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Project No.: 0317.02.005.520 Page 1 of 5

Project Name: DMR2013 CBI?

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Date: 5/13/15 Time: 1:00 am

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Company Name: King America Finishing ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Matthew Hutcheson Contact Phone Number: (912) 863-4511 ext 2052

General Subject: 2013 DMR Sulfide Discharges for King America Finishing (GA0003280)

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

General facility number: 912-863-4511

Matthew Hutcheson: 912-863-2052

On May 13, I called the general facility number and was transferred to Jamie Calloway and left a message.

On May 15, I called the general facility number and was transferred to Jamie Calloway. He requested an email 

with more information and that it be sent to Matt Hutcheson (matthew.hutcheson@milliken.com). See attached 

email correspondence. 

Mr. Hutcheson called me on May 15th before responding to my email. He stated that the facility reports 

discharges in lbs/day for sulfide. He converted his data to kg/day and it generally matches up with the data in 

the DMR database (there are only slight differences due to rounding). He stated that the facility takes daily 

samples of their wastewater (whenever they are discharging) and uses the average of those samples to develop 

the monthly average reported on the DMRs. Most days the sulfide discharges are ND but occasionally they have 

a detection. Since the data is averaged the detections result in the monthly average discharges. Mr. Hutcheson 

does not believe they were doing daily sampling prior to 2011 but they have done so since then. 
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Email Communication with King America Finishing

From: Matthew Hutcheson <Matthew.Hutcheson@milliken.com>

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: Lee Slusher, Kasel Knight

Date: 07/13/15 4:55 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Kim,

I apologize for the delayed response. I was on vacation and then we had a shutdown for July 4th week, so it’s been a little busy. We 

typically use the detection limit in our concentration calculations, although we understand from the Georgia regulations that we have 

the option to use “0” if we chose. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Matthew Hutcheson

Environmental Specialist

Milliken & Company – Longleaf 

1351 Scarboro Hwy

Sylvania, GA 30467

T 912-863-4511 

matthew.hutcheson@Milliken.com

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Matthew Hutcheson <matthew.hutcheson@milliken.com>

Date: 06/24/15 5:30 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mr. Hutcheson,

I was reviewing the information that you sent last month on your DMR sulfide discharges and have one follow up question for you:

When you calculate the monthly average sulfide concentration, do you assume the non-detect values are zero, at the detection limit, or 

1⁄2 the detection limit?

Thank you!

Kim

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Matthew Hutcheson <Matthew.Hutcheson@milliken.com>

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: William Swietlik, Lee Slusher, Kasel Knight

Date: 05/15/15 3:59 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

That’s correct. Most days during the referenced period, we had “ND1.00”, but there were days where sulfides were detected and 

values were something other than “ND1.00”. So, in a given month, ND1.00 days and days were sulfides were above this limit were 

found, then the average would be greater than ND1.00. For example, one month may be reported as ND1.04, where both “type” of 

values were found throughout that month. I assume there are a number of factors that could cause sulfides to be detected in the system 

so I can’t speak directly as to what exactly could’ve caused above detection limit values.

Matthew Hutcheson

Environmental Specialist

Milliken & Company – Longleaf 

1351 Scarboro Hwy
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T 912-863-4511 

matthew.hutcheson@Milliken.com

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Matthew Hutcheson <matthew.hutcheson@milliken.com>

CC: William Swietlik, Lee Slusher, Kasel Knight

Date: 05/15/15 3:42 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mr. Hutcheson,

Thank you for your response. To clarify, the discharges are not all non-detect for each month. Wastewater samples are taken daily 

when there is a discharge. Most of the days are non-detect but some days had sulfide discharges which impacted the monthly average 

that was ultimately reported on the DMR. Is this correct? Do you have any thoughts as to what processes may cause the sulfide

discharges that resulted in the monthly averages on the DMR since you do not typically have sulfide in the system?

