{"id":17922,"date":"2015-12-03T13:59:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922"},"modified":"2015-12-03T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T22:01:21","slug":"company-reduce-sulfuric-acid-emissions-three-states-make-42-million-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922","title":{"rendered":"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDAHO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

\"Environmental<\/a>The\u00a0J.R. Simplot Co<\/strong>. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company will also pay $42 million to settle Clean Air Act violations at its five sulfuric acid plants in Lathrop, California; Pocatello, Idaho and Rock Springs, Wyoming, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cUnder this proposed settlement, Simplot must upgrade its pollution controls and cut harmful air pollution in half at its acid plants, bringing lasting benefits to communities in three states,\u201d said Deputy Assistant Attorney General Sam Hirsch for the Justice Department\u2019s Environment and Natural Resources Division.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the settlement, officials said Simplot will spend an estimated $42 million on pollution controls that will significantly cut sulfur dioxide emissions at all five plants. It will also fund a wood stove replacement project in the area surrounding the Lathrop plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

Simplot\u2019s Pocatello plant will receive $15 million in pollution control upgrades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the work is completed, the improvements will reduce the\u00a0SO2 emissions from Simplot\u2019s five sulfuric acid plants by more than 50 percent for approximately 2,540 tons per year of reductions \u2014825 tons per year of which will be at the Pocatello plant. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Simplot will implement a plan to monitor SO2 emissions continuously at all five plants and pay an $899,000 civil penalty. <\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, officials said Simplot will spend $200,000 on a wood stove replacement mitigation project in the San Joaquin Valley, the location of Simplot\u2019s Lathrop facility, to reduce emissions of fine particulate matter or PM2.5, as well as emissions of volatile organic compounds or VOCs, carbon monoxide or CO and hazardous air pollutants.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis settlement helps address public health risks for local communities in California, Idaho and Wyoming, and furthers EPA\u2019s commitment to reduce harmful air pollution from the largest sources,\u201d said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for EPA\u2019s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.<\/strong> \u201cThe system-wide pollution controls Simplot will install will significantly reduce sulfur dioxide emissions, which can cause serious respiratory problems and exacerbate asthma.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice and EPA alleged that Simplot made modifications at its five sulfuric acid plants without applying for or obtaining the necessary Clean Air Act permits and obtaining \u201cbest available control technology\u201d limits for SO2, as well as for sulfuric acid mist and PM2.5 at one of the sulfuric acid plants in Pocatello.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short-term exposures to SO2 can lead to serious respiratory problems, including constriction of airways in the lungs and increased asthma symptoms. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, officials said SO2 is a precursor to the formation of PM2.5, which causes a wide variety of health and environmental impacts, including asthma attacks, reduced lung function and aggravation of existing heart disease. <\/span><\/p>\n

Simplot\u2019s Lathrop sulfuric acid plant is located in the San Joaquin Valley in California, which is currently classified as nonattainment for the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards <\/strong>and has some of the most difficult challenges meeting those standards in the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SO2 is a precursor for the formation of fine particulates, so both the SO2 emission reductions from Simplot\u2019s Lathrop plant and the wood stove replacement mitigation project will help reduce PM2.5emissions in the San Joaquin Valley, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The state of Idaho on behalf of its Department of Environmental Quality and the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District are parties to the proposed settlement.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,16],"tags":[1469,1726,1976],"class_list":["post-17922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epa","category-home-main-slider","tag-air-pollution","tag-epa","tag-sulfuric-acid-plant"],"yoast_head":"\nCompany to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922\"},\"wordCount\":575,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Air Pollution\",\"EPA\",\"Sulfuric Acid Plant\"],\"articleSection\":[\"EPA\",\"Home Main Slider\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922\",\"name\":\"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=17922#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":225},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements","description":"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements","og_description":"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements","datePublished":"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922"},"wordCount":575,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg","keywords":["Air Pollution","EPA","Sulfuric Acid Plant"],"articleSection":["EPA","Home Main Slider"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922","name":"Company to Reduce Sulfuric Acid Emissions in Three States and Make $42 Million in Improvements","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-03T21:59:08+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-03T22:01:21+00:00","description":"The J.R. Simplot Co. agreed to reduce emissions at its sulfuric acid plants in three states, which means its emission of harmful air pollution will be cut in half, according to officials","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=17922#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/J.R.-Simplot-Co-Idaho.jpg","width":300,"height":225},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":""Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." \u2014 Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17929,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17922\/revisions\/17929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}