BREDL Archive - Solite, Inc.

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Carolina Solite – Aquadale, NC

In the 1980’s, Carolina Solite began burning hazardous waste at its facility in Aquadale.

Stanly Countians Opposed to Toxic Chemical Hazards (SCOTCH) formed in 1989. In the early 90s, SCOTCH was a BREDL affiliate, briefly becoming a chapter in the mid-90s, before going their separate way.

In 1991, SCOTCH and the Clean Water Fund of NC filed a federal lawsuit. They reached an agreement with the company in 1993. After a brief hiatus, Carolina Solite began incinerating hazardous waste again.

In August 1993, BREDL, Anson Co. CACTUS, SCOTCH and Greenpeace held a press conference on the steps of the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management in Raleigh. BREDL’s Denise Lee and Greenpeace’s Scott Brown proceeded inside where they met Mike Kelly, Deputy Director of the Division. The activists gave out three huge pink slips to Bill Myer, Director of Solid and Hazardous Waste Mgt, Mike Kelly and Jill Burton. They were symbolically "fired" because of job performance regarding the Carolina Solite cement plant in Aquadale, NC, with an arsenic concentration 2 to 6 times greater than the statewide average. (More about this can be found in a previous BREDL Moment)

In June 2000, following a meeting involving concerned citizen groups and NC agencies, Carolina Solite – Aquadale agreed to stop burning hazardous waste. Signed agreement on June 2, 2000.

Virginia Solite – Cascade, VA

On November 5, 2001 – BREDL submits comments on the Clean Air Act Title V permit for Virginia Solite Cascade facility. In our comments, we requested a public hearing be held.

On January 10, 2002, VA DEQ holds a Public Hearing at the Brosville, VA Library. Upon seeing the hearing announcement in the local newspaper, over 20 residents attended. Several residents remained in the parking lot after the meeting to discuss the facility with BREDL. Soon after, Piedmont Residents In Defense of the Environment (PRIDE) formed. Subsequently, VA DEQ held a meeting with PRIDE in the Lynchburg, VA DEQ office on May 9, 2002.

In July 2002, BREDL and PRIDE filed a Clean Air Act Section 505 petition with the U.S. EPA regarding the Title V permit. PRIDE also commented on the hazardous waste permit.

In January 2005, Solite Corporation notified the Virginia DEQ that the facility at Cascade would be closed.

BREDL & PRIDE Object to Solite Cascade, VA Permit

July 2, 2002 - BREDL and PRIDE petition EPA to object to Solite Cascade, VA Title V permit

BREDL Comments on Solite Cascade Air Permit

Nov. 5, 2001 - BREDL comments on Solite Corp. Cascade, Virginia Title V permit

BREDL Comments on Carolina Solite Plans

May 8, 2000 - BREDL comments on Carolina Solite Sampling Plans and Air Modeling

AIR MONITORING FINDS ELEVATED ARSENIC LEVELS NEAR SOLITE PLANT

March 1, 2000 - State officials plan to intensify health and environmental monitoring near Carolina Solite Corporation after finding elevated arsenic levels in the air near the Stanly County plant, which makes lightweight aggregate for concrete blocks. The N.C. Division of Air Quality (DAQ) found arsenic concentrations in the air near Solite ranging from 2.0 to 6.4 times the average statewide concentration, based on the first three months of a long-term air monitoring study.

NC Department of Human Health Services Stakeholders Meeting

February 15, 2000 NC Department of Human Health Services Stakeholders Meeting in Raleigh. The meeting is one of a series of ongoing meetings to gather input on the tests to be conducted by the state on soil, water, and air samples taken near the Carolina Solite hazardous waste-burning aggregate kiln in Aquadale, NC. Present were state employees from the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, NC Division of Epidemiology, NC DHHS, US Environmental Protection Agency, representatives of Carolina Solite, Inc., citizens' organizations representatives from BREDL and NC WARN, and members of CACTUS and SCOTCH who live within ten miles of the plant.

NC Dept. of Health & Human Services Public Health Letter

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Oct. 29, 1999 public health letter to citizens living near Solite, Inc.

Anson County CACTUS requests Investigation

Oct. 12, 1999 - Anson County CACTUS requests Solite, Inc. investigation include Anson and Union Counties.

Carolina Solite Fined

On Sept. 20, 1999, the NC Division of Waste Management signed a Compliance Order with Administrative Penalty for Solite, Inc. of $52,499.00

Carolina Solite may face Enforcement Actions

Sept 13, 1999 - Enforcement actions against Solite, Inc. may be forthcoming

BREDL Requests EPA to pull permits

Sept 3 , 1999 - BREDL requests EPA to pull Solite, Inc.'s permits

Giant Cement sells to Cementos Portland

Nov. 4, 1999 - Solite, Inc.'s parent company Giant Cement Holding, Inc. sells to Cementos Portland.

Solite violates Agreement

July 1999: Solite, Inc. violates settlement agreement

NC Settles with Solite over Air Violations

July 1998 - North Carolina Settles Case with Solite, Inc. over Air Quality Violations