Document 5DnDV0j7aO0zDnKwy30BeYO3J
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
CLEAN AIR ACT INSPECTION REPORT EMCO Chemical Distributors, Pleasant Prairie, WI
FROM:
Aileen Drum, Environmental Scientist AECAB (IL/IN)
THRU:
Nathan Frank, Section Supervisor AECAB (IL/IN)
TO:
File
BASIC INFORMATION
Facility Name: EMCO Chemical Distributors
Facility Location: 8601 95th Street Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
Date of Inspection: 2/6/24
EPA Inspector(s): 1. Aileen Drum, Physical Scientist 2. Dakota Prentice, Environmental Engineer 3. Brianna Fenzl, Environmental Engineer
Other Attendees: 1. Brad Wozniak, EHS Specialist 2. Carter Hanson, Director of Environmental & Sustainability
Contact Email Address: bwozniak@emcochem.com , chanson@emcochem.com
Purpose of Inspection: To determine compliance with the conditions of the Air Pollution Control Operation Permit issued on June 1, 2022 and the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan.
Facility Type: Chemical Packaging and Distribution Facility
Facility Name: EMCO Chemical Distributors Facility Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI Date of Inspection: February 6, 2024
Regulations Central to Inspection: 40 CFR Part 63, subpart VVVVVV and the Wisconsin State Implementation Plan.
Arrival Time: 1:23 PM Departure Time: 3:07 PM
Inspection Type: Unannounced Inspection Announced Inspection
OPENING CONFERENCE
Presented Credentials Stated authority and purpose of inspection Provided Small Business Resource Information Sheet Small Business Resource Information Sheet not provided. Reason: Provided CBI warning to facility
The following information was obtained verbally from Brad Wozniak and Carter Hanson unless otherwise noted.
Process Description: Raw material comes in via rail or tanker to one of four loading and unloading areas (LULs). Tankers are washed onsite. Once received, chemicals may be offloaded to indoor or outdoor storage tanks, pumped to the fill room, and/or filled directly into totes or drums without blending. Viscous chemicals are transferred to LUL 4 (the "warm room") to facilitate pumping. Chemicals are blended in the fill room or the compound room. The compound room is heated to make viscosity adjustments and create a homogenous mix. Final products are moved to the floor stock or are shipped using EMCO's private fleet of trucks.
Staff Interview: The facility operates from 6AM to 10PM or 12AM five days a week. Prior to discharging wastewater from tanker cleaning to the City of Kenosha, pH is tested, and a visual check is performed. The facility washes about twenty tankers per day.
TOUR INFORMATION
EPA Toured the Facility: Yes
Data Collected and Observations: EPA walked the production process including all four LULs, the main fill room, the compound room, and tank storage area. An air scrubber was observed at LUL 4 that activates during loading and unloading. EPA was led through the area where tanker washing occurs.
Facility Name: EMCO Chemical Distributors Facility Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI Date of Inspection: February 6, 2024
Photos and/or Videos: were taken during the inspection and are listed in Appendix A.
Field Measurements: were not taken during this inspection.
CLOSING CONFERENCE
Provided U.S. EPA point of contact to the facility
Requested documents: 2023 Production log and facility-wide throughput. 2023 emissions calculations including all emissions factors and assumptions. Highlight tanker cleaning emissions and document all assumptions used in development of tanker cleaning emissions factors.
DIGITAL SIGNATURES
Digitally signed by Drum,
Drum, Aileen Date: 2024.03.08 Aileen Report Author: ______________0_9_:09_:2_2_-0_6'0_0_' ___________
Section Supervisor:
NATHAN
Digitally signed by NATHAN FRANK
Date: 2024.03.08
_F__R_A__N_K_______1_1:_53_:3_0 -_06_'0_0'_____________
APPENDICES 1. Appendix A: Digital Image Log and Digital Video Log
APPENDIX A: DIGITAL IMAGE LOG AND DIGITAL VIDEO LOG
Facility Name: EMCO Chemical Distributors Facility Location: Pleasant Prairie, WI Date of Inspection: February 6, 2024
Inspector Name: A. Drum Archival Record Location: AECAB Library > Enf_EMCOPleasantPrairie_WI_24 > Enf_ EMCOPleasantPrairie_WI_24_Inspection
Image Number
1
File Name P2060007.JPG
Date and Time (incl. Time zone and DST) 2/6/24 2:38 PM CST
Latitude and Longitude
Not Available
Description of Image Compound Room
P2060008.JPG
2/6/24
Not Available
Main Fill Room
2:43 PM CST
2
P2060009.JPG
2/6/24
Not Available
Tank Room
3
2:47 PM CST