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From: Rufa, Nathan P. [mailto:Nathan.Rufa@alcoa.com] 

Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 8:35 AM 

To: Putney, David 

Cc: Parent, Jordan J.; Palazzolo, Michael A. 

Subject: RE: RE: Reynolds Massena East Plant Test Report 

for ICR 

David, 

Attached is the corrected version of the report with the 

revised Total Hexa-CBs in Table 3A. Please let us know if 

you need anything else. Thank you. 

Nate 

Nathan Rufa 

Staff Environmental Engineer 

Alcoa Primary Metals 

Massena Operations 

Park Avenue East / PO Box 150 

Massena, NY 13662 

Tel: 315-764-4285 

Fax: 315-764-4460 

nathan.rufa@alcoa.com 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Palazzolo, Michael A. 

Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 5:23 PM 

To: Putney, David 

Cc: Rufa, Nathan P.; Parent, Jordan J. 

Subject: RE: RE: Reynolds Massena East Plant Test Report 

for ICR 

David, 

Our test consultant confirmed that there was in fact a typo 

in the entry for Total Hexa-CBs. The value in the Table 3A 
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should be 1.79E-03, not the 1.79E+03. We will send a 

corrected version of the report. 

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. 

Mike 

Michael Palazzolo 

Alcoa Inc. 

201 Isabella Street 

Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5858 

Ph: 412-553-4832 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Putney, David [mailto:putney.david@epa.gov] 

Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 10:16 AM 

To: Parent, Jordan J. 

Cc: Palazzolo, Michael A.; Rufa, Nathan P. 

Subject: EXT: RE: Reynolds Massena East Plant Test Report 

for ICR 

Mr. Parent, 

My contractor and I have been reviewing the test report for 

the Massena East facility and have come across what appears 

to be simply a typo (wrong units used). Specifically, if 

you look at Table 3A of the report (summary of PCB analyses 

for Run 1 on the South Scrubber - found on page 23 of 181 

in the pdf file) you see that Total Hexa-CBs are reported 

at 1,790 ug resulting in an emission rate of 0.109 lb per 

ton of aluminum for this pollutant. However, the lab data 

sheet for this same test run indicates Total Hexa-CBs at 

0.00179 ug (see page 142 of 181 in the pdf file) which 

would presumably result in an emission rate of 1.09 E-07 lb 

per ton for this pollutant. 

Perhaps not such a big deal since it does not affect the 

toxic equivalencies, but please keep in mind that the 
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emission report will eventually go into the docket. If you 

want to send me a revised emission report with a corrected 

Table 3A I would be happy to use the revised report for the 

docket. 

I also want to let you know that we have not finished 

reviewing the report yet, and we may have other questions 

in the future. We are trying to resolve questions as we 

find them instead of holding them until the end. 

David Putney, Environmental Engineer 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Sector

Policies and Programs Division 

109 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711 

Mail Drop D243-02 

Ph: (919) 541-2016 Fax: (919) 541-3207 

Email: putney.david@epa.gov

-----Original Message----- 

From: Parent, Jordan J. [mailto:Jordan.Parent@alcoa.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 1:22 PM 

To: Putney, David 

Cc: Palazzolo, Michael A.; Rufa, Nathan P. 

Subject: Reynolds Massena East Plant Test Report for ICR 

Dear Mr. Putney, 

Please find attached a copy of the Massena East emission 

test report for the Primary Aluminum ICR. A computer disk 

containing the test report and support information 

including completed Tables 3-7 of Enclosure 1 will be sent 

overnight UPS to your attention. Please do not hesitate to 

contact me at 315.764.4737 or 

Jordan.Parent@alcoa.com<mailto:Jordan.Parent@alcoa.com> 

with any questions. Thanks, Jordan