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TO: 304m Record , EPA

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FROM: Dan

- Tam Nguyen, ERG

DATE: February 1, 2016

SUBJECT: Summary of Metal Finishing Facilities and Vendors Contacted During

Preliminary Study Activities in 2015

In the Final 2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan , EPA announced plans to conduct a preliminary study of the Metal Finishing Category to assess the current state of the industry, including process technologies and techniques, wastewater treatment technologies, and waste minimization strategies to reduce the amount of wastewater and solids that need to be disposed

. This study extends EPA’s efforts beyond the annual screening level review process under Clean Water Act (CWA) § 304(m)

. As part of the preliminary study, EPA is gathering e xisting information , including information from treatment technology vendor s and metal finishing facilit y contacts. This memorandum summarizes the vendors and facilities that ERG contacted in support of EPA’ s data collection activities in 2015. Information collected from v en dor and facility contacts contributed to multiple study objectives: 1) identify potential candidates for EPA site visits, 2) gain industry perspective on the existing 1983 Metal Finishing ELGs, 3) unders tand current metal finishing operations and wastewate r treatment practices

, and 4 ) generally assess the technical and economic feasibility of waste minimization practices

. ERG conducted a focused search of facilities based on public Metal Finishing directories and EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Pollu tion Prevention (P2) database

, and prioritized facilities to call based on publicly available information on the facilit ies ’ metal finishing operations and wast ewater management practices. ERG reached out to over 20 metal finishing facilities and successfu lly coordinated discussions between EPA and five metal finishing facilities

, which are listed in Table 1.

ERG also reviewed publicly available information to identify approximately 15 technology vendor s that may have implemented waste minimization technologies at metal finishing facilities . Table 2 lists the three vendors with which EPA had discussions on technologies used to minimize wastewater generation and/or discharge at metal finishing facilities

. General findings based on these conversations are discussed in the “Preliminary Study of the Metal Finishing Category: 2015 Status Report” ( EPA

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Table 1. List of Metal Finishing Facilities Contacted

Facility Name Facility Location Website Contact Date Huntington Plating

, Inc

. Huntington, WV http://www.huntingtonplating.com/ 0 3/ 0 5/ 20 15

Neo Industries

, LLC Weirton, WV http://www.neodelivers.com/ 0 4/ 0 8/ 20 15

American Trim

, LLC Wapakoneta, OH http://www.amtrim.com/ 04/17/2015

AAA Industrial Chromium Co

. Fort Worth, TX http://www.aaaswis.com/ 04/08/2015
Poly Plating

, Inc

. Chicoppee, MA http://www.poly

- ond.com/ 04/23/2015

Table 2 . List of Waste Minimization Technology Vendors Contacted

Vendor Name Technology Website Contact Date

Aquas Group Process integration of treatment technologies for wastewater recycle/reuse http://www.aquas

group.com/ 03/05/2015

Mech

- Chem Diffusion dialysis/acid recovery; process design and integration http://www.mech

- chem.com/ 03/03/2015

Cleaner Phosphoric Recycling (CPR) Systems, a division of T. George Podell & Co Inc. Cleaner Phosphoric Recycling (CPR)

s ystem http://www.cprsystemsonline .com/index.html 03/26/2015