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March 30, 1998
Mr. Terry Dover
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
Solid Waste Division
225 Green St.
Wachovia Bldg., Suite 601
Fayetteville, NC 28301
SUBJECT: Solid Waste Management Plan
Permit No. 24-02
Dear Mr. Dover:
RIEGELWOOD MILL
JOHN L. RIEGEL ROAD
RIEGELWOOD, NC 28456
PHONE [phone]I 1
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MAR 31 19,98
DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
FAYETtEVILLE REGIONAL. OFFICE
Please find enclosed two (2) copies of International Paper's Riegelwood Mill Solid Waste
Management Plan which you requested in your phone conversation with Patrick Wynne
on March 24, 1998. Please note that the original plan was developed before the merger
with International Paper and still depicts the name Federal Paper Board.
Also enclosed are two (2) copies of the revised Solid Waste Management Plan which is
required every three (3) years.
Should you have any questions or comments regarding this submittal, please contact
Patrick at [phone], or call me directly at (910) 655-64 IS.
Sincerely,
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Rie.zelwood Mill
,oaers
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Issue Date: March 27, 1998

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Table of Contents
Page
I.
Riegelwood Mill Solid Waste Management Plan 3
A.
Riegelwood Mill Pollution Prevention Policy 3
B.
Facility Description and Manager Approval 4
C.
Pollution Prevention Team 5
D.
Analysis of Recycling Efforts 6
E.
Pollution Prevention Goals 6
II. Waste Stream Identification g
A. Solid and Nonhazardous Waste g
B. Hazardous Waste 9

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The Riegelwood Mill is committed to maintaining a clean and safe environment by complying
fully with all applicable laws and regulations and corporate environmental policies under the
responsibility of the facility manager. In addition, the Riegelwood Mill will also strive to
minimize adverse impacts to public health or the environment through the reduced generation of
hazardous and industrial wastes, through voluntary recycling programs, and natural resource and
energy conservation measures.
A Pollution Prevention Team will be maintained to ensure that incentives and encouragement are
given to promote involvement of all employees in pollution prevention efforts. The Team will
consist of employees representative of all mill areas. The purpose of the Team is to establish
priorities and set reduction strategies for pollution prevention that are consistent with the mill
goals for hazardous and solid waste generation, total energy consumption, and water
conservation. The team will utilize all current programs to help develop reduction strategies
such as the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), the Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure Plan (SPCC), the Wastewater Treatment System Best Management Plan (BMP),
and the Environmental Manual.
The responsibility of complying with the plan lies with each employee at the Riegelwood Mill.
Each employee should be aware of the plan and the pollution prevention goals established by
International Paper and this facility. The ultimate responsibility of training employees, providing
incentives for involvement, and assuring compliance with the plan rests with the department
manager or supervisor.
The primary emphasis of this Plan is to reduce waste and prevent pollution at its source.
Secondarily, we promote sound recycling, reuse, and reclamation of all waste streams. By
successfully preventing pollution at its source and through the use of sound secondary measures
in handling our waste streams, we can achieve a cost savings; increase operational efficiencies,
and maintain a safe and healthy work place for our employees. The waste minimization goals
established in this plan will be revised each year to reflect changes in mill processes, policies and
procedures and to demonstrate the Riegelwood Mill's commitment to the environment.
L. O. Grissom

Facility Name:
Type of Facility:
Facility Location:
Facility Owner:
Riegelwood Mill
Pulp & Paperboard
John L. Riegel Road
Riegelwood, NC 28456
International Paper
Two Manhattanville Road
Purchase, NY 10577
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The Pollution Prevention Team is an extension of the Solid Waste Minimization Team, first
developed in January, 1997. Members of the team include the following Riegelwood Mill
Employees:
• B. Birch
• G. C. Davis
• W. S. Avant
• R. Rabon
• J. M. Floyd
• R. R. Knowles
• W. H. Huggins
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Power & Recovery
Maintenance
Woodyard
Storeroom
Pulp Mill
Engineering
Task Force
NAME
DEPARTM
ENT
• W. J. Leonard
PSD&E
• J. M. Cooke
Technical
• M. C. Medlock
Paper Mill
• J. L. Zuncich
EHS
• S. M. Najim
EHS
• F. P. Wynne
EHS
• D. B. Stevenson
EHS
The Pollution Prevention Team is made up of individuals in leadership capacities representing all
departments in the mill. These individuals will participate in the ongoing and future efforts of
pollution prevention at the mill site through quarterly Pollution Prevention Team discussions and
the training of their respective departments in pollution prevention measures.
