Legal Opinion
Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1994PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold J. Hughes, J.
The petition will be dismissed.
Petitioner operates a wet process cement manufacturing plant in Catskill, New York. The plant employs 140 people and pays over $550,000 in local taxes. The raw materials used to make cement are limestone, red shale, water and gypsum. The minerals in the limestone and red shale are silica, alumina, iron and calcium. The manufacturing process involves combining water with crushed limestone and red shale resulting in slurry, which is placed into a kiln and heated at temperatures in excess of 2400 degrees Fahrenheit. This…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. New York State Department of Environmental ConservationNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. New York State Department of Environmental ConservationAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
- Lehigh Portland Cement Co. v. New York State Department of Environmental ConservationNew York Court of Appeals · 1995