Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051-1250
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

From: 
BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Sent:
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 3:53 PM
To: 
Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc:
SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: 
RE: Checking In

Yes, agreed, that is likely more relevant to the by-product plants!

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
kmbatten@suncoke.com
cell: 740-370-8710

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 2:56 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

Thanks for your response. COETF facilities said same thing. Testing there could be used to check on what's reported downstream, that might be split into various stacks. Might be more relevant to by-product facilities with chemical plants.

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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From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 2:34 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

Hi Donna Lee,

Sorry for the delay in responding.  Per your question below, it is unlikely we would be able to meet the requirements of Methods 1-4 if we were to attempt to measure flow in those locations.  If you don't mind my asking, how does the gas flow relate to the MACT?

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
kmbatten@suncoke.com
cell: 740-370-8710

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 3:02 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

Would you be able to measure at the inlet to HRSGs or in common tunnel before the bypass/waste heat and HRSG ducts? Theoretically, that is. 

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

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

From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 2:53 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

The only gas volume measurements we have are at the exit of the bypass vent stacks or the main stacks (N/A for Jewell).  All of those measurements were made pursuant to EPA methods 1-4.  There are no measurements at the inlet point of the HRSGs.

Please reach out with any additional questions.

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
kmbatten@suncoke.com
cell: 740-370-8710

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 11:16 AM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

Thank you for your response. So you were able to measure the flue gas volume going to HRSGs or waste heat (Vansant) in your stack testing? How did you measure the gas volume? Typical EPA tests (Methods 1-4)?

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

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

From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 8:33 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

Donna Lee,

Thanks for getting back with me so quickly.  Maybe one point of clarification on your question below  -  coke oven gas is a misnomer when applied to SunCoke's process.  Unlike the byproduct plants, we do not collect, treat and then recycle "coke oven gas" back to the ovens for combustion or recover byproducts from coke oven gas (tars, oils, etc.).  Instead, the volatiles are all burned within the ovens and sole flues and we are left with hot flue gas that is sent to the HRSGs (or out the vent stacks in Jewell's case).  To answer your question, we do not measure the amount of flue gas that goes to the HRSGs or the gas volume that goes out the stacks at Jewell (aside from periodic stack testing).  

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.  As I mentioned before, we are happy to provide any additional information that may be helpful.

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
kmbatten@suncoke.com
cell: 740-370-8710

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 1:16 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>; GABRIELLE RAYMOND <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Checking In

 
Thanks for checking in. Unfortunately, I cant provide you with any updates right now, but soon. David Ailor is asking the same questions. 

One question I sent to David, maybe you can provide also. Do you measure the total amount of coke oven gas volume that goes to the HRSG and, in the case of Jewel, the total gas volume going to the bypass stacks?

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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Reasonableness never fails to be appreciated."  - anon.

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

From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 1:12 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: SINGLETON, KRIS E. <KESINGLETON@SUNCOKE.COM>
Subject: Checking In

Hi Donna Lee,

I hope you are doing well.  I wanted to reach out on the MACT CCCCC RTR to check in on the status of the rule.  Is there any additional information we can provide that would be helpful to you?  We would be more than happy to provide additional information if that might be of interest.  

Also, can you provide any information on the current status of the rulemaking or future timeline?

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental 

SunCoke Energy, Inc.
1011 Warrenville Rd, 6[th] Floor
Lisle, IL 60532

kmbatten@suncoke.com
cell: (740) 370-8710