January 21, 2010 by editor
The Davenport Cement Plant near Buffalo is one of 13 Lafarge North America facilities nationwide that will be required to upgrade its air pollution control equipment under an agreement reached with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The consent decree announced Thursday (January 21) by the EPA requires the Davenport facility to install a dry absorbent addition (DAA) system to lower sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from its cement kiln.
Sulfur dioxide can cause respiratory illnesses particularly in at-risk populations including children, the elderly and asthmatics. The primary sources of SO2 emissions are fossil fuel combustion at power plants (66 percent) and other industrial facilities (29 percent), according to the EPA.