DEERFIELD, Ill., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Fort James Corporation (NYSE: FJ)
today announced that it has completed the environmental dredging project
designed to remove up to 50,000 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediments near
its West mill in Green Bay.
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Fort James completed the project approximately two weeks ahead of
schedule. All equipment should be out of the river by the end of the week.
Preliminary samples indicate that Fort James has met all of the objectives
outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). EPA and DNR are concluding their
sampling this week, and the results of the project will be discussed at a
December 5 public meeting in Green Bay.
Fort James is a leading international consumer products company, serving
consumers both at home and away-from-home with bathroom and facial tissue,
paper towels, napkins, cotton pads, cups, plates, cutlery and food wrap
products. The company's popular brands include Quilted Northern, Soft 'N
Gentle, Brawny, Mardi Gras, So-Dri, Vanity Fair, Dixie and PerfecTouch in
North America, and Lotus, Okay, Embo, Colhogar, Tenderly, KittenSoft, Delica
and Demak'up in Europe. With 1999 sales of $6.8 billion, the company has
approximately 50 manufacturing facilities principally located in the U.S.,
Canada and Europe.
SOURCE Fort James Corporation
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http://www.fortjames.com
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CONTACT:
Financial, Celeste Gunter, 847-317-5355, or
Media, Mark Lindley, 847-317-5280, of Fort James Corporation
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