s focus on them predated her own tenure there.
“We’ve been monitoring the stormwater samples there and trying to understand what’s going on,” she said."
..."The Longview mill has been hit multiple times with allegations of pollution in recent years.
In 2020, the mill and its immediate neighbors – North Pacific Paper Corporation and Nippon Dynawave – all landed in hot water with the Washington Department of Ecology over dozens of reported instances of pollution between September 2019 and April 2020.
The trio of companies comprises a 700-acre industrial complex, once owned entirely by Weyerhaeuser until it parceled off its pulp, thermo-mechanical and de-ink mills in 2016. The companies still share infrastructure.
In February, the Ecology Department also fined the mill $40,000 for failing “42 times to meet pollution limits” between October 2020 and November 2021.
Two days later, the regulators also fined the North Pacific Paper Corporation $68,000 for 71 documented cases of pollution.
Anter has said Columbia Riverkeeper has “kept its eyes” on the complex for years. Anter said the organization’s focus on them predated her own tenure there.
“We’ve been monitoring the stormwater samples there and trying to understand what’s going on,” she said."
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