1993-95 PRIORITIES REPORT

1993-95 PRIORITIES AND PROGRESS UNDER THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT

1.0 Great Lakes Water Quality Board Activities

1.2 Review of Developments in the Pulp and Paper Industry

1.2.6 Discharges - Performance and Imrovements

Table 2.

Conventional Pulp and Paper Pollution Discharges to the Great Lakes Basin

Average BOD (T/D) Average TSS (T/D) Average Flow (1000m3/D)
Receiving Water Facility Name City 1987 1992 1987 1992 1987 1992
Lake Erie
1 Chagrin River Chase Bag Co. Chagrin Falls .04 .10 .02 .04 2.70 1.13
2 Black River Port Huron Paper Co. Port Huron .54 1.04 .35 .33 24.50 14.30
3 Raisin River Simplex Industries Palmyra .04 .06 .90
4 Lake Erie U.S. Gypsum Co. Gypsum .04 .49 .35 .10 7.30 5.12
5 St. Clair River James River Corp. Port Huron NA .27 NA .26 NA 9.19
TOTALS .66 1.90 .78 .73 35.40 29.74
Lake Huron
6 Thunder Bay River Abitibi Corp. Alpena 1.41 1.12 4.24 4.64 7.20 5.15
7 Spanish River E.B. Eddy Forest Prods. Espanola 1.83 2.15 4.51 3.59 115.50 119.11
8 Thunder Bay River Fletcher Paper Co. Alpena .32 .23 .07 .07 3.80 2.19
9 French River MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd. Sturgeon Falls 37.05 20.56 2.37 2.58 11.90 9.73
10 Cheboygan River Proctor & Gamble Paper Cheboygan .03 .002 .02 .002 4.60 1.51
11 St. Mary's River St. Mary's Paper Sault Ste. Marie 2.96 5.50 3.45 2.66 26.90 28.01
TOTALS 43.60 29.562 14.66 13.542 169.90 165.70
Lake Michigan
12 Portage Creek Performance Papers Kalamazoo .23 closed .02 closed 1.50 closed
13 Fox River Appleton Papers Combined Locks .30 .48 .25 .47 21.00 19.61
14 Peshtigo Badger Paper Mills Peshtigo .31 .47 .08 .20 5.80 7.69
15 Lake Butte des Morts P.H. Glatfetter Co. Neenah .34 .55 .47 .62 14.50 16.84
16 Kalamazoo River James River Corp. KVP Group Kalamazoo .17 .42 .24 .27 15.80 15.89
17 Menominee River Champion International Quinnesec 1.25 .22 2.64 2.64 48.40 57.04
18 Fox River Fort Howard Paper Company Green Bay 1.70 .84 1.28 1.24 46.00 60.86
19 St. Joseph River French Paper Co. Niles .12 .14 .10 .09 1.90 1.59
20 Fox River Green Bay Packaging Green Bay .36 .29 .39 .19 7.40 6.21
21 Fox River National-American Can Corp. Green Bay .87 .75 .92 .55 38.20 30.55
22 Fox River Riverside Paper Corp. Appleton 1.08 1.71 .91 2.26 7.80 7.79
23 Little L. Butte des Morts Kimberly-Clark Corp. Neenah .25 .30 .02 .02 7.50 8.11
24 Fox River Kimberly-Clark Corp. Neenah .03 .16 .07 .12 12.30 13.67
25 Manistique River Manistique Pulp and Paper Manistique .88 .88 2.49 1.38 13.80 18.45
26 Escanaba River Mead Corp.-Escanaba Paper Escanaba 1.01 1.37 3.13 2.44 131.30 131.34
27 Kalamazoo River Mead Corp.-Otsego Mill Otsego .10 .18 .08 .17 1.50 1.21
28 Kalamazoo River Menasha Corp. Otsego .05 .77 .02 1.26 2.00 6.06
29 Menominee River Menominee Paper Corp. Menominee 1.05 .08 .15 .12 1.20 2.95
30 Fox River Midtec Paper Corp. Kimberly .64 .58 1.18 .58 40.70 45.47
31 Menominee River Niagara of Wisconsin Niagara .89 1.35 1.28 1.14 21.00 22.61
32 Fox River Nicolet Paper Co. DePere .78 .93 .24 .29 11.90 9.61
33 Lake Michigan Packaging Corp. of America Filer City .19 .23 .48 .51 20.30 20.07
34 Kalamazoo River Plainwell Paper Co. Plainwell .13 .09 .19 .15 9.20 9.48
35 Fox River Proctor & Gamble Paper Green Bay .56 .20 1.08 .15 17.40 9.32
