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f ^K).es3 1441 S. KINGSHIOHWAY ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 43110 * WAREHOUSE & AFFIWATBO WITH INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OP TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS. WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OP AMERICA May 18, 1967 Mr. Billot F. Porter Jr. Executive Secretary Missouri Air Conservation Commission Post Office Box 1062 Jefferson City, Missouri 'W Bear Sir: Teamsters Local 688 has received many complaints from our members who are employed by the St. Joseph Lead Company in Her culaneum, Missouri1 also we have received complaints from local citizens living in Herculaneum regarding the pollution of the air in the area. We have discussed correcting this problem with the company on several occasions to no avail. In our opinion this pollution problem is quite serious and we are suggesting an investigation be conducted by your office and all possible corrective measures be taken to improve this most serious condition of smoke, gas, fumes and dust which St. Joseph Lead Company is dumping onto the town of Herculaneum and surround ing areas. UAWRASDN RIGGS XU PRESIDENT 25 0 PARK AVENUE New York. N.Y. 10017 TCLC^HONC 2IZ-S66-7474 Mr. Harold J. Gibbons, Secretary-Treasure, Warehouse & Distribution Workers'.Union Local No. 688 1641 S. Kingshighway St. Louis, Missouri 63110 Dear Mr. Gibbons: Thank you for your note of May 18th, which I received on May 29th, informing us of your recent action in regard to what you believe to be an excessive fume condition at St. Joe's smelter at Herculaneum, Missouri. I assure you that the problems of health and safety for employees and the inhabitants of the Herculaneum area are of real concern to the St. v3T6e management and to me personally. Over the years we have prided ourselves on maintaining the best health and working conditions in our industry. You are aware, I am sure, that St. Joe is just completing the enlargement of its lead smelting facilities at Herculaneum, nearly doubling the capacity of the plant. This rather difficult construction project has been carried on concurrently with plant operations, and unquestionably there have been temporary periods when working conditions left much to be desired. The only part of the new facilities on which wo have not yet been able to start construction is a new sulphuric acid plant which, when in operation, will remove practically all the sulphur dio;:iue fumes generated in the sintering process. Unfortunately the construction of this plant cannot go forward until the old sinter plant is removed. It is also necessary to have certain operating data from the new sinter plant which is now being broken in, m order to engineer some of the main features of the new acid plant. The majority of our people in the plant and in the community have been cooperative and understanding, recognizing that the problems \.hach have arisen in this expansion program are temporary and will be correctou. I appreciate your concern and wish to assure you of my person. -nterest and _ . neere dedication to improving the problems of health and safe of our employees. I think and hope that you agree that early completion of xhw smelting facilities and the sulphuric acid plant are in the best iru^res-i of the Herculaneum community. 000007 Sincerely yours. *:W v*<ipyn't-'**-v--** . Wfc- I ' ' _____ ..........,............., . ,. . .........i. ,,,, , . . , . , , ........ *, ,---------------- ---------------------------------------ift--* - * ** p mtUS4 '.yV v - Beer Sir, We hove hoard about your efforts to give the people of America .ns , 'S'* %< -iJ _ 6i I"-;.-'* I- <'.