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Project No.: 0317.02.005.510 Page 1 of 4

Project Name: DMR2013 CBI?

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TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

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Date: 02/13/15 Time: 12:30 am

pm

Company Name: EPA Region 2 ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Nestor Louis Contact Phone Number: (212) 637-5313

General Subject: 2013 DMR Discharges for Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort 

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort, St. Thomas, VI (VI0040461) – Drinking Water

Total residual chlorine discharges for outfall 002 

1/31/13: 914 kg/day

4/30/13: 1502 kg/day

7/31/13: 1241 kg/day

10/31/13: 1763 kg/day

Virgin Islands Contacts:

Andrea Coats – EPA R2 (coats.andrea@epa.gov, permitting authority for the US Virgin Islands): 212-637-3850

I called Andrea Coats on February 13th and was told to speak with Kate Anderson who is the branch chief and 

could hopefully forward me to the correct person. 

Kate Anderson: 212-637-3754

I called Kate Anderson on February 13th and left a message.

I called Kate Anderson on February 19th and left a message. 

On February 20th, Nestor Louis from Region 2 called me back.

Contact info: 212-637-3513, nestor.louis@epa.gov

Mr. Louis stated that the data in the Virgin Islands is very spotty. The staff turnover there is high and a lot of 

times the data doesn’t get submitted. A lot of time Region 2 is left to guess on what the data is. For the Bacardi 

Corporation Mr. Louis stated that the discharges merge with a local authority but he doesn’t know any more 

about the wastewater discharges. He did state that the Bacardi data has been fairly consistent over the last 5 

years and not much has changed. He suggested calling Murray Lantner at Region 2 to further discuss the 

Bacardi discharges. Mr. Louis requested an email with the information I was requesting and then he would be 

able to send me the data. 

See email communication below with Mr. Louis.
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Email Communication with EPA Region 2 – Nestor Louis

From: louis.nestor@epa.gov

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 2/26/15 8:49 AM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

The name is Jim Casey.

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: louis.nestor@epa.gov

Date: 2/25/15 11:25 AM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Hi Nestor,

Thanks for getting back to me. Can you provide a contact at R2 that might be able to provide any enforcement 

information on this facility? If not, I can ask Murray (I spoke with him about the Puerto Rico facility) to see if he knows 

anything. 

Thanks!

Kim

From: louis.nestor@epa.gov

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 2/25/15 10:43 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Kimberly,

As far as I know the region and the local state agency look at the same data you're looking at. Though what you ask is 

only rational, I'm sure steps are being considered to address this and other issues, which I am not privy to.

Sorry if I couldn't be of much help beyond that.

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: louis.nestor@epa.gov

Date: 2/25/15 10:25 AM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Hi Nestor,

For the VI0040461 facility (Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort in St. Thomas, VI), I’ve been looking at the DMR data you sent 

for total residual chlorine. I know you said the data from the VI is very spotty and that’s why chlorine discharges are only 

given for 4 months in 2013. Our data matches yours, however, for all four of the months in 2013 the chlorine discharges 

are above the permit limits. Do you know if Region 2 is concerned with this at all or doing anything to investigate why 

these discharges are above permit limits?

Thank you!

Kim

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer
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Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: louis.nestor@epa.gov

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 2/23/15 2:33 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Hi Kimberly,

disregard the "<=" ">=" unless the greater than / less than sign appear alone (ie ">" or "<").

The quick look tab is exactly that, a quick look in case you want to built charts spot trends, or other technical analysis. If 

you look at the detail tab you should be able to notice the units, like centigrades, milligrams or milliliters; never change. 

No point in putting adding them in the quick look, it defeats the purpose of a quick look.

Hope that clears it up.

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: louis.nestor@epa.gov

Date: 2/23/15 12:53 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Hi Mr. Louis:

In looking at the data you sent me on Friday, I had one question. The first tab of the spreadsheet “DMR Values Quick 

Look” does not include units. However, the second tab “Detailed DMR Reported Values” does include a DMR Unit Code 

in Column Z. In looking at this tab of data, the qualifiers are included in column V. It looks like for all the sulfide 

discharges there is a “<=” qualifier in column V. For example, the sulfide discharge for January 2013 in cell W18 has a 

“<=” qualifier in column V. Does this indicate that the discharges were below detection limit? It’s hard to tell since the 

qualifiers are included on many of the facility discharges, including the temperature measurement. I want to make sure 

I’m interpreting the data correctly. 

Thank you!

Kim 

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: louis.nestor@epa.gov

Date: 2/20/15 12:43 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Thank you! I’ll take a look through this information and let you know if I have any further questions. 

Kim

From: louis.nestor@epa.gov

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 2/20/15 12:34 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Hope this helps

(Included Attachment titled: Bacardi SB Club DMR reporting.xlsx)
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From: Kimberly Bartell

To: louis.nestor@epa.gov

CC: Elizabeth Gentile, William Swietlik

Date: 2/20/15 12:20 PM

Subject: 2013 DMR Clarification for Facility Discharges

Mr. Louis:

Thank you for your time on the phone this morning. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), a contractor for EPA Office of 

Water, Engineering and Analysis Division (EAD), is e-mailing you to request information for Wyndham Sugar Bay 

Resort in St. Thomas, VI (VI0040461) and Bacardi Corp, in Catano, PR (PR0000591). See below for further background. 

EPA EAD reviews publicly-available DMR and TRI data to fulfill its review obligation under the Clean Water Act. The 

CWA requires EPA to annually review and, if appropriate, revise its water pollution control technology-based regulations 

(effluent guidelines), that limit the discharge of pollutants to waters of the U.S. from various categories of industrial 

facilities. EAD 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). EAD 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, EAD is evaluating the data in discharge 

monitoring reports from 2013.

We would like to obtain additional information for chlorine discharges for Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and sulfide 

discharges for Bacardi Corporation. Please provide the DMR data listed below:

Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort (VI0040461): 2013 total residual chlorine discharges for outfall 002

Bacardi Corp (PR0000591): 2013 sulfide discharges for outfall 001

Please call me at (517) 515-1721 if you have any questions. If you would like to speak directly with EAD 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!

Kim

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721