EPA Reaches Settlement with Carmeuse Lime for Alleged Clean Air Act Violations in Bettsville, Ohio
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act with Carmeuse Lime Inc., a lime manufacturing company with a facility at 1967 W. County Road 42 in Bettsville, Ohio. The company paid $260,000 in penalties.
EPA alleged Carmeuse exceeded its hourly sulfur dioxide emissions limit at its two rotary lime kilns. Current scientific evidence links exposures to sulfur dioxide as short as 5 minutes with an array of respiratory effects, including airway tightening and increased asthma symptoms. In addition to the monetary penalty, the company must meet a new, lower sulfur dioxide emissions limit and continuously monitor emissions from the kilns.
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