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Pactiv Evergreen contests chemical dumping allegations
Published: 2023-07-27 19:46:28In response to a July 10 notice of violation accusing Pactiv Evergreen of illegally dumping unused chemicals into the wastewater treatment plant at its now-shuttered Canton paper mill, the company has submitted a letter stating that it acted “on a good...
Read MorePactiv Evergreen accused of illegally dumping chemicals during shutdown
Published: 2023-07-11 02:04:23In a notice of violation issued Monday, July 10, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has accused Pactiv Evergreen of dumping chemicals directly into its wastewater treatment system rather than disposing of them properly, as required by the compa...
Read MoreMill receives two air quality violation notices
Published: 2023-05-24 13:55:34As it prepares for permanent closure this spring, the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill in Canton has received two new notices of violation from the N.C. Division of Air Quality, bringing its total violations since May 2021 to 13. . The first NOV, issued March...
Read MoreMill receives water quality violation
Published: 2023-03-29 12:33:55Pactiv Evergreen has received a notice of violation from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality after a water quality measurement taken Sept. 20, 2022, came in nearly 50% over the limit. . The notice of violation, dated March 20, is based on a Divi...
Read MoreDust complaints continue in Canton; Evergreen works to identify source
Published: 2023-01-06 13:36:52For more than a year, Canton residents have complained about a gritty white dust from the Evergreen Packaging paper mill clinging to their cars and driveways — and they’re still complaining. . Despite receiving an $8,045 penalty and four dust-related...
Read MoreEvergreen logs nine environmental violations in 18 months
Published: 2022-11-16 14:20:12Sept. 27, 2021, was a day of constant phone calls and email notifications for Brendan Davey, regional supervisor at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality office in Asheville. . That Monday, Davey came into the office to find a backlog of messages ...
Read MorePaper and the Pigeon: Canton mill’s wastewater permit up for renewal
Published: 2021-02-10 16:21:09As a college student in the 1990s, Callie Moore would frequently find herself driving along the Pigeon River on Interstate 40 as she traveled between school in Cullowhee and home in Tennessee. She remembers that dirty water well. . “The river at that t...
Read MoreState says mill discharge does not require public notification
Published: 2012-08-06 19:15:23By Julia Merchant • Staff Writer A clean water advocacy group is questioning why an accidental discharge of a paper-making byproduct into the Pigeon River by the former Blue Ridge Paper mill hasn’t been the subject of more scrutiny.. A computer malfu...
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