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Kordzi, Joe

From: Wood, Mike <mike.wood@solvay.com>

Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 7:49 AM

To: Kordzi, Joe

Subject: Re: Help with delivered trona pricing

We did - we have even shipped soda ash there but still the UP could not verify it. 

We should have something this week but it will not be much different than what we have seen 

Michael D Wood 

Solvay Chemicals, Inc 

3333 Richmond Ave 

Houston, TX 77098 

Office 713-525-6829 

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On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Kordzi, Joe <Kordzi.Joe@epa.gov> wrote: 

Thanks Mike.  Regarding Tolk, suggest you just give them the coordinates I forwarded you below.

From: Wood, Mike [mailto:mike.wood@solvay.com]  

Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 4:20 PM

To: Kordzi, Joe

Subject: Re: Help with delivered trona pricing

 

Still waiting on Tolk - railroad couldn't "find" Muleshoe - even though we used to sell product to them years 

ago! 

 
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Michael D Wood 

Solvay Chemicals, Inc 

3333 Richmond Ave 

Houston, TX 77098 

 

Office 713-525-6829 

 

Visit our website at www.solvair.us

 

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On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Kordzi, Joe <Kordzi.Joe@epa.gov> wrote: 

Hi Mike – anything on Big Brown or Tolk?  Thanks.

From: Mike Wood [mailto:mike.wood@solvay.com]  

Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49 AM

To: Kordzi, Joe

Subject: Re: Help with delivered trona pricing

 

Monticello is included in the quote and is one of the lowest cost to serve at $76 

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On Jun 25, 2014, at 8:45 AM, "Kordzi, Joe" <Kordzi.Joe@epa.gov> wrote: 

Thanks Mike,

Via Google Earth, Tolk is located about 9 miles on a heading of 106.5 degrees from Muleshoe, TX, or

9.3 miles on a heading of 343 degrees from Sudan, TX.  It’s coordinates are 34 degrees 11’ 4” N, 102

degrees, 34’ 8” W.  Do you have what you need for Monticello?  I appreciate you help on this.

From: Wood, Mike [mailto:mike.wood@solvay.com]  

Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 4:37 PM

To: Kordzi, Joe

Subject: Re: FW: Help with delivered trona pricing

 

We have not forgotten you it has taken the railroads forever to get us a rate. Basically you can 

consider trona in bulk rail to be about $100 - $105 per ton plus freight from Green River. The 

freight varies by location of course but more of less is $90 per ton. SO a very safe number to 

use for estimate is $200 per ton delivered. It covers just about anywhere even in the coming 

years with increases. 

 

If you need information on installed costs of systems or more information on performance, we 

can help. Based on our research from before CSAPR was vacated, we saw trona as a very 

viable solution to the problems. It is probably even easier if you are just looking at low levels 

of removal. 

 

 

Here is what we have so far by location: 

 

 

Sorry that this is taking so long. UP was working with a skeleton crew last week. Here 

is what UP has for us so far:

Big Brown Power Plant
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(Luminant) - Served by BN. Waiting on confirmation from BN in order to get the rate 

Farm to Market Road 2570, Fairfield, TX 75840 

Coleto Creek Power Plant

 (Suez) - Lon Hill, TX - UP offering $89.55/ton

 

45 FM 2987 Rd, Fannin, TX 77960 

Monticello Power Plant

- UP offering $76.25/ton

 

Monticello Plant Rd, Mt Pleasant, TX 75455 

Tolk Power Plant

 - (Tolk Station) - Sudan, TX - Waiting on confirmation that this is the correct place 

before UP will quote

 

Muleshoe, TX 

W A Parish Power Plant

 - Smithers Lake, TX - UP quoting $86.73/ton

2500 Yu Jones Road

Thompsons, TX 77481

 If you can confirm the Tolk location I can get that rate from UP. I hope to have the Big 

Brown rate tomorrow as well

I will forward the other two when I get them. Let me know what else we can do to help

 

Mike

 

 
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Michael D Wood 

Solvay Chemicals, Inc 

3333 Richmond Ave 

Houston, TX 77098 

 

Office 713-525-6829 

 

Visit our website at www.solvair.us

 

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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Kordzi, Joe <Kordzi.Joe@epa.gov> wrote: 

Hi Mike,

Just wanted to see if you’ve had a chance to get to this yet. Thanks.

From: Kordzi, Joe 

Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2014 10:33 AM 

To: 'Mike Wood' 

Cc: michael.wood@solvay.com

Subject: RE: Help with delivered trona pricing 

 
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Thanks Mike,

Here’s a listing of the units for which we’d like to have trona pricing estimates. I’m assuming 

they will mill it onsite:

Facility Units

Big Brown 1, 2 

Monticello 1, 2 

Coleto Creek 1 

Tolk 1, 2 

Welsh 1, 2, 3 

W. A. Parish 5, 6, 7 

Here’s lat/long info if that helps:

 Latitude Longitude 

Big Brown 31.8200 -96.0552 

Coleto Creek 28.7108 -97.2139 

Monticello 33.0913 -95.0376 

Tolk 34.1797 -102.5750 

W A Parish 29.4792 -95.6324 

Please keep this confidential.

From: Mike Wood [mailto:mike.wood@solvay.com] 

Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 6:07 PM 

To: Kordzi, Joe 

Cc: michael.wood@solvay.com

Subject: Re: Help with delivered trona pricing 

 

Sure we can do that 

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On Jun 6, 2014, at 5:23 PM, "Kordzi, Joe" <Kordzi.Joe@epa.gov> wrote: 

Hi Mike, 

 

We’d spoken over the phone a couple of months ago on the subject of trona 

pricing to various coal fired units in Texas. As part of our review of the Texas 

regional haze SIP, we are estimating the cost of DSI. If I were to give you the 

name of the units, would you be willing to provide an estimate of the per ton 

cost? To my knowledge, all of these units either burn PRB or blend PRB and 

Texas lignite, so they have a RR spur that could deliver the trona. As I would 

be using your response to inform our cost analysis, I would have to footnote it 

in our analysis and include your email in our docket. Thanks. 

 

Joe Kordzi

EPA Region 6

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 - Robert Frost

 

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