Environmental Problems Sink Talks Over Sale Of Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill

Irresolvable environmental problems have led to the breakdown of talks between Kimberly-Clark and Atlas Holdings Inc. over the sale of a pulp and paper mill in Everett, Wash., on Puget Sound. According to Kimberly-Clark, the mill will be operated by a skeleton crew until its closing in the first quarter of 2012. About 750 employees will lose their jobs. The company says the facilities will then be torn down and the property sold for development. The  main issue that could not be resolved involved environmental issues relating to the area's East Waterway, according to the company.