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News Release 513
MISSOURI HAZARDOUS WASTE COMMISSION APPROVES HOLCIM/ENERGIS HAZARDOUS WASTE VARIANCE
Volume 34-513 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, NOV. 15, 2006 -- The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission has approved a Holicm (US) Inc./Energis LLC's (Holcim) petition, with conditions, allowing the company additional time to unload hazardous waste from railcars.
The approved variance order allows Holcim ten days to unload hazardous waste from railcars instead of the current 72-hour limit under normal working conditions. As a result, Holcim will have the flexibility to stage more railcars on their property. The variance is in effect until Oct. 24, 2007.
Holcim is located on Hwy. 79 North, two miles north of Clarksville. Holcim operates a "wet process" cement kiln. The kiln produces approximately 4,000 tons of clinker per day. Clinker is the primary ingredient in Portland cement. The company uses coal and a variety of liquid and solid hazardous waste-derived fuels to heat its kiln. The company receives the hazardous waste by both truck and railcar.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources received Holcim's petition for a variance from 10 CSR 25-7.264 (3)(B)2 on June 14, 2006. According to state regulations, "The owner/operator shall unload hazardous waste from an incoming railcar within 72 hours of receipt of the shipment." Holcim is unable to control the scheduling and routing of incoming railcars from the railroad. This resulted in the railroad staging incoming railcars in various other, potentially less secure, locations off Holcim's property until the company could accept them. The department reviewed the variance petition and determined the request to be non-substantive. The department recommended that the commission grant the variance petition with conditions.
The variance order is available on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. The public can also review and copy the variance order and supporting documents at the Bowling Green Free Public Library in Bowling Green, during their normal business hours, or by appointment only at the department's Elm Street Conference Center in Jefferson City.
Anyone may call or write to the department at any time to request to have his or her name placed on Holcim's mailing list. By doing this, they will receive notice from the department or Holcim on any major permitting activities at the facility.
For more information, contact Robert Clay of the department's Hazardous Waste Program at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827 or by e-mail at robert.clay@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing and speech-impaired persons may reach Clay through Relay Missouri at 800-735-2966.
For news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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