Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0051-1167
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2023-08-16T04:00Z

From:
"Jones, DonnaLee" <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Sent:
Tue, 11 Apr 2023 15:22:42 
To:
Brenna M Harden <brenna.harden@dteenergy.com>; "McGinn; Kevin (he/him/his)" <mcginn.kevin@epa.gov>; "Shappley; Ned" <Shappley.Ned@epa.gov>
Subject:
RE:  ICR Enclosure 2 Fugitive Monitoring FINAL- DTE Vantage EES Coke
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Brenna - Please get the report to us as soon as you can, but no later than 6/2/23. If you have a summary table(s) you can send us before the report is done, that would be very very helpful. 
 
Im copying the ICR email. Please include this email on all emails.
 
Best of luck in your new ventures (and no more carbon copies!)
 
Regards,
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Donna Lee Jones, Ph.D.
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Senior Technical Advisor, Metals Sector
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U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
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Sector Policies and Programs Division / Metals & Inorganic Chemicals Group (D243-02)
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Research Triangle Park, NC  27711
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From: Brenna M Harden <brenna.harden@dteenergy.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 2:50 PM
To: Jones, DonnaLee <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Rob Sanch <robert.sanch@dteenergy.com>; David W Fanning Jr <david.fanning@dteenergy.com>; Laura J Harris <laura.harris@dteenergy.com>; Tim Rodak <trodak@cleanair.com>
Subject: RE: ICR Enclosure 2 Fugitive Monitoring FINAL- DTE Vantage EES Coke
 
Dr Jones, after checking in with the consultant and lab, we find that meeting the ICR deadline of April 24 for the final report is not reasonable. The final monitoring is expected to be completed April 21, 2023. Laboratory results continue to be delayed. Although we are aware that EPA would love the data sooner, ending two sets of reports were rushed and many changes happened between the two submittals (where proper QA/QC was allowed.) Is it possible to have the final report complete to you by June 2, 2023? This would provide time for receiving results from labs and proper QA/QC for the report.
 
Additionally, my final day with DTE Vantage - EES Coke Battery is on Friday, April 14. Please direct communications with Rob Sanch (carbon copied on this email) for future communications.
 
Regards,
Brenna Harden
DTE Vantage | EES Coke Battery, L.L.C., Senior Environmental Engineer
PO Box 18309, River Rouge, MI 48218o 313.297.4183 | m 734.320.5255
dtevantage.com
 
From: Brenna M Harden 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 3:35 PM
To: 'Jones, DonnaLee' <Jones.Donnalee@epa.gov>
Cc: Rob Sanch <Robert.Sanch@dteenergy.com>; David W Fanning Jr <David.Fanning@dteenergy.com>; Laura J Harris <laura.harris@dteenergy.com>; Tim Rodak <trodak@cleanair.com>
Subject: ICR Enclosure 2 Fugitive Monitoring - DTE Vantage EES Coke
 
Dr. Jones, I hope the new year finds you well. EES Coke has been diligently completing fugitive monitoring at the Island. As we prepare for the upcoming deadline, laboratory results have been taking longer than standard turn around times. I am sure some of it may have to do with the holidays but I believe that the majority of the delay revolves around labor shortage and delays in laboratory reports that the industry is observing since COVID. According to my notes the ICR would require the first three months of monitoring results for Fugitive Monitoring to be submitted by January 24, 2023. As of today, we have only received results from October 12, 2022 up to November 22, 2023 for Method BTEX (Method 324A/B) (three data sets). Additionally we have only received one data set for TO-13A (PAHs) and TO-15 (VOCs) from October 2022. Typically DTE likes to have a minimum of two weeks to review / correct any agency submission for good QA/QC protocols. After discussion with the subcontractor, we may receive one more set of data prior to January 24, 2023.
 
EES would love to meet the January 24, 2023 deadline but any report submitted by then would cover sampling results much less than the requested three months.  As EES is quite sure that EPA is eager to receive results, we can submit what we have for the January 24, 2023 deadline but it will be short several values. Subsequently, EES could send an amended 3-month report by February 10th based on current anticipated delivery of data, review and report generation. 
 
Dr. Jones, would EPA be OK with this approach (preliminary report on January 24 deadline with an amended report by February 10) or would you prefer all data at one report for the monitoring period on February 10th?
 
Regards,
Brenna Harden
DTE Vantage | EES Coke Battery, L.L.C., Senior Environmental Engineer
PO Box 18309, River Rouge, MI 48218
o 313.297.4183 | m 734.320.5255
dtevantage.com