* - Y < Cleon air to breath thus we are writing toyou ab^ut & little ' ` a - \ ' /..part of America thr-t does not hove this p rive lege of breathing .clean ; -A: 't-jair. The town is Iterculanium, MS>souri and"the coufo of tue r .V--> Y'.sr-- - ' . .' V Wkeand leed filtering though the air is St.Joseph Lead Co. ' ,, ... . w. m ,V-v;-C , l V ; ,H , fit There is. an rented@y for the trouble and the people from our grpup. -rs. talked'with the company about it without much "success... , . v*2 ^\*4f;.>.! ;`fs' The employees- of St. Joseph Lead Co. get lead poisoning and' :A'Vt CV . f - ' -HCav1 . 'rreecceive noo* compensation from the company to help them overcome the - . .* *' ' ~t sicknes*\while rewovering. They continue to work in most all- cases#*] v V' the yard while they should be home resting. . **>v 7.` ' `wV$^k*^*~--4ife wish fovryonr concern-in thi's--mftt*ter"and"`h'op*e that'you can_y\[t k/i.-ViV r<; , c.'. ` . y " ' ' give hope to us and the,..good people of Hereulaaium that on \ ' . . . '. . * \. ;* . V Va<v:*:- *** r ' ` 'morning we may broe-th vat rare product--CLEAN *A1E. ^ ... ,f;Q v ' .SvV; .,v ". . Y ' . * j'i ,YV" ii ill ilium .............A ii h*TIii> ` r iMi iimli i *~~r r in' iilV II . ... . ^77 hi. VnVf ;\ - f, -. ; ,X^.v< .A,. |K --/cm ...: :v;^m T% w*." ' *' ':'' "~i if'v; . '-* ji.*' sr.'.'iidSis5 tow Ttr^ afetifiT t>fri3nuf! <*"* Hi adefe to'* fejitb ' : fiOflufl vax y? ; k: ) ,ir ft f fWjLif- SP1a1W^**fe^E|S3a wm m ? m> 80-. & Street Box 548 Herculaneum. Missouri 21 p Code _____ Phene Ho. _____ lu$peetf$. . Source St. teed- Company Location of Source Mate Street -- Remarks smoke Is very bad cannot breathe -> not bad'all of the time -- very thick' smote sometimes corner fof ^ON CONIRdl DIVisit) :wi F 9 ^ li Date 7* 2 2 f 9 1 ! 3 j 4 11 12 V11' Municipality tS3e 4effernor 'County Name 17 18 19 20 21 Complainant's Grid No Co3e 44* 4LWiWiiiijlte aa 23 24 25 LriSpecific Pollutants 1 90 icld Mist 1 Smoke 3 Sdor. -5' Fly ash 8 Noise 2 Dust 4 Soot Fumes 9 Other 26 27 28 1 Soiling 2 Eye irritat " Effects __ . 8 3 teplmatory' Irritatffn 4 Nausea S Plant ` 6 Materiil FT7 Reducedwvi slbil ity %|Dt & Curve 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 31 Date & Time Year" "Start 39 Duration 40 Weather * 1 Clear 2 Cloudy 3 Fog 4 Rain 5 Snow Received by Donna 42 43 44 45 Name Wind direction & speed (actual} Via Phone (x ) Letter ( ) Personal call { ) 4 No. of people Assigned to titssfluri, Alr^ms&X20^io^^ ____ ______________ Inspector^ Name tom affected *ode Humber TfTEsTrPoW Tr-QTTsrm.si.... s? Person contacted Title_______ ____ Phone No. Date Investigated Month- Day Tear 53 54 Source Address Recommendations & Disposition Name Street &.No. Investigator Code 55 56 57 58 Class of Source(s) "Code 59 60 61 Name Municipality Code Harne" 62 63 64 65 66 67 Grid No. 68 69 70 000026 , .. I j | '"7 _ I& at,, 5Pll>rn Eijgi.* r?n ***** 1 If^4*I^- T--geTdefd-o"rl*d;"ab.tatit. tnoott.ok* ekye'ypp^uan>cdhei d. < 1*10 11-13 ~U*M 17-22 Tljne and ds#of receipt of oomplalnt, to the exa^t rimt*. |.|.. a esmpWnt re <*# chived at 9:21 a.ra, September 2, 1968, would read -- 09 02 55 0921. ! '' Kl MtiiSf rtcolylog. oowplatut. ' o! In St. Louis County. .. U1 ?M$ grid ^tem Is the same as that utilized by the St, Louis Metropolitan state Study, * " 23-25 Three columns are allocated to "pollutants". Entry of the most Important to the ^ least Important should be placed in that order in these columns. In the event only w one or two df the fisted Items are complained of, zeros should be entered In columns 24 and/or 25 as required. * .,Wt 26-28 9*38 Same as next above. Zeros to be placed in columns 27 and/or, 28 as required. - Time and date of pollution Incident complained of. **1 39 Duration'incident fcode). Duration to be coded as; follows: Code U-,0-1/2 hr.: code 2; 1/2-1 hr.: code 3; 1-2hrs.,: code4;2-4 hrs.: code5; 4-8hrs.; -- code 6;8-1 hrs,: code 7; 12-24 hrs.: code 8; 1day to 1 week: code 9 more than 1 week, ~ 40 Weather ~~ utilize one of the indicated numbers. 