Alabama’s Department of Environmental Management has proposed putting Amrize, a building company with a cement plant in Theodore, under a consent order and issuing a fine of $250,000, the highest allowed under Alabama law.
“The department considers [Amrize’s] failures to meet emissions limits, meet relative accuracy requirements, and conduct required monitoring to be serious violations,” ADEM said in the consent order. “However, the department is not aware of any irreparable harm to the environment resulting from these violations.”
ADEM alleges that the cement plant committed numerous violations over the last few years, including failure to conduct required visible emissions tests and tests for hydrochloric acid. In addition, ADEM alleges that the concentration of particulate matter in emissions from the plant exceeded permitted limits…