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AR226-2342 DuPont Fiuoroproducts DuPont Fiuoroproducts Chestnut Run Plaza P.O.Box 80711 Wilmington, DE 19880-0711 October 20,2003 Document Control Office (DCO) Office o f Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) US Environmental Protection Agency EPA East, Room 6428 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 - VIA OVERNIGHTMAIL Attention: Docket No. AR-226 and/or OPPT-2003-0012 Re: Follow-up to September 15,2003 Submission o f DuPont Progress Report on Environmental Assessments Pursuant to the APFO Users LOI dated March 14, 2003: Air Dispersion Modeling Reports Dear Sir/Madam: Further to my letter o f September 1-5,2003 (referenced above) and DuPont commitments made in the above-identified LOI, air dispersion modeling, based upon year 2002 air emissions for the Washington Works facility and using the EPA approved Industrial Source Complex Short Term 3 (1SCST3) model, as described in the APFO Users LOI, has been completed. The report is included as Attachment 1. These modeled results are presented solely for the purpose of establishing a baseline year by which future reductions in air emissions can be compared. Verification o f the air model on which these results are based is planned to begin shortly. In addition, air dispersion modeling based upon air emissions from September 2002 through August 2003 has also been conducted, per request o f the Wst Virginia Department o fEnvironmental Protection. Those results are reported in Attachment 2. The modeled air emissions for this time period are reduced in comparison to the modeled air emissions for baseime year 2002: The reduction in air emissions is primarily due to the addition, in May 2002, o f a secondary recovery scrubber to the largest single emission point. The previously existing packed-bed scrubber collected 50% of the emitted material. The new device uses a deepbed fiber system to collect fine particles that were not collected by the existing scrubber. The recovery efficiency, measured across both devices, has been demonstrated to be 98% or greater. A SH 027173 EID780453 EXD780453 Document Control Office Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Page 2 October 20, 2003 Additional reductions in air emissions resulted from improvements applied to scrubbers on other significant emission points. A DuPont study identified improvements to scrubber operating parameters and changes to control strategies that can allow efficiencies to improve from 75% - 85% to 90% or better. If you need further clarification on the information presented with this letter, please contact me at the number provided below. ' Very truly yours, Attachments (2) David M. Rurak Safety; Health, and Environmental Manager Global Business Manager, APFO DuPont Fluoroproducts CRP Bid. 711/22I0-C P.O. Box 80711 Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0711 302-999-2415 (phone) 302-999-3095 (fax) E-mail: David.M.Rurak@usa.duDont.eom cc: Mary Dominiak, EPA (via overnight mail) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office o f Pollution Prevention and Toxics EPA East, Room 4410 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 564-4760 A SH 027174 EID780454 EXD780454