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 Agenda

  Introductions
  Project Description
  Facilities Retained
  Wet to Dry Process
  Key Areas Examined
in DEIS
  Schedule

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 Lafarge Team

  Martin Turecky, Lafarge

Plant Manager, Ravena Plant

  John Reagan, Lafarge

Environmental Manager,
Ravena Plant

  Bill Voshell, Lafarge

Regional Environmental Manager

  Marc Desimone, Lafarge

Engineering Manager
  Elena Barnett, HDR
Vice President
  Jim Brown, HDR
Senior Vice President

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 The Ravena Process
Today: Wet Process

Wet Process
(1950-60’s Technology)
  Raw materials are mixed with water and
ground in slurry mills. Slurry is stored and
homogenized in large slurry basins.
  Slurry mixture is fed directly to the kiln
without preheating.
  A large amount of extra fuel is used in
evaporating the water.
  A larger kiln is needed, because much of the
kiln’s length is used up for the drying proces.
  In 1962, the Ravena cement plant’s nearly
600-foot long kiln was the largest piece of
moving industrial equipment in the world.

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 The Ravena Process
Tomorrow: Dry Process

Dry Process
Pre-heater/pre-calciner kiln line
(State-of-the-art Technology)
  Raw materials are ground, mixed, and fed to a
kiln in a dry state. Ground dry material is
preheated in a preheater tower.
  The preheater tower is a tall vertical structure in   Reduced process waste.
which the dry kiln feed enters at the top of the
tower and is heated by kiln exhaust gas entering   ZERO process wastewater discharges through
at the bottom of the tower. re-use and recycling.

  Preheating of the ground dry material prior to
entering the kiln results in substantial energy
savings compared to the energy required to heat
the wet slurry mixture.
  The Rotary kiln length of approximately 200 ft. is
much shorter than the wet kilns.
  New emissions control technology includes:
scrubber, SNCR, state-of-the-art dust collectors
and CEMS.
  Minimization of Impacts to Hudson River:
•  Achieves objectives of Hudson River
Estuary Program.
•  Flow minimization through reuse/recycle
of wastewater and use of non-Hudson
River water sources.
•  DEC approved best technology available
for water intake from the Hudson River
to minimize impacts to
aquatic organisms.

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 Facilities

Facilities Retained Facilities Removed

  Quarry facilities   Raw Mills (2)
  Conveyors   Coal Mills (2)
  Administration building   Slurry Basins (2)
  Laboratory   Kilns (2)
  Maintenance facilities   Electrostatic
  Cement Storage Silos Precipitator Building

  Wharf facilities   Clinker Coolers (2)

  Most supporting infrastructure   Associated drives, fans
and ancillary equipment
  Stack

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 New Facilities

Phase l
  Secondary crusher
  Raw mill storage bins
  Raw mill
  Alkali bypass
  Coal mill
  Prehemogenization silo
  Kiln
  Preheater precalciner tower
  Clinker cooler
  Scrubber
  SNCR—selective non-
catalytic reduction
  Baghouse dust collectors
  Fans, drives and ancillary equipment
  Continuous Emissions Monitors
(CEMs): NOx, SO2, PM, Hg, CO/CO2,
THC and HCl

Phase ll
  Power generating system
  Finish mill
  Clinker storage Ravena’s Quarry
  Preblending system

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 Wet vs. Dry

Raw Milling
  Horizontal configuration to vertical
  Same raw materials except water

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 Wet vs. Dry

Kiln Feed Storage

  Dry storage silo
  12 hour storage
  Extraction and transport of powder

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 Wet vs. Dry

Wet Process Dry Process

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 Lafarge Ravena Plant
Proposed Plant Modernization Project

Key Areas Examined

  Land Use and Zoning
  Solid Waste
  Noise
  Traffic
  Visual Impact
  Water and Coastal
Resources
  Natural Resources
  Socioeconomic
  Air Quality
  Energy Resources

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 DEIS: Water, Energy & Waste
Comparison: Modernized Facility & Existing Plant

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 Existing vs. New Plant
Emissions from modernized plant compared to existing plant

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 The Future
Modernization Project Timeline

State-of-the-Art New Facility

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 Modernization Benefits

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 Lafarge Ravena Plant Modernization Project
Information and Updates

Learn more and get project updates online at:

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