Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0825
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-17T04:00Z

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Need
to
return
call
by
/
at/
between
and
.
Signature:
Project
No.:
0172.01.005.060
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Project
Name:
304(
m)
OCPSF
Detailed
Study
TELEPHONE
CALL
RECORD
Outgoing
Call
Date:
12/
03/
03
Time:
3
p.
m.

Company
Name:
Nation
Ford
Chemical,
Fort
Mill,
SC
Name:
Daniel
Lee
Phone
No:
803­
548­
3210
Company
Name:
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.

Contact
Name:
Ellie
Ku
Codding
Phone
No.:
703­
633­
1673
GENERAL
SUBJECT
:
Aniline
Discharges
Reported
to
2000
TRI
TOPICS
DISCUSSED
AND
ACTION
TAKEN
I
called
Nation
Ford
Chemical
in
Fort
Mill,
SC
to
ask
about
the
aniline
discharge
reported
in
their
2000
TRI
submittal.
Mr.
Daniel
Lee
returned
my
call.
He
said
they
discharge
to
a
POTW.
The
POTW
monitors
their
discharges
quarterly
for
aniline,
which
they
have
at
"
low
levels."
He
did
not
have
an
idea
of
whether
it
was
detected
or
not,
or
at
what
levels.
Mr.
Lee
said
they
have
a
biological
treatment
system
in
which
they
use
hybrid
bacteria
from
ERI
Micromasters.
They
chose
the
bacteria
because
it
aids
the
biodegradation
of
chlorinated
solvents.
They
found
that
activated
sludge
is
tricky,
and
by
using
these
1
pound
dissolvable
"
backpacks"
added
to
their
biological
treatment,
the
bacteria
are
repopulated
within
24
hours.

They
manufacture
pigments
and
dyes,
mainly
carbazole
violet
pigment
#
23
and
diazo
dyes.
They
have
a
physical
chemical
system
to
precipitate
chlorinated
solvents.
They
recover
1,2­
dichloroethylene
to
reuse
for
pigmentation.
They
also
produce
isopropyl
alcohol.