Port Townsend Paper fined by state Ecology for water quality violations

Port Townsend Paper fined by state Ecology for water quality violations

PORT TOWNSEND – After leaks in pipes at the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) spilled wastewater into Port Townsend Bay on two occasions earlier this year, the Washington Department of Ecology has fined the mill a total of $20,000 for the two water quality violations. The pulp and paper mill spilled about 1,000 gallons of condensed water from the plant’s steam system into Port Townsend Bay in early January of this year and discharged 114,000 ga…