Health and Safety News

International Paper Is Fined
Release Date: July 4, 1991

The International Paper Company was fined $2.2 million today after pleading guilty in Federal District Court to criminal charges of illegally storing hazardous waste solvents and falsifying records at its paper mill in Jay, Me.
A Federal judge imposed the fine as part of the plea agreement. International Paper faced fines of up to $2.5 million.
The company admitted to storing the materials without a permit from 1986 to 1988. The solvents, used to clean equipment, were later mixed with oil and burned in the mill's boilers.
The fine was the second-largest ever for violation of Federal hazardous waste rules, the United States Attorney for Maine, Richard Cohen, said. The largest fine, $3.1 million, was levied earlier this year against the United Technologies Corporation.

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