Lafarge Wins Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Award

HERNDON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Lafarge today announced that its Aggregates SE business unit,
based in Douglasville, Georgia, has been named one of only four
winners nationwide of the 2008 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
National Environmental Performance Track award for "environmental
achievements above and beyond legal requirements," and the only winner
in the Small Facility award category.

Lafarge won the prestigious EPA award for the environmental
performance of its Douglasville Quarry. The quarry manufactures and
sells heavy building materials, including quarry extraction of
aggregates (broken stone and similar materials used as components in
concrete). During the 2003-2006 period, the EPA citation noted, the
Douglasville Quarry achieved the following environmental improvements:

-- In 2003, the quarry set a goal to increase its land and
habitat conservation by 0.22 acre. By 2006, Lafarge had
created nearly three acres of improved wildlife habitat for
such animals as whitetail deer, rabbit, red fox, raccoon,
turtles, bats and numerous birds including wood duck and
bluebirds. This initiative received certification through the
Wildlife Habitat Council's "Wildlife at Work" program.

-- Lafarge set a goal to reduce its discharge of sediment from
stone processing by increasing the capacity of its retention
pond to minimize the discharge of waste water and by recycling
the water back to the plant for reuse in processing and dust
control. The result was a 96 percent reduction in sediment
leaving the site.

Accepting the EPA award on behalf of Lafarge at an award ceremony
held in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 21 was Matthew Stewart, Lafarge
Director of Environment for the Eastern U.S. Region of the Aggregates
and Concrete business unit, based in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Commenting today on the Lafarge award, Mr. Stewart said: "It is an
honor to be recognized among the ranks of the other companies that
have received this award. What impresses me most about the EPA's
Performance Track program and the resulting award is that the program
required demonstrated performance through tangible metrics such as, in
our case, a 96 percent reduction in sediment leaving the site. This
demonstrates Lafarge's strong commitment to sustainable development in
which environmental protection, natural resource conservation and
investment in our local communities are key components."

The EPA's Performance Track program - which the federal agency
describes as its "most comprehensive environmental leadership program"
- recognizes and drives environmental excellence by encouraging
facilities with strong environmental records to go above and beyond
their legal requirements.

EPA made its selection based on members' progress toward achieving
environmental performance goals and the breadth and challenge of these
goals.

The awards dinner was held in conjunction with the fifth annual
National Environmental Partnership Summit, an interdisciplinary
gathering of environmental professionals and assistance providers from
diverse sectors all over the country and world. It was created five
years ago with the merger of the annual meetings of the National
Pollution Prevention Roundtable, the Compliance Assistance Providers'
Forum and the Performance Track Participants' Association.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Lafarge is the world leader in building materials, with
top-ranking positions in all of its businesses: Cement, Aggregates &
Concrete and Gypsum. With 90,000 employees in 76 countries, Lafarge
posted sales of 17.6 billion Euros and net income of 1.9 billion Euros
in 2007. Lafarge North America Inc., a Lafarge Group company, is the
largest diversified supplier of construction materials in the United
States and Canada. Its materials are used for residential, commercial,
institutional and public works construction.

Lafarge is the only company in the construction materials sector
to be listed in the 2008 '100 Global Most Sustainable Corporations in
the World'. Lafarge has been committed to sustainable development for
many years, pursuing a strategy that combines industrial know-how with
performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures,
environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and
energy. To make advances in building materials, Lafarge places the
customer at the heart of its concerns. It offers the construction
industry and the general public innovative solutions bringing greater
safety, comfort and quality to their everyday surroundings.

For more information about Lafarge in North America, go to
www.lafarge-na.com

Lafarge
North America:
Louise Muth, 703-480-3707
Director External Communications

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