Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0049-0104
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-25T04:00Z

From: 
Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Sent:
Thursday, November 3, 2022 5:00 PM
To: 
Joe Green <jgreen@kelleydrye.com>
Subject: 
FW: question about industry comment on EAF proposal

Here are some questions I sent to Wayne and Paul.

From: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov> 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:11 PM
To: D'Angelo, Wayne J. <wdangelo@kelleydrye.com>; pbalserak@steel.org
Subject: question about industry comment on EAF proposal

Hi Wayne and Paul  -  We have a question about a comment that referenced "Complaint, Appendix F, United States and State of West Virginia v. RG Steel Wheeling, LLC, Civil Action No. 5:12-cv-19 (N.D.W.Va) (Feb. 6, 2012). " Do you have this complaint? Its in regard to the comment below:

 "We are aware of one EAF steel facility operating in the United States that charges "Hot Metal" (i.e., molten iron from a blast furnace). EPA has shop opacity data from this unique facility that includes 77 non-zero six-minute average opacity readings from 2005-2008. See Complaint, Appendix F, United States and State of West Virginia v. RG Steel Wheeling, LLC, Civil Action No. 5:12-cv-19 (N.D.W.Va) (Feb. 6, 2012). " 

We only have one EAF in WV and its not RG Steel. We also can't find any facility that has 77 non-zero 6-min opacity readings in EPA shop opacity data. Can you just identify by name? Here is the list of 30 EAF facilities below.

                                     Count
                          Facility Name and Location
                                       1
AK Steel-Butler-PA
                                       2
AK Steel-Butler-PA
                                       3
AK Steel-Mansfield-OH
                                       4
AK Steel-Mansfield-OH
                                       5
Allegheny-Brackenridge-PA
                                       6
Allegheny-Brackenridge-PA
                                       7
Allegheny-Brackenridge-PA
                                       8
Allegheny-Brackenridge-PA
                                       9
Allegheny-Latrobe-PA
                                      10
Allegheny-Latrobe-PA
                                      11
CMC-Birmingham-AL
                                      12
CMC-Birmingham-AL
                                      13
CMC-Cayce-SC
                                      14
CMC-Mesa-AZ
                                      15
CMC-Seguin-TX
                                      16
CMC-Seguin-TX
                                      17
Gerdau-Beaumont-TX
                                      18
Gerdau-Cartersville-GA
                                      19
Gerdau-Cartersville-GA
                                      20
Gerdau-Cartersville-GA
                                      21
Gerdau-Charlotte-NC
                                      22
Gerdau-Jackson-MI
                                      23
Gerdau-Jackson-TN
                                      24
Gerdau-Jackson-TN
                                      25
Gerdau-Jacksonville-FL
                                      26
Gerdau-Knoxville-TN
                                      27
Gerdau-Knoxville-TN
                                      28
Gerdau-St.Paul-MN
                                      29
Gerdau-Wilton-IA
                                      30
North American Stainless-Ghent-KY

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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