Friends of Perdido Bay is going to an administrative hearing on IP's plans to discharge dirty effluent to wetlands surrounding Perdido Bay....The hearing will begin June 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM in the DEP office building at 160 Governmental Center in Pensacola. The hearing will continue June 23, 24, 30 and July 1 and begin at 8:00 or 9:00 A.M...... IP continues to violate water quality standards in Elevenmile Creek and Perdido Bay.....There have been no fines by DEP or EPA.....IP is operating on a Federal permit issued in 1983 and a state permit issued in 1989.....Both permits have expired.......Florida DEP is currently saying that IP must meet water quality standards in the wetlands!!!....This is a change from DEP's past stance....
  Friends of Perdido Bay Home Page
       

Home Page

Reasons the new IP permit should be denied

Pollution of Perdido Bay by the papermill

2009 pictures of pollution

2008 pictures of pollution

Photo Page

More Photos

Newsletters

Favorite Links

Documents Page

Dioxin in Perdido Bay

A short history of Perdido Bay

PB 2004 Bacteria Report

PB 2005 Bacteria Report

PB 2006 Bacteria Report

PB 2007 Bacteria Report

PB 2008 Bacteria Report

PB 2009 Bacteria Report

Bacteriological Survey of Perdido watershed

Environmental Survey of Perdido Watershed

Pictures of Perdido River

Come to the Administrative hearing beginning June 22, 2009 at 1:00PM in the 160 Governmental office building 5th Floor, Pensacola.

Perdido Bay makes up the border between Florida and Alabama. Perdido Bay encompasses an area of about 50 square miles with the state line running approximately down the centerline of the bay. It has an elongated shape which lies along a northeast-southwest axis. Perdido Bay is relatively shallow in the Upper part near the mouth of the Perdido River but gets deeper toward the Gulf of Mexico

The Perdido River provides most of the fresh water (>70%) for Perdido Bay. The Perdido River is a Florida outstanding water and the water quality in the upper Perdido River is considered to be very good. On a Sunday afternoon, sitting in the river on a lawn chair is refreshing. Click for visual image. The Perdido Bay watershed covers 1205 square miles which is considered large for a small bay. The Upper part of Perdido Bay and to some extent lower Perdido Bay are polluted with wastes from a paper mill, now owned by International Paper Company. See the photo pages and pollution page on the left.

It appears that International paper increased their flow into Eleven Mile Creek in late 2004 to mask their increased discharges to the creek.
Comparison of 23 years of gage height in Perdido River, Styx River and Elevenmile Creek

If you wish to join Friends of Perdido Bay Click to download form

A member who passed away recently remembered how bountiful and beautiful Perdido Bay was.
Click for her words

DEP has issued a new permit to the Bayou Marcus wastewater treatment plant.
Click here to read permit

DEP has issued a "Notice of Intent" to issue a permit for IP to discharge to wetlands along Perdido Bay.
Click for link to proposed permit

Click for link to Experimental Wetland Order

Follow the administrative hearing in the IP permit case. Click to Friends of Perdido Bay - IP docket