To maintain a proactive pollution prevention program for the facility, the pollution prevention
team must champion the recycling and waste minimization efforts in each of their respective
areas. To measure the effectiveness of the program, documentation of environmental
performance will be made on an annual basis through a Pollution Prevention Plan Annual
Report. This report will be distributed throughout the mill and a Solid Waste Management
Report will be filed with the state annually. These efforts will support the Riegelwood Mill's
Pollution Prevention Policy by enhancing awareness of environmental performance and creating
a medium for active participation in the pollution prevention program by all mill employees.
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The mill's recycling efforts for 1995 and 1996 are contained in Table 1. This analysis represents
the first comprehensive compilation of the mills recycling efforts to date. Some of the efforts
made by the mill have yet to be quantified.
TABLE 1: Riegelwood Mill's Recycling Efforts
Aluminum Cans (lbs.)
�NINE �'
15,000
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15,000
Scrap Metal (tons)
2,638
2,281
Used Oil (gal.)
11,000
14,000
Soap (tons per year)
24,219
16,600
Solvent for Parts Washers (lbs.)
12,826
25,079
Turpentine (tons per year)
1,653
1,550
Lights Containing Mercury (lbs.)
0
739
Concrete
unknown'
unknown
Lead -acid Batteries
unknown
unknown
Used Tires
unknown
unknown
Office Paper
unknown
unknown
Paper Cores, Wrappers, and Plugs
unknown
unknown
Wooden Pallets
unknown
unknown
Cable Reels
unknown
unknown
Cardboard
unknown
unknown
Scrap Tires
unknown
unknown
The mill's Solid Waste Minimization Goals (I0-yearWaste Management Plan) are found on the
following page. Much of the reductions expected in the 10-year plan result from the beneficial
use of certain wastes the mill generates (i.e. boiler ash, sludge, slaker grits, and dregs). In
addition to these goals, other long term pollution prevention objectives are to:
Lon1l Term Goals
• Become Elemental Chlorine -Free bleaching process by 11/98,
• Implement a beneficial use program to land apply slaker grits, lime mud dregs, sludge,
and boiler ash,
• Eliminate hazardous waste generation to become a conditionally exempt small quantity
generator by 12/98, and
• Become PCB -free by 12/98.
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Primary Sludge - This waste stream is composed of recovered solids from the process wastewater
system. Pulp fibers, clays, starches and other solids are lost to area process sewers during
operations at the paper machines, stock preparation and bleach plant areas. These process sewers
flow into the mill sewer and eventually reach the No. 1 primary clarifier. The settled solids are
put through a screw press for de -watering. As a waste minimization effort, the sludge is burned
in the No. 2 and 5 boilers as fuel. The No. 2 clarifier receives waste from all other streams which
include the liquor cycle, woodyard ditch, stripped condensate, etc. The No. 2 clarifier sludge is
pumped to the sludge ponds for de -watering.
Boiler Ash - This waste stream is produced in the No. 2 and 5 boilers form the burning of wood
waste. The ash is currently hauled to the landfill.
Caustic Plant Waste - This waste stream contains waste produced form the mill's chemical
recovery process. The waste includes lime mud dregs, slaker grits, and lime kiln balls. Lime
mud dregs and slaker grits have high lime content and are being considered as components along
with ash for soil amendments. The lime balls, conversely, are difficult to return to a usable form
such as kiln feed, so this stream is placed in the landfill. The lime ball stream is very small.
Pulp and Woodyard Waste - This waste stream is composed of screen room rejects, sawdust from
digester filling and chip screening, waste wood from wood handling, scrap wood and lumber
from maintenance operations, and bark from debarking. Sawdust and bark are placed on the bark
pile for burning in the No. 2 and 5 power boilers. Sawdust and bark are used to cleanup small oil
spills throughout the mill. Our air permit allows us to place sawdust and bark used for the
cleanup of oil spills onto the bark pile to be burned in the No. 2 and 5 power boilers.
Waste Solvents From Parts Washers - This waste stream comes from maintenance shops. The
mill substituted all solvents to nonhazardous solvents throughout the mill in 1995. A contractor
(Safety-Kleen) collects, replaces and disposes of all solvents.
