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specialties—Formica, artificial leathers, molded luggage and laminates, tissue and specialty 

 papers 



Wastewater Management 



Wastewater treatment facilities at Ketchikan Pulp Company Company's Ward Cove 

 facility consist of the following: 



(a) A 1 90 foot diameter primary clarifier that handles waste streams containing settleable 

 solids 



(b) A secondary biological treatment system consisting of a 9 million gallon aeration basin 

 and two secondary clarifiers of 90 and 160 foot diameters. This system treats high strength 

 dissolved organic waste streams. 



(c) A 5 chamber effluent neutralization system that neutralizes high and low pH waste 

 streams. 



(d) Two large steam injected screw presses that handle dewatering of combined primary 

 and secondary waste sludges prior to burning in the multi-fuel power boilers. 



NPDES Permit 



Wastewater discharge at Ketchikan Pulp Company (KPC) is regulated under National 

 Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit No AK-000092-2 issued by the 

 USEPA for industrial discharges to Ward Cove, Alaska This permit, issued in August 

 1994, was issued for a period of 5 years and is due to expire August 6, 1999. 



KPC's current permit regulates two separate industrial discharges, as well as intermittent 

 stormwater outfalls originating from within the pulp mill complex, Ketchikan Sawmill, and 

 the solid waste landfill 



This NPDES Permit contains monitoring requirements for the following parameters at the 

 indicated frequency: 



