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News Release 201
MISSOURI HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION APPROVES CONTINENTAL CEMENT COMPANY HAZARDOUS WASTE VARIANCE
Volume 36-201 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, April 10, 2008 -- The Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission approved Continental Cement Company LLC's Dec. 12 variance petition, with conditions. The approved variance order gives Continental Cement more flexibility in unloading hazardous waste from railcars. The variance is in effect until March 17, 2009.
Continental Cement is located at 10107 Highway 79 South in Hannibal and operates an active wet process cement kiln. The kiln produces 2,000 tons of clinker per day. Clinker is the primary ingredient in Portland cement. Continental Cement uses both coal and a variety of liquid and solid hazardous waste-derived fuel to heat its kiln. The company receives the hazardous waste by both truck and railcar. Green America Recycling, a joint venture between Continental Cement and American Environmental Services Inc., operates the on-site liquid and solid hazardous waste fuel programs.
Continental Cement petitioned for a variance from 10 CSR 25-7.264(3)(B)2 on Dec. 12. According to state regulations, "The owner/operator shall unload hazardous waste from an incoming railcar within 72 hours of receipt of the shipment." Continental Cement is unable to control the scheduling and routing of incoming railcars from the railroad. This results in the railroad staging incoming railcars in various other, potentially less secure, locations off Continental Cement's property until the company can accept them.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reviewed the variance petition and determined the request to be nonsubstantive. The department recommended the commission grant the variance petition with conditions. The variance order allows Continental Cement 10 days from receipt of the shipment to unload hazardous waste from incoming railcars.
The variance order is available on the department's Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/permits/notices.htm. Supporting documents are not available on the department's Web site due to their size. The public can also review and copy the variance order and supporting documents at the Hannibal Free Public Library in Hannibal, during their normal business hours, or by appointment at the Department of Natural Resources' Hazardous Waste Program, 1730 E. Elm St., Jefferson City.
You may call or write the department at any time to request to have your name placed on Continental Cement's mailing list. By doing this, you will receive notice from the department or Continental Cement on any major permitting and cleanup activities at the facility.
For more information, or to obtain a written copy of the variance order, please contact Robert Clay, PE, at the Department of Natural Resources, Hazardous Waste Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176. You can also reach Clay by telephone at 573-751-3553 or 800-361-4827, or by e-mail at robert.clay@dnr.mo.gov. Hearing-impaired people 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 events, hearings and meetings, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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