Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0032-2200
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2006-12-21T05:00Z

TELEPHONE CALL RECORD

    Incoming Call

 _ Outgoing Call

	

Account & Task Number

0172.03.005.042

	

Project Name

National Strategy, Evaluation of Category Discharges

	

Date

4/18/06	

Time 

4:00pm

Person Calling

Bryan Lange, Engineer	

Activity  

TRI reasonableness check, dioxin

Person Called

Don Nelson, Washington Department of Ecology permit writer for Kimberly
Clark mill in Everett	

Telephone No.

(360) 407-6940

General Subject

Notes from telephone conversation between Don Nelson, Washington Ecology
and Bryan Lange, ERG held on April 18, 2006.

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND ACTION TAKEN

Q: The permit for Kimberly Clark mill in Everett WA contains a Special
Condition (SP16) that requires them to submit study reports regarding
their furan discharges, can you send those reports?

Mr. Nelson faxed over a copy of the KC reports from 2004 and 2005
describing the actions and sampling with respect to control of furans.
The mill attributes furans largely to the raw water. Neither report
mentions anything about the dioxins and salt hog-fuel.

Q: Do other Washington mills have furan compliance issues? 

Furan limits are not consistent, KC is 10 ppq and Weyerhaeuser
Cosmopolis had not had furans compliance issues because their limit was
31.9 ppq.  

Q: I heard Weyerhaeuser planed to close the Cosmopolis mill middle of
next year, is that correct?

They plan to close in August of 2006.

Q: Has KC submitted study reports for dioxin? I spoke to Jim Ketchum he
indicated that salt laden hog fuel (specifically the hog fuel boilers
baghouse ash system) was a key component of dioxin formation. Has the
mill submitted info that would elaborate on that? Are there other mills
that burn salt-laden wood waste?

There isn’t a dioxin compliance problem at KC so no study reports have
been submitted.

Washington Department of Ecology doesn’t keep track of where the hog
fuel comes from.  No mills have logs floated to the mill, but KC has a
chip facility outside the mill that probably receives floated logs. 
Lots of mills buy chips from Canada. Up there it’s cheaper to
transport them that way.  The boiler MACT will reduce the practice of
burning salt-laden wood waste because of HCl formation. We have
considered asking KC to test their chips for dioxin. 

The Ranier mill in Pt. Angeles was able to reduce their dioxin by
installed a clarifier for their quenching water back in the 90’s, but
that mill has since closed.