From: Jay Chen <JChen@aqmd.gov> 

 To: Chuck French/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA, "jvillama@dtsc.ca.gov" <jvillama@dtsc.ca.gov> 

 Cc: Mohsen Nazemi <MNazemi1@aqmd.gov>, Edwin Pupka <EPupka@aqmd.gov>, "Naveen Berry" 

<nberry@aqmd.gov>, Tom Chico <tchico@aqmd.gov>, Charles Tupac <ctupac@aqmd.gov>, Thomas 

Liebel <TLiebel@aqmd.gov> 

 Date: 07/06/2010 02:57 PM 

 Subject: RE: Exide facility - Vernon, CA - Air Toxic emissions 

Mr. French: 

Your request for Exide's air toxic emissions data has been forwarded to 

me for handling. I apologize for the delay in getting back to you, as 

it took us longer than expected to extract the data from a health risk 

assessment that Exide submitted to the South Coast Air Quality 

Management District in 2007. Attached files contains the stack 

characteristics and air toxic emissions per your request. Although we 

have not completed our evaluation of the emissions data (and the 

associated health risk assessment), it is the most recent set of 

complete toxic emissions data we have. 

I hope that this information helps in your CCA Section 112 review for 

secondary lead smelters. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Thanks. 

Jay 

Jay Chen, P.E. 

Senior Engineering Manager 

Refinery & Waste Management Permitting, Engineering & Compliance 

South Coast Air Quality Management District 

21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765 

Phone: (909) 396-2664 

E-mail: JChen@aqmd.gov 
From: French.Chuck@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:French.Chuck@epamail.epa.gov]

Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:58 AM

To: jvillama@dtsc.ca.gov

Subject: Exide facility - Vernon, CA - Air Toxic emissions

Hello Mr. Jess Villamayor,

 As I mentioned in voice-mail message, we are doing a risk

assessment and technology review for Secondary Lead smelters in the U.S.

as part of the requirements under the Clean Air Act, Section 112. We

are trying to gather data and information of air toxic emissions from

these facilities. Does the State of Califormia (e.g., CARB or SCAQMD)

require emissions testing for air toxics for this facility? Do you

know if emissions test data are available on the air toxics emissions

from this facility? If so, could you please let me know how I can learn

more about these data, where to get the data, etc.....?

Thank You.

Chuck French, U.S. EPA, OAQPS, SPPD

Phone: 919-541-7912

(See attached file: Exide Technologies (3).xlsx)(See attached file:

Exide Emission of Chemicals by Source.xlsx)
TABLE 3

List of Facility Sources and Source Parameters

Exide Technologies, Inc.

Updated AB2588 HRA

Source 

No. Source ID Easting Northing (ft) (m) (ACFM) (m3/s) (ft/s) (m/s) (ft) (m) (oF) or (ft) (K) or (m)

1 RMPS MAPCO Scrubber (Formerly Tri-Mer) MAPCO 389796 3763324 67 20.42 9036 4.26 14.94 4.55 3.60 1.10 79 299.48

2 Material Handling Baghouse MAT_STOR 389814 3763227 112 34.14 135500 63.95 52.72 16.07 6.99 2.13 82 300.93

3 Soft Lead Baghouse SOFTLEAD 389841 3763343 112 34.14 109336 51.60 45.60 13.9 6.99 2.13 113 318.15

4 Hard Lead Baghouse HARDLEAD 389821 3763295 112 34.14 102526 48.39 60.14 18.33 6.99 2.13 113 318.15

5 Feed Dryer Baghouse DRYER_BH 389857 3763308 68 20.73 13526 6.38 32.41 9.88 2.99 0.91 78 298.71

6 Neptune Scrubber Stack NEPTUNE 389843 3763316 112 34.14 29756 14.04 47.97 14.62 3.81 1.16 138 331.87

7 North Cartridge Stack NOR_CART 389885 3763337 60 18.29 108258 51.09 47.05 14.34 6.89 2.1 106 314.26

8 South Cartridge Stack SOU_CART 389883 3763334 60 18.29 109213 51.54 46.88 14.29 6.89 2.1 102 312.04

9 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 1 TRUKFUG1 389800 3763380 3.28 1 140 42.7

10 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 2 TRUKFUG2 389840 3763364 3.28 1 140 42.7

