EPA v. Lehigh Northeast Cement Company (NC)(NLP)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
The consent decree in this matter resolved Clean Air Act violations at fourteen kilns at eleven Portland cement manufacturing facilities located in Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, New York, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Jefferson County Board of Health (in Alabama) and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (in California) participated as co-plaintiffs in the settlement. The companies agreed to injunctive relief to reduce NOx and SO2; a mitigation project that involved replacing old diesel engines; and a $1.3 million penalty.
Defendants (3)
- Lehigh Northeast Cement Company
- Lehigh Cement Company LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- Lehigh White Cement Company, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LEHIGH CEMENT COMPANY-GLENS FALLS
313 LOWER WARREN ST, GLENS FALLS, NY, 12801-0000
Registry ID: 110002380049
Statutes cited
- CAA 165 — Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Lehigh Cement Company, LLC (NC)(NLP)entered 2020-11-18
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $51,089 · State/local: $58,023
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2015-05-08Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2015-05-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2019-12-03Complaint Filed With Court
- 2019-12-03Final Order Lodged
- 2020-11-18Final Order Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3600132625
- Case number
- 02-2015-0007
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2015-0007 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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