COLUMBIA, S.C. — State regulators are preparing to take enforcement action against a South Carolina paper mill that has generated tens of thousands of odor complaints during the past year and raised concerns about the plant’s potential to pollute the Catawba River.
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control said Friday it is pursuing a water pollution case against the New-Indy Catawba LLC mill, a York County facility that began releasing what area residents said were unusually noxious odors from the plant early in 2021.
State Sen. Michael Johnson, a York County Republican, said DHEC staff members told him during a meeting Thursday that the wastewater case is in its final stages.