36 Menominee River Scott Paper Co. Marinette .78 .73 .65 .29 22.00 16.12
37 Oconto River Scott Paper Co. Oconto Falls .35 .31 .23 .20 4.90 5.52
38 Wolf River Shawano Paper Mills Shawano .40 .52 .12 .08 6.60 6.65
39 Fox River Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co. Kaukauna .70 .76 2.22 1.04 71.40 66.87
40 Paw Paw River Silverleaf Paper Watervliet .39 .11 .36 .17 .90 1.78
41 Fox River Wisconsin Tissue Mills Menasha .30 .52 .33 .53 10.90 21.52
42 Lacey Creek Simplicity Pattern Co. Niles NA .02 NA .03 NA .88
TOTALS 21.03 16.36 21.62 19.20 615.10 614.76
Lake Ontario
43 Oswego River Armstrong Cork Co. Volney .24 .23 .37 .22 8.50 8.27
44 Twelve Mile Creek Beaver Wood Fibre Co. Thorold 1.98 1.46 1.09 .62 15.90 14.00
45 Moose River Burrows Paper Corp. Lyonsdale .13 .07 .17 .06 2.10 4.41
46 Twelve Mile Creek Domtar Specialty Fine Papers St. Catharines .68 .88 .15 .30 9.30 9.35
47 Trent River Domtar Packaging Trenton 7.21 6.38 2.40 .64 3.40 4.09
48 Twelve Mile Creek Thorold Specialty Papers Thorold 2.25 2.47 .92 1.24 25.80 25.36
49 Black River Georgia-Pacific Co. Lyons Falls 1.64 1.15 2.21 2.55 15.90 14.04
50 Old Welland Canal Kimberly-Clark of Canada St. Catharines .41 .21 .29 .08 9.90 11.09
51 Black River Latex Fibre Ind. Brownville .08 .10 .10 .12 1.50 1.93
52 Beaver River Latex Fibre Ind. Croghan .36 .10 .29 .10 21.90 10.05
53 Twelve Mile Creek QUNO Corporation Thorold 4.24 .84 4.75 1.84 109.10 57.29
54 Salmon River Schoeller Technical Richland .31 .07 .08 .03 6.50 6.44
55 Black River St. Regis Paper Co. Deferiet .23 .30 .54 1.05 43.50 49.37
56 Napanee River Strathcona Paper Company Napanee .13 .12 .13 .16 2.90
57 Trent River Sonoco Trenton 1.71 1.95 .92 .38 25.80 2.31
58 Whitney Creek U.S. Gypsum Co. Oakfield .08 .09 .07 .10 15.40 17.31
TOTALS 21.68 17.05 14.48 9.76 317.40 235.31
Lake Superior
59 Lake Superior James River Marathon 13.55 12.24 2.48 1.64 61.60
60 Chequamegon Bay James River Ashland .24 .24 .29 .17 4.90 5.17
61 Thunder Bay Harbour Provincial Papers Thunder Bay 3.40 3.91 .90 1.29 50.50 42.66
62 Thunder Bay Abitibi-Price Ft. William Thunder Bay 12.44 9.30 1.84 1.14 26.00 23.70
63 Thunder Bay Abitibi-Price Thunder Bay Thunder Bay 19.50 closed 1.40 closed 37.80 closed
64 Nipigon Bay Domtar Packaging Ltd. Red Rock 15.89 13.58 4.79 4.35 96.60 86.00
65 Kaministikwia River Avenor Thunder Bay 44.95 24.08 11.34 16.83 222.00 205.64
66 Lake Superior Kimberly-Clark Corp. Munising .13 .10 .07 .04 20.00 20.53
67 Jackfish Bay Kimberly-Clark of Canada Terrace Bay 24.85 1.92 5.57 4.72 115.00 108.35
68 Ontonagon River Stone Container Ontonagon 3.89 .51 11.36 1.29 26.80 19.82
69 Lake Superior Superior Fiber Products Weyerhauser 2.21 .94 .11 .10 2.50 .48
TOTALS 141.05 66.82 40.15 31.57 663.70 512.35
St. Lawrence
70 St. Lawrence River Domtar Specialty Fine Papers Cornwall 13.88 17.43 7.07 6.47 102.40 140.74
71 Oswegatchie River James River Corp. Gouverneur .02 .07 .02 .04 .80 3.20
72 Oswegatchie River Papyrus-Newton Falls Newton Falls .37 .16 .28 .20 25.50 21.83
73 Raquette River Potsdam Paper Co. Potsdam .33 .44 .09 .09 5.30 4.51
74 Raquette River Norfolk Paper Co. Norfolk .19 .168 .15 .08 22.70 10.85
TOTALS 14.79 18.268 7.61 6.88 156.70 181.13
Source: Assembled by IJC Staff

