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Facility Name: WestRock Converting Company    
Quinn Mahoney - Sr Process Engineer    
Not a municipality    
Sheldon Springs    
07/26/2025    
07/26/2025    
02:43 am to 04:10 am    
   
Other    
70000    
Crack/Hole in Pipe    
   
Stormwater collection system    
The valve from the primary clarifier going back to the mill was closed when the discharge was discovered. An excavation company was contracted and the pipe was repaired by 5:00 PM 7/28/2025. Flow restored at 10:00 AM 7/29/2025.    
Missisquoi River    
Charlie Loiselle, General Manager    
   
   
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Recovered paper fiber (<5%) and process water are returned to the paper mill from the primary clarifier via a 6" underground pipe. This pipe cracked on 7/26/25 at 2:43 am. Once the unpermitted discharge was discovered, the valve from the primary clarifier was closed and flow to the Missisquoi River stopped at 4:10 am.    
   
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