To meet various proposed Air and Water Pollution Abatement Standards would require Armco to spend...

$65 MILLION

in the next 5 years for facilities.

Compared to...

$16.9 MILLION

in the past 15 years.

The annual operating cost
of these new facilities
would be an additional ...

$ 6 MILLION

Ashland, Ky., Works

MILL SCALE WATER
CLARIFICATION PLANT

Objectives

To remove practically all mill scale, oil and grease
before discharge into the Ohio River.

To clarify for re-circulation 78,000 gallons
of water per minute.

Estimated Cost

$8,500,000

Annual Operating Expense 1,000,000

Ashland, Ky., Works

OPEN HEARTH

AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT

Objective

• Remove all but a very small percentage of Iron Oxide Furnace Dust Particles which escape into the air.

Estimated Cost

$6,500,000

Annual Operating Expense 425,000

Ashland, Ky., Works

HYDROCHLORIC ACID REGENERATION PLANT

Objective

To eliminate discharge of practically all spent pickling solutions into the Ohio River.

Estimated Cost $ 2,500,000 Annual Operating Expense_300,000

Baltimore, Md., Works

WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT ON PICKLING UNIT

Objective

To eliminate discharge of spent
pickling solutions into the Back River,

Estimated Cost $ 300,000 Annual Operating Expense 50,000