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 Norit program helps
minimize EPA compliance costs
New regulations to protect air and water add tough challenges for the
cement industry. Norit offers a range of products for mercury removal,
plus a Compliance Solution Program (CSP) to help cement manufacturers
minimize compliance costs and simplify the emission control process. The
CSP program measures current emission levels, evaluates treatment
options, and conducts product testing at your plant. Norit engineers are
also experts at designing optimal storage and transporting methods for
bulk carbon. www.norit-americas.com
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PCA:
$4.7 billion cement-industry price tag on EPA pollutant
rule
Source: staff report
In a June 28 webinar hosted by Cement Americas, Portland
Cement Association experts cited dire consequences for the cement
industry of Environmental Protection Agency-proposed national emission
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP): chiefly, closure of a
minimum 30 cement plants subject to abatement equipment and related
compliance investments averaging $60 million/facility, and $4.7 billion
industry wide…To read entire article, click
here.
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Stimulus-seasoned
lobbyist heads PCA Environmental & Energy Policy
Source: Portland Cement Association, Washington, D.C.
office
Serving as a key liaison to the federal government, newly named PCA
Director of Environmental and Energy Policy Bryan Brendle will represent
the U.S. cement industry on air quality, climate change and other
regulatory issues…To read entire article, click
here.
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Ash
Grove Kansas plant obtains hazardous-waste permit
renewal
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
7
A Hazardous Waste Permit renewed by the Kansas Department of Health
and Environment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 allows
Ash Grove Cement’s Chanute facility to continue container and tank
storage, plus kiln burning, of hazardous waste…To read entire artcile,
click
here.
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Feds
open comment period on fly ash designation,
disposal
Sources: Environmental Protection Agency; staff
report
EPA has formally proposed a rule maintaining provisions for
beneficial use of fly ash in concrete and other construction materials,
while significantly tightening existing regulations’ treatment of
nonconstruction-grade coal ash…To read entire article, click
here.
The ALL-NEW 2010 North American Cement Directory is
currently available for ordering exclusively from Cement
Americas. Order your fully updated new edition today!
Also available for ordering is the fully revised companion 2009 U.S.
and Canadian Portland Cement Map.
Both can be purchased from the Cement Americas Book Department:
Phone: (+1) 888-254-4552 or (+1) 913-967-1719
On the web
e-mail: bookorders@penton.com
Also, for information about advertising in the 2011 North American
Cement Directory, please contact David Pistello at (+1) 312-840-8471
or e-mail: david.pistello@penton.com
Item ID: MCNACD10
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New
ASTM blended-SCM standard spans ternary mixes
Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.;
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.
ASTM C1697-10 Standard Specification for Blended Supplementary
Cementitious Materials covers product that contains two or three
ASTM-compliant SCM and is used to impart hydraulic or pozzolanic action
in concrete or mortar…To read entire article, click
here.
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Welcome to CEMENT NEWSLINE, the electronic
newsletter from Cement Americas. Submissions for
upcoming issues of CEMENT NEWSLINE or Cement Americas should be
directed to: Don Marsh, Editor, don.marsh@penton.com,
312-840-8483.
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