W-L Construction & Paving, Inc. operates an asphalt plant in Fieldale in Henry County. Local residents oppose this pollution source because during each year of operation 249,000 pounds of toxic air pollution could be emitted from the smokestack of this plant, plus 695,000 pounds of fugitive emissions.
Virginia’s air pollution permit allows this plant to make 650,000 tons of asphalt per year.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality permit allows the plant in Fieldale to emit these pollutants into the air:
pollutant pounds/year
carbon monoxide 85,400
nitrogen oxides 37,800
sulfur dioxide 57,800
VOC 23,000
formaldehyde 2,000
Pollution data from Virginia DEQ Registration No. 30031, County-Plant No. 089-00009, W-L Construction & Paving, Inc Permit to Construct and Operate issued August 30, 2007
For more information contact:
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
P.O. Box 88
Glendale Springs, NC 28629
(336) 982-2691
Locally Contact:
FACES Fieldale And Carver Environmental Society
