Town divided over major employer's permission to pollute the air

By Howard Berkes and Sarah Harris

Community in turmoil over cement plant's permission to exceed emissions of hazardous waste incinerators — all perfectly legal

Excerpts from this story referencing "waste permit":

"… n submitted comments to regulators challenging Ash Grove's first hazardous waste permit in 1996.The Galemores and Carman found the park pavilion teeming with doze …"

"… rove's Chanute kiln became the first in the country to receive a hazardous waste permit, in 1996. Today, a dozen cement plants in eight states have 16 kilns burni …"

"… d by community concerns after Ash Grove first received its first hazardous waste permit 15 years ago.The review might have been reassuring; its analysis of cancer …"

"… fact, he was the state official who drafted the company's first hazardous waste permit in 1996. Lesslie later worked elsewhere for seven years, with a consulting …"