				Average BOD (T/D)		Average TSS (T/D)		Average Flow (1000m3/D)
	Receiving Water	Facility Name	City	1987	1992	1987	1992	1987	1992
	Lake Erie
1	Chagrin River	Chase Bag Co.	Chagrin Falls	.04	.10	.02	.04	2.70	1.13
2	Black River	Port Huron Paper Co.	Port Huron	.54	1.04	.35	.33	24.50	14.30
3	Raisin River	Simplex Industries	Palmyra	.04		.06		.90
4	Lake Erie	U.S. Gypsum Co.	Gypsum	.04	.49	.35	.10	7.30	5.12
5	St. Clair River	James River Corp.	Port Huron	NA	.27	NA	.26	NA	9.19
			TOTALS	.66	1.90	.78	.73	35.40	29.74
	Lake Huron
6	Thunder Bay River	Abitibi Corp.	Alpena	1.41	1.12	4.24	4.64	7.20	5.15
7	Spanish River	E.B. Eddy Forest Prods.	Espanola	1.83	2.15	4.51	3.59	115.50	119.11
8	Thunder Bay River	Fletcher Paper Co.	Alpena	.32	.23	.07	.07	3.80	2.19
9	French River	MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd.	Sturgeon Falls	37.05	20.56	2.37	2.58	11.90	9.73
10	Cheboygan River	Proctor & Gamble Paper	Cheboygan	.03	.002	.02	.002	4.60	1.51
11	St. Mary's River	St. Mary's Paper	Sault Ste. Marie	2.96	5.50	3.45	2.66	26.90	28.01
			TOTALS	43.60	29.562	14.66	13.542	169.90	165.70
	Lake Michigan
12	Portage Creek	Performance Papers	Kalamazoo	.23	closed	.02	closed	1.50	closed
13	Fox River	Appleton Papers	Combined Locks	.30	.48	.25	.47	21.00	19.61
14	Peshtigo	Badger Paper Mills	Peshtigo	.31	.47	.08	.20	5.80	7.69
15	Lake Butte des Morts	P.H. Glatfetter Co.	Neenah	.34	.55	.47	.62	14.50	16.84
16	Kalamazoo River	James River Corp. KVP Group	Kalamazoo	.17	.42	.24	.27	15.80	15.89
17	Menominee River	Champion International	Quinnesec	1.25	.22	2.64	2.64	48.40	57.04
18	Fox River	Fort Howard Paper Company	Green Bay	1.70	.84	1.28	1.24	46.00	60.86
19	St. Joseph River	French Paper Co.	Niles	.12	.14	.10	.09	1.90	1.59
20	Fox River	Green Bay Packaging	Green Bay	.36	.29	.39	.19	7.40	6.21
21	Fox River	National-American Can Corp.	Green Bay	.87	.75	.92	.55	38.20	30.55
22	Fox River	Riverside Paper Corp.	Appleton	1.08	1.71	.91	2.26	7.80	7.79
23	Little L. Butte des Morts	Kimberly-Clark Corp.	Neenah	.25	.30	.02	.02	7.50	8.11
24	Fox River	Kimberly-Clark Corp.	Neenah	.03	.16	.07	.12	12.30	13.67
25	Manistique River	Manistique Pulp and Paper	Manistique	.88	.88	2.49	1.38	13.80	18.45
26	Escanaba River	Mead Corp.-Escanaba Paper	Escanaba	1.01	1.37	3.13	2.44	131.30	131.34
27	Kalamazoo River	Mead Corp.-Otsego Mill	Otsego	.10	.18	.08	.17	1.50	1.21
28	Kalamazoo River	Menasha Corp.	Otsego	.05	.77	.02	1.26	2.00	6.06
29	Menominee River	Menominee Paper Corp.	Menominee	1.05	.08	.15	.12	1.20	2.95
30	Fox River	Midtec Paper Corp.	Kimberly	.64	.58	1.18	.58	40.70	45.47
31	Menominee River	Niagara of Wisconsin	Niagara	.89	1.35	1.28	1.14	21.00	22.61
32	Fox River	Nicolet Paper Co.	DePere	.78	.93	.24	.29	11.90	9.61
33	Lake Michigan	Packaging Corp. of America	Filer City	.19	.23	.48	.51	20.30	20.07
34	Kalamazoo River	Plainwell Paper Co.	Plainwell	.13	.09	.19	.15	9.20	9.48
35	Fox River	Proctor & Gamble Paper	Green Bay	.56	.20	1.08	.15	17.40	9.32
36	Menominee River	Scott Paper Co.	Marinette	.78	.73	.65	.29	22.00	16.12
37	Oconto River	Scott Paper Co.	Oconto Falls	.35	.31	.23	.20	4.90	5.52
