A Longview pulp and paper mill has been fined $18,750 by the state of Washington’s Department of Ecology for violating a permit that protects water quality in the Columbia River.
Longview Fibre discharged more pollution than allowed by its wastewater permit on seven occasions between Nov. 11 and Dec. 27 of last year.
"The mill allowed processes to occur that resulted in more water pollution than their permit allows," said Merley McCall, an industrial permitting manager with Ecology. "Even though the mill gave us many technical reasons for this, the fact remains that limits in the permit were not met."
He added that the mill has since fixed the problems.
Mill managers said the incidents were caused by a combination of wet weather, routine maintenance and human error.
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