PRECIP 
NEWSLETTER 

August 2012
No. 439

Table of Contents

MARKETS

• Cement Industry Fluid/Gas Treatment and Control Purchases Downgraded from $10.5 Billion in 2012 to $8.4 Billion
• Air Pollution Control Revenues Will be $35 Billion This Year
• ecoprag Predicts More Coal-fired Power Plant Construction in Europe
• EPA Proposes to Revise the NAAQS for Fine Particles
• EPA Finalizing Revisions to Ohio State Implementation Plan (SIP)
• EPA Grants Temporary Stay for San Juan Coal-fired Power Plant
• EPA Sets Canyon Smog Rule
• Court Blocks EPA Regional Haze Rule for Oklahoma Coal-fired Power Plants

UTILITIES

• Alstom to Modernize Poland’s Fleet of Steam Power Plants

CEMENT

• EPD in India to Survey Cement Plants

METALS

• TurboSonic Awarded $800,000 Contract from European Non-Ferrous Metals Producer
• WESP Reduces Lead Emissions Over 95 Percent at Midwest Battery Recycling Facility
• Ten Sponge Iron Units in Bengal Closed Over Pollution Violations

BIOMASS

• CBC Industries Pesadas, MHI Subsidiary in Brazil, Receives Order for Biomass-fired Boiler from Country’s Largest Pulp Manufacturer
• Port Townsend Biomass Project to Proceed with ESP
• Proposed Biomass Plant Includes Cyclone and ESP
• New Pellet Plant Resolving Emission Issues

ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

• McCain Foods in Washington Fined $40,000 for Air Pollution

COMPANY NEWS

• MET Celebrates Dual Office Openings

PRODUCT NEWS

• Particulate CEM for Stacks Available from FilterSense