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Ketchikan Pulp Company voluntarily chose to repon the releases due to the potential 

 exposure to persons off-site. Since January 1, 1996 Ketchikan Pulp Company has 

 reported under Section 302 of EPCRA over sixty releases to the National Response 

 Center for sulfur dioxide and chlorine gas. None of the sulfur dioxide gas releases 

 approached the 500 pound RQ, and none of the chlorine gas releases approached the 10 

 pound RQ In conjunction with the State air permit which is to be issued soon, KPC has 

 agreed to report sulfiar dioxide releases which exceed 25 pounds in a twenty hour period 



Submission of the Tier One, Emergency and Hazardous Material Inventory Form, is 

 required by Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 

 (EPCRA, or Title III of the Superfijnd Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986), 

 Public Law 99-499 The purpose of the form is to provide State and local officials and the 

 public with information on the general types and locations of hazardous chemicals present 

 at a facility during the past year 



A Tier Two form may be substituted for a Tier One form The Tier Two form provides 

 detailed information and must be submitted in response to a specific request from State or 

 local officials. 



In 1996, Ketchikan Pulp Company filed Tier Two Reports for 



Ketchikan Pulp Company Mill at Ward Cove 



Flight Department 



Ketchikan Sawmill 



Shelter Cove Camp 



Marguerite Bay Log Transfer Facility 



Annette Hemlock Sawmill 



Tuxekan Logging Camp at Labouchere Bay 



El Capitan Logging Camp at Coffman Cove 



Naukati Logging Camp 



Polk Inlet logging Camp 



Thome Bay Logging 



These reports were provided to local fire officials, the Local Emergency Planning 

 Committee, and the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. 



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