Georgia-Pacific Toledo Mill, Toledo OR
Large load · 1400 SE BUTLER BRIDGE RD, Toledo, OR
Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC owns and operates a kraft pulp and paper mill at 1400 SE Butler Bridge Road in Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says the mill sits within the Toledo city limits and has been operating since 1957. The mill's air operations fall under Oregon Title V operating permit No. 21-0005, first issued July 1, 1997 and most recently renewed September 9, 2016, according to an EPA amended stipulated agreement. Newport News Times reported an earlier penalty of about $62,000, and DEQ assessed a $116,108 civil penalty dated June 12, 2025.
Overview
DEQ's project page records that the facility called in to DEQ's Cleaner Air Oregon program in 2022 and submitted an emissions inventory that year. DEQ responded on February 6, 2024 with a request for revisions, and the facility then asked for an extension and filed additional information through 2024. DEQ requested more information again in 2025 and conducted a site visit at the mill that year. On March 30, 2026, DEQ responded to the emissions inventory submittal with a request for revisions and additional information, so the review remains open.
Profile
- Enforcement history
- DEQ's June 12, 2025 Notice of Civil Penalty Assessment and Order, Case No. AQN-WR-2024-074, assessed a $116,108 penalty against Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC for violations of its Title V air permit. The notice cites leaking equipment in the low-volume, high-concentration collection system and recovery furnace maintenance under federal kraft pulp mill rules. An earlier penalty of about $62,000 covered air and water violations. Newport News Times reported that the earlier violations included a particulate matter exceedance at the lime kilns and a March discharge of kraft mill black liquor from a stormwater outfall into Depot Slough.
- Permit and operating record
- The EPA's amended stipulated agreement says DEQ first issued Title V permit No. 21-0005 on July 1, 1997 and renewed it on September 9, 2016. The permittee operates a pulp and paper mill at 1400 SE Butler Bridge Road. The kraft pulping system includes a defibrator in the modified kraft pulping process that is part of the low-volume, high-concentration collection system, and the recovery furnace and smelt dissolver tanks are subject to federal pulp mill rules.
Facility
- Activity
- Kraft pulp and paper
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Related records
Timeline
- Sep 9, 2016
- DEQ issued the most recent Oregon Title V operating permit renewal for the mill.
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- Jun 12, 2025
- DEQ issued a $116,108 civil penalty assessment and order against Georgia-Pacific Toledo LLC.
www.oregon.gov
- Mar 30, 2026
- DEQ requested revisions and additional information on the mill's emissions inventory submittal.
Department of Environmental Quality : Georgia Pacific Toledo : Western Region Facilities : State of Oregon