Scrap Tire News

STN June 2013 • 13 Crawford Tires-to-Energy Plant Under Construction Crawford Renewable Energy (CRE) has begun building a $350 million tires-to-energy plant in Crawford County, PA. The company broke ground in the Keystone Regional Industrial Park in April, although legal action against the plant is pending. "The company can go ahead with construction because its construction permits were not challenged, " Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) northwest region spokes- man Gary Clark said. "The chance that it takes is that if the (air-quality) permit is not upheld, it will lose its investment." According to DEP, if CRE had not begun construction, its current permit, issued by the DEP in October 2011, would have expired in April. Two Crawford County residents appealed the DEP's de- cision to issue the air-quality permit for the plant in No- vember 2011. The appeal has been before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board since. The proposed plant would burn scrap tires to generate 90 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power about 45,000 homes. It would also create 300 direct and spinoff jobs. u Researcher Recognized for Asphalt Rubber Work Kamil Kaloush, associate professor in the School of Sustain- able Engineering, Arizona State University (ASU) received the Outstanding Research Award from the Rubber Pave- ments Association (RPA) for his contributions to advance- ments in asphalt rubber technology. Kaloush's research, together with pavement performance data, show rubber modified asphalt binders significantly reduce pavement cracking and improve road pavement durability. A large percentage of the binding material is crumb rubber obtained from scrap tires. Kaloush's work on laboratory pavement performance test- ing and improved pavement designs have resulted in re- ducing traffic noise, improving ride safety and quality, and protecting air quality by reducing particle emissions from tire wear. His research group has also explored ways to lessen nega- tive environmental impacts by reducing carbon dioxide emissions during production of pavement materials and the road-construction stage. u Performance and testing highlight achievements Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.com