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Project No.: 0317.02.005.510 Page 1 of 3

Project Name: DMR2013 CBI?

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TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

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Date: 11/14/14 Time: 2:00 am

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Company Name: Missouri DNR ERG Staff Name: Kimberly Bartell

Contact Name: Amanda Sappington Contact Phone Number: (573) 751-8728

General Subject: 2013 DMR Silver/Selenium discharges for Black Oak Landfill

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Travis Abernathy: 573-840-9787

Amanda Sappington: 573-751-8728, Amanda.sappington@dnr.mo.gov

On November 14th, I called Mr. Abernathy and left a message. 

On November 21st, I called Mr. Abernathy and left a message. 

On November 25th I called Chuck Harwood at 573-751-9155 and left a message. I also tried calling Carrie 

Schute but the number was not in service. 

At 2:30 pm Amanda Sappington returned my call and left a message. I called her back and she stated that the 

best way for her to confirm the data would be for me to send the information via email. 

Please see attached email correspondence. 
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Email Communication with Missouri DNR

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Amanda.sappington@dnr.mo.gov

Date: 12/1/14 10:14 AM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Silver and Selenium Discharges

Hi Amanda,

Thank you for sending me this information. Our units are incorrect, as we have everything in mg/L not ug/L. We will correct or data 

to match your units. I also think that the 0.01 ug/L silver should be mg/L so we will make that correction as well.

I will let you know if we have any further questions, thank you for verifying this data for us!

Kimberly

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Kimberly D. Bartell

Environmental Engineer

Eastern Research Group, Inc.

kimberly.bartell@erg.com

Phone: 517-515-1721

From: Amanda Sappington (Amanda.sappington@dnr.mo.gov)

To: Kimberly Bartell

Date: 11/26/14 4:23 PM

Subject: RE: 2013 DMR Clarification for Silver and Selenium Discharges

This is what I show when I query my database. I would guess that the .01 for Silver should be mg/L as .01 μg/L is probably not a 

detectable amount.

I show that the flow you have is correct. 

Amanda Sappington

Industrial Permits Unit Chief

P.O. Box 176

Jefferson City, MO 65102

(573) 751-8728

From: Kimberly Bartell

To: Amanda.sappington@dnr.mo.gov

CC: Kim Wagoner, Elizabeth Gentile, William Swietlik

Date: 11/26/14 11:11 AM

Subject: 2013 DMR Clarification for Silver and Selenium Discharges

Dear Ms. Sappington:

Thank you for your time on the phone yesterday. Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) under EPA Contract No. EP-C-12-021,is emailing you on EPA's behalf to request clarification of 2013 discharge monitoring reports for Black Oak Landfill in Hartville, MO 

(MO0107506). 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. 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 
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industrial facilities. EPA is currently conducting its 2015 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 2015 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan scheduled for publication in the Federal Register sometime in 2015 or 

2016. As part of the 2015 annual review, EPA is evaluating the data in discharge monitoring reports from 2013 and needs further 

information to complete the review. 

We would like to obtain additional information on the following 2013 discharge data for Black Oak Landfill. Our records show the 

following values were discharged:

Outfall Date

Silver 

Concentration 

(mg/L)

Selenium 

Concentration 

(mg/L) Flow (MGD)

001 9/30/2013 10 12 0.43

002 9/30/2013 0.00001 0.01 0.43

003 9/30/2013 0.01 0.011 0.43

We appreciate your help in confirming if the above data are accurate, or if there are units errors in the DMR data. Please also send a 

copy of the facility’s current NPDES permit if available. 

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