General Refuse, Paper Waste, and Miscellaneous - This waste stream consists of general office
trash, garbage, and paper. The general office trash and garbage are being compacted and sent off
site to a sanitary landfill.
Currently, recycling programs are in place for office paper, aluminum cans, cardboard, paper
cores and wrappers, used lights containing mercury, and scrap metal. Contractors collect paper
cores and wrappers which are ground and bailed for recycling. The bailed paper cores and
wrappers as well as aluminum cans and scrap metal, are handled by Southern Metals Recycling.
Safety-Kleen collects our used lights containing mercury forprecycling'. Wooden pallets are
'Recycling of cardboard and office paper started in January, 1997.
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picked up by Bolivia Lumber Company for reuse and/or given to mill employees. In addition to
these recycling efforts, lead -acid batteries, concrete from on -site construction and used tires are
also recycled, though the specific quantities recycled annually are not known. In addition, liquid
waste (used oil) is collected and sent off -site to be recycled at a used oil recycling facility (Noble
Oil Company).
All hazardous waste is collected in properly labeled drums in the mill hazardous waste storage
building except for used lights containing mercury, which are collected in the fluorescent bulb
room, and universal waste batteries (collected in the storeroom and outside the environmental
lab). When the fluorescent bulb room or drums are full, they are collected by a local hazardous
waste contractor (Safety-Kleen). The inventory of the mill storage area is recorded on a
"Hazardous Waste Generation Inventory" sheet maintained in the EHS Department Office. This
record includes waste type, generation date, shipping date, and the number of pounds shipped.
Each shipment of hazardous waste has a hazardous waste manifest with the proper DOT
description. All shipment records are maintained in the EHS Department Office. Data on each
shipment is also entered into the corporate database (DATANET) for tracking of hazardous
waste shipments. The following paragraphs are Riegelwood Mill's hazardous waste stream
descriptions:
Paint Wastes - These waste streams are generated during routine painting of buildings and
equipment by our paint contractors and the Maintenance Department. All paint wastes are
shipped for disposal by our hazardous waste contractor (Safety-Kleen).
Waste Paints Containing Lead - Paint containing lead still exists in certain areas of the mill. This
waste stream is generated as old equipment is removed. Paint chips removed are handled as
hazardous waste and taken off -site (by Safety-Kleen) for proper disposal.
Aerosol Cans - Aerosol cans (such as air fresheners, DW-40, paint cans, etc.) are used throughout
the mill for a variety of purposes. The mill punctures spent aerosol cans containing hazardous
materials (to begin by April 15, 1998) using an Aerosolv aerosol can piercing system. The
residual is treated as hazardous waste and sent off -site as hazardous waste while the punctured
can is scrap metal, which is recycled.
Nickel Cadmium and Mercuric Oxide batteries - This stream consists of rechargeable batteries
and button cells used throughout the mill which contain Nickel Cadmium and Mercuric Oxide.
These batteries are collected throughout the mill (to begin by April 15, 1998) and are
recycled/disposed of as universal waste.
Lead Babbit - This stream is made up of lead babbit used to maintain the chipper cutting knives
at the cutting vault. This hazardous babbit will be replaced by a nonhazardous babbit by April
15, 1998. Waste lead babbit will be recycled by a metal recycler upon removal from the mill.
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Used Lighting Elements - This stream is made up of used fluorescent tubes, mercury vapor
lamps, high pressure sodium, metal halide lamps and incandescent bulbs from all over the mill.
The bulbs are collected for recycling and disposal by a contractor (Safety-Kleen). The mill is
currently substituting mercury fluorescent tubes with nonhazardous fluorescent tubes as
replacement bulbs are needed.
Asbestos - This stream is composed of mostly insulation in the mill. Any severely damaged or
friable asbestos insulation that cannot be contained is removed and disposed of by a qualified
contractor. The asbestos is disposed of at our approved asbestos disposal site located adjacent to
our landfill. This stream is being minimized with the replacement of insulation that does not
contain asbestos.
Freon From Air Conditioners - This stream comes from the leakage of air conditioning units
throughout the mill. The mill has freon recovery units to minimize this stream. The units are
checked periodically for leaks. When leaks are detected the units are drained, repaired and
refilled using the recovery unit.
PCBs - There is only 1 PCB capacitor left on -site which will be removed by December 31, 1998.
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