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    Complaint

    127436
    WPC
    4/17/2023
    Ask TDEC
    Stream Alteration

    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

    Compliance Review Meeting
    4/18/2023
    5/31/2023
    Yes

    Description and Writeup

    Hello. We live in Ridgefields in Kingsport, TN. We have a boat and go fishing in the Holston River from the boat ramp off Netherland Inn Rd. We are concerned with the “slime” we are seeing in the river near the boat ramp and north and south of there in the Holston River. There are large amounts of it floating in clumps in the river. It makes fishing nearly impossible as the slime gets stuck all over fishing lures. We pulled our boat out and it was also on our boat. I didn’t get a picture but it’s a green/brown slimy substance. We have also seen several dead carp fish floating in the river. There was a strong odor about a week ago along the same areas of the river that smelled like some type of acid similar to muriatic acid. Please look into this as it is certainly concerning.