The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control has fined the New-Indy Containerboard mill as part of a consent order between the two parties.
DHEC has fined New-Indy, the plant between Rock Hill and Van Wyck at the center of two class-action lawsuits, a total of $129,360 for the plant’s emissions, which have led to claims of illness from people living near the mill.
According to DHEC, New-Indy violated the Pollution Control Act under the state’s code and Water Pollution Control Permits, “in that it failed to operate the wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) in accordance with the permit.”
As part of the Pollution Control Act Order, the mill is required to install a new primary stripper and maintain the existing stripper as a backup.
The consent order between the parties is in regards to the wastewater treatment facility. The state agency said that New-Indy violated the Water Pollution Control Permits “by not maintaining and operating the WWTF in good working order due to the excessive solids and foam, anaerobic conditions and presence of excessive sludge in the aeration stabilization basin.”
The mill also transported and stored the sludge without properly dewatering it, the consent order states.
DHEC is ordering that within two months the mill start construction by adding foul condensate hard pipes in several areas of the mill. In the consent order, DHEC also said construction of this process should take no more than three years. Within four months from when the order came down on Thursday, June 30, the mill will need to have preliminary engineering reports for the long-term function and management of the WWTF.
All sludge has to be removed from the equalization basin at the mill by the end of June 2023. The stabilization basin has to be removed of all sludge, vegetation and other items by the end of 2026, the order states.
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