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BREDL - Solite, Inc.


Solite, Inc.


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


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


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


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

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March 1, 2000 - AIR MONITORING FINDS ELEVATED ARSENIC LEVELS NEAR SOLITE PLANT - 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.


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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


July 1999: Solite, Inc. violates settlement agreement


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