Project No.: 0317.01.005.510 Page 1 of 5

Project Name: DMR2011 CBI?

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TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

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Date: 12/20/13 Time: 1:06 am

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Company Name: Sanders Lead Company, Inc. ERG Staff Name: Julia Kolberg

Contact Name: Chris Rutherford Contact Phone Number: (334) 566-1563

General Subject: 2011 DMR Discharges

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

On December 20, 2013 at 1:14pm I called Kenneth Campbell (334) 566-1563. He transferred me to Roy 

Baggett, who was unavailable.

On December 20, 2013 at 2:01pm Chris Rutherford returned my call from the facility. He confirmed the values 

that we had for lead discharges from the facility. I had him describe the manufacturing process at the facility. 

The primary function is battery recycling. Batteries are run through a blast furnace to make refined ingots. The 

majority of the lead exiting through the outfalls is lead that is trapped on the equipment during this process. He 

also described the sampling procedure used for the facility- grab samples are taken from the stormwater 

outfalls. I asked him to follow up with an e-mail containing 2012 DMR information and to describe some of 

the containment/treatment technologies they have implemented since 2011.

Please see attached e-mail correspondence for more information on this facility.
From: Chris Rutherford

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:04 PM

To: Julia Kolberg

Subject: Re: FW: Emailing: 2012 DMR

In response to the 2011 NAAQS for ambient lead emissions, we have made a substantial improvement to our facility 

structures and buildings: 

 All of our operations are now performed indoors, self-enclosed, and under negative pressure. 

 We constructed new vehicle maintenance shop and machinery fabrication shop to eliminate the potential for 

tracking metal constituents due to vehicle traffic out of production areas. 

 Once a week, we have our internal roadway swept with a commercial grade street sweeper to remove any dust, 

dirt, or debris from roadways. 

 Furthermore, we have been steadily replacing asphalt pavement with new concrete in major traffic roadways to 

ensure more effective street sweeping. This weekend, we are resurfacing the remaining asphalt pavement with 

fresh pavement to seal the road bed surface. 

With additional plant improvements we feel our stormwater runoff values for metals will continue on a downward 

trend.

Chris Rutherford, PG

Environmental Affairs

Sanders Lead Co., Inc.

334-566-1563

From: Julia Kolberg [mailto:Julia.Kolberg@erg.com] 

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:23 PM

To: Chris Rutherford

Subject: Re: FW: Emailing: 2012 DMR

Thanks Chris! This makes a really nice comparison with the 2011 DMR data. We're going to review, but we may want to 

write a little bit about some of the changes at your facility that lowered your overall discharges. It helps to put some 

positivity into our reporting. Do you know any specific technology changes that lead to the decrease in discharge?

Happy holidays!

Julia

Julia Kolberg

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

703-633-1610

julia.kolberg@erg.com

>>> "Chris Rutherford" <chris-rutherford@sanderslead.com> 12/20/2013 2:19 PM >>>

Julia,

Here is our screen shot from the 2nd SA DMR stormwater DMR.

-----Original Message-----

From: Kenny Hill [mailto:kenny-hill@sanderslead.com]

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:18 PM

To: 'Chris Rutherford'

Subject: Emailing: 2012 DMR
The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link attachments:

2012 DMR

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