KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Graphic Packaging International in Kalamazoo is now on the hook to pay a more than $99,000 fine for a 3-year-old nuisance odor violation notice.
WWMT reports that the company reached a tentative agreement with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and engery after alleged air quality violations, with the proposed consent order including a fine of just over $99,000.
The order goes onto say if Graphic Packaging fails to follow through, it will cost them $5,000 per violation, per day.
In a statement, Graphic Packaging said, ““Graphic Packaging’s first priority will always be the health and safety of our employees and the community. We have about 650 employees who work in our Kalamazoo facilities every day, and we take their health, along with the community’s health, seriously.”
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