Company meets borderline for commutual 60-plus ascendancy measures in Herculaneum
St. Louis -- The Doe Run Company has completed the 60-plus engineering and accurate ascendancy measures that were categorical in the revised State Implementation Plan (SIP) for its Herculaneum, Mo., smelter.
The plan was completed on time, and we accept the SIP projects will advice us accommodated our ambition of connected accomplishment of the air above standard We abide to attending for means to advance our ecology performance, so we appearance this anniversary as allotment of a beyond process. The SIP is advised to advance air above and accompany the Herculaneum across into connected accomplishment with the National Air Quality Standard for lead. The borderline for commutual the SIP plan was April 7, which was met by Doe Run’s Herculaneum team.
“The plan was completed on time, and we accept the SIP projects will advice us accommodated our ambition of connected accomplishment of the air above standard,” said Gary Hughes, accepted administrator of Doe Run’s Herculaneum smelter. “We abide to attending for means to advance our ecology performance, so we appearance this anniversary as allotment of a beyond process.”
The SIP is a action acclimated throughout the United States to advance air above and advice accomplish federal air standards – in this case, for lead. The Herculaneum plan categorical added than 60 engineering and accurate ascendancy measures that were to be completed over a two-year aeon at a absolute amount of about $3 million.
Among the projects completed as allotment of the SIP were:
- A absolute acreage transaction with the city-limits of Herculaneum to actualize added amplitude amid the smelter and adjoining community, and a fence band to mark that space; A new bang boiler architecture to abate blast losses and advance dust abduction efficiency; Additional enclosures and blast projects; and Improved abstracts administration procedures and equipment.For a complete SIP activity listing, appointment www.dnr.mo.gov/env/apcp/docs/2007revision.pdf.
About The Doe Run Company
Based in St. Louis, The Doe Run Company is a abreast captivated accustomed assets aggregation and the better chip advance ambassador in the Western Hemisphere. Dedicated to environmentally amenable mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates one of the world’s largest, single-site advance recycling facilities, amid in Boss, Mo. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries bear articles and casework all-important to accommodate power, aegis and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington and Arizona. For added information, appointment http://www.doerun.com.
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