11 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 3 TRUKFUG3 389784 3763342 3.28 1 140 42.7

12 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 4 TRUKFUG4 389823 3763325 3.28 1 140 42.7

13 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 5 TRUKFUG5 389768 3763302 3.28 1 140 42.7

14 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 6 TRUKFUG6 389807 3763286 3.28 1 140 42.7

15 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 7 TRUKFUG7 389752 3763264 3.28 1 140 42.7

16 Road Fugitive Emissions - Area 8 TRUKFUG8 389791 3763247 3.28 1 140 42.7

17 RMPS Fugitive Emissions RMPS_FUG 389820 3763358 25 7.62 35.10 10.7 22.31 6.8

18 MAC Scrubber MAC_BH 389832 3763288 75 22.86 88976 41.99 53.93 16.44 5.9 1.80 76 297.76

UTM Coordinates

Temperature or Sigma 

z

Diameter or Side or 

Height Flow Rate Exit Velocity Sigma y
Exide emissions by source - lower

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units Aluminum Antimony Arsenic Barium Beryllium Cadmium Chromium Cobalt Copper Lead

CAS # 7429905 7440360 7440382 7440393 7440417 7440439 7440473 7440484 7440508 7439921

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr 0.000357 0.00000416 0.00000767 0.0000201 0.00000192 0.0000307 0.0000226 0.0000387 0.000147 0.00106

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.00008519 0.0001171 0.000002556 0.00003194 0.0115

3

SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.00003416 0.00003106 0.000000458 0.0000103 0.00899

4

HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.00007743 0.00008431 0.000000774 0.00003785 0.0117

5

FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.00007477 0.00008264 0.000000787 0.00001613 0.0303

6

NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr 0.00001682 0.00002746 0.000000167 0.000001195 0.00137

7

NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr 0.0005782 0.0005917 0.000006498 0.0002431 0.111

8

SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr 0.0003787 0.0003875 0.000004256 0.0001592 0.0727

9

ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000058 0.00000167 0.000985

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr 0.00000477 0.0000046 0.000000057 0.00000167 0.000985

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr 0.0000114 0.0000157 0.000000342 0.00000428 0.00154

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr 0.00004926 0.00006773 0.000001478 0.00001847 0.00665

TOTALS lbs/yr 3.57E-04 4.16E-06 1.35E-03 2.01E-05 1.92E-06 1.47E-03 4.04E-05 3.87E-05 6.83E-04 2.65E-01

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Exide emissions by source - lower

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units

CAS #

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

3

SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

4

HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

5

FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

6

NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr

7

NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

8

SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

9

ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr

TOTALS lbs/yr

Manganese Nickel Phosphorus Selenium Silver Thallium Vanadium Zinc Mercury NH3

7439965 7440020 7723140 7782492 7440224 7440280 7440622 7440666 7439976 7664417

0.0000318 0.0000607 0.000183 0.00000384 0.00000222 0.00000192 0.0000192 0.000324

0.00000554 0.000007028 0.000008093 0.00005324 0.000000077

0.000000343 0.000001635 0.000002125 0.000005884 0.000000041

0.000001893 0.000008259 0.00001239 0.0001187 0.000000062

0.000002007 0.00000787 0.000003935 0.00000003 0.0929

0.000000063 0.000000286 0.000001175 0.000002481 8.346E-09 0.187

0.0000111 0.00004927 0.00007188 0.0005995 0.000000546

0.000007268 0.00003227 0.00004708 0.0003926 0.000000358

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000038 0.000000282 0.000000381 0.00000121 4.82E-09

0.000000741 0.000000941 0.00000108 0.00000713 1.29E-09

0.000003202 0.000004064 0.00000468 0.00003079 0.000000044

6.23E-05 1.69E-04 1.83E-04 1.63E-04 2.22E-06 1.92E-06 1.92E-05 1.55E-03 1.21E-06 2.80E-01

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Exide emissions by source - lower

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units

CAS #

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

3

SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

4

HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

5

FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

6

NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr

7

NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

8

SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

9

ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr

TOTALS lbs/yr

Benzene 1,3-Butadiene Sulfuric acid H2S Formaldehyde Acetaldehyde PAHs, total, w/o Dioxins, total, 

w/o Dibenzofurans 

71432 106990 7664939 7783064 50000 75070 1151 1086 132649

0.00364 0.000261 0.0711 0.102 0.0193 0.000412 0.0000505 4.52E-09 0.000000114

3.64E-03 2.61E-04 7.11E-02 1.02E-01 1.93E-02 4.12E-04 5.05E-05 4.52E-09 1.14E-07

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Exide emissions by source - upper