38	Wolf River	Shawano Paper Mills	Shawano	.40	.52	.12	.08	6.60	6.65
39	Fox River	Thilmany Pulp & Paper Co.	Kaukauna	.70	.76	2.22	1.04	71.40	66.87
40	Paw Paw River	Silverleaf Paper	Watervliet	.39	.11	.36	.17	.90	1.78
41	Fox River	Wisconsin Tissue Mills	Menasha	.30	.52	.33	.53	10.90	21.52
42	Lacey Creek	Simplicity Pattern Co.	Niles	NA	.02	NA	.03	NA	.88
			TOTALS	21.03	16.36	21.62	19.20	615.10	614.76
	Lake Ontario
43	Oswego River	Armstrong Cork Co.	Volney	.24	.23	.37	.22	8.50	8.27
44	Twelve Mile Creek	Beaver Wood Fibre Co.	Thorold	1.98	1.46	1.09	.62	15.90	14.00
45	Moose River	Burrows Paper Corp.	Lyonsdale	.13	.07	.17	.06	2.10	4.41
46	Twelve Mile Creek	Domtar Specialty Fine Papers	St. Catharines	.68	.88	.15	.30	9.30	9.35
47	Trent River	Domtar Packaging	Trenton	7.21	6.38	2.40	.64	3.40	4.09
48	Twelve Mile Creek	Thorold Specialty Papers	Thorold	2.25	2.47	.92	1.24	25.80	25.36
49	Black River	Georgia-Pacific Co.	Lyons Falls	1.64	1.15	2.21	2.55	15.90	14.04
50	Old Welland Canal	Kimberly-Clark of Canada	St. Catharines	.41	.21	.29	.08	9.90	11.09
51	Black River	Latex Fibre Ind.	Brownville	.08	.10	.10	.12	1.50	1.93
52	Beaver River	Latex Fibre Ind.	Croghan	.36	.10	.29	.10	21.90	10.05
53	Twelve Mile Creek	QUNO Corporation	Thorold	4.24	.84	4.75	1.84	109.10	57.29
54	Salmon River	Schoeller Technical	Richland	.31	.07	.08	.03	6.50	6.44
55	Black River	St. Regis Paper Co.	Deferiet	.23	.30	.54	1.05	43.50	49.37
56	Napanee River	Strathcona Paper Company	Napanee	.13	.12	.13	.16	2.90
57	Trent River	Sonoco	Trenton	1.71	1.95	.92	.38	25.80	2.31
58	Whitney Creek	U.S. Gypsum Co.	Oakfield	.08	.09	.07	.10	15.40	17.31
			TOTALS	21.68	17.05	14.48	9.76	317.40	235.31
	Lake Superior
59	Lake Superior	James River	Marathon	13.55	12.24	2.48	1.64	61.60
60	Chequamegon Bay	James River	Ashland	.24	.24	.29	.17	4.90	5.17
61	Thunder Bay Harbour	Provincial Papers	Thunder Bay	3.40	3.91	.90	1.29	50.50	42.66
62	Thunder Bay	Abitibi-Price Ft. William	Thunder Bay	12.44	9.30	1.84	1.14	26.00	23.70
63	Thunder Bay	Abitibi-Price Thunder Bay	Thunder Bay	19.50	closed	1.40	closed	37.80	closed
64	Nipigon Bay	Domtar Packaging Ltd.	Red Rock	15.89	13.58	4.79	4.35	96.60	86.00
65	Kaministikwia River	Avenor	Thunder Bay	44.95	24.08	11.34	16.83	222.00	205.64
66	Lake Superior	Kimberly-Clark Corp.	Munising	.13	.10	.07	.04	20.00	20.53
67	Jackfish Bay	Kimberly-Clark of Canada	Terrace Bay	24.85	1.92	5.57	4.72	115.00	108.35
68	Ontonagon River	Stone Container	Ontonagon	3.89	.51	11.36	1.29	26.80	19.82
69	Lake Superior	Superior Fiber Products	Weyerhauser	2.21	.94	.11	.10	2.50	.48
			TOTALS	141.05	66.82	40.15	31.57	663.70	512.35
	St. Lawrence
70	St. Lawrence River	Domtar Specialty Fine Papers	Cornwall	13.88	17.43	7.07	6.47	102.40	140.74
71	Oswegatchie River	James River Corp.	Gouverneur	.02	.07	.02	.04	.80	3.20
72	Oswegatchie River	Papyrus-Newton Falls	Newton Falls	.37	.16	.28	.20	25.50	21.83
73	Raquette River	Potsdam Paper Co.	Potsdam	.33	.44	.09	.09	5.30	4.51
74	Raquette River	Norfolk Paper Co.	Norfolk	.19	.168	.15	.08	22.70	10.85
			TOTALS	14.79	18.268	7.61	6.88	156.70	181.13