The Fenholloway River is a stream in Taylor County, Florida .
22-761: Located along the river and near the town of Perry, Florida is the Foley Cellulose mill, formerly known as the Buckeye Mill, which was purchased by Georgia-Pacific in 2013. Georgia-Pacific invested over $ 300 million in mill improvements to complete the Fenholloway Water Quality Project in September 2020. The river flow and pattern were restored to what it was prior to the start of Procter & Gamble pulp mill operations in 1954. The Foley Cellulose Mill no longer discharges treated effluent directly into
44-532: Is a 212.45 m (697.0 ft), 1,567,011 sq.ft skyscraper in downtown Atlanta , Georgia , United States. It contains 52 stories of office space and was finished in 1982. Before the six-year era of tall skyscrapers to be built in Atlanta, it was Atlanta's second-tallest building (only surpassed by the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel ) from 1982 to 1987. It has a stair-like design that staggers down to
66-632: Is also involved in several remediation sites , many of which were landfills used by other manufacturers, municipalities and other businesses, and individuals. Two of the primary remediation sites - the Fox River in Wisconsin and Kalamazoo River in Michigan - involve the cleanup of PCBs . Georgia Pacific is contributing to dam removal work as part of an effort to clean up PCB contamination in Kalamazoo. In 2007,
88-483: Is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta , Georgia , and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue , pulp , paper , toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals , and other forest products—largely made from its own timber . Since 2005, it has been an independently operated and managed subsidiary of Koch Industries . As of fall 2019,
110-453: Is the largest user of de-ink fiber in the world, and its subsidiary company GP Harmon trades in the recycled material. The company has expanded into other markets in countries like Mexico and China. In 2005, president of the division Simon Davies estimated that China would require the import of scrap paper from the US and elsewhere for at least 15 years. In the long run, he asserted, the growth of
132-517: The Chinese middle class would be correlated with a large increase in paper production, and having viable paper recovery systems in place would be of great value to them. The Georgia-Pacific Paper Mill in Crossett, Arkansas was the subject of environmental documentary film Company Town , released in 2016. The film alleges that improper waste disposal by the mill has caused a cluster of cancer incidents in
154-547: The Fort Howard Corporation , the James River Corporation and Crown-Zellerbach . In August 2001, Georgia-Pacific completed the sale of four un-coated paper mills and their associated businesses and assets to Canadian papermaker Domtar for US$ 1.65 billion . It was announced on November 13, 2005 that Georgia-Pacific would be acquired by Koch Industries . On December 23, 2005, Koch Industries finalized
176-519: The High Museum of Art , which opened in 1986. On March 14, 2008, the tower sustained minor damage when a tornado tore through downtown Atlanta. A number of windows were blown out. It was the first tornado to hit the downtown area since weather record keeping began in the 1880s. The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom is located in the building. The building served as a filming location for
198-648: The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to approve an amendment that derailed a pending E.P.A. investigation of Weyerhaeuser Company , Louisiana-Pacific Corporation , and Georgia-Pacific, arguing that the E.P.A. was "unfairly applying present-day standards to decisions made 10 to 15 years ago", and that the E.P.A. test method overstated the emissions from wood products factories. Georgia-Pacific's opponents believed "the measure could allow Georgia-Pacific avoid installing pollution gear at many of its plants." Engelberg wrote, "Nonetheless, [Georgia-Pacific] said they would install controls at plants that need them." Georgia-Pacific
220-658: The $ 21 billion acquisition of Georgia-Pacific. Georgia-Pacific was removed from the NYSE (it had traded under the symbol GP ) and shareholders surrendered their shares for about $ 48 per share. The Georgia-Pacific Tower in Atlanta continues to house the company's headquarters. The Crown Zellerbach Building was built as the headquarters of Crown Zellerbach in San Francisco in 1959. On January 11, 2010, Georgia-Pacific signed an agreement to acquire Grant Forest Products' oriented strand board ("OSB") facility at Englehart, Ontario and
242-675: The EPA announced legal agreements among itself, Michigan , Georgia-Pacific, and Millennium Holdings (a corporate successor of the Allied Paper Corporation ) requiring the companies to clean up an estimated $ 21,000,000 worth of environmental damage to the Plainwell Impoundment Area. Another settlement required an additional $ 15,000,000 of environmental work on the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site . Georgia-Pacific
