Environment

1987 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (6 mb)
1988 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (7 mb)
1989 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (8 mb)
1990 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (10 mb)
1991 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (8 mb)
1992 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (8 mb)
1993 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (8 mb)
1994 301(m) HSU Ocean Monitoring Report (7 mb)

The comprehensive receiving water study completed by Humboldt State University in 1994 provided Louisiana-Pacific with sufficient data to compel the company to make environmental changes to the Samoa mill. The data ultimately led to an extension of the outfall line, installation of steam stripping, and it revealed the need to make significant changes to the Samoa mill spill prevention plan. The success of these improvements is evidenced by the results of the later two studies conducted by ENSR and CH2MHILL.

1995 John Hopkins Study - Health Profile Of Pulp Workers (2 mb)

Study concludes, “The results of the study indicate that all workers in the pulp and paper industry do not have significantly higher rates of mortality from all causes or from any specific cause of death compared to the US population and, in fact, usually have significantly lower mortality ratios than the comparison population.”

1997 ENSR Receiving Water Study Part A (9 mb)
1997 ENSR Receiving Water Study Part B (8 mb)
1997 ENSR Receiving Water Study Part C (6 mb)

Study concludes, “Evaluation of the available data, including statistical, graphical, and tabular comparisons, indicates that no significant increase in sediment contaminants or bioaccumulation has occurred as a result of the discharges. Furthermore, there is no evidence that benthic infauna or epibenthic fish and invertebrate communities have been adversely affected by the discharge. These findings are consistent with the improvements resulting from the outfall extension and changes in plant processes.”

2007 CHM2Hill Receiving Water Study (8 mb)

Study concludes, “The data collected over the course of this study do not suggest that the Mill’s discharge has the potential to negatively affect DO (a measure of BOD) or sediment quality in the receiving water under the range of typical discharge conditions. This is consistent with the findings expected because of the nature of the discharge, prior receiving water studies, plume modeling, and DO depression estimates.”

2009 Letter to President Barack Obama regarding the release of the dioxin report (1 mb)

Excerpt: “You have both stated that it is time to bring science back to the EPA, and that science should not be trumped by politics. Unfortunately for almost 20 years, science has been trumped by politics. It is time for the U.S. to prioritize science over politics and release the Dioxin Reassessment.”

2009 Speech from an EPA administrator on the subject of scientific integrity (3 mb)

Excerpt: “My commitment to ensuring the quality and integrity of EPA science while providing this information to the public in a timely way was also the impetus for my asking staff to develop a science plan for our activities related to dioxins in the environment. This plan includes completing the comprehensive human health and exposure assessment for dioxin, commonly called the “dioxin reassessment,” and a review of dioxin soil clean-up levels currently in use across the United States. The plan identifies important milestones In these efforts, including my goal to complete the dioxin reassessment by the end of 2010.”

2010 Freshwater Pulp daily chemical consumption for bleached pulp

Bleached Pulp – To demonstrate total transparency, we are posting the list of chemical’s used in the Samoa mill bleached pulp process; the daily chemical consumption, and the method in which each of these chemicals are stored. Freshwater is committed to using the most environmentally safe chemicals we can find.

2010 Freshwater Pulp daily chemical consumption for Unbleached pulp

Unbleached Pulp – The Samoa mill unbleached pulp process requires significantly less chemicals than bleached pulp.

2010 Framework for Industrial Water Supply Agreement

Overview: In April 2010 the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District approved the terms of a new water supply agreement with Freshwater.

2010 NPDES Waste Dicharge Permit Issued (1 mb)
2010 CDO for Secondary Treatment

Overview: On July 15, 2010 the California State Water Board issued Freshwater Tissue Company a new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, more commonly referred to as a waste discharge permit, and a cease and desist order (CDO) outlining the mandated schedule to construct a water treatment plant.

2010 Betz Chemial Statement on Hex Chrome
2010 Nalco Chemial Statement on Hex Chrome

Overview: Freshwater is working with suppliers to make sure we don’t introduce hexavalent chromium to our process.