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For at least the past five years, a lime processing plant in Giles County has been emitting levels of sulphur dioxide that exceed the legal limits of air quality by the EPA. The affected areas surround the Lloist Kimballton plant, located near Ripplemead, which processes lime that’s used to produce steel.
A compound called GenX has also shown up in the Spring Hollow reservoir, a key supply of drinking water for the Roanoke Valley.
The Kimballton Plant No. 1 was added to a list on non-attainment areas by environmental regulators, a move aimed at bringing it into compliance.
Drugs and a semi-automatic pistol have been seized in a police operation targeting the Headhunters motorcycle gang in north Auckland.
The government has serious questions to answer after the latest raid on a drug rehabilitation centre, National says.