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#1732852082014264-570: The Fenholloway River. 29°58′38″N 83°47′07″W / 29.9773°N 83.7854°W / 29.9773; -83.7854 This article about a location in Taylor County , Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Florida is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Georgia-Pacific Georgia-Pacific LLC
286-613: The United States fell into the Great Depression . Due to slow demand, the company only had five employees in 1934. Over the years it expanded, adding sawmills and plywood plants. The company acquired its first West Coast facility in 1947 and changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Plywood & Lumber Company in 1948. In 1956, the company changed its name to Georgia-Pacific Corporation. In 1957—led by new president Robert B. Pamplin (who would lead for two decades) —the company entered
308-425: The area around the mill. In 2009, the EPA awarded Koch subsidiary Georgia-Pacific its SmartWay Excellence award, "an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing air pollution," and specifically commended Georgia-Pacific. The award states: In, 2008, 93 percent of Georgia-Pacific's freight
330-618: The associated facility at Earlton, Ontario , as well as its OSB facilities at Clarendon and Allendale, South Carolina , for approximately $ 400 million. The transaction closed in July 2013, following Canadian regulatory review and US court approval under the Hart–Scott–Rodino merger review process . On June 19, 2014, Georgia-Pacific announced it will acquire SPG Holdings. In 2018, Georgia-Pacific's facilities in Taylorsville, Mississippi were
352-595: The company employed more than 35,000 people at more than 180 locations in North America, South America and Europe. Georgia-Pacific was founded by Owen Robertson Cheatham on September 22, 1927 in Augusta, Georgia , as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. He started the company through the acquisition of a wholesale hardwood lumber yard. The nascent company encountered difficulties two years after its incorporation as
374-492: The ground, and is clad in pink granite quarried from Marble Falls , Texas . The tower is on the former site of the Loew's Grand Theatre , where the premiere for the 1939 film Gone with the Wind was held (133 Peachtree St. NE, near the intersection of Peachtree and Forsyth streets). The theatre could not be demolished because of its landmark status; it burned down in 1978, clearing
396-485: The pulp and paper business by building a kraft pulp and linerboard mill at Toledo, Oregon . This was the only pulp and paper mill that the company ever built. The company continued to make a series of acquisitions, including US Plywood in 1987, Great Northern Nekoosa in 1990, and the Fort James Corporation in 2000. The Fort James Corporation was the result of a series of mergers of enterprises that included
418-649: The site of a two-week labor strike . Georgia-Pacific operates under many different brand names. Discontinued brands include Soft n' Gentle (toilet paper), Zee (napkins and paper towels), and Mardi Gras (napkins and paper towels). The toilet paper and paper towel brands are sold in different price segments, with the Angel Soft and Sparkle brands being more value-priced and the Quilted Northern and Brawny brands being premium offerings. Stephen Engelberg of The New York Times wrote that in 1995, Georgia-Pacific persuaded
440-455: The summer of 2008, Georgia Pacific held a fuel conservation summit to explore ways for shippers and carriers to work together to further reduce fuel consumption from its freight transport operations. The Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship Program for Employees' Children has awarded nearly $ 10.5 million in college scholarships to children of the company's employees between 1988 and 2013. Georgia-Pacific Tower Georgia-Pacific Center
462-421: The way for the tower. The architectural firm that designed it was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill . The general contractor who constructed the project was a joint venture of J.A. Jones Construction Company's Atlanta office and the H.J. Russell Company, also of Atlanta. The tower is the world headquarters of Georgia-Pacific . Other tenants include consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the downtown branch of
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#1732852082014484-827: Was hauled by SmartWay Transport Partners, an increase of 47 percent over the previous year. Of the 145 carriers Georgia-Pacific uses, 104 were SmartWay carriers, an increase of 33 percent over 2007. In 2008, Georgia-Pacific experienced tremendous growth in its intermodal shipping. Georgia-Pacific was able to work with its customers to increase lead-time and create more intermodal freight shipments without significantly impacting customer's needs, thus increasing intermodal loads by 39 percent in 2008 as compared to 2007. Georgia-Pacific uses advanced software to pack loads more efficiently and increase cube utilization in its trailers. The company also reduced empty loads by 10 percent, increased utilization of local fleets, and established an idling reduction policy in place at its 12 distribution centers. In
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