Employees
740 (650 members of the Association of Western Pulp & Paper Workers Local 5)
Site Information
Georgia-Pacific's mill is located in downtown Camas, Wash. Camas is situated in the eastern portion of Clark County, approximately 30 miles northeast of Portland, Ore., along the banks of the Columbia River. The mill site encompasses 660 acres including Lady Island.
Paper Machines
Two one towel machine, and one copy paper machine.
Converting: The tissue converting production area has 7 rewinders and folders, which transform towel machine "parent rolls" into individual rolls of towels.
Cut Size: The reprographic (copy) paper converting area uses two sheeters to cut paper machine parent rolls to various sizes for use in printers and copiers.
Pulping, Bleaching and Recovery Processes
Digesters: The Camas mill has two sawdust digesters and a continuous two-stage vapor phase digester. Softwood and Hardwood is cooked at Camas. A "continuous" digester is constantly cooking chips to feed the bleach plant, and ultimately, the paper machines.
Bleach Plants: Pulp produced by the digesters is washed, put through an Oxygen delignification system, then washed again. Finally, it is transferred to the bleach plant to make it white and bright for reprographic paper and towel products. The mill's bleach plant uses chlorine dioxide to bleach the hardwood and softwood pulp.
Pulp Dryer: The mill also has a pulp dryer that makes 500-pound bales of hardwood and softwood pulp, which are used internally and other GP mills.
Kraft Recovery: The mill has one recovery boiler which uses byproducts from the pulp cooking process to generate steam and recover up to 95% of cooking chemicals used in the pulping process.
Power Boiler: The mill has three power boilers with the capacity to produce 1,640 MWH per day.
Lime Kiln: The lime kiln is another critical component in the mill's chemical recovery process. The lime kiln produces quick lime used to convert the recovered chemicals from the recovery boiler into digesting liquor that is used in the wood chip pulping process.
Wastewater Treatment: The Camas mill's wastewater treatment system has a primary clarifier to allow wood fibers to settle out of the wastewater before it is treated. The treatment system also has an Aerated Stabilization Basin, which uses a biological treatment process to make sure the mill's effluent meets all state and federal permit requirements before it is released.
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