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. Respons e t o Januar y22 , 200 9 Informatio n Reques t Dea rMs

. Newton : Pursuan tt o you rlette rdate d Januar y22 , 200 9 regardin g additiona l requeste d informatio n o n Veoli a E S Technica l Solution' s Octobe r10 , 200 8 an d Januar y6 , 200 9 submittals , Veoli a offer s th e following :

1

. Th e laborator yreport(s ) fo rth e 200 8 performanc e test s includin g th e percen t moistur e o r percen t solids ;

> Veolia

has attached

the laboratory

reports and supporting

documentation

for the 2008 performance

test including

the percent moisture

or percent solids.
2. Astatemen t identifyin g whethe rth e highes tfee d rate s o feac h mercury , semivolatii e metal s (SVM) , an d lo wvolatil e metal s (LVM ) fro m eac h combusto runi t fro m Jul y1 , 200 4 throug h Januar y1 , 2008 , submitte d t o Charle s Hal l vi a e-mai l o n Decembe r5 an d 10 , 200 8 ar e o n a dr yo rwe tbasis , an d a certificatio n t o th e trut h an d accurac yo fth e dat a an d th e statement ;

> The LVM, SVM, and

mercury

feed rate data submitted

to Charles Hal l o n Decembe r5 an d 10 , 2008 , wer e calculate d o n a n "a s received " o rwe tbasis

. 3

. Astatemen t identifyin g whethe reac h o fth e 200 8 performanc e tes t fee d rate s o fmercury , S V M an d LV M t o eac h combusto runi t submitte d o n Octobe r10 , 2008 , ar e o n a dr yo rwe t basis , an d certificatio n t o th e accurac yofth e dat a an d th e statement

.
> Historically, Veolia has managed

sending

the waste samples

from testing programs

to the laboratories

for analysis. This

analysis

has always been conducted

on an "as received"

basis. Taking into consideration

USEPARegion

5's recent concern

regarding

the QA/QC of sample collection

and analysis, the

independent

stack testing firm was tasked with the responsibility

of sampling and analyzing

the waste samples

from the testing program. When

Veolia submitted

the metals test reports for Incinerators

2, 3, and

4 on October

10, 2008, waste

analytical

results received from Maxxam

Analytical

Laboratories

were used to calculate

the metal feed rates for the tests that were conducted. All

analytical

results were used as "as received"

metals concentrations of the waste feeds, as

has always been done in the past, in calculating

the metals feed rates for all runs of testing on the three incinerators.
In early November

Veolia discovered

that the reported

solid waste metals concentrations

in Maxxam's

analytical

report were not on an "as received"

basis. The

solid samples

were dried prior to analysis. This

may have been identified

prior to the report submittal

had Veolia not changed

its document

review protocol

in order to meet the aggressive

schedule

requirements. This

change in protocol resulted

in the removal of a redundant

and independent

QA/QC

review that had been
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### 201 'standard on past test reports. For

Veolia to correctly

calculate

the metals feeds during the testing, this drying of the samples

needed to be taken into consideration. Veolia re-calculated

the metals feed rates for Units 2, 3, and

4 which resulted

in feed rates that were less than originally determined. The recalculated

2008 performance

test solid waste metals concentrations

of LVM, SVM, and mercury on Units 2, 3, and

4 submitted

in this package

were converted

to "as received"

metals concentrations

since Veolia utilizes all metals analyses

on an "as received"

basis to calculate

metal feed rates. This

is necessary

since the incinerator

control systems

use "as received"

waste feed throughputs

and metals analyses. Incinerator metal feed calculations

have been performed

on "as received"

data since July 2004. The

LVM, SVM, and

mercury

feed rate data submitted

to Charles Hal l o n Decembe r5 an d 10 , 2008 , wer e calculate d usin g "a s received " data

. I certif yunde rpenalt yo fla wtha t thi s documen t an d al l attachment s wer e prepare d unde rm ydirectio n o r supervisio n i n accordanc e wit h a syste m designe d t o assur e tha t qualifie d personne l properl ygathe ran d evaluat e th e informatio n submitted

. Base d o n m yinquir yofth e perso n o rperson s wh o manag e th e system , o rthos e person s directl yresponsibl e fo rgatherin g th e information , th e informatio n submitted , i s t o th e bes to fm yknowledg e an d belief , true , accurate , an d complete

. I a m awar e tha t ther e ar e significan tpenaltie s fo rsubmittin g fals e information , includin g th e possibilit yo ffin e an d imprisonmen t fo r knowin g violation

. Pleas e cal l Davi d Klaric h o rm e a t(618 ) 271-2804 , i fyo u hav e furthe rquestion s concernin g thi s submittal

.
Ver ytrul yyours ,

Dou g Harris ^ Genera l Manage r C C : Geneviev e Damico , USEPA , Regio n 5

Charle s Hall , USEPA , Regio n 5 E P AFil e

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