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## RADIA N A-90-1 9 ll-E-1 7 MEMORANDU M TO : Ja nMeye r FROM : Bennet t King ',"!" ©^ ^ ^ ' *' : DATE : Septembe r 14 , 199 2 ,;, " . • o ing O SUBJECT : EPA/SOCM AMeetin g o n January15 , 199 1 ATTENDEES : Se e Attachmen t 1 «•»«.. ' c * *

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d meetin g betwee n th e EPAan d th e Syntheti c Organi c Chemica l Manufacturer s Associatio n (SOCMA ) concernin g th e Hazardou s Organi c NESHA P (HON ) program an d serve d a s a follow-u

p t o th e initia l meetin g i n Washington , D.C . o n Novembe r 26 , 1992 . Th e highlight s o f th e meetin g ar e presente d below .

• I n th e previou s meeting , th e EPAha d aske d th e SOCM At o provid e productio n capacit yinformatio n fo r a lis t o f chemicals . Th e SOCM Aconclusio n i s tha t i t i s difficul t t o obtai n th e productio n capacit yinformatio n requeste d b

yth e EPA . However , the yhav e foun d som e informatio n b

ycontactin g thei r membe r companies . A preliminaryrespons e wa s prepare d an d wil l b e update d ove r th e nex t tw o weeks . Th e EPAca n expec t t o receiv e th e informatio n fromth e SOCM Ab yth e end o f January . Th e SOCM

Aagree d t o tryan d supplemen t th e originall y requeste d informatio n wit hdat a o n siz e o f businesse s (numbe r o f employees) . Thi s additiona l informatio n wa s requeste d b

yTomWalto n (EPA/CEIS) .

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ydiscussio n concernin g batc hoperation s too k place . Th e SOCMA' s primaryconcer n wa s tha t th e EPA understand th e potentia l error s i n calculatin g potentia l emission s o r capacitie s fo r multi-us e batc h operations . Wher e a multi-us e batc hoperatio n ca n potentiall yproduc e 2 0 Gg/yr o f produc t Aan d 1 5 Gg/y r o f produc t B , th e capacit yfo r thi s operatio n i s no t 3 5 Gg/yr . Othe r point s tha t cam e up durin g thi s discussio n were : Th e EPAclarifie d tha t th e proces s vent s portio n o f th e HONwoul d no t regulat e batc hprocesses . klj/18 3 mtgnts . fn l 1P. 3

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d th e SOCM

Aagree d o n th e EP Adefinitio n o f a batc hproces s a s foun d i n th e Reacto r Ne w Sourc e Performanc e Standar d (NSPS) , "...canno t simultaneousl ywithdra wproduc t an d introduc e ra w material... " Th e storag e portio n o f th e HONi s o f specia l concer n t o batc hoperators . Man ysmal l ( < 12,00 0 gallons ) tank s ar e presen t a t batc hproces s units . Th e EPAclarifie d t o th e SOCM Atha t storag e o f a hazardou s ai r pollutan t (HAP ) woul d onl yb e regulate d i f tha t storag e wa s associate d wit ha regulate d productio n process . Th e SOCM

Acharacterize d it s membershi p an d th e populatio n o f smal l companie s a s follow s (thes e ar e roughestimates) : 13 5 SOCM Amanufacturin g members , 35 % hav e les s tha n 1 0 employees , 65 % (including th e 35% ) hav e les s tha n 5 0 employees . I n additio n t o th e SOCM A membership , anothe r 80 0 manufacturin g companies , simila r t o th e SOCM Amembership , ar e believe d t o exist . Th e SOCM

Aexpresse d concer n tha t th e HONallo w alternativ e contro l methods . Th e EPAexplaine d tha t th e HONwoul d no t onl yallo wbu t encourag e th e us e o f produc t recoveryand/o r alternativ e contro l methods . Thi s wil l b e accomplishe d b yallowin g a n operato r t o reduc e emission s o r strea mcharacteristic s belo wth e applicabilit ycriteria . Specifi c point s wer e brough t up concernin g th e storag e an d wastewate r portion s o f th e HON . Th e SOCM

Areiterate d thei r concer n wit hth e man y smal l tank s foun

d i n batc hoperation s an d i n smal l continuou s operation s a s well . The yaske d i f floating roof s woul d b e require d o n thes e smal l ( < 12,00 0 gallons ) tanks . Th e EPAstate d tha t floating roof s woul d no t b e require d fo r tank s les s tha n 20,0.0 0 gallon s wher e applicatio n i s technicall yinfeasible . However , add-o n control s (e.g. , condensers ) woul d b e required . Th e SOCM

Astate d thei r desir e t o se e alternativ e wastewate r treatmen t method s allowe d b yth e HON , especiall yth e us e o f biologica l treatment . Th e EPAreiterate d th e poin t tha t a n operato r ca n alway s tak e action s t o ge t belo wth e applicabilit y criteria . Th e EPAals o cite d th e genera l provision s statemen t tha t an yalternativ e contro l technologycoul d b e use d wit happrova l fro m th e Administrato r o f th e EPA . Th e SOCM Arequeste d a klj/18 3 mtgnts.fn lP. 4

copyo f th e Wastewate r Technica l Informatio n Documen t recentl ypublishe d b yth e EPA . Penn yLassite r agree d t o sen d SOCM Aa copy . Ashor t discussio n concerning Maximu mAchievabl e Contro l Technolog

y(MACT ) fo r ne wversu s existin g source s too k place . Th e concep t o f a MAC T "floor " wa s als o discussed . Th e EPAstate d tha t th e approac hfo r determinin g th e floo r woul d b e base d o n a n analysi s o f federa l an

d Stat e regulations . Ashor t discussio n o f th e Batc hProcesse s Contro l Technique s Guidelin e (CTG ) too k place . Th e EPA informe d th e SOCM

Atha t Sectio n 11 4 response s ha d bee n received , stream s wer e characterized , cos t estimate s wer e bein g developed , an d a draf t o f th e CT G wa s expecte d thi s fall . Th e EPAinforme d th e SOCM Atha t th e scop e o f th e Batc hProcesse s CT G doe s no t includ e wastewate r o r storag e operations .

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Nam e Bennet t Kin g Lesli e Evan s Bo b Rosenstee l Penn yLassite r Lind a Chapu t Rand yMcDonal d Mar yLegatsk i Bo b Campaig n Ralp hJohnso n Affiliatio n Radia n Corporatio n EPA/CP B EPA/CP B EPA/CP B EPA/SD B EPA/CP B SOCM A UpJohn Dixi e Chemica l

klj/18 3 mtgnts.fn l