CEMEX USA and Clean-Water Advocates Reach Pollution-Fighting Agreement
The CEMEX USA building materials company has essentially agreed to clean up its act in Orange County and elsewhere in Southern California to settle a dispute with regional clean-water advocacy groups.
Orange County Coastkeeper and Los Angeles Waterkeeper filed a complaint in early 2017 that claimed stormwater from CEMEX facilities in Irvine, Compton and Fontana raised pH and metal levels in nearby waterways in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Those claims were originally refuted by CEMEX USA, which is the Houston-based subsidiary of San Pedro, Mexico-based CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., which along with its affiliates make and distribute cement, ready-made concrete and aggregates in more than 50 countries.
But on Monday, CEMEX USA, Orange County Coastkeeper, its Inland Empire Waterkeeper chapter and Los Angeles Waterkeeper jointly announced that they have agreed on a plan to enhance stormwater management from the three Southern California ready-mix plants.
Read more: https://www.ocweekly.com/cemex-usa-and-clean-water-advocates-reach-pollution-fighting-agreement/