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    Complaint

    132582
    WPC
    7/6/2024
    Email
    Pollution / Spills / Illicit Discharge
    19-JUL-2024 01:00PM

    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

    NOV
    Domtar
    Yes

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    Complainant states that Domtar in Kingsport is dumping something in the river again. It was noticed by fishermen. Videos on Facebook, couldn't figure out how to email videos. Could you check on this and contact me back.

    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. NOV sent July 19, 2024.