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From: Brian Ashbrook [mailto:Brian.Ashbrook@ormet.com] 

Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 10:41 AM 

To: Putney, David 

Subject: RE: section 114 testing 

Mr. Putney, 

Sorry for the delay in responding, but I was on vacation last week. 

I also apologize for the confusion on the submittal of the data. These problems will addressed quickly. 

Please call 740-483-2732 if there are additional questions. 

Thanks, 

Brian Ashbrook 

From: Putney, David [mailto:putney.david@epa.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 3:43 PM 

To: Brian Ashbrook 

Subject: RE: section 114 testing 

Mr. Ashbrook, 

During our review of the test data submitted for the Ormet primary aluminum facility pursuant to the recent 

testing ICR, we have found several items for which we need additional information and/or clarification. 

Specifically, 

• It appears that we did not receive the test report associated with secondary potline emissions. The 

submitted reports (DAT Labs Cassette Analysis Report, ITT and cover letter to OEPA, and Ormet ICP 

PM-MCEM Mtl HAP – 2-13&App) do not appear to address secondary potline emissions. The file DAT 

Labs Cassette Analysis Report includes laboratory analyses of the cassettes, but not the emissions 

report. That is, we know the mass of pollutant captured in the cassettes, but not how to convert that 

to a lb of pollutant per ton of aluminum emission rate. 

• The aluminum production rates listed in Table 3-1 on page 5 of the report (on the order of 260 tons 

per hour) appear VERY high. If you will supply a corrected page 5 we can update the report before 

submitting it to the docket. 

Note that in your earlier email you mentioned having trouble using the ERT. My contractor has not been able 

to locate an ERT report for your facility. If you did submit such a report it may be that some of this requested 

information is in that report. Did you ever submit an ERT report for your facility – or was all data included in 

the 3 pdf files you initially submitted? 

 
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I also want to let you know that we have not finished reviewing the report yet, and we may have other 

questions in the future. We are trying to resolve questions as we find them instead of holding them until the 

end. 

Thanks, 

David Putney, Environmental Engineer 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

Sector Policies and Programs Division 

109 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711 

Mail Drop D243-02 

Ph: (919) 541-2016 Fax: (919) 541-3207 

Email: putney.david@epa.gov

From: Brian Ashbrook [mailto:Brian.Ashbrook@ormet.com] 

Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 2:14 PM 

To: Putney, David 

Cc: psohi@aluminum.org

Subject: section 114 testing 

Mr. Putney, 

I have attached the ITT for testing, the stack testing report, and the cassette testing report required by Ormet 

Primary Aluminum to fulfill the section 114 request received by Ormet on March 11, 2013. I am having serious 

IT trouble with the ERT access program required by the EPA for submittal and I wanted to submit the data 

before the deadline. I will continue to work with our IT department to remedy this problem. 

Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do. 

Thanks, 

Brian Ashbrook 

Environmental Services Manager 

Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation 

740-483-2732