### From: "West Martha" < Martha.West@generalshale.com >

To: Jeff Telander/RTP/USEPA/US@EPA

Date: 04/21/2011 02:15 PM
Subject: General Shale Brick

- Spring City, TN; 114 Request for Testing

Dear Mr. Telander,

Attached is a testing protocol from Alliance Source Testing for the testing to be performed on May 5th,
2011 at our Spring City, TN facility.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding the attached information or the testing plans.

Thank You,

Martha West

Martha West, REM
Environmental Engineer
Office: (423)952

- 4240 Fax: (423)952

- 4160

Email: Martha.west@generalshale.com

P.O. Box 3547 Johnson City, TN 37602

(See attached file: 11

- 0126 General Shale Protocol.doc)

# S OURCE 

# T ESTING 

# P ROTOCOL

Testing Company Alliance Source Testing LLC

214 Central Circle SW

Decatur, AL 35603

AST Project N o . 20 11

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AST Contact Info Facility Name & Contact Info Project Manager

– Chris LeMay

Phone Number

– (256) 280

- 6005

E

- mail

– chris.lemay@stacktest.com General Shale Brick, Inc. 241 Hoyal Lane Spring City, TN 37381 Bill Alvins, Plant Manager

– (423) 791

- 1980

Steve Sanders, Assistant Plant Manager

– (423) 365

- 4028

Field Te st Team Leader

– Stacey Cunningham *

Phone Number

– (256) 426

- 0055

E

- mail

– stacey.cunningham @stacktest.com

*Assigned at initial project scheduling, subject to change. Ms. Martha West

General Shal e Brick, Inc.

P.O. Box 3547 Johnson City, TN 37602

Phone Number

– (423) 952

- 4240

Fax Number

– (423) 952

- 4160

E

- mail

– martha.west@generalshale.com Applicable Permit Number(s) Specific Source(s) & ID(s) Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Permit No. 964000P Kiln/Predryer Consisting of One coal/Natural Gas Fired Brick Tunnel Kiln with Dry Injection Fabric Filter Control and One Predryer Using Waste Heat from the Kiln Emission Source Reference No. (ESRN) 72

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- 04

EPA ID’s:

Tunnel Kiln (EU ID: tk

- 1) Dry Sorbent Injection/fabric filter (Control/Stack ID: diff

- 1)
Purpose of Testing (include state/federal regulations as applicable)

The U.S. EPA has r equested in Section 114 letter , pursuant to its authority under section 114 of the Cl ean Air Act, emissions data for certain pollutants to develop emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).

Industry NAICS: 327129

Process & Control System Description Brick exterior building material is manufactured at this facility. Shale a nd clay are mined, crushed and sent through a screening process prior to brick forming by extrusion. Once the brick is extruded, it is dried in a tunnel Kiln at temperatures exceed ing 1,900 °F. After being fired, the brick is cooled, packaged and shipped to various locations. The emissions are controlled with a baghouse.

Permitted Max

Process Rate 22.83 tph (20.71 Mg/hr) Normal Process Operating Rate 18.89 tph (17.14 Mg/hr) Target Process Operating Rate for Testing 11.41 tph (10.35 Mg/lb)

Productio n/Process/Control System Data to be recorded during testing

• Brick Production, tph & Mg/hr

• Coal Usage, lb/hr

• Baghouse Differential Pressure, in. w.c.

• Sorbent Injection Rate, lb/hr

• Sorbent Type Used

# S OURCE 

# T ESTING 

# P ROTOCOL

Testing Company Alliance Source Testing LLC

214 Central Circle SW

Decatur, AL 35603

AST Project N o . 20 11

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Test Information

Source Target

Pollutant Proposed

Tes t Method Number of

Test Runs Test Run Length Comment

Tunnel Kiln

Baghouse Volumetric Flow Rate (VFR) 1

- 2

-- -- Full Velocity Traverses

Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide (O 2 /CO 2 ) 3A

-- -- Integrated Bag/Instrumental Analysis

Moisture Content (BWS) 4 3 60

minutes Volumetric/Gravimetric Analysis

Particulate Matter (PM) 5 3 60

minutes Isokinetic Sampling

Hydrogen

Chloride/ Chlorine/ Hydrogen Fluoride (HCl/ Cl 2 / HF) 26 A 3 60

minutes Isokinetic Sampling

Multiple Metals (Sb, Ar, Be, Cd, Cr, Co, Pb, Mn, Hg, Ni & Se) 2 9 3 60

minutes Isokinetic Sampling

Notes: All testing will be conducted in accordance with the most recent revisions of U.S. EPA Reference Test Methods unless otherwise noted. The proposed sampling locations will meet the minimum U.S. EPA Reference Test Method 1 criteria for acceptable measurement sites unless otherwise noted. The absence of cyclonic flow will be verified per U.S. EPA Method 1 prior to testi ng, unless otherwise noted. All testing equipment has been calibrated in accordance with applica ble U.S. EPA Reference Test Methods and/or upon suggested manufacture r schedule. All applicable calibration gases meet U.S. EPA Protocol 1 standards unless otherwise noted. Copies all al calibration data will be included in the final report submittal.

A dditional Space provided here for Test Information Comments (include any deviations) All testing will be conducted simultaneously.

Proposed Test Schedule
Day Date Source Comment

Day 1 5/5/11 Tunnel Kiln Baghouse Conduct ICR Testing

Attachments to Sou rce Testing Protocol Form

None