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Bringing in the feds: EPA agreement mandates elements of Canton mill cleanup
Published: 2024-05-08 14:25:19Pactiv Evergreen, owner of the shuttered papermill in Canton, has been working to clean up two separate seeps leaking toxic substances into the Pigeon River under an administrative order of consent (AOC) with the Environmental Protection Agency. . While ...
Read MoreCanton mill notches another violation
Published: 2024-03-27 14:09:33Pactiv Evergreen’s paper mill in Canton has been hit with its fifth-straight notice of an environmental violation following the failure of a quarterly discharge toxicity test. . The latest NOV, published March 14, indicated that the mill had failed its...
Read MoreContinuing the cleanup: Pigeon River slowly bounces back as mill environmental violations mount
Published: 2024-03-06 14:36:28Once Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton paper mill shut down for good, people wondered how the Pigeon River and the aquatic life it supports would change. . While the results have been promising with several species seeming to thrive, there is still plenty of r...
Read MoreFolded: chronicling the closure of Pactiv Evergreen’s Canton paper mill
Published: 2024-03-03 15:25:25History will whisper through the mountain mists that once upon a time, Pactiv Evergreen’s paper mill in Canton stood as a symbol of industry and economic prosperity for generations. But behind its towering façade, the specter of mismanagement and malf...
Read MoreLandfill pond overflow, failed water quality test prompt new violations at Canton mill
Published: 2024-01-10 15:30:15While mountain residents were busy preparing for Christmas, the Pactiv Evergreen paper mill in Canton that until May 2023 employed more than 1,000 of them was racking up a pair of new environmental violations. . These violations are related to toxic wast...
Read MoreCanton mill receives new water quality violation
Published: 2023-11-08 15:23:23Evergreen Packaging is no longer making paper in Canton, but it’s still receiving environmental violations. A new notice issued Thursday, Oct. 26, brings the mill to 17 since May 2021. . The new violation, issued by the N.C. Department of Environmental...
Read MoreResearch to test for contamination near Canton mill property
Published: 2023-10-25 15:26:26A research project aiming to understand contamination levels outside the fence line of the now-shuttered Canton paper mill is likely to draw more than a quarter-million dollars in state funding to test soil, water and air samples nearby. . “Right now, ...
Read MorePaper mill logs new violation: Investigation continues into black liquor seep
Published: 2023-10-04 17:12:37The now-shuttered paper mill in Canton has received a new violation for exceeding permit limits on toxicity for water released from the plant, continuing a pattern established over the last two years of averaging more than one notice of violation every t...
Read MorePaper mill logs new violation notice
Published: 2023-08-09 14:50:49Pactiv Evergreen has been issued its second notice of violation in less than a month, bringing its total since May 2021 up to 15 — more than one violation every two months, on average. . This newest violation, issued Aug. 2, states that a review of the...
Read MorePactiv 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...
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