MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1979
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REPORT ON ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AT CEMENT PLANT
WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT
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A REPORT SHOWING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CEMENT PLANT AT CASTLE PEAK HAS BEEN WELCOMED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE REPORT SAYS THE PLANT WILL INCORPORATE THE LATEST POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THAT POLLUTION WILL BE KEPT TO AN ACCEPTABLE MINIMUM,
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) IN THE CASE OF THE PARTICULATE MATTER EMITTED BY CHIMNEYS AT THE CEMENT PLANT, 99.98 PER CENT OF THE DUST WILL BE EXTRACTED BY A SYSTEM OF HIGH EFFICIENCY ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT THE QUANTITIES INVOLVED WILL FALL WELL WITHIN THE LIMITS SPECIFIED BY RESPECTIVE UK AND USA REQUIREMENTS.+
+OTHER EMISSIONS WILL ALSO BE REDUCED BY CAREFUL DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE SO THAT AIR POLLUTION WILL NOT PRESENT A PROBLEM TO THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT.-
+ALL SUCH POLLUTION CONTROL MEASURES WILL BE KEPT UNDER CLOSE SURVEILLANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR COMPLIANCE WITH EVENTUAL CONDITIONS AND AGREEMENT ON OPERATING PROCEDURES AND MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DISCHARGE RATES.+
+FURTHERMORE, PLANS FOR THE ERECTION OF THE MAIN CHIMNEY AND THE INSTALLATION OF FUEL BURNING EQUIPMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE COMPANY TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE (1959) AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS.+
ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED CEMENT PLANT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY LOOK LIKE A FACTORY, PROVISIONAL DRAWINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT LANDSCAPING OF THE PROJECT AND THE ASSOCIATED TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING SCHEMES ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT TALKS WITH THE COMPANY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT WERE BY NO MEANS COMPLETE BUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW SATISFIED, ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE COMPANY, THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED PLANT WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION (USA); A MAJOR SHAREHOLDER OF THE NEWLY FORMED CHINA CEMENT COMPANY, WAŚ ASKED IN NOVEMBER 1978 TO PROVIDE A DETAILED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SHOWING WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED PLANT WOULD BE AND HOW ADVERSE
IMPACTS WOULD BE REDUCED TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.
IN THE ENSUING MONTHS, KAISER'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT COMBINED WITH TWO OTHER COMPANIES, W.S. AKTINS AND PARTNERS, AND METRONICS ASSOCIATES INC. (USA) TO PREPARE THE REPORT. DETAILED DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD WITH THE GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE THE EXPECTED EXTENT OF POLLUTING DISCHARGES AND THE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES TO BE
IMPLEMENTED.
/THE FINAL