CEMENT INDUSTRY FILES DATA CHALLENGE TO EPA'S DIOXIN EMISSION ESTIMATES

Cement makers have filed a data quality act challenge urging EPA to revise downward its estimate of dioxin emissions from hazardous waste-burning kilns, saying the overestimates could expose the facilities to legal attacks from environmentalists. The Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition (CKRC), which represents cement making companies that burn hazardous-waste derived fuels in their kilns, says emission estimates in EPA's latest inventory are inflated because the report uses an improper methodology. The coalition has filed a formal data-correction petition on EPA's...