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MEMORANDU

M DATE : Marc h25 , 198 5 TO : W . Fre dDimmick , Standard s Developmen t Branc h FROM : Kare nK . Fidler , Radia nCorporatio n SUBJECT : Viny l Chlorid e - Repor t o f Visi t t o Louisian a Departmen t o f

Environmenta l Quality/Ai r Qualit y Divisio n Purpos e o f Visi t A visi t wa s mad e t o th e Ai r Qualit y Divisio no f th e Louisian a Departmen t o f Environmenta l Qualit y i nBato nRouge , Louisian a onMarc h21 , 198 5 fo r th e purpos e o f collectin g informatio no nincinerato r bypas s occurrence s i nth e viny l chlorid e (VC ) industr y inLouisiana . Report s containin g informatio no nincinerato r bypas s occurrence s durin g th e perio d Marc h198 3 - Februar y 198 5 wer e obtaine dfo r th e on e ED C plant , si xEDC/V C plant s andfiv e PV

C plant s currentl y

operatin g i nLouisiana . Attachmen t 1 list s th e plant s fo r whic hinformatio nwa s obtained . Afterward , a meetin g wit hthre e representative s o f th e NESHA P Uni t o f th e Ai r Qualit y Divisio n wa s hel dt o discus s th e incinerato r bypas s situatio ni nLouisiana . Observa tion s onth e Januar y

9 , 198 5 propose d revision s wer e als o presente ddurin g th e meeting . Attachmen t 2 list s th e meetin g attendees . A summar y o f th e meetin g discussio ni s give nbelow . Discussio nonIncinerato r Bypasse s

- Authorit y

fo r administerin g th e VC NESHA P wa s delegate dt o th e Stat e o f Louisian a in1983 .

- Currently , th e Stat e LESHA P regulation s ar e consisten t wit hth e federa l NESHA P regulations .

- Louisian a interpret s th e standar d a s strictl y prohibitin g incinerato r bypasse s t o th e atmospher e containin g VC .

- PVC plant s (particularl y th e nonintegrate dPVC plants ) hav e les s o f anincinerato r bypas s problem tha nEDC/VC M

plants . Possibl e explanation s fo r thi s includ e smalle r ven t ga s flo w an dabsenc e o f we t vents .

- PV C plant s tendt o hav e 1 0 pp m exceedence s instea do f bypasses .

- Louisian a i s currentl y workin g wit hplant s onanindividua l basi s t o reduc e th e frequenc y an damoun t o f incinerato r bypasses .P. 3

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Althoug hthey ar e please dwit hth e result s t o dat e o f thei r program t o reduc e incinerato r bypasses , Louisian a believe s th e plant s ar e capabl e o f furthe r improvin g thei r performance . (Fo r example , they

expresse d confidenc e tha t Borde nca nachiev e a n agree dupo n9 0 percen t reductio ni nbypas s occurrence s i nth e nea r futur e b y upgradin g instrumentation , modifyin g th e incinerato r switchin g mechanis m

an d performin g simpl e change s inoperationa l procedures. ) Louisiana' s goa l i s fo r plant s t o reduc e bypas s frequency t o a fe

w pe r quarte r b

y performin g inexpensiv e modification s t o existin g incineratio nsystem s an d operationa l procedures . Example s o f effectiv e an d inexpensiv e measure s tha t hav e bee n(o r coul dbe ) take nb

y plant s t o reduc e bypasse s include : (1 ) thoroug hinvestigativ e analyse s o f individua l bypas s incidents , (2 ) first-ou t indicator s onincineratio nequipment , and (3 ) officia l preventiv e maintenanc e programs . N o enforcemen t action s onincinerato r bypasse s alone * hav e bee n file dt o dat e fo r severa l reasons : (1 ) Thei r plant-by-plan t approac ht o reducin g bypasse s ha s bee n effective . (2 ) Sinc e th e standar d prohibit s al l bypasses , they don' t fee l justifie d i nsinglin g ou t on e o r tw o plant s t o enforc e against . (3 ) Manpowe r i s no t availabl e t o handl e paperwor k associate dwit h enforcemen t action s agains t al l plants . Enforcemen t actio nma y b e use d i nth e futur e t o "encourage " noncooperativ e plant s t o improv e performanc e (particularl y i f othe r plant s hav e reache d performanc e goal) .P. 4

ATTACHMEN T 1 Louisian a Plant s fo r Whic hIncinerato r Bypas s Informatio nwa s Obtaine d

Plant/Locatio n B.F . Goodrich/Plaquemin e Borde nChemical/Geisma r CertainTeed , Inc./Lak e Charle s Do w Chemical/Plaquemin e Formos a Plastics/Bato nRoug e Georgia-Gulf*/Plaquemin e Occidenta l Chemical/Bato nRoug e PP GIndustries/Lak e Charle s Vist a Chemical/Westlak e Vulca nChemicals/Geisma r Product , PV C EDC/VC , PVC PVC EDC/VC EDC/V C EDC/VC , PV

C PV C EDC/VC EDC/V C ED C
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ATTACHMEN T 2 Lis t o f Meetin g Attendee s

Bil l Davis , Chie f o f NESHA P Unit/Ai r Qualit y Divisio n Fran k Berry , NESHA P Unit/Ai r Qualit y Divisio n Clif f Janney , NESHA P Unit/Ai r Qualit y Divisio n Kare nFidler , Radia nCorporatio n