On February 6, 2007, the USEPA announced that a Cincinnati-area nitric acid production facility settled Clean Air Act civil violations for the payment of $750,000.00 in civil penalties. The USEPA issued Notices of Violation to Agrium US Inc. and Royster-Clark Inc. in October 2006 for making construction
0modifications to a North Bend, Ohio, facility in the mid-1990s without first obtaining necessary federal pre-construction permits and installing the required pollution control equipment. The un-permitted modifications caused the facility to emit more nitrogen oxides (“NOx”) than allowed by federal law. According to the USEPA press release, NOx causes severe respiratory problems, contributes to childhood asthma, acid rain, climate change, smog and haze, and impairs visibility in national parks (probably in other areas as well, ya think?).
More later.
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