Project Title:
"Cemex Public Disclosure and Accountability via Boulder
County Health Department Web Site"
SEP - A proposal for presentation of environmental
information from the Lyons, Colorado, Cemex Facility
The following information will be posted monthly on a
world-wide web location provided by the Boulder County Health Department:
1. COM --
Continuous Opacity Monitor--for all monitored stacks: Total monthly minutes at opacity greater than 20%.
2. CEM --
Continuous Emissions Monitor--for all monitored stacks: Total monthly tons of
sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrous/nitric oxide, and THC--total
hydrocarbons.
3. Temperature
at inlet to bag house: (a) Total monthly hours outside the temperature
range specified for control of dioxin and furan emissions. (b) Monthly average, maximum, and minimum of
the temperatures recorded as hourly averages.
4. Transport
truck trips in and out of plant: Total
count for the month.
5. Detonation
data: Report of maximum G's of
vibration and decibels of sound for each detonation during the month.
6. Wind
speed: Total monthly number of
15-minute average wind speeds that exceed 30 mph.
7. Fuel
mix: Quantity of each type of fuel
consumed during the month.
8. Water: Gallons of water, including magnesium chloride, and calcium chloride used per month
for watering the Cemex grounds, either via sprinkler system or truck and for
washing or wetting trucks leaving the facility.
9. Other TBD
pending further discussion.
This information will be provided by the tenth working
day of each calendar month by Cemex to the Boulder County Health
Department. The first report will
include--where possible by due diligence--similar data from the preceding
eleven calendar months, so that the reporting can include at least one rolling
year's worth of information.
Members of the neighboring community--Don Lutter of
Lyons, Judy Koslov of Hygiene, and others--will assist in the preparation of:
1. EXCEL
spreadsheet for use by Cemex for delivery of their monthly data.
2. EXCEL
charts or other displays for presentation of this information.
3. Web page
template for monthly posting.
These community members will also assist in the
preparation of the monthly reports for the first six months.
This web page will also provide continuous live images
from a video camera trained on the CKD pit and environs.
Community members are seeking endorsements for this
proposal from the following individuals:
Paul Carr, Environmental Inspector for the State of
Colorado, Air Pollution Control Division.
Pam Milmoe, Environmental Health Program Director,
Boulder County Health Department.
Gabi Hoefler, Environmental Health Staff, Boulder
County Health Department
Richard Cargill, St. Vrain Valley Watchdogs
Ken and Lou Dobbs, Environmental Justice Project
John Barth, Sierra Club
John Lohr, Cemex
Respectfully submitted,
Don Lutter
Judy Koslov