"There are plenty of paper companies out there that don't pollute," said Webb. "The company feels likethe current pollution is good enough for Cocke County. It is never going to be good enough until that water is as clean coming out of the mill as it is going in." Wakild saidthe North Carolina Division ofWater Quality will make its final recommendations on the mill's permit sometimein May 2010.Monday's meetingin Cocke County is in addition to a public hearing in North Carolina. That hearing will be held Tuesday, January 26, at Tuscola High School in Waynesville./>
East Tennesseans demand clean Pigeon River from North Carolina
North Carolina environmental officials crossed the border Monday nighttohear East Tennesseans opinions on a new permit that allows aNorth Carolina paper mill to dump wastewater into the Pigeon River.
