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Lafarge permit would allow 176 lb. of mercury a year http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1257615451
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has made Lafarge Cement Plant's Title V Operating Air Permit available for public comment.
The permit, which is up for renewal, would limit mercury emissions at the plant to 176 pounds a year -- more than the company's own estimated emissions for 2008, which were 146 pounds....In September, state Wildlife Pathologist Ward Stone released his findings on mercury levels in the area around the Lafarge plant. He said that in parts per million, there was much more than the average level of mercury to be found and he also reported that he found mercury in everything he tested in the food chain, from grasshoppers to larger animals.
The plant is located in close proximity to both the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk junior and senior high schools.
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