New-Indy Sued Again Over Odor Issue In SC
new industries making major changes to a plant. New-Indy acquired the former Bowater paper mill in York County about three years ago and in 2020 began changing production from bleached paper to unbleached material. But the company took the stripper offline as it made changes. After the steam stripper was shut down, New-Indy sent millions of gallons of waste material — con- taining, among other things, hydrogen sulfide — directly to a wastewater treatment plant, the lawsuit said. That caused the area to be blanketed by the odors, the suit said. South Carolina regulators have received at least 47,000 odor complaints from area residents, with many people saying the stench smelled like rotten eggs. The complaints began in January 2021. People living on both sides of the state line near Charlotte have been affected. Lawyers for area residents who sued Friday said they are looking for an expeditious end to New-Indy’s emissions that have continued for over a year.
According to multiple local and regional media reports, odors that have fouled the air in the North and South Caro- lina has triggered another a lawsuit accusing the New-Indy mill in Catawba, South Carolina, of not getting a pollution permit and of shutting down a key piece of equipment that was vital to controlling odors. Seven South Carolina residents who say they’ve been affected by noxious odors from the New-Indy mill say the company never applied for a key air pollution permit as it turned off a device called a steam stripper. The federal suit asks a court to order New-Indy to eliminate the odors and cut pulp production until the company obtains the air pol- lution permit. Known as a prevention of significant deteri- oration permit, the air pollution license is needed by major
A spokesman for New-Indy said the com- pany would not comment on the lawsuit. New-Indy has previously said it is working to make improvements and has had recent suc- cess in fixing problems. Separately, the South Carolina residents sent a formal notice to the U.S. EPA that they intend to sue the agency in 60 days for “failing to diligently prosecute” New-Indy for past air pollution.” NAM Launches Ad Campaign Opposing Reconciliation The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has launched a six-figure broadcast and cable television advertising campaign ahead of a potential reconciliation bill that threatens manufacturing innovation and com- petitiveness. The campaign calls on senators to oppose government price controls that would undermine the development of lifesav- ing medicines and the jobs of manufacturing workers across America who deliver them. “Government price-setting schemes that undermine our ongoing work to develop life- saving cures to diseases like cancer and Alz- heimer’s and respond to health crises are nev- er the answer,” said NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons. “At a time when manufacturers are already facing extraordinary economic pressures, the Senate should be focused on bolstering our industry’s competitiveness, not undermining it. We are calling on senators to vote ‘no’ on reconciliation and stand with manufacturers and the hardworking Americans who are inte- gral to battling this pandemic and discovering future cures.”
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