Chattanooga Times Free Press

Cement maker to cut pollution from 5 plants

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Federal officials say a cement manufactur­er has agreed to invest about $10 million to cut emissions of air pollution at five of its plants in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.

Under a consent decree, Cemex Inc. will pay a $1.69 million civil penalty and conduct energy audits at the five plants. It also will spend $150,000 on energy efficiency projects to mitigate the effects of past nitrogen oxide emissions from its plants.

The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmen­tal Protection Agency announced terms of the settlement Wednesday. The company did not immediatel­y respond to a request for comment.

The five Cemex facilities are in Demopolis, Ala.; Louisville, Ky.; Knoxville,; and New Braunfels and Odessa, Texas. Pollution control authoritie­s in Knox County, Tennessee, and Louisville participat­ed in the settlement.

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