Industrial Section

Industrial Section

Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc.

Updated June 2, 2011

We issued final Notice of Construction (NOC) Order No. 8429 June 2, 2011. Final documents include: For supporting information, please read: We held a public meeting, followed by a public hearing, on May 10, 2011 at the Lower Columbia College in Longview. For information shared at the meeting, please read: The proposed order allows the mill to make the following modifications:
  • Shut down power boilers #12 and #13, recovery furnace #18 and smelt dissolving tank #18
  • Install new turbine capacity and supporting cooling tower
  • Upgrade power boiler #20, including increasing its ability to use wood waste as a fuel to provide addition steam to new turbine
  • Modify recovery furnace #19, including a more efficient electrostatic precipitator to control particulate emissions and conversion to a low odor non-direct contact evaporation concentrator system
  • Install a new black liquor solid tank to support recovery furnace #19 modification
  • Modify lime kiln #5 and lime slaker #6 to increase capacity
  • Modify recovery furnace #22 heat exchange system
These modifications will allow the mill to produce 54.22 MW of additional electricity. The proposed order includes emission limits and other requirements LFPP must meet. The Air Operating Permit will be modified at a later date, to include the new requirements.

Appeal information

You have a right to appeal this order to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) within 30 days of the date receipt, as defined by RCW 43.21B.001. To appeal, you must:
  • File your appeal and copy of the order with the PCHB (see address information below). Filing must take place during regular business hours.
  • Serve a copy of your appeal and the order on Ecology in paper form, by mail or in person (see address information below). E-mail is not accepted.
You must also comply with other applicable requirements in Chapter 43.21 RCW and Chapter 371-08 WAC. Your appeal alone will not stay the effectiveness of the order. Stay requests must be submitted in accordance with RCW 43.21B.320. Visit the PCHB's webpage for more information.

Mailing Addresses:

Department of Ecology
Attn: Appeals Processing Desk
PO Box 47608
Olympia, WA 98504-7608

Pollution Control Hearings Board
PO Box 40903
Olympia, WA 98504-0903

Street Addresses:

Department of Ecology
Attn: Appeals Processing Desk
300 Desmond Drive SE
Lacey, WA 98503

Pollution Control Hearings Board
111 Israel Rod SW
STE 301
Tumwater, WA 98501

Location & History

The mill is located at 300 Fibre Way near Longview, Washington. Currently employing about 1,000 people the company opened for business in 1927, using wood waste from the Long Bell lumber company to produce container-board type paper products. The total output at that time was 100 tons per day. They shut their bleach plant down on March 18, 1994 and have not used any chlorine containing compounds to bleach pulp since. The wastewater treatment facility discharges treated effluent into Columbia River.

Capacities:

Products include bag, kraft, wrapping and specialty papers and container board. Average production is 3000 tons per day.

Facility Site Number: 31

Location and Mailing address:


    300 Fibre Way
    Post Office Box 639
    Longview, WA 98632
Industrial Section Permits.

Ecology Contact:
For more information visit the Company Website.