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<br />"In wd:r to act ~ pcmlit. Ilolcim male aggrcesisc I,n nni,es atxnn reducing crnissiun>. but cote) up
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<br />" I he plant's current air permit allows it to emit 1.540 t(nts :1 Yea( Ot \( ).\. Irl .leltWl111, the plant is emitting
<br />an average of 3 ~)a I tons n year in .' r„ n ,~I it I~rrnr., accorJing to I ('I'.O statT exprns." !)<dlu. l3u.crnr.cc
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<br />"1lolcint's plain in Midlothian :~;• ~•_ I:~. rrrn,n - ,r on polhnion....llte plant didn't pcrtimn some rcyuircd
<br />Icyts and didn't install some eyuipmcnt as promised in its permit appliwtion....~Ihc company alw made
<br />nu+dilications in the rniJ• 1990s that bcxntcd air pollution w ithout going through detailed public rcvicas
<br />rcyuire:J by state and IcJeral law...ln dlxwnents txhirc the cununissionen. the agency' classifed liulcint :>s
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<br />"Ilolcim has a panicul:trly poor em ironmental recur) in the l Initcd Sates, with a long history of
<br />envimm~tental violations. Since I~)3 Ilolcim subsidiaries have been tined a numlxr oftimes tar
<br />h ,.I,,, , , ,,,;;,;;,~ c,cn , on airemission standards....Holcim's truck rccurd...means that
<br />', ~; , ,; ,I,~,I ~+, 1; u.t,.l to pertumt to the swndarJs that they arc committing to." .k'oup Re~;i(rnul
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<br />"...classified byl:PAasa'~Ir I, ~•:~~ .u~l., I.'Ithasrepeatedlyviolatedairyualitylaws.....'fhctimeto
<br />discover whethev f lolcim can oomph with its permit is now, nut a0er it receives a permit. Gnforcemcm is
<br />never as eftcctive ul preventing Ixillutiext ns proper aru~lysis ant proactive permit ecmdilianing." tifnnranrr
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<br />"lHolcim)...dischatgrs some of the wont airborne emissions in the country....l"he plant operated by Ilolcim
<br />in Midlothian was lined 5225.000 in 21b2 fi>r producing ,~r.. ;r,; .uu.,,,:n ,•t ; :•Ilu;.ul:, IL's ~•. ~ 11
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<br />"1'he amount of dioxins released by Ilolcim in a year is enough to poison all the prrople of frcnu+nt County
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<br />thin arc set to protect human health. Sir>ce 1999, Holcim has claimed over ?80 upsets." Rut kv Men. ['lrwr
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<br />"fly 2002, the plant's emissions had b(x:ome so egregious that the state finally tusk enforcement action.
<br />Among 15 violations substantiated. the state fount that the I lolcim plant had ; ,~ee,tr,f I;. I~I~mm., •i ; nm•,n,n
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<br />"In the -lth yuaner ul' 200h. then were over 2,500 hours ofexcess emissions' rclxmcd, most M' the I Iolcirn
<br />cement plant near plorence. Colorado. 'Ihe cernem plant ~.:• ~L,t_ li ~ ~• un toxic, volatile organic romp,+und
<br />pollution fur 2, IGG hours, ur ~ ~ Ruc•kY bfm (7ru+r Air Arnim
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