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Date: 12/13/13 Time: 4:15 am

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Company Name: Equity Group Eufaula Div LLC ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Terrell Smith Contact Phone Number: (334) 688-6531

General Subject: 2011 DMR Lead Discharges for Equity Group Eufaula Div

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Terrell Smith: 334-688-6531

Randy Cline: 484-682-4155, randy.cline@keystonefoods.com

On December 13th, I called Terrell Smith and he told me that Randy Cline would be a better contact. Mr. Cline 

is the corporate manager for the Equity Group facilities. I called Mr. Cline and he said that he would need a 

contract number and the information emailed to him. Please see attached email communication. 

On December 16th at 5pm, Mr. Cline called and said that a data error was found. The lab results are in ug/L 

while the DMR values are in mg/L. All mineral data (lead, copper, zinc, etc) should be in ug/L. The sampling 

requirement started in 2011 and the outfall is for treated wastewater from a poultry processing facility applied to 

spray fields. Mr. Cline stated that he would work with ADEM to revise the facility’s 2011, 2012, and 2013 

DMRs with the correct units. He followed up with an email, please see attached email communication. 
Email Communication with Equity Group

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: randy.cline@keystonefoods.com

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Swietlik, William; Wagoner, Kim

Date: 12/13/13 5:44 PM

Subject: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges

Dear Mr. Cline, 

Thank you for your time on the phone today. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA 

Contract No. EP-C-12-021,is e-mailing you on EPA's behalf to request clarification of 2011 

discharge monitoring reports for Equity Group Eufaula Div LLC in Eufaula, AL (AL0071285). 

Here is some background on what the information is used for. 

EPA reviews publicly-available DMR data to fulfill its review obligation under Section 304(b) of 

the Clean Water Act (CWA). The CWA requires EPA to annually review and, if appropriate, 

revise its water pollution control technology-based regulations, called "effluent limitations 

guidelines" or "effluent guidelines," that limit the discharge of pollutants to waters of the U.S. 

from various categories of industrial facilities. EPA is currently conducting its 2013 annual 

review of existing effluent guidelines and potential industrial guidelines which may need to be 

included (see http://www.epa.gov/guide/304m/ for further information). EPA will discuss this 

review and the results in its 2013 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan scheduled for publication in 

the Federal Register in 2014. As part of the 2013 annual review, EPA is evaluating the data in 

discharge monitoring reports from 2011 and needs further information to complete the review.

We would like to obtain additional information on the following 2011 discharge data for lead for 

your facility. Our records show the following values were discharged: 

Outfall 01A:

Lead (December 2011): 22.9 mg/L

Flow (December 2011): 0.61 MGD

We appreciate your help in confirming if the above data are accurate, or if there are units errors 

in the DMR data. 

Please call me at (517) 515-1721 if you have any questions. If you would like to speak directly 

with EPA regarding this request, you can contact William F. Swietlik of EPA's Office of 

Water/Engineering Analysis Division by phone at (202) 566-1129 or by email: 

swietlik.william@epa.gov.

Thank you,

Kimberly
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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Cline, Randy < randy.cline@keystonefoods.com>

To: Bartell, Kimberly

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Swietlik, William; Wagoner, Kim

Date: 12/15/13 4:13 PM

Subject: Re: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges

Kimberly,

I received your email and request. I will review the DMR for December 2011 and will get you an 

update.

Thank you for confirming through this email.

Randy

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From: Swietlik, William <swietlik.william@epa.gov>

To: Cline, Randy < randy.cline@keystonefoods.com>

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Bartell, Kimberly; Wagoner, Kim

Date: 12/16/13 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges

Mr. Cline:

Thank you very much for your responsiveness.

Please call me if you have questions.

__________________________________

William F. Swietlik

US EPA, Office of Water

Engineering and Analysis Division (4303T)

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20460

202-566-1129: phone

202-566-1053: Fax

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: randy.cline@keystonefoods.com

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Swietlik, William; Wagoner, Kim

Date: 12/16/13 8:35 AM

Subject: Re: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges

Mr. Cline,

Thank you for your response and for reviewing the 2011 DMR data. Please let us know if you 

have any questions.

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Cline, Randy < randy.cline@keystonefoods.com>

To: Bartell, Kimberly

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Swietlik, William; Wagoner, Kim; Easterling, Tim; Smith, Terrell

Date: 12/16/13 5:38 PM

Subject: Re: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges

Kimberly,
Per our conversation today, and per your request for clarification of 2011 discharge monitoring 

reports for Equity Group Eufaula Div LLC in Eufaula, AL (AL0071285). 

We have reviewed our records and data that was submitted to ADEM for Equity Group, Eufaula 

Division DMR’s and have found that an entry error was made on the 2011 data in question. 

This permit is a land application permit that provides land applying treated wastewater to spray 

fields from a poultry processing facility. In 2011 ADEM added minerals testing to the permit. 

The DMR is asking for these biannual samples in mg/l. The lab results are being reported in ug/l 

and were not converted to mg/l for Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, and Zinc. 

We will revise the DMRs for 2011, 2012, and 2013 on ADEMs reporting site.

Thank you again for bringing this to our attention and working with is to resolve.

Please let me know if you need additional information.

Randy

Please consider the environment before printing this email.

KEYSTAR®: Socially Responsible Growth; Total Commitment; Achieving Balance; Respecting 

the Environment.

This transmission is intended solely for the person or organization to whom it is addressed and it 

may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient you 

should not read, copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance on it. If you believe you received 

this transmission in error please notify the sender.

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: randy.cline@keystonefoods.com

CC: Sabol, Elizabeth; Swietlik, William; Wagoner, Kim; Easterling, Tim; Smith, Terrell

Date: 12/17/13 8:09 AM

Subject: Re: 2011 DMR Clarification for Lead Discharges
Mr Cline,

Thank you for confirming the information we discussed on phone. I will let you know if we have 

any further questions.

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc. 

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721