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units Aluminum Antimony Arsenic Barium Beryllium Cadmium Chromium Cobalt Copper Lead

CAS # 7429905 7440360 7440382 7440393 7440417 7440439 7440473 7440484 7440508 7439921

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr 3.13 0.0364 0.0672 0.176 0.0168 0.269 0.198 0.339 1.29 9.29

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.7462 1.026 0.02239 0.2798 100.7

3 SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.2993 0.2721 0.004009 0.09021 78.75

4 HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.6783 0.7385 0.006783 0.3316 102.5

5 FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr 0.655 0.7239 0.006894 0.1413 265.4

6 NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr 0.1474 0.2406 0.001466 0.0147 12

7 NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr 5.065 5.183 0.05692 2.13 972.4

8 SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr 3.317 3.395 0.03728 1.395 636.9

9 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr 0.04179 0.0403 0.0004967 0.01463 8.629

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr 0.09986 0.1375 0.002996 0.03749 13.49

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr 0.4315 0.5933 0.01295 0.1618 58.25

TOTALS lbs/yr 3.13E+00 3.64E-02 1.18E+01 1.76E-01 1.68E-02 1.29E+01 3.54E-01 3.39E-01 5.99E+00 2.32E+03

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Exide emissions by source - upper

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units

CAS #

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

3 SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

4 HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

5 FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

6 NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr

7 NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

8 SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

9 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr

TOTALS lbs/yr

Manganese Nickel Phosphorus Selenium Silver Thallium Vanadium Zinc Mercury NH3

7439965 7440020 7723140 7782492 7440224 7440280 7440622 7440666 7439976 7664417

0.279 0.532 1.6 0.0336 0.0194 0.0168 0.168 2.84

0.0485 0.06156 0.07089 0.4664 0.0006716

0.003007 0.01432 0.01861 0.05155 0.000358

0.01658 0.07235 0.1085 1.04 0.0005426

0.01758 0.06894 0.03447 0.000262 813.6

0.0005505 0.002505 0.01029 0.02173 0.00007311 1636.48

0.09721 0.4316 0.6297 5.252 0.004784

0.06367 0.2827 0.4124 3.44 0.003133

0.0003294 0.00247 0.00338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.0003294 0.00247 0.003338 0.0106 0.00004222

0.006491 0.008243 0.009461 0.06246 0.0000113

0.02805 0.0356 0.04099 0.2697 0.0003884

5.46E-01 1.48E+00 1.60E+00 1.43E+00 1.94E-02 1.68E-02 1.68E-01 1.36E+01 1.06E-02 2.45E+03

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Exide emissions by source - upper

Source ID Source Desctiption

Emission Rate 

Units

CAS #

1 RMPS MAPCO SCRUBBER(Formerly Tri-Mer) lbs/yr

2 MATERIAL HANDLING BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

3 SOFT LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

4 HARD LEAD BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

5 FEED DRYER BAGHOUSE lbs/yr

6 NEPTUNE SCRUBBER STACK lbs/yr

7 NORTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

8 SOUTH CARTRIDGE STACK lbs/yr

9 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 1 lbs/yr

10 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 2 lbs/yr

11 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 3 lbs/yr

12 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 4 lbs/yr

13 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 5 lbs/yr

14 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 6 lbs/yr

15 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 7 lbs/yr

16 ROAD FUGITIVE EMISSIONS - AREA 8 lbs/yr

17 RMPS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS lbs/yr

18 MAC SCRUBBER lbs/yr

TOTALS lbs/yr

Benzene 1,3-Butadiene Sulfuric acid H2S Formaldehyde Acetaldehyde PAHs, total, w/o Dioxins, total, 

w/o Dibenzofurans 

71432 106990 7664939 7783064 50000 75070 1151 1086 132649

31.89 2.286 622.8 893.5 169.1 3.609 0.4424 0.0000396 0.000999

3.19E+01 2.29E+00 6.23E+02 8.94E+02 1.69E+02 3.61E+00 4.42E-01 3.96E-05 9.99E-04

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