Region 10 Settles with Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC (Coos Bay, OR) for CWA Violations
On January 29, 2019, Region 10 filed a consent agreement and final order resolving violations of the Clean Water Act by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC, located in Coos Bay, OR. Respondent, which operates a General Sawmill and Planing Mill, Logging and Wood Products Facility, failed to comply with its Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Discharge 1200-Z Permit. The Facility triggered Tier 1 corrective actions due to exceedances of their sector specific benchmarks of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). Violations include failure to sample representatively, maintain Best Management Practices (BMP) and complete adequate Tier 1 corrective action reports. The Facility has taken efforts to come into compliance and have signed an administrative order on consent (CWA-10-2019-0010). The Facility?s efforts will reduce the amount of stormwater discharges into Isthmus Slough which is a tributary of Coos Bay, Coos Bay is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $79,394.