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Parsons, Nick

From: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo <Cynthia.Erchenbrecher@tembec.com>

Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 7:50 AM

To: Parsons, Nick

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data

Nick, 

Our units remove PM. No we have no other reports on the uncontrolled emissions. Thanks. 

Cynthia Erchenbrecher 

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager 

T 419-244-5856 ext. 45114 M 419-545-6105 F 419-244-9206 

2112 Sylvan Avenue, Toledo OH 43606 tembec.com 

From: Parsons, Nick [mailto:Parsons.Nick@epa.gov] 

Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 8:54 AM 

To: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data 

Cynthia, 

Do you know whether these efficiencies are for OC or PM? It doesn’t seem like a baghouse would be able to 

remove OC, and based on your Title V permit, it looks like the control devices are in place to meet PM limits 

from the state of Ohio. I know that from your annual emissions report, you calculate 0.01% emissions of TEA 

released from the resin for P001, and use emission factors developed from the stack test data you sent to me 

yesterday for P002 and P003. Do you know whether those test reports contain any information on what the 

uncontrolled emissions were before the scrubbers? This would tell us just how much OC emissions were being 

reduced by each scrubber, and hence the OC removal efficiency of the scrubbers. Thanks. 

- Nick 

From: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo [mailto:Cynthia.Erchenbrecher@tembec.com] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 4:07 PM 

To: Parsons, Nick 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data 

Nick, 

Our Facility Profile has our scrubbers at 99% and baghouse at 99.9% efficient. Is this what you are looking for? I don’t 

believe that we can achieve better than this. 

Cynthia Erchenbrecher 
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Health, Safety & Environmental Manager 

T 419-244-5856 ext. 45114 M 419-545-6105 F 419-244-9206 

2112 Sylvan Avenue, Toledo OH 43606 tembec.com 

From: Parsons, Nick [mailto:Parsons.Nick@epa.gov] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 3:31 PM 

To: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data 

Thanks Cynthia, this is very helpful. Do you happen to know the performance level of your scrubbers and 

baghouses (i.e., the percent emission reduction achieved by each control device)?

- Nick

From: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo [mailto:Cynthia.Erchenbrecher@tembec.com] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 3:26 PM 

To: Parsons, Nick 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data 

 

Nick,

Here is a scan of the summaries to the B System (P002) and C System (P003) Dryer Stack testing. We can’t give you a 

stack testing of A System (P001) since we are now using a Baghouse (replaced Scrubber) for cleaning our air from this 

dryer. Hope that this was helpful.

Cynthia Erchenbrecher

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

T 419-244-5856 ext. 45114 M 419-545-6105 F 419-244-9206

2112 Sylvan Avenue, Toledo OH 43606 tembec.com

From: Parsons, Nick [mailto:Parsons.Nick@epa.gov] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 1:01 PM 

To: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data

 

Hi Cynthia,

We’re interested in the most-recent stack testing data you have available for emission points P001, P002, and 

P003, which I believe should all be associated with the resin dryers at your facility 
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(http://wwwapp.epa.ohio.gov/dapc/permits_issued/413189.pdf). We’re primarily interested in the emission 

rates of HAP (or total organic compounds), as well as the flow rates of the dryers, so if this is all available in 

the test results sections, that should be sufficient. Thanks.

- Nick

From: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo [mailto:Cynthia.Erchenbrecher@tembec.com] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 12:40 PM 

To: Parsons, Nick 

Cc: Rowley, Larry - Toledo 

Subject: RE: Tembec Stack Test Data 

 

Nick,

I have at least 4 manuals of Air stack testing for our units (A, B, C Scrubbers, Reactors 1, 2, 3, & 4). Did you want me to 

copy them and send all of the contents or just sections of the test results? They are not current and some date back to 

1995. Can you let me know what exactly you need to have copies of. Thanks.

Cynthia Erchenbrecher

Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

T 419-244-5856 ext. 45114 M 419-545-6105 F 419-244-9206

2112 Sylvan Avenue, Toledo OH 43606 tembec.com

From: Parsons, Nick [mailto:Parsons.Nick@epa.gov] 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 7:49 AM 

To: Erchenbrecher, Cynthia - Toledo 

Subject: Tembec Stack Test Data

 

Hi Cynthia,

I talked to Kurt Bezeau with the City of Toledo and he has confirmed for me that Tembec is indeed subject to 

subpart OOO. He sent me your most recent emissions report (2013) and also mentioned that you have stack 

test data from several years ago that may be helpful for us to evaluate the emissions from your continuous 

process vents. Can you send me a copy of this test report, as well as confirm that its results are still 

representative of current operations at your facility? Thanks.

--

Nick Parsons

Environmental Engineer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

OAR/OAQPS/SPPD/RCG

Research Triangle Park, NC

919.541.5372

parsons.nick@epa.gov

"No man is more important than the team." -Bo Schembechler
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