Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0121-0016
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-08-22T04:00Z

Contact
Report
Date:
June
20,
2002
From:
Brenda
Shine
North
State
Engineering,
Inc.

To:
MON
Project
File
Subject:
Contact
Report
 
Mr.
Dave
Turtle
Rhodia,
Inc.
298
Jersey
Avenue
New
Brunswick,
NJ
08901
(
732)
659­
2169
Summary:
On
June
20,
Mr.
Turtle
returned
a
call
I
made
earlier
to
him
regarding
follow
up
information
on
methanol­
containing
wastewater
streams
at
the
facility.
In
the
Section
114
information
request
filled
out
by
the
facility
in
June
of
1997,
one
methanol­
containing
wastewater
stream,
process
water
from
the
Coumarin
process,
was
reported
as
being
generated,
managed
and
treated.
I
contacted
the
facility
to
verify
some
information
regarding
this
streams.
My
questions,
and
Mr.
Turtle's
responses
are
presented
below.

1.
Is
the
process
generating
these
streams
still
operating?

No.
The
facility
shut
down
several
weeks
ago.

2.
Was
any
other
HAP
contained
in
the
wastewater
stream?

No.

3.
Was
the
stream
hardpiped
to
treatment?

Yes,
the
stream
was
hardpiped
to
atmospheric
storage
tank(
s)
prior
to
treatment
in
the
high
efficiency
methanol
recovery
column.
The
incoming
methanol
concentration
of
the
stream
approached
20%
by
weight.
98%
of
the
methanol
from
this
stream
was
recovered
by
the
column.
The
column
was
dedicated
to
this
operation.
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4.
Was
the
process
used
to
generate
the
wastewater
a
batch
process?
Yes,
the
process
was
batch.