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International Paper, EPA and Others Will Sign Second Agreement for IP's Androscoggin Mill

Release Date: 06/28/2000
Contact Information: Amy Miller, EPA Press Office (617-918-1042) Gary Gemoine, International Paper Co. (207-897-1730)

BOSTON - International Paper Company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will announce an important agreement tomorrow at 11 am at the International Paper Co. Mill in Jay, Maine. The agreement will result in wastewater discharges in the Androscoggin River that are cleaner than those required by federal law.

Speakers at the event will include: Sen. John Nutting; Elizabeth Corr; special assistant for water to EPA Administrator Carol Browner; Michael Craft, manager of the International Paper Mill in Jay; Sam Silverman, acting director in the EPA New England Office of Environmental Stewardship; David VanWie, director of the Bureau of Land and Water in the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Steve Groves, manager for environmental health and safety at the IP-Jay mill.