5/22/07 - A CIVIL JUDICIAL ACTION IS BEING TAKEN AGAINST LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC., FOR STORM WATER VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AT ITS READY MIX FACILITIES LOCATED IN AL AND GA. LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC., IS THE LARGEST DIVERSIFIED SUPPLIER OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA, WHICH PRODUCES AND SELLS CEMENT, READY-MIXED CONCRETE, GYPSUM WALLBOARD, AGGREGATES, ASPHALT, AND RELATED PRODUCTS. THESE PRODUCTS ARE USED IN RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
A CONSENT DECREE IS BEING SOUGHT TO OBTAIN JUDICIALLY ENFORCEABLE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ENSURE COMPLIACNE WITH THE CWA, AND A CIVIL PENALTY TO RECOVER THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA, AND A CIVIL PENALTY TO RECOVER THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF NON-COMPLIANCE, ACCOUNT FOR THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND DETER FUTURE NON-COMPLIANCE.
THIS ACTION IS PART OF THE STORM WATER AND READY MIX NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES, RESPECTIVELY. THE VIOLATIONS FOUND IN REGION 4 ARE PART OF A NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT CASE AGAINST LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC., FOR SIMILAR STORM WATER VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA FOUND AT ITS FACILITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF U.S.
2/10/12 - CONSENT DECREE ENTERED. LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC., IS A MARYLAND CORP.; LAFARGE BUILDING MARTERIALS, INC., IS AN ALABAMA CORP.; AND LAFARGE WEST, INC., LAFARGE MID-ATLANTIC, LLC, AND REDLAND QUARRIES NY, INC. ARE DELAWARE CORPORATION. LAFARGE OPERATES 243 READY-MIX CONCRETE FACILITIES, HOT MIX ASPHALT BATCHING