LWD Ordered to Close

 

For many years, local activists have sought the closure of the LWD hazardous waste incinerator in Calvert City, Kentucky. The Cabinet proposed, on June 4, 2003, to terminate the authorization for the incinerator (called "interim status") based, in the Cabinet's words, on the facility's violations of "multiple environmental laws and regulations, both state and feeral[.]" "Operating records from 2003 inspections revealed increasingly poor combustion practices that indicate dangerous emissions to the residents of Marshall and Livingston Counties in Kentucky."

 

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