Hi-Crush Recognized for Environmental Stewardship with Acceptance into Wisconsin Green Tier Program

Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP), “Hi-Crush”, is pleased to announce that it has been accepted into the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ (WDNR) Green Tier program. This program is designed to highlight companies in Wisconsin that are exceeding environmental standards to benefit the community.

Hi-Crush’s business operations have been designed to minimize environmental impacts; its processing and rail loading facilities are located on-site, reducing costs and impacts of trucking sand between wet and dry plants. Hi-Crush operations utilize overland conveying systems to transport mined materials, eliminating the need for trucking or hauling the material with heavy equipment or a fleet of diesel burning trucks over local roadways, also helping lessen its air quality impacts. Hi-Crush’s environmental management system (EMS), which went into effect earlier this year, is expected to optimize operations over time and improve environmental performance.

“Environmental stewardship plays a key role in our business and our culture,” said Mark Skolos, Hi-Crush General Counsel. “We place an emphasis on improving the areas where we live and work, and our inclusion in the Green Tier program is the result of our continued commitment to not just meet, but to exceed, environmental regulatory requirements in the communities where we operate.”

Hi-Crush’s EMS is based on the ISO 14001 standard at its production facilities to ensure accountability in its compliance with all local, state and federal environmental regulations. Hi-Crush also adheres to a silicosis prevention program (SPP) based on the National Industrial Sand Association’s (NISA) Occupational Health Program for Exposure to Crystalline Silica in the Industrial Sand Industry, along with an associated smoke-free workplace policy at all its facilities, to ensure the protection and health and well-being of its employees and customers.

“We are proud to be recognized by the state of Wisconsin for our dedication to implementing environmental practices which exceed normal standards, and we plan to continue to improve our policies moving forward,” Mr. Skolos continued. “Already we use innovative solutions such as pump-back systems which return process and storm water to our plants, greatly reducing the need to draw on groundwater resources. Moving forward, we intend to find more ways to reduce our environmental impact and lead our industry and community in environmental stewardship.”

Hi-Crush’s future environmental performance goals include, but are not limited to:

• Increasing awareness by hosting meetings and open houses for the public, local government, and other stakeholders to discuss environmental performance and address concerns; along with participating in and/or leading local community beneficial projects;
• Going beyond industry standards when rebuilding landscapes with full-phase reclamation projects, along with the planting of trees in or around the facility property and community areas;
• Increasing water recycling efforts to reduce groundwater use; and,
• Converting all pressure drop gauges to wireless feeds, allowing for real-time monitoring of all air filter-based pollution control devices.

About Hi-Crush

Hi-Crush is a premier provider of proppant and logistics solutions to the North American energy industry.  Our portfolio of purpose-built production facilities are capable 

of producing 13.4 million tons per year of high-quality monocrystalline sand, a specialized mineral used as a proppant during the well completion process, necessary to facilitate the recovery of hydrocarbons from oil and natural gas wells.  Our production facilities' direct access to major U.S. railroads enhance our delivery capabilities into consuming basins, while our strategically located owned and operated in-basin terminals as well as our in-basin production facility positions us within close proximity to significant activity in all major oil and gas basins for advantageous truck transportation.  Our integrated distribution system, enhanced by our innovative PropStreamTM logistics solution, efficiently delivers proppant the "last mile" into the blender, providing customers surety of supply from mine to well site.  For more information, visit www.hicrush.com.

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