PCA supports EPA’s removal of potentially crippling emissions limit
Published by David Bizley,
Editor
World Cement,
The Portland Cement Association (PCA), which represents the majority of America’s cement manufacturers, appreciates that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed what it considered a technically infeasible proposed emissions limit from the final Good Neighbor Federal Implementation Plan (Good Neighbor FIP).
EPA relied on flawed data and, for the first time, included cement manufacturers among other industrial industries that would be subject to the proposed rule, despite the fact that many cement plants already utilise emissions control technology.
“The rule would have been regulatory overkill for America’s cement manufacturers as they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars implementing state-of-the-art emission technology controls to comply with stringent NOx and other air emissions requirements,” said Sean O’Neill, PCA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs.
“Furthermore, had it been enforced, the proposal would have been a contradictory move by the Administration, as a reduction in cement supply would inevitably slow progress of construction projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” said O’Neill.
PCA will evaluate the ramifications of the final rule and continue working with the federal government to meet its obligations to protect air quality.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/the-americas/16032023/pca-supports-epas-removal-of-potentially-crippling-emissions-limit/
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