An empty log truck drives away from the Buckeye Florida pulp mill near Perry in this file photo. The mill grinds pine trees to produce cellulose that is used in products including food thickeners and automotive filters. The Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida, announced on Sept. 18, 2023, that Georgia-Pacific plans to permanently close the plant.

Georgia-Pacific wants to resume dumping wastewater into Fenholloway

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection said it will hold a public hearing for a permit application to allow Georgia-Pacific to dump industrial wastewater into the Fenholloway River, once known as the state’s most polluted river. DEP published a draft of the permit Jan. 23 to allow GP to discharge what’s called effluent, the left-behind byproduct of paper production produced…

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