41-45 Actual wind direction and speed at time of Incident as determined from In-house or ~ weather bureau data for the hour in question. Direction to be in degrees of the circle, i.e., NNE *028. Speed to be in actual miles or knots per hour and entered- in columns 44 and 45. 46 Number of people affected to be coded as follows; 1 person - code 1: 2 persons - code 2: 3 to 5 persons - code 3: 6 to 10 persons * code 4: 11 to 15 persons - ( code 5: 16 to 25 persons - code 6: 26 to 40 persons - code 7: 41 to 100 persons -f * code 8: over 100 persons - code 9. ., 47-52 Date investigation made or Initiated. 53-54 Numerical code to identify inspectors. 55-58 This code is utilized to describe the type of activity in which the industrial or commercial pollutant source is engaged. The four digit system, published by the Bureau of the budget, is titled "Standard Industrial Classification Manual". A supplement thereto was published in 1963. Additional codes will be established to identify individual and/or householder types of pollutant activity. 59-61 Municipality of Source. (Same code as columns 14 through 16 above.) 62-67 Grid coordinates of Source. (Same system used in columns 17 through 22 above.) 68-70 Three spaces are allocated which will allow identification of a maximum of three (3) of the following six (6) types of collectors which may be in use at a pollution source: 1 - Settling chambers; 2 - Inertial separators: 3- Cyclones: 4 - Filters 5 * EloctrioaT precipitators: 6 - Scrubbers. ~ 4Q0G2T w the people or Jfe;pculaneum, Missouri in order to hrf&th..podsoil free air wish :'to ca,ll your attention to thp lead filled, air* whdoh we have been breathing for many years* .... r, - , It effects our pets, our children and l^y.js could b corrected If 3t.Eoaeph Lead Company would spend the money* Please help us to correct this air polluatlon problem so we can live and raise healthier families* SIGNED: THE PEOPLE OF HERCULANEUM, MISSOURI w JXv jUvneMy ,,A. %r /**** '. ^ <j * (P * ^ ** " ~~~ *^*A~*- jfcU*** ** s*~ &**** ***&**', , qiju Jk JU ~ fi*~ " t 000050 Bill matmm ' 3 mim* fttnmii C@il Barron : Laahloy 0M#^' &&A&kt&9 ' Mvld' $Mitaeia? '"' Robert Wm&P @m$0 w^ete&r ' Mlehael LtfUtf J*Combs RLStazla? E*n*Twmr 3uvaim $*f*WhSt# Sr, B*A*Wal&er Homer LeMirnd R*B@bbftt O%40*0#Srini PavlA L&oxse* R^E^ibarbo^ean D*C*Gash Henry A Ewrett Potter J.C.Smith AaLaHom Garmon Moss James W*Montgomery Ronnie Carroll larry "` .c. Wm#A*fcmke ' Bill.' 0<^#toa ' ' Bemxsy Robinson 00Boyer 4ABarlow 0soar Rlt$iar&aB Marvii& * 2*AB@yr tony Pagan BW*Biasky Ha XiaWall'S* DaLaWilliams K'.L.Bulleeh -&Antiftggab TCa&wdllad@r Gary Bellvilla Jo lorn Charles Hearst Fa$n Horridg J.H*Griffin Wayne J*Mddley Themas C* Ramsey Ual Raanio Harry Rasnio Pii Slmpion f*Citel0y ,<; RwBt&ti&fW 000051 rfMafy/k# ******* *0*** i&*f Sp, sk&rfn^fK ' :. ,.'!:"-r-rr/-*- ' '' ' "'"7 ^ajaj^mf|iiLJA|iai AIR C0SSEB.VACTMCMIXg8|SS mm St. Joseph toil hi been opmmim in Missouri for 106 year*, fhseteg wa of Shis period w few been si# tosdiag- lead pfodueftf la the' nation. ' Smelting sad reflates opersttem bmgm te igfmteMW in lli% md have continued in the sim location for almost 80 fmm Oaring ell of its tin# la eir sconce, the mmgomnt of the Hi-teiiwa Shelter has bean keenly ware of its* responsibilities to the people working for the Company and to the people living in the area surrounding it# operation. A a part of this responsibility , the (Company has recognised that the carets m$m**m* of gas, mk or industrially contasdastsd water should he n/jfpftMi* , -" fonsaqumtly, our effort to present smote less and dissipate estesio&s hag&a with the corntmotiisn of the Mmul&mmm plant fte lift and have contteasd without interruption ever since* fh* Itest bag filtering device to recover smote from smelter gases was built at the Herculaneum plant in 1910. This was one of the first so^oalled kaghouaeis built anywhere in the world, At the sam* time, a brick smote stack* 350 feet high, was attached to the b&ghmm to allow dissipation of any smoke escaping the bag filters. At fcka time, this Stack was one of the tallest in the country. ' Our efforts to control pollution, therefore * anticipated by many years the current enthusiasm and mod for creating a cleaner environment. **s ham made coneiatent pragma over the years and have spent many dollari* dpJtei W zmmllm that one reaction to this preamble sight be, **fo whetf Wu* tem you done lately?" Therefore, it is in order to review some of the things w have done within the past 8 years, what m are working on mt the ttiewttimft* and what m are thinking about for the near future. la liil, wa increased cmr capacity to filial? smeUwr gteas by etenfciag a 35Ct909 hibie fast per minute baghoose of the most modem type available* It It opaiap|&g at an efficionsy approaching 99 %/%%* Urn tost was ^$x3d$mmiw #00,000. It is- worthwhile noting* at this time., that a formal o*4it was placed tor this- begh&us* on 4uif M* 1960, but it did w&t begin operating until April 33, 1941. fbts represents a construction time fable of 21 months. 1m 1942, w installed a nw slag granulation system at our blast furnace to ridue# the smote* resulting from slag handling* this project cost #0,000. 000068 In 1963# we eoaplatad development of a ow stylo blast furnace incorporating a thimbl top to Imiib ofc* onp charging tfca furnace. DavaJapnaat coat mm $125,000* In 1963, w revised our silvar cop! oo that aooka issuing iron it would bm filtered through a bughouse instead of ascuspiag into the air- The coat was Xa III#* a small batfona* ms added to the research building to filter smoke and imm issuing from pilot plant operation, The coat, $3,000* X 1964 1966, wm engaged in a sultl*Killlon dollar plant ospansioa \ program, a portion of which included a newjslaterlag^g&gi!t* designed s \ that sulfur dlo&id generated in roasting iea3*~uXFide could b converted ! to sulfuric acid, thus removing the equivalent SO2 from the atmospheric j emission, The coat of the sintering machine was $1,800,000* / 1966 - Installed improved ventlliafclon system at the blast furnaces to capture mk% exmatad by tapping Sag* Prior to this, such &tmkm aotapad* by S short tftMMdSt into the air* the coat of this change w& $4,094 pat umt*aa m * total of $12,000, ' 1066 - Further improved the slag handling system which entirely eliminated all smoke issuing from the granulation process* Cost of this system wm $220,000* 1967 - Installed a 200,000 cubic taat fan to improve draft and smoke conditions at the blast furnaces, feat va* $60,000. 1967 - Installed a system of water apcays for gas cooling at the blast furnace and dross furnace to improve draft and lessen smoke losses. Cost was $1,000* 1987 ~ Constructed & water coaled hood at the top of each blast furnace to prevent the frequent busm^eat which permit moke escape Cost $14,000 each, or $42,000 for three furnaces* 1968 - Installed a trial set of cast iron door to cover the charge openings at the top of the blast furnaces in order to prevent smoke escape, the first set of doors cost $3,000* This proved fairly successful under certain conditions, so another mt of imm ware installed on the second and third furnaces. Total cost was $13,000. 