Covanta To Pay Penalty For Pollution Emissions
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Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy LLC has agreed to pay a $218,393 civil penalty over air quality violations that occurred at its Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, waste-to-ener- gy incineration facility in 2019 and 2020, according to an agreement reached with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The agreement refers to violations that occurred on eight separate days between June 2019 and September 2020, as well as emissions monitoring violations and late fee pay- ments. Covanta has also agreed to take corrective actions at the facility,which processes 400,000 tons of waste annually that would have ended up in landfills. The DEP said that between June 2019 and June 2020, Co- vanta had three unplanned shutdowns due to power loss that released excessive emissions, some of which were vis- ible and odorous.That resulting air pollution, and failure to properly use control devices, violated the state’s Air Pollu- tion Control Act and the facility’s operating permit. During one event in June 2019, the plant lost power from an electrical malfunction that caused turbines and emission control equipment to go offline. As a result, air emissions were not controlled by various systems.During a restart, op- erators deviated from regular procedures in an attempt to control nitrogen oxide emissions. Covanta has agreed to revise procedures, upgrade electri- cal systems, refurbish rooftop vents for better filter emis- sion, reduce noise, and use foam more quickly to extinguish smoldering refuse during any unplanned shutdowns. Former 5R Leader Receives 5-Month Prison Sentence Another former executive of now-defunct e-scrap compa- ny 5R Processors has been sentenced to prison for a CRT-re- lated crime. Bonnie Dennee, 66, of Phillips,Wisconsin, was sentenced to five months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In October, Dennee plead- ed guilty to conspiracy to store and transport hazardous waste without required permits and manifests. Prosecutors said 5R Processors,which had seven locations in Wisconsin and one in Tennessee, stockpiled millions of pounds of lead-bearing CRT materials it had been paid to recycle, hiding the storage from regulators and certification auditors. Federal prosecutors have also proven tax crimes occured in connection with the business. In November, a former company president, James Moss, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to store and transport hazardous waste with- out required permits and manifests and federal tax crimes. Eriez Names Marketing Director Erie, Pennsylvania-based separation technology manu- facturer Eriez has promoted John Blicha to the position of Global Senior Director of Marketing and Brand Management.
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