Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0918
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-17T04:00Z

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Project
Name:
National
Strategy
TELEPHONE
CALL
RECORD
Incoming
Call
Date:
01/
20/
04
Time:
4:
00
Company
Name:
Koppers
Industries,
Grenada
Contact
Name:
Tom
Henderson
Phone
No.:
(
662)
226­
4584
Name:
Arash
Hooshangi
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.

GENERAL
SUBJECT
:
Verification
of
reported
pollutant
discharges
TOPICS
DISCUSSED
AND
ACTION
TAKEN
I
called
Koppers
Industries,
in
Grenada,
MS
because
among
all
Timber
product
facilities,
this
facility
had
reported
the
highest
amounts
of
dioxin
for
both
2000
and
2001.
This
resulted
in
their
facility
being
the
top
discharger
of
toxic
pollutants
within
the
Timber
products
industry.
I
wanted
to
inquire
about
their
method
of
reporting
such
releases
and
also
obtain
some
information
regarding
their
facility's
operations.
I
spoke
with
Mr.
Tom
Henderson
who
is
the
general
manager
of
the
facility
and
explained
our
project
to
him.
Mr.
Henderson
preferred
to
have
his
environmental
specialist
present
during
the
conference
call
to
answer
any
specific
questions.
He
called
me
back
about
an
hour
later
and
I
was
able
to
speak
with
both
Mr.
Henderson
and
his
environmental
specialist.
I
mentioned
that
their
discharges
of
dioxin
for
2000
and
2001
have
been
pretty
high
compared
to
that
of
other
facilities
in
their
industry.
I
asked
what
their
basis
for
calculation
was
and
whether
it
was
measured
or
estimated.
The
specialist
explained
that
all
reported
values
are
estimates.
He
mentioned
that
reported
loads
of
dioxin
are
based
upon
concentrations
of
pentachlorophenol.
He
said
that
after
applying
a
factor
which
is
provided
by
the
pentachlorophenol
manufacturers,
they
arrive
at
the
reported
values.
He
told
me
that
another
employee
in
charge
of
such
calculation
knows
better
about
the
details
and
he
will
have
her
contact
me
for
better
explanation
of
the
procedure
involved.
I
also
asked
him
about
the
reported
values
for
PACs
and
he
responded
that
such
values
are
also
reported
similarly
to
dioxin.
He
mentioned
that
they
measure
one
of
polycyclic
aromatic
compounds
and
based
on
the
composition
of
Creosote,
they
estimate
the
loads
for
other
PACs
and
report
them
as
a
whole.
Further,
I
asked
him
about
their
operations
and
whether
their
facility
was
a
direct
or
indirect
discharger.
He
explained
that
their
facility
was
an
indirect
discharger.
They
perform
on­
site
treatment
of
wastewater
before
discharging
it
to
POTWs.
He
also
mentioned
that
they
have
a
general
storm
water
permit
from
the
State
of
Mississippi
which
only
calls
for
monitoring.
At
the
end,
he
told
me
that
someone
will
be
in
touch
with
me
to
explain
the
methods
of
estimating
their
toxic
pollutant
discharges
more
thoroughly.