1969 - Completed construction of an acid plant which convert a sulfur diotida to sulfuric acid* This ha lowered our S02 emissions from in axeaas of 3,000 PPM to about 1,099 WU md sometimes even lee. Goat of the acid plant and amcilliarias warn $4,500,990* 1969 - Initiated a program for study of our entire gas handling system which involve temporaturea, pressure and volumes. This brings ue up to tha peasant* OOOOfifl 1970 - 0a February 23th m & result #f th ab*v Investigation, w placed urn order far an experimental gas mmltn tmm m wr dro furnace. fcotlnatod cost cl the xporla*&e*l oqelpMtcil will ha about $30,000. Th pftrfoxvMftoo of this tower will he evaluate and, II ttt*oful, much Itxitr, ateHav structure will be applied a one bid** fimiiMBaa* 411 of these mpaadlturaa total $7,803,000. 1970 - Initiated inquiries to 7 eompsnie, currently mtlm in the ait pollution field, for aistance in planning further control of eiaok* ewtasias. It would seem in retrospect, and considering the tine and wa#y our Cosspany hisa expended on the general topic of air pollution, that all of our problems would have been solved. Indeed, ve haw made substantial progress, fmt as we move ahead w@ establish for ourselves new goals of efficiency end higher performance standards. He mm not satisfied with the smoke condition a they presently are* Him ere cceaions when mt control system go out of osdft* or s piece of breaks down. Whea thins happens w have smoke escape for the period'of da* it takes to *o~dj|ut our operations. Our present thinking is that.,in the near future,we will require still more bagheuso filtering equipment, probably a 200,000 or 230,000 cubic feet per minute unit with such additional auxilliary equipment as fans, flues, controls. In addition, a gas cooling device of some type will be required. Sine this could require expenditures in excess of 1.5 million dollar, we int end to be reasonably certain of success before committing ourselves. J. tf Sherman 000070 ,HNo. & Street |fip Code ___ _ ^Suspected f Source^ 1 Ucati on : of Source; l Remarks v . . ' ' Agency TUJ# : -M mi_ff_1.3..1. -JO:TSi T%? v 11? A * -t ? wy*w~. loyi Grid No. '| w< 1....-' 1 /lispSpecific. Po&lutants 23- 24, 2P _, 3 3 'XtO:... t'iTOwh1Z ''wipswri , . 42: Pseusattj *--' F__UM j KsisunA 29 me * Time 'Ity 36 37*/ Received by Name Via Phone:^%'$9na1 call ( } I Assigned toC^ Duration 40 /Wfather _ 41 Wind direction & speed (actual No. of people affected 1 Clear 2 clou# 3 Fog 4 Rain ' ' * Snow 43 -.4..4. --TmT*" INVESTIGATION I Person contacted ______________ \ Title Phone No, Source Address ! Recommendations i & Disposition Name Street & No. 47".. Date Investigated 53 54 ay Year Investigator Class of Soyrce(s) 55 56 57 58 Code 59 60 61 Municipality Code lame' 62- 68 64 85 68 67 Grid No, 000080 " ` %"" - *s*' "V t*" nSJp4i m1?/ ''t^'ilil'f;1 TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION No. 688 300 SOUTH GRAND ST. -LOUIS, MISSOURI 43103 4WMA?fP WITH INliftNATIONM MOTMIRHOOD 0? TIAMfiT6R8 CHAUMEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HEtfERS OP AMERICA November 19, 1970 Senator Stewart Symington Senate Office Building Washington, DC. MftNQV 23 la'/fj Dear Senator Symington: l would first like to start off by congratulating you on your recent re-election. I am a Business Agent for the Teamsters Union, Local No. 688 in St. Louis, Missouri. The topic of your speech at our City-Wide Shop Conference was very impressive and I am certain that you made a lot of friends from Local No. 688. I represent a factory located in Herculaneum, Missouri, St. Joseph Minerals Corporation. This Company is engaged in the smeltