Two lanes of the newly constructed bridge over the Catawba River opened Friday in York County. Author: James Brierton (WCNC) Updated: 4:32 PM EDT May 21, 2021
ROCK HILL, S.C. Ahead of the construction project s original Monday deadline, two lanes on the new Interstate 77 southbound bridge over the Catawba River opened Friday afternoon. Friday afternoon we expect to move the two southbound lanes over into the southbound [bridge], South Carolina Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary for Engineering Leland Colvin told WCNC Charlotte Wednesday. Then starting Saturday afternoon, we ll open up all four lanes in the northbound, and then sometime midday Sunday we ll have all for lanes open in the southbound direction.
I’ve come up with a rather romantic imaginary Southern scene.
Picture this: it’s an early evening in late spring, one of those days that started off cool, but heated up quickly by midday, and suggesting things to come. We’re looking out over an expansive valley of one of our rocky rivers, and what lies before us is an extensive boulder-field, or shoal.
Granite rocks, some the size of a school bus, are strewn randomly across the entire river’s shallows, with a complicated system of whirlpools and rapids. Despite the lingering afternoon heat, distinctive thrills of chilly air rise up from the rapids.
The New Indy Containerboard paper mill in Catawba, South Carolina.
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered a South Carolina paper mill to come up with a plan for reducing hydrogen sulfide emissions that are causing unpleasant odors.
Air quality tests by state and federal inspectors last month found elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide around the New Indy Containerboard paper mill. The chemical is a byproduct of the paper-making process.
Odors around the mill on the Catawba River near the North Carolina-South Carolina line have brought more than 17,000 complaints since February.
On Thursday,
the EPA ordered New Indy to submit a draft plan for fixing the problem by Monday, and a final plan by May 24. The plant also must install additional air monitoring equipment.
Scientists collect samples from Catawba River near New Indy paper mill
The Catawba Riverkeeper said it s received multiple reports of unsightly foam forming downstream from the New Indy paper mill. Author: Brandon Goldner Updated: 6:22 PM EDT May 11, 2021
CATAWBA, S.C. Scientists launched into the Catawba River Tuesday to investigate whether a York County paper mill, already being blamed for emitting a stinky odor, is also causing foam to form downstream from the plant.
The river forms the eastern border of the New Indy paper mill in Catawba.
On Tuesday, a three-person team made up of two South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) scientists and Brandon Jones of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation spent the day collecting samples from different spots on the river.