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EPA announces a settlement with Lehigh Southwest, USA

23 September 2015, Published under Cement News

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Lehigh Southwest Cement Co for failing to properly report releases of toxic chemicals at its Cupertino, California, USA. The company is required to pay a US$47,600 penalty and spend US$144,250 to fund projects that support local emergency response and limit future releases from the plant. The EPA said in a statement that under the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Lehigh was required t...

Lehigh to invest in mercury reduction system at Tehachapi plant, USA

28 November 2012, Published under Cement News

Lehigh Southwest Cement Company has announced plans to install a mercury reduction system at its plant in Tehachapi, California, USA. The plant will begin the installation of a state-of-the-art activated carbon injection system in early 2013 with completion scheduled for later in the year. The system has been installed at two other Lehigh plants in the United States including plant in Cupertino which was the first cement works in California to apply the technology. The plant has experi...