From: Thomas Finseth

To: Wang, Daisy

Date: 4/9/2013 4:06 PM

Subject: Fwd: Re: Draft Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Site Visit Notes

>>> <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com> 4/2/2013 12:55 PM >>>

TJ,

Yes, as stated in my e-mail below, we do not consider the "notes" to be Confidential Business Information (CBI)." I believe the 

disclaimer at the bottom of the string of e-mails was likely attached to your original e-mail and was more to the point of errant 

e-mails and not to a claim that the material was CBI. I trust this satisfies your concerns. Let me know if you need anything further. 

Joe Lapcevic

Senior Scientist

(724) 838 – 6099 work

(234) 678 – 2385 fax

FirstEnergyCorp.

800 Cabin Hill Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601-1689

From: "Thomas Finseth" <Thomas.Finseth@erg.com>

To: <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com>

Date: 03/27/2013 01:13 PM

Subject: Re: Draft Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Site Visit Notes

Joe,

We are in the process of finalizing our documentation for the proposed ELG and we came across the email below, 

which we want to include in the docket as documentation of your comments on the site visit notes. Your email 

states that the site visit notes are not CBI; however, the email itself contains the disclaimer at the bottom stating 

that the email contains confidential information. Therefore, could you please confirm whether your email below 

(and also your email in response to this question) actually contain confidential information?

Thank you for you time.

TJ Finseth

>>> <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com> 11/5/2012 5:32 PM >>>

TJ,

We have reviewed the subject notes and except for the following comments 

the notes accurately reflect conditions at the time of the site visits. As 

to whether these notes need to be classified as Confidential Business 

Information (CBI), since all of the information contained in the notes was 

submitted at one time or another to the state permitting authorities, the 

notes do not need to be treated as CBI.

Fort Martin Site Visit - February 4, 2010

* Page 1 - Plant Overview

 - Allegheny Energy Supply's ownership of Fort Martin Power Station 

was transferred over to Monongahela Power Company as part of 

the funding for FGD construction. I don't have the exact date, but 

believe that transfer occurred prior to your February 2010 site visit.

* Page 2 last bullet

 - EPA Region III's letter required testing for sulfates, not 

sulfites as listed in the notes.

* Page 4 Highlighted question 

 - The cutoff chloride concentration for determining where to send 

the primary hydrocyclone overflow is 10,000-mg/L. Below 10,000-ppm 
overflow goes to reclaim tank, greater than 10,000-ppm chloride level is 

sent to the secondary hydrocyclone. 

* Page 6 Highlighted question

 - The design mercury level would be the level in Table 2 -

Professional Guarantees for the FGD Wastewater Treatment System. The 

permitted mercury limit is imposed at the combined wastewater outfall 002 

(FGD-WWTP and Station's other "low volume wastewater" 

treatment system). The limits are 0.0244 μg/L monthly average and 0.049 μ

g/L daily maximum, however, these limits where stayed pending the 

outcome of our permit appeal and have not yet been resolved.

Hatfield's Ferry Site Visit - February 3, 2010

* Page 2 - Plant Overview

 - There is only one constructed wetland treatment system that 

contains various treatment cells for differing purposes.

* Page 2 - FGD System

 - As clarification, the FGD system is capable of recycling up to 

50-percent of the wastewater flows from Hatfield's wastewater treatment 

lagoon system.

* Highlighted question on page 3

 - Filtrate from the vacuum filters is transferred to the reclaim 

tank.

* Page 5 - second bullet

 - As clarification, the average daily discharge flow from the 

FGD-WWTP (IMP-306) is typically about 120-gpm.

* Page 5 - last bullet

 - Outfall 006 is also monitored for total dissolved solids (TDS) 

and has limits at Outfall 006 for oil & grease, mercury, and TDS. These 

parameters were omitted from the notes. 

Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions regarding this 

information.

Thanks, 

Joe Lapcevic

Note new e-mail address: jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com

Senior Scientist

(724) 838 – 6099 work

(234) 678 – 2385 fax

FirstEnergyCorp.

800 Cabin Hill Drive

Greensburg, PA 15601-1689

From: "Thomas Finseth" <Thomas.Finseth@erg.com>

To: <jlapcev@firstenergycorp.com>

Cc: <alicea.jezebele@epa.gov>, <Jordan.Ronald@epamail.epa.gov>, 

"Deborah Bartram" <Deborah.Bartram@erg.com>, <wcannon@firstenergycorp.com>

Date: 10/05/2012 12:22 PM

Subject: Draft Hatfield's Ferry and Fort Martin Site Visit Notes

Joe,

Representatives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Eastern 

Research Group (contractor to EPA) visited Allegheny Energy's Hatfield's 
Ferry and Fort Martin Steam Electric Plants on February 3 and 4, 2010, 

respectively, to gather information for the Agency's rulemaking and 

identify potential sampling points for its sampling program. The draft 

site visit notes and associated attachments summarizing the processes 

observed and the information collected during the site visits are being 

shipped to you via FedEx for delivery Monday morning. Please review these 

documents paying particular attention to accuracy and any potential 

confidential business information (CBI) concerns. During the site visits, 

some of the information was flagged as potential CBI; therefore, when 

reviewing the notes, please identify the specific CBI, if any, contained 

within the notes. 

Please note that there are a few outstanding questions contained within 

the notes. Specific questions are embedded and highlighted in the text of 

the draft site visit notes. Following receipt of your comments, EPA will 

finalize the notes for inclusion in the record associated with the 

proposed revisions to the steam electric effluent guidelines. 

EPA requests that you provide comments on the draft site visit notes by 

October 29, 2012. If comments are not received by this date, EPA will 

assume that the notes are accurate and that there are no CBI concerns 

regarding the information included in the notes. You may send your 

comments to Jezebele Alicea via e-mail (if not CBI) at 

alicea.jezebele@epa.gov, or by mail to:

Regular Mail

Jezebele Alicea

Engineering & Analysis Division (4303T)

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20460

Federal Express

Jezebele Alicea

Engineering & Analysis Division

EPA West/Connecting Wing (Rm 6231P)

1301 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

Please feel free to contact Jezebele at (202) 566-1755 if you have any 

questions about the draft site visit notes.

Sincerely,

TJ Finseth

ERG

14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151

(703) 633-1698 (phone)

(703) 263-7479 (fax)

thomas.finseth@erg.com

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