Grays Harbor Paper - aka: ITT Rayonier Hoquiam

Grays Harbor Paper, L.P. is a non-integrated paper mill located in Hoquiam, Washington. The mill was built in 1929 and started operating as Grays Harbor Pulp and Paper Company. In 1937 three Olympic peninsula mills (Port Angeles, Shelton, and Grays Harbor) combined to form Rayonier, Inc. In 1962, Rayonier entered into a joint partnership with Hammermill Paper to create Grays Harbor Paper. The new company operated the paper machines, while Rayonier continued operating the pulp mill portion of the facility. International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) acquired Rayonier in 1968 and International Paper (IP) purchased Hammermill in 1986. The facility was closed in November 1992. The pulp mill, chemical product lines, and vanillin extraction facilities were demolished. In December of 1993, a group of local investors restarted the remaining paper mill portion of the plant as Grays Harbor Paper, L.P. producing fine papers from purchased bleached kraft wood pulp.

The mill is working toward sustainability. Activities include:

Using post consumer waste in their product. The Grays Harbor 40 is 40% post consumer process chlorine free, and Grays Harbor 100 is 100% post consumer process chlorine free.
Burning of wood waste in their boilers as fuel to manufacture steam and make electricity. This biomass process manufactures 100% renewable Green-e Certified energy that is used to manufacture Grays Harbor 100, with the remaining power being sold back into the power grid.
Ensuring Grays Harbor 100 meets the highest recycling standards the process is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
Measuring their progress toward sustainability by participating in Ecology's Industrial Footprint Project

Capacity:

Employing about 220 people, the mill produces about 425 tons of post consumer waste/process chlorine free writing paper each day.

Facility Site Number: 68452757 and 44124741

Location and Mailing address:

801 23rd Street
Hoquiam, WA 98550

Industrial Section Permits.

Air Operating permit: Olympic Regional Clean Air Agency has jurisdiction.
Website, phone number: (360) 586-1044

Ecology Contact:

Mark Dirkx

For more information visit the Company Website.