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Fluoride Rule in Prescott, Ariz., Spurs Lawsuit
An Arizona town’s new fluoride standards for effluent could kill a local business that reclaims silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, it claims in Federal Court. Pure Wafer says that the city of Prescott’s newly adopted fluoride limit of 16.3 mg/L, and the threat of fines of up to $25,000 per day for violations, threatens […]
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Fluoride oversight leaves Intel with stain to clean: Editorial
Intel is to Oregon’s economy what Mount Hood is to its landscape: the signature feature that towers above everything else. It’s pretty much impossible for the semiconductor giant, with more than 17,000 employees in Oregon, to be inconspicuous. Its Washington County factories become visible from blocks away. Its employees and suppliers clog surrounding roads. Nevertheless, […]
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Intel responds to fluoride reporting omission, calls it ‘inadvertent’
Intel’s failure to report its fluoride emissions in Washington County to the state for years was an “inadvertent oversight,” a company spokeswoman said Friday in a written statement. The chip-making company has been emitting fluoride since 1978, but only recently added the pollutant to an air quality permit application with the state. Company spokeswoman Chelsea […]
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Intel has been emitting fluoride for years without state knowledge, permit
Though Intel has been emitting fluoride since 1978, the company is only now adding the pollutant to an air quality permit for its Washington County-based operations. “Fluoride is unfortunately a bit of an oversight,” state environmental engineer George Davis told Hillsboro residents at a permit meeting this week. “It should have been in the permits […]
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Today’s electronics gases
Gases find a range of applications in the electronics industry, taking on roles as reagents in chip manufacture that encompass deposition, etching, lithography, ion implantation and maintaining a totally clean fabrication environment. According to figures released by Techcet Group, electronic gas sales grew by a modest 3.2 percent in 2012 to $3.1 billion, relatively slower […]
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Oregon considers new air quality permit for Intel’s factories amid neighbor concerns
As Intel readies two massive new research factories in Hillsboro, some of its Washington County are questioning how the expansion will affect their air and community. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing a new air quality permit that would cover Intel’s existing manufacturing in Aloha and at its Ronler Acres campus near Hillsboro Stadium, […]
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Prescott: ADEQ fines Pure Wafer $120,000 for not having air quality permit
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) reported Friday that Pure Wafer Inc. has agreed to pay $120,000 in civil penalties for not having an air quality permit at its Prescott facility. According to an ADEQ news release, officials with the state department observed an emission from an onsite stack during an inspection at the […]
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Intel chemical leak injures 43 workers
Intel has confirmed reports of a chemical leak at its Arizona facility, the result of which has injured 43 people and hospitalised 12 through nitrogen inhalation. Intel’s two campuses in Chandler, Arizona combine to form the company’s second-biggest facility in North America. The company has expanded its fabrication operations in Arizona over the years to […]
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Samsung under pressure amid growing health fears
As thousands of workers stream out of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant in the South Korean town of Hwaseong, Mr Lee, a 58-year-old restaurant owner, regards them with mixed emotions. The factory across the road guarantees his livelihood – about two-thirds of his customers work there, he estimates. But his views on the plant have shifted […]
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ADEQ consent order requires Prescott to clear up water fluoride issue
The City of Prescott took the first step Tuesday in a yearlong process to improve the quality of the effluent (treated wastewater) coming out of the Airport Wastewater Treatment Plant. In a unanimous vote, the Prescott City Council approved an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADQ) “consent order” that requires the city to deal with […]
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