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Project Name: TRI2013 CBI?

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Date: 6/30/15 Time: 1:30 am

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Company Name: Arcelormittal Burns Harbor ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Marybeth Holdford/Doug Bley Contact Phone Number: (330) 659-9121

General Subject: 2013 TRI Lead and Lead Compound Discharges for Arcelormittal Burns Harbor

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Marybeth Holdford: 330-659-9121, Marybeth.holdford@arcelormittal.com

I called Ms. Holdford on June 1, 2015 and left a message. I also followed up with an email. I sent a follow up 

email on June 9 and followed up with a call on June 11 (left another message). 

Ms. Holdford passed along my questions to Douglas Bley and Paul Carpenter (see email correspondence 

below). Mr. Bley and Mr. Carpenter contacted Bill Swietlik at EPA about the discharges. Bill relayed the 

information from Mr. Bley and Mr. Carpenter to me, which is summarized below. 

Doug Bley contacted Bill Swietlik on June 30, 2015 and provided answers to the following questions:

1. Please confirm the pounds of lead and lead compounds released in 2013: 810 pounds

810 pounds is incorrect. The correct value should be 1,365 pounds based on monitoring data. 

2. Please explain how the lead and lead compound load is calculated.

The lead and lead compound load is based on sampling 3 days per week and averaging the measured 

concentrations over the month. The monthly concentrations are then averaged over the number of days 

per year to obtain the total lead discharged per year. The facility will submit revised information to TRI.
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Email Communication with Arcelormittal Burns Harbor

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: douglas.bley@arcelormittal.com; paul.carpenter@arcelormittal.com

Date: 06/17/15 4:14 PM

Subject: FW: TRI Clarification for Lead Discharges

Mr. Bley and Mr. Carpenter:

I contacted Ms. Holdford about the lead and lead compound discharges at the Arcelormittal Burns Harbor facility and she told me that 

she passed along my request to both of you. If you could please send a response by the end of this week or early next week that would 

be greatly appreciated. 

Feel free to give me a call if you’d like to talk about any of this on the phone: 517-515-1721.

Thank you,

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Marybeth.holdford@arcelormittal.com

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: Amanda.allen@arcelormittal.com; Heahter.ross@arcelormittal.com

Date: 06/12/15 7:44 AM

Subject: RE: TRI Clarification for Lead Discharges

Kimberly,

My sincere apologies for the delay.

I’ve passed your inquiry along to Doug Bley, our water program regional manager (douglas.bley@arcelormittal.com), and Paul 

Carpenter, manager of environmental data (paul.carpenter@arcelormittal.com). 

You can expect a reply soon. Again, apologies for not responding more quickly.

Best,

Mary Beth

Mary Beth Holdford | Division Manager, External Communications

ArcelorMittal

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From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Marybeth.holdford@arcelormittal.com

CC: William Swietlik

Date: 06/01/15 2:20 PM

Subject: TRI Clarification for Lead Discharges

Ms. Holdford:
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Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-021, is e-mailing you to request clarification for the 

Arcelormittal Burns Harbor LLC lead and lead compound discharges (TRI ID: 46304BTHLHBURNS). See below for background on 

what the information is used for.

EPA reviews publicly-available discharge monitoring report (DMR) and toxic release inventory (TRI) 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 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 (see http://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 reported to the 2013 TRI and needs further information to complete the 

review. Specifically, we would like to clarify the amount of lead and lead compounds reported to the 2013 TRI for Arcelormittal 

Burns Harbor LLC. Please confirm/review the following data and questions below.

1. Please confirm the pounds of lead and lead compounds released in 2013: 810 pounds

2. Please explain how the lead and lead compound load is calculated.

Additionally, please provide your current NPDES permit if available. 

We appreciate your help in interpreting TRI data correctly. If you have any questions regarding this request, please call me at (517) 

515-1721. 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