Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051-1277
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

From: 
Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Sent:
Monday, July 25, 2022 12:21 PM
To: 
BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc:
Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: 
RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Hi Katie. We are in the process of sending you another letter with Indiana Harbor (East Chicago, IN) removed from enclosure 1 requirements and enclosure 2 testing. Basically, it is a letter that has no mention of Indiana Harbor/East Chicago, IN. We will be sending you a revised answer file for enclosure 1 that also has Indiana Harbor removed, but it's not necessary that you use this file if you already started in the other answer file for Haverhill/Franklin Furnace or Jewel/Vansant. 

We will be sending a letter to Cokenergy to test the Main stack and respond to Enclosure 1 that will include answering HRSG questions.

Out of curiosity, what do you do if the Cokenergy HRSG outages make you go over your permit limit for bypass hours?

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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Salutation - Dr./Ms.

From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2022 3:35 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Hi Donna Lee,

I just wanted to check in and see if you had any update on the path forward for Indiana Harbor?  

Thanks,

Katie Batten
Director of Health, Safety and Environmental

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

From: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 12:38 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <jones.donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

EXTERNAL:  This email originated from outside of the organization.  Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.

I typically work with Luke Ford.

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: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 12:05 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Thanks! Big help. Who do you mostly deal with at Coke Energy/Primary Energy?

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: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 5:41 AM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Hi Donna Lee,

I do have their email addresses.  Based on Primary Energy's website, it looks like they are still with the company.  

Mo Klefeker  -   mklefeker@primaryenergy.com
Luke Ford  -  lford@primaryenergy.com
Seth Acheson  -  sacheson@primaryenergy.com

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: Monday, July 18, 2022 5:29 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Hi Katie. Further on the 114's, do you have emails for any of these people below? If they have left the companies, it would be helpful if you could provide me with the correct names for the same positions and their emails also if possible. Thanks 

Mr. Mo Klefeker. President and Chief Executive Officer, Primary Energy
Mr. Luke Ford. Director of Environmental, Health and Safety, Primary Energy
Mr. Seth Acheson, GM of Cokenergy  -  East Chicago, IN

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: Jones, DonnaLee 
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 4:59 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Thanks for your input. I understand the points you make. I will let you know what we decide.

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: Monday, July 18, 2022 4:52 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: RE: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

Hi Donna Lee,

We can refrain from starting the Indiana Harbor response, but, to be perfectly frank, I recommend that EPA issue any main stack test request to Cokenergy if the agency desires to obtain the relevant main stack data on the proposed timeframe.  While some of the limitations we have raised for bypass vent stacks are not applicable to the main stack, there are extremely limited resources both at SunCoke and our consultant to even start planning and/or responding for the issues raised by the bypass vent stack test request, fenceline monitoring request, and enclosure 1 responses.  As we've stated in a few different submittals, we believe that EPA is asking for the impossible, and expanding the test request to Haverhill's main stack only compounds these issues for SunCoke.  

Assuming EPA's concern is remaining below 10 companies to which the 114 is issued, you could alleviate this problem by asking Cokenergy for this testing and SunCoke not completing the Indiana Harbor information.  Given all of the issues SunCoke has raised in its submittals and our discussions thus far with our consultant regarding manpower and lab turnaround times, it is simply not realistic that any such testing will be feasible to be conducted at a SunCoke facility at this time, and perhaps Cokenergy does not foresee the same obstacles that SunCoke anticipates for its facilities.  

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, July 15, 2022 7:07 PM
To: BATTEN, KATIE M <KMBATTEN@SUNCOKE.COM>
Cc: Raymond, Gabrielle <graymond@rti.org>
Subject: hold off on starting the Indiana Harbor response

 
Katie  -  In light of the issue with Coke Energy, we may switch the Indiana Harbor 114 to Haverhill. Im checking with Chuck on this. 

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.