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Project No.: 0317.02.005.510 Page 1 of 6

Project Name: DMR2013 CBI?

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TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

Incoming

Outgoing

Date: 2/2715 Time: 1:00 am

pm

Company Name: Ergon West Virginia, Newell, WV ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Neil Stanton Contact Phone Number: (304) 387-4343

General Subject: 2013 DMR Sulfide Discharges

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Neil Stanton – Plant Manager

304-387-4343

Neil.stanton@ergon.com

Greir Merchant – Environmental Coordinator

304-387-7012

Greir.merchant@ergon.com

On February 27, I called Neil Stanton and left a message. Mr. Stanton returned my call on March 6 and 

requested an email with further information. See attached email communication.
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Email Communication with Ergon West Virginia in Newell, WV:

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: greir.merchant@ergon.com

CC: Neil Stanton; Jack Azar

Date: 3/9/15 3:52 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mr. Merchant:

Not a problem, I just wanted to confirm. Thank you again for providing corrected data and I will let you know if we have 

any further questions.

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: greir.merchant@ergon.com

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: Neil Stanton; Jack Azar

Date: 3/9/15 3:50 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mrs. Bartell

Yes, you are correct. I apologize for the confusion. See corrected eDMR page below.
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Greir Merchant

Environmental Coordinator

® Ergon - West Virginia, Inc.

9995 Ohio River Blvd, Post Office Box 356

Newell, West Virginia 26050-0356

greir.merchant@ergon.com

Office 304-387-7012

Cell 304-374-6923

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: greir.merchant@ergon.com

CC: Neil Stanton; Jack Azar

Date: 3/9/15 3:39 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mr. Merchant:

Thank you for sending the data corrections.

To confirm, in the fourth column of the table below, “Corrected Loading Value Entered”, the values should be <0.126 

kg/day (<0.278 lbs/day).

Thank you,
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Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: greir.merchant@ergon.com

To: Kimberly Bartell

CC: Neil Stanton, Jack Azar

Date: 3/9/15 2:28 PM

Subject: FW: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Mrs. Bartell,

This is in reference to the email you sent Neil Stanton on 3/6/2015. The Sulfide mg/L number entered in July 2013 was 

incorrect. The Sulfate mg/L result was inadvertently entered as Sulfide. This was recently discovered during an internal 

audit and was corrected and reentered into the WVDEP eDMR database on 2/5/2015.

Original Concentration 

Value Entered

Original Loading Value 

Entered

Corrected Concentration Value 

Entered

Corrected Loading Value 

Entered

340 mg/L 783 kg/day (1727 lbs/day) <0.050 mg/L 0.126 kg/L (<0.278 

mg/L)

I am attaching the newest version of the eDMR that has been submitted. There were also additional eDMRs that were 

resubmitted in February. I can provide these resubmitted eDMRs if you do not have access to the WVDEP eDMR

database. Please contact me if you have additional questions.

Thank You,

Greir Merchant

Environmental Coordinator

® Ergon - West Virginia, Inc.

9995 Ohio River Blvd, Post Office Box 356

Newell, West Virginia 26050-0356

greir.merchant@ergon.com

Office 304-387-7012

Cell 304-374-6923

From: neil.stanton@ergon.com

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 3/6/15 4:42 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Kimberly,

This is to confirm I received your request for verification of the data. We will review and reply next week.

Best regards,

Neil Stanton

Plant Manager

Ergon - West Virginia, Inc.

9995 Ohio River Blvd.

Newell, WV 26050
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Phone 304-387-4343

Fax 304-387-7032

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: neil.stanton@ergon.com

CC: William Swietlik, Elizabeth Gentile

Date: 3/6/15 4:36 PM

Subject: 2013 DMR Clarification for Sulfide Discharges

Dear Mr. Stanton:

Thank you for your time on the phone today. 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 Ergon West Virginia 

Inc in Newell, WV(WV0004626). 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 Ergon. Our records show the 

following values were discharged from outfall 001:

Date Sulfide Discharge (kg/day) Flow (MGD)

1/31/2013 0.0095 0.507

2/28/2013 0.0072 0.55

3/31/2013 0.0077 0.54

4/30/2013 0.0061 0.46

5/31/2013 0.0072 0.52

6/30/2013 0.017 0.63

7/31/2013 783 0.56

8/31/2013 0.042 0.47

9/30/2013 0.045 0.48

10/31/2013 0.049 0.502

11/30/2013 0.044 0.505

12/31/2013 0.046 0.52

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

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
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Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721