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Date: 08/02/11 Time: am

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Company Name: Ipsco Tubulars Inc. ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Landick

Contact Name: Jennifer McDaniel Contact Phone Number: (859) 292-7236

General Subject: 2009 DMR Aluminum Discharges

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

On August 2, 2011 at 11:40am I called Jennifer McDaniel and left a message.

On August 3, 2011 at 4:11pm Ms. McDaniel returned my call and left a message stating that she would like our 

EPA contract number and details about why we need to confirm the DMR discharges. She also left her email 

address: jmcdaniel@tmk-ipsco.com. 

On August 5, 2011 at 8:45am, I emailed Ms. McDaniel information about why we were contacting her and our 

EPA contract number. I also called and left a message for her asking her to please call me back when she has 

gathered this information. See attached email correspondence.
Email Correspondence with IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. 

From: Kimberly Landick 

Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 12:42 PM

To: Jennifer McDaniel

Subject: Re: DMR Clarification Needed for IPSCO Tubulars

Hi Ms. McDaniel, 

Thank you very much for this information. This explains the high discharge in February 2009 which is 

what we were concerned about. 

I will contact you if we have any further questions. 

Thanks again,

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Landick

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151

kimberly.landick@erg.com

Phone: 703-633-1119

From: "Jennifer McDaniel" <jmcdaniel@tmk-ipsco.com>

Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:48 PM

To: Landick, Kimberly

Subject: Re: DMR Clarification Needed for IPSCO Tubulars

Hello Kimberly,

Thanks very much for the additional information regarding your request.

The data for February 2009 Outfall 003 is correct as reported on our DMR. Unfortunately we 

experienced an incident that affected Outfall 003 during that month regarding a high concentration of Oil 

and Grease (IPSCO exceeded both the daily maximum and monthly average for O&G for 2/09.) All 

other sampling parameters were affected because of this incident – we saw much higher values for all of 

the metals that we test for, and total suspended solids as compared to our usual results. This month was 

an anomaly to our typical sampling data from a typical month.

IPSCO never determined the source of this issue (sample date of 2/2/11/09), but by a re-sampling on 

2/27/09, the Oil and Grease value was back within permit limits, and as you can see in your spreadsheet, 

metals and other sampling parameters returned to typical ranges. We have not experienced these types of 

data values since that mysterious incident.

Let me know if you need any other information,

Jennifer McDaniel
TMK-IPSCO

859-292-7236

From: Kimberly Landick [mailto:Kimberly.Landick@erg.com]

Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 8:40 AM

To: Jennifer McDaniel

Cc: William Swietlik; Eleanor Codding; Jessica Gray

Subject: DMR Clarification Needed for IPSCO Tubulars

Dear Ms. McDaniel,

Thank you for returning my phone call. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA Contract No. 

68-C-02-095 is e-mailing you on EPA’s behalf to request clarification of 2009 discharge monitoring 

reports for IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. in Wilder, KY (KY0002712). Here is some background on what the 

information is used for.

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 2011 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 2011 Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plan scheduled for publication in the Federal Register in December 2011. As part of the 2011 

annual review, EPA is evaluating the data in discharge monitoring reports from 2009 and needs further 

information to complete the review.

We would like to confirm the Aluminum concentration and flow data for outfall 003 from this facility. 

Our records show the values in the attached spreadsheet were discharged. It was noticed that the February 

2009 Aluminum concentration is much higher than other months. We would appreciate any information 

about the outfall or the concentration and flow values in order to help us determine if there is an error in 

the data. 

We appreciate your help in confirming if the attached data are accurate. Please call me at (703) 633-

1119 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. Landick

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

14555 Avion Parkway, Suite 200

Chantilly, VA 20151

kimberly.landick@erg.com

Phone: 703-633-1119