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"1[olcim \cas pertalirxd for exceeding air cmissioas limits....also failed to properly monitor its emissions
<br />and mp(mcd'crroneuus' emissions for nine ycars....Holcim has been ~+i,r.,br~! ul.l tln~,l L.. ,,.,.,;~,,,,,, in
<br />other stat\~s and in Canada.... W'e have yet, really, to find a [lolcim plant that hasdt had these kinds of
<br />problems. dfrtrniand.Vrw.+•wre•klt http•~%ul<<~_.mrtrnland,t>cl~hae[~i~,ur'>_ul '_i tp,ih~nc+ati.mt,htn~l
<br />..I IOICIItI'S plant. .. '.I,..l ~ 'n•_.r,i ~ .i~. :.!',-• .i ,. ~.~„ Iii :.. Siiii i.ni ~. :4. i. '..,-
<br />....violati~ns inclu(1ed failure to maintain all air pollution emission capture atnd ah:ucmcnt cyuipmenl in
<br />giro(! \vorking order, !'allure to conduct visual emission observations, failure to meet design and perliimtance
<br />SpCCdIC:rUunt lpr Cn115110n InO0llOnng tiV SIenIS and t)Ow' mle tieI130tS, urld t:nl arc lu , ~ •,^j '.. n :1 ~,
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<br />"C'iting health harnrds to New England statc~s...the environmental group Toxics Action Center has pnscnted
<br />I lolcim Ltd's [:. ti. headquarters with a 2004 Dirty DOZCrI Award....ThC track nxonl of St. Lawrence
<br />('ement and its parcel company, l i• L ,,, .; `::. • ...." !Ar /i, ri;,A:n h.~tl,
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<br />..According to 1999 1 R1 data (Holciml is : ', :~ ' ~, ; , : rt .;,,,',L. ~„ u,~ i ~ „ :,. ~ • :;,,I„•.~;-.....
<br />environmental unpacu make the [lolcim plant a serious polluter in relation to the rest of the cement
<br />industry." F.'cula~t•C'rnter htgr :aw.wain;un:rhlc-linan._c.org.~\~I?fruj~tils,crntrnt9l~•hulcim~t~~~
<br />'...the lack of regulations and enforcement in developing countries ore exploited by companies like i I~ :, : '
<br />,+ I„; . p' ~ . i I ~ . i.; r,'. I lolcim already has a i+.,,t ~, n„I„i,.nr• ..,i '-:,,_ ~. , . ~, ~, L...Multinationals like I iolcint,
<br />fknv and 1-.xxon...must not be alluaed to !•id. b, 6~ ,„~ ~ . ,~ , h:ll. ', ur to unduly influence or hu}
<br />guvemments to avoid their responsibilities aril promote self=serving policies." Green/xaee hurrnwinnui
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<br />.....lhel'.AprOVlde'Sli;'I_ .i, : i ',;I~,. "'.i li~.,nl'.'.+ ~' q.r .I ,,.:.I,, i,. ..... i.'.'\\Ilh(1at
<br />being compelled u/ du scr.... Hulcirn's application wrdcrLSlimated the risk of dioxin ingestion texpo.urc to
<br />dioxins in tiwd) by wt incredible I,l1UU times!..sWtc officials arty concerned that I lolcim fats I:~iled to answer
<br />tough yuestiuns." IIor.munt lhtill C'Irrr,nicA'
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<br />"D[':O is ,rl.o keeping an eye un flolcim's compliance with the opacity regulationc in its air pemtits. Last
<br />year. Hulcim spent r.int. ~I,m, r, tK•run' at rt,.,•,cca~i,t' tul,c u. v•,L,I„~• ,,, i ~~ ,.. n,'r.." Ifucrnt<nt UuiA
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<br />pollution, and then !.c: ~ ~ .. ~ ~ , ' :, They called f lolcim a 'high priority
<br />violaturlsignilicantnun-cumplicr'.._tirt<dre}rat(dlyforcnvirnnrnentalviolations.... !,,,:, .,~+. .,.~,~',;!~
<br />h ;inl..u~ .: 1' ~ ~~nra. Its florcncr plant had failed air-pollution trstw thn;e times since 1996." ('orpN'ardr
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<br />'...in less than one year I lolcim exceeded the allowable hourly rate file NOx mom than 81)U times. In the
<br />company's 1997 permit applicati+xt. I lolcim committed to a SU•percent reduction of pollution from this
<br />planl....Hu\vever, NU.v, V(X', PM and carbon monoxide levels incrru~ed....it proves the I !~ ~ - ~~I,.n
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