Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0916
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
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Posted Date: 2004-08-17T04:00Z

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Project
Name:
National
Strategy
TELEPHONE
CALL
RECORD
Outgoing
Call
Date:
01/
14/
04
Time:
2:
30
Company
Name:
Dis­
Tran
Wood
Products,
Inc.,
Pineville,
LA
Contact
Name:
Mike
Galardo
Phone
No.:
(
318)
640­
6892
Name:
Arash
Hooshangi
Eastern
Research
Group,
Inc.

GENERAL
SUBJECT
:
Verification
of
permit
and
reports
of
pollutant
discharges
TOPICS
DISCUSSED
AND
ACTION
TAKEN
I
called
Dis­
Tran
Wood
Products
on
Wednesday,
Jan.
13
to
speak
with
Mike
Galardo
whose
name
was
listed
as
a
contact
in
the
TRI
database.
Two
issues
were
concerned.
First,
this
facility
does
not
have
any
PCS
permit,
as
it
appears
on
OTIS.
Second,
we
wanted
to
find
out
how
they
calculated
their
Dioxin
discharges,
since
their
facility
was
among
the
top
90%
dischargers
of
pollutants
in
the
Timber
products
industry.
Mike
Galardo
explained
their
process
to
me.
He
said
that
their
wastewater
which
is
process
water
is
sent
to
2
equalization
tanks,
a
separator,
a
neutralizer
and
is
finally
filtered
before
being
discharged
to
sewer.
For
that,
he
said
that
their
company
holds
a
permit
with
the
city
of
Pineville.
This
process
wastewater
is
sent
to
the
municipal
wastewater
treatment
facility.
Therefore,
all
their
process
water
goes
to
POTW.
He
also
mentioned
that
their
facility
has
a
general
storm
water
permit
with
the
state.
But
he
said
that
storm
water
is
not
very
substantial
at
their
facility
and
it
only
includes
small
run
offs
from
the
labs
and
washrooms.
The
storm
water
is
directly
discharged
to
open
water
and
is
periodically
checked.
As
for
the
city
permit,
he
said
that
all
parameters
are
set
by
the
city
according
to
their
requirements.
The
pollutants
that
are
regulated
include,
pH,
pentachlorphenol,
phenol,
oil
and
grease,
CR,
Cu,
As
and
Mo.
Mr.
Galardo
mentioned
that
an
engineering
consulting
company
named
Bald
Engineering
completes
the
Form
R
for
them.
The
consultant
is
also
in
charge
of
taking
samples
and
measuring
the
amount
of
chemical
in
the
wastewater.
The
contact
at
Bald
Engineering
is
Randy
McGuire
@
(
205)
345­
6399.