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Complaint
Complaint Number
132602
DWR Program Area
WPC
Date Received
7/8/2024
How Received
Email
Concerning
Pollution / Spills / Illicit Discharge
Concerning (Other)
Assigned Date
Record Last Updated
08-JUL-2024 01:55PM
Location based on SITE_ID
Site ID
4777
Site
Domtar Paper Company, LLC - Kingsport Mill
Location
100 Clinchfield Street
City
Kingsport
Description
Paper Mills
County
Sullivan
EFO Name
Johnson City
Site Owner
Weyerhaeuser Company Kingport Paper
Investigation Results
Status
Referred to Enforcement
Date Investigated
Responsible Party
Date Completed
Referred To
Date Referred
Photos
Description and Writeup
Complainant states that they fish the Southfork of the Holston River regularly. I am concerned about a pipe dumping a white / brown stinky substance in the river just above the Riverfront restaurant near Domtar. I have observed this for the past 2 years. This year it seems to have gotten much worse. The photo I am sending you is from June 8th this year. I am just a concerned outdoors men and the health of our rivers and wildlife.
Tina Robinson conducted a site investigation on 7-8-2024. Met on site with Domtar personnel and looked at the diffuser pipe while discharging a light tan colored effluent. The area immediately below the diffuser pipe has a white coated slimy substrate for about 100 feet downstream and extends across the river. There is no white coated slimy substrate observed upstream of the diffuser pipe. Domtar collected a white slimy coated rock from downstream the discharge for analysis. Domtar was also going to collect an effluent sample.