We don’t just work in your neighborhoods; we’re a part of them. That’s one of the many reasons the Shelly Company is committed to protecting the environment. We constantly improve our plants to ensure that we are using the most environmentally friendly manufacturing processes available.
We proudly comply with all federal, state, and local regulations, rules, and laws that apply to our industry. We test our plants regularly and eagerly cooperate with federal and state regulators should a question or concern arise about one of our facilities.
That’s good for business and, most importantly to all of us here at Shelly, it’s good for the air and water we share with our neighbors across Ohio.
Finally, it’s important to note that the United States Environmental Protection Agency does not consider asphalt or concrete manufacturing to be a major source of hazardous air pollution (HAP). In fact, the U.S. EPA in 2002 published two separate notices in the Federal Register underscoring that fact.
Excerpts from those notices appear below:
In today's notice, we are deleting the source category Asphalt Concrete Manufacturing because available data indicate that there are no major sources. This source category was initially listed in July 1992 because at the time, we believed there were major sources in the category. Emissions data, along with emission factors, were used to estimate HAP emissions from eleven asphalt concrete manufacturing plants employing various production processes and different fuels. Emissions of total HAP at individual plants range from 1.5 tons per year (tpy) to 6.4 tpy. In addition, emission factors were used to estimate HAP emissions from a plant with a high annual production of 1.2 million tons of asphalt concrete. We estimate total HAP emissions from that plant to be 6.2 tpy. Based on the above information, we have concluded that no asphalt concrete manufacturing facility has the potential to emit HAP approaching major source levels. Federal Register/Vol.67, No. 29/Tuesday, February 12, 2002/Notices pg. 6521
Summary: This notice removes five area source categories of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) (i.e. asphalt hot mix production…) from the list developed under section 112 (c)(6) of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
This notice announces the removal of five area source categories…from the air toxics source category list identified in the April 19, 1998 Federal Register.
Federal Register/Vol.67, No. 217/Friday, November 8, 2002/Notices pp. 68124-68125
To read these notices in their entirety and to learn more about asphalt and the environment, visit www.beyondroads.com
