International Paper will have to pay $190,000 in penalties and implement a 1 million-dollar environmental mitigation project because they exceeded state limitations on the toxicity of wastewater from the paper-making process. They also must pay a $10,000 fine each time it fails certain water quality tests. International Paper is permitted to discharge 24 million gallons of industrial wastewater each day which flows through a 1,400 acre, IP-owned wetland where harmful substances are supposed to be filtered out by vegetation before the wastewater goes into Perdido Bay. The facility has also been under a Whole Effluent Toxicity correction plan since 2012 due to chronic toxicity failures.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER FINES
May 4, 2020 | 8:58 PM
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