Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-1999-0076-0034
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2002-07-01T04:00Z

MEMORANDUM
TO:
3848.141
file
FROM:
Craig
Simons,
DPRA
DATE:
September
10,
1999
SUBJ:
Record
of
communication
with
Jerry
Oldenwelder,
Horseheads.
(610­
826­
2111)

I
called
regarding
some
of
our
assumptions
in
the
F006
analysis.
He
was
somewhat
abrupt–
not
making
for
a
long
conversation.
Not
unfriendly,
but...

Regarding
our
assumptions
on
minimum
loads,
he
said
they
did
not
deal
with
small
loads.
The
material
they
get
is
primarily
from
preprocessors–
and
they
do
deal
in
supersacks–
only
bulk.
Consequently
he
really
could
not
address
our
assumption
regarding
the
minimum
load
costs.
(On
the
other
hand
when
I
asked
him
about
recycling
charges,
he
said
they
were
very
competitive
with
landfills–
and
since
our
minimum
charge
assumption
is
based
on
landfill
charges,
it
may
not
be
inappropriate–
my
conclusion,
not
his.)

I
noted
that
we
assumed
a
charge
for
recycling
of
about
$200
to
$400
per
ton.
He
said
this
was
too
high–
they
were
more
in
line
with
landfill
charges.
They
do
not,
however
pay
for
metal
values.
He
thought
a
charge
of
$100
to
$200
per
ton
may
be
more
in
line.