Phillipsburg pipe maker seeks higher limits on air pollutants

McWane Ductile-New Jersey in seeking a new state air quality permit proposes to increase certain hazardous air pollutant emissions limits from the baghouse filters on the Cupola Furnace, Melt Center and Zinc Coating systems at its 183 Sitgreaves St. plant in Phillipsburg.

Units are pounds per hour. * The current permit does not have a pounds per hour limit. ^ As a comparison, the proposed Cupola Baghouse cadmium emission rate is 0.0033 pounds per hour. The proposed Zinc Coater Baghouse cadmium emission rate, therefore, is approximately an order of magnitude below the Cupola Baghouse's emission rate.
Table: Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com Source: McWane Ductile Get the data