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PROJECT XL AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH MAINE MILL
Release Date: 06/29/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000
PROJECT XL AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH MAINE MILL
On June 29, a Project XL agreement was signed with International Paper that will reduce by approximately half of current levels several key waste water pollutants from its Jay, Maine mill that are discharged into the Androscoggin River. The company will install innovations to remove spent pulping liquors used to turn wood chips into pulp, while at the same time improving pulp quality. Pollution will be reduced to less than the level required under the Clean Water Act. Under Project XL, EPA will allow International Paper to replace those requirements with targeted, facility-specific effluent improvement projects in exchange for accepting new water quality permit limitations. The agreement was developed under Project XL, a national initiative that tests ways of achieving better and more cost-effective public health and environmental protection. This is the twenty-sixth final project agreement under Project XL. More information is available at: https://www.epa.gov/projectxl.
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