Cement Sector Emissions Compliance Change Sought by EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency wants to temporarily give Portland cement manufacturers another way to demonstrate compliance with hydrochloric acid emissions limits.

The agency, in a direct final rule posted online July 15, aims to create a compliance alternative for manufacturers that would otherwise be required to use a continuous emission monitoring system to show compliance under the national hazardous air pollution standards that cover the industry. The alternative compliance method is necessary due to shortage of gases used to calibrate those monitoring systems, according to the EPA.

Portland cement is the basic ingredient of concrete. The cement emissions standards apply ...