Thank you,

Kim 

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Matthew Hutcheson <Matthew.Hutcheson@milliken.com>

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: William Swietlik, Lee Slusher, Kasel Knight

Date: 05/15/15 3:10 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Kimberly,

In response to your recent inquiry, the below chart shows the values that I obtained from our DMR data. Most of the average flows in 

your chart are the same as mine just extended to an extra decimal based on what we reported. I got a very small difference in the 

Sulfide Quantity, which is probably just related to rounding differences in your system and our electronic database system. We do 

report on our DMR the Average Flow in MGD. However, we do not report sulfides in kg/day. Sulfides are reported for a loading of 

lbs/day and for a concentration at mg/L. It should be noted that all of the monthly average sulfide values for the referenced time 

period (on our DMR) are “NDX.XX”, as we typically do not have sulfide in our system. If you have any questions please feel free to 

contact me. Thanks.

Date

Sulfide Quantity 

(kg/day)

Flow 

(MGD)

1/31/2013 5.55 1.287

2/28/2013 5.99 1.388

3/31/2013 5.47 1.404

4/30/2013 5.71 1.409

5/31/2013 5.01 1.204

6/30/2013 5.61 1.481

7/31/2013 7.33 1.613

8/31/2013 6.51 1.720

9/30/2013 6.62 1.733

10/31/2013 6.14 1.574

11/30/2013 6.75 1.538

12/31/2013 5.33 1.355
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Matthew Hutcheson

Environmental Specialist

Milliken & Company – Longleaf 

1351 Scarboro Hwy

Sylvania, GA 30467

T 912-863-4511 

matthew.hutcheson@Milliken.com

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Matthew Hutcheson <matthew.hutcheson@milliken.com>

CC: William Swietlik, Elizabeth Gentile

Date: 05/15/15 11:51 AM

Subject: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Dear Mr. Hutcheson,

I was given your contact information from Jamie Calloway. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-

021, is e-mailing you on EPA's behalf to request clarification of 2013 discharge monitoring reports for King America Finishing, Inc., 

in Sylvania, GA (GA0003280). Please see background information below.

EPA reviews publicly-available DMR data to fulfill its review obligation under Section 304(b) of the Clean Water Act. The CWA 

requires EPA to annually review and, if appropriate, revise its water pollution control technology-based regulations, called "effluent 

limitations guidelines" or "effluent guidelines," that limit the discharge of pollutants to waters of the U.S. from various categories of 

industrial facilities. EPA is currently conducting its 2015 annual review of existing effluent guidelines and potential industrial 

guidelines which may need to be included (seehttp://www.epa.gov/guide/304m/ for further information). EPA will discuss this review 

and the results in its 2015 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan scheduled for publication in the Federal Register sometime in 2015 or 

2016. As part of the 2015 annual review, EPA is evaluating the data in discharge monitoring reports from 2013 and needs further 

information to complete the review.

We would like to obtain additional information on the following 2013 discharge data for King America Finishing, Inc. Our records 

show the following values were discharged:

Date

Sulfide Quantity 

(kg/day)

Flow 

(MGD)

1/31/2013 5.44 1.28

2/28/2013 5.89 1.38

3/31/2013 5.45 1.404

4/30/2013 5.89 1.409

5/31/2013 4.98 1.204

6/30/2013 5.6009 1.48

7/31/2013 7.44 1.61

8/31/2013 6.503 1.72

9/30/2013 6.59 1.73

10/31/2013 6.077 1.57

11/30/2013 6.84 1.59

12/31/2013 5.65 1.44

We appreciate your help in confirming if the above data are accurate, or if there are units errors in the DMR data. Additionally, please 

describe the source of the sulfide discharges. 

Please call me at (517) 515-1721 if you have any questions. If you would like to speak directly with EPA regarding this request, you 

can contact William F. Swietlik of EPA's Office of Water/Engineering Analysis Division by phone at (202) 566-1129 or by 

email: swietlik.william@epa.gov.

Thank you,

Kimberly
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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721