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News Release 520
DEPARTMENT AND U.S. EPA ISSUE PERMIT MODIFICATIONS TO CONTINENTAL CEMENT CO./GREEN AMERICA RECYCLING
Volume 36-520 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, AUG. 28, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 issued final hazardous waste permit modifications to Continental Cement Co. LLC/Green America Recycling LLC.
The department issued the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I permit modifications. EPA issued the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part II permit modifications. The final permit modifications allow the company to build a new dry rotary kiln to produce clinker, the primary ingredient in Portland cement, more efficiently than with the wet process kiln currently in use.
Continental Cement is located at 10107 Highway 79 South in Hannibal and operates an active wet process cement kiln, which produces clinker. Continental Cement primarily uses coal to heat its kiln. Continental Cement also uses non-hazardous waste fuels, such as used oil and solid and liquid hazardous waste fuels, to supplement its fuel needs. Most of the hazardous waste comes from off-site hazardous waste generators or third-party hazardous waste blenders or brokers. The company receives the hazardous waste by both truck and railcar. Green America Recycling, a company formed by Continental Cement and American Environmental Services Inc., operates the fuels facility that accepts the liquid and solid hazardous wastes.
The final Part I and Part II permit modifications and summary and response to comments are available on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department's Web site due to their size. The public can review and copy the final Part I and Part II permit modifications, summary and response to comments and supporting documents at the Hannibal Free Public Library, during normal business hours, or by appointment at the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program, 1730 E. Elm St., Jefferson City, or at the EPA, Region 7 - Records Center, 901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, Kan.
Any aggrieved party may pursue an appeal of the department's Part I permit modifications by filing a petition with the Administrative Hearing Commission by
Sept. 24, according to the procedures outlined in 10 CSR 25-2.020 and Sections 260.395.11 and 621.250, RSMo. Appeals must be sent
to the Administrative Hearing Commission, P.O. Box 1557, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or by fax to 573-751-5018. The department also requests a copy of the appeal request be provided to Robert Geller, Director, Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.
There were no requested changes to the draft Part II permit modifications during the public comment period. For information concerning appeal procedures for the Part II permit modifications, please see procedures outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 124.19.
You may call or write the department at any time to request to have your name placed on Continental Cement's mailing list. By doing this, you will receive notice from the department or Continental Cement on any major permitting and cleanup activities at the facility.
For more information concerning the permitting process or Part I permit modifications, or to obtain a written copy of the permit, please contact Robert Clay, PE, Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176. You can also reach Clay by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 or by e-mail at robert.clay@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing-impaired people may reach Clay through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.
For more information on the Part II permit modifications, please contact Ken Herstowski, PE, EPA Region 7, RCRA Corrective Action and Permits Branch, 901 N. Fifth St., Kansas City, KS 66101. You can also reach Herstowski by telephone at 913-551-7631 or 800-223-0425 or by e-mail at herstowski.ken@epa.gov.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming events, hearings and meetings, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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