UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, 

### NC 27711



## AIR 2

## B 20$ Ms. Phyllis Flowers Felman Production Incorporated 4442 Graharn Station Road Letart, West

### Virginia 25253 OFFICE OF AIR OUALITY PLANNING AND SÏANDARDS


### Re: Requirement to 

### provide information according 

### to

### Title 42

### of theunited States 

### code, chapter 85, Subchapter 

### I, part

### A, section74r4

## (42u.s.c 7414) Dear 

### Ms. Flowers:
Pursuant 

### to section 114 

### of the 

### clean 

### Air Act 

### (cAA), the

### u.s. Environmental protection Agency 

### (EPA) is requestin

### g that you 

### provide the 

### information requested 

### in Enclosure 1tothis letter and 

### perform source testing as dãscribed 

### below and 

### in Enclosure 2

### tothis 

### letter. we request that you 

### retum the response 

### to Enclosure 1by 

### July

### 30, 2010. 

### we also request that you submit the test results asdescribed 

### below and 

### in Enclosure 2 by Augus

## f 3I,2olo. The emission sources to be tested at

### your

### facility are listed 

### below. In caseswhere more than one source atyour 

### plant may be a candidate

### for testing, please usethe

### following criteria to select the tested unit. 

# ¡ The unit is 

### currently operating (or

### will be operating 

### in the 

### next 3 months) 

# o The unit processes the 

### dominant or major product 1fo, 

### "*u-ple, if the source produces 

### both Si and FeSi, and Si is the 

### major product, then that 

### unit sìiould be processing Si) 

# o The 

### unit should have the highest 

### or second highest

### throughput rate 

# o The air

### pollution control device 

### for the 

### unit is operating 

### normally.

emission 

### control device, and equipment size bet 

### writing.



## 1. Fabric 

### filter controlling No. 2 

### electric arc furnace. 

## 2. Fabric 

### filters 

### controlling one 

### of the crushing systems. 

## 3. Fabric 

### filter dust

### from the 

### No. 2 erectric arc furnace. 

# 4. coal used as a 

### raw material for the 

### No. 2 electric arc furnace.

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Enclosure 2

### provides additional information on 

### pollutants to be tested, test procedures and methods, data 

### reporting requirements and submittal procedures, and contact 

### information 

### for questions. Enclosure 3 contains asummary 

### of our legal authority 

### in section 114

### of the 

### CAA to obtain the 

### information that is 

### now being requested. 

### If you believe that 

### providing any specific 

### information to us

### would reveal conf,rdential 

### information that is 

### either alrad,esecret or 

### confidential business 

### information (CBI), please 

### identify this 

### information clearly 

### in the test report thatyou submit 

### in response 

### tothis 

### request. Enciosure 3 describes the type 

### of information that EPA may ask

### of you 

### at alatet time to 

### prove that any 

### information you nâve so 

### identiñed is 

### CBI or meets the

### criteria for trade secret 

### protection. Any information determined to be atrade secret 

### will be protected 

### by 18 

### U.S.C. 1905. 

### If you do not 

### claim as

### confidential any

### of the 

### information you submit 

### in response 

### tothis request, we can make the 

### information available to the 

### public without 

### notifyingyoufurther (40 

### CFR Part2.203, September 

### 1,1976). Because section 114

### of the

### CAA does 

### not

### allow emissions datato be claimed as

### confidential, the emissions datayou 

### provide to us can be made available 

### to the 

### public. A detaiied explanation 

### of what we consider to be emissions data is contained 

### in Enclosure 

### 4. Please take note 

### of Enclosure 4when 

### identifying any 

### information in your submittal that you are

### claiming as

### confidential. We have contracted 

### ECIR Incorporated 

### (EC/R) (Contract 

### No. Ep-D-07-019) to help us gather 

### information about

### your 

### industry. As noted 

### in Enclosure 5,we have designated EC/R to be our authorized 

### representative. Therefore, 

### EC/R has the same 

### rights discussed above and 

### in Enclosure 3 as 

### EPA. This means that EC/R 

### will have access

### to

### all information you 

### provide to us. 

### As adesignated representative 

### of theAgency, 

### EC/R must, 

### by law, also abide bythe requirements 

### of 42 

### U.S'C.7a14@) in regard to the 

### confidentiality of what you 

### claim to betrade secrets. Enclosure 6 summarizes our 

### policies and procedures

### for handling CBI and trade secrets and describes 

### how our contractor also is required to usethe same procedures aswe 

### do. Because our contractors or other authorized representatives are required 

### to

### follow the requirements 

### in Enclosure 6,your 

### rights and any

### privileged information you submit 

### to us

### will be protected. Each

### facility subject 

### to emissions testing should prepare asite-specific test plan 

### prior to 

### testing.

### A site-specific test 

### plan addresses the 

### planning and 

### quality 

### urrrrurr.. and 

### quality control procedures and acceptance 

### criteria 

### for all of the testing, 

### including the

### collection of process data. Please notethat you do 

### not have 

### to submit atest plan 

### to EPA 

### for approval 

### prior to testing. However, the 

### EPA Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) Version 3, 

### in which EPA requires that data be reported, requires that atest plan be entered 

### into the program 

### prior to submitting test results. Enclosure 7 provides an example 

### of the 

### EPA ERT Version 3 test

### plan. Enclosure g provides guidance

### for developing asite-specific test plan. 

### You are requested 

### to 

### notify your state air regulatory agency or designated 

### permitting authority at least

## 2l days before the requested stack tests arescheduled to 

### begin. Detailed instructions on 

### how and where 

### to submit the data are 

### provided 

### in Section 3.0

### of Enclosure 2. 

### If you have questions regarding the need 

### for this request or need 

### clarification on the 

### information we are requesting, please contact Conrad Chin 

### with EPA's Office of

### Air euality3

Planning and Standards at

### 919-541-I5I2 (e-mall: chin.conlacll¿Depa.gov). please return the requested 

### information to 

### Mr. Chin atthe

### following address: 

## us EPA OAQPS/SPPD/MMG (D243_02) Research Triangle Park, 

## NC 27711

We request thatyou 

### return the response to Enclosure 1by 

### July 30, 2010. We also request that you submit the test results asdescribed 

### below and 

### in Enclosure 2

### by AugusT

### 31,2070. The 

### collection of the 

### information requested 

### in this 

### letter is 

### part of 

### EPA's effort to obtain the best 

### information available 

### to develop the standard. 

### Your help 

### in providing this information is greatly appreciated. Sincerely,

Pe 

### Director Sector Policies and Programs 

### Division
8 Enclosures Enclosure 

# 1: Information Collection Request Enclosure

# 2: Summary 

### of test procedures, methods, and 

### reporting requirements Enclosure

# 3: EPA's 

### information gathering 

### authority Enclosure

# 4: Clarification of what EPA considers to be emissions data Enclosure

# 5: Summary 

### of contractor's authority as representative 

### of 

### EpA Enclosure

# 6: Procedures 

### for safeguarding 

### CBI under the

### CAA Enclosure

# 7: Example 

### EPA ERT Version 3test

### plan

### & list of required data entry 

### fields for data

reported 

### in ERT Enclosure

# 8: Site-specific test 

### plan development guidance


### cc: David 

### L.Amold, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

### Region 

### III James Robertson, 

### WVDEP - 

### Division of

### Air Quality John 

### A. Benedict, 

### WVDEP - 

### Division of

### Air Quality