Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051-1285
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

From: 
SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>
Sent:
Thursday, January 13, 2022 8:20 PM
To: 
Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc:
BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>; Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: 
RE: Do you have time for a quick call

Hi Donna Lee,

I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and start to 2022.  I wanted to get back to you about the attached email and also ask you a follow up question or two regarding the information you provided below.

First, in response to the attached email, we cannot tell from the data provided whether it was intended to include HRSG costs, and that figure would be low even without HRSGs.  Based on our estimates, the cost of a new heat recovery plant with HRSGs would be on the order of $750 million for that size plant.

Regarding your email below, we greatly appreciate the information you've shared and EPA's willingness to incorporate some of our recommendations.  Can you also please give us an idea where EPA landed on cancer risk for nonrecovery plants?

More importantly, we are wondering what your current thinking is on potential updates to the standards for nonrecovery ovens in light of risk findings.  We know that you asked a number of questions late in 2021 about bypass venting in general and Jewell in particular, and we were hoping to minimize the possibility of new requirements that are not technically feasible being introduced in a proposed rule.  For instance, each plant is rather unique and that is why the bypass venting requirements vary among them.  We are happy to have a conversation with you and provide additional information to clarify anything.

Thanks!

Kris

Kris Singleton
Corporate Engineer  -  
Health, Environmental & Safety

 SunCoke Energy
office:  513-727-5518
cell:  513-649-1371

<< costs for new heat recovery plant.msg >>

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 12:38 PM
To: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Subject: RE: Do you have time for a quick call

Hi. The posted modeling file reflects these changes below.

We incorporated your suggestion from your 7/7/21 email to reduce emissions by the ratio of ovens per stack for Vansant bypass vent stacks. 

Your 7/7/21 email brings up the issue about SC-EastChicago-IN having a baghouse. We adjusted the emissions using the control efficiencies SunCoke provided in the review of the modeling file development, by 0.99/0.98. We had already been using 98% control, so we adjusted slightly upwards (decreased emissions) after your email.

We would use facility boundaries in the acute assessment, but there were no acute HQs > 1, so facility boundaries were not used.

Do we still need a call?

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
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"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

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From: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2021 7:53 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Subject: RE: Do you have time for a quick call

Ok, thank you!

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 4:52 PM
To: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Subject: RE: Do you have time for a quick call

 
I will email you if I have a break in the day Monday. Wont be until after 1pm.

Regards,
Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
Research Triangle Park, NC  27711  Tele:  (919)  541-5251  Fax  (919)  541-3207
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"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

Pronouns - She/Her/Hers
Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Thursday, December 9, 2021 4:03 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Subject: Do you have time for a quick call

Hi Donna Lee,

Would you have time for a quick phone call (<30 minutes) with me a Katie sometime next week? We just had a couple of things we wanted to discuss. We are both pretty open on Monday but could do other days depending on your availability. Please let us know.
Thanks!

Kris

Kris Singleton
Corporate Engineer  -  
Health, Environmental & Safety

 SunCoke Energy
office:  513-727-5518
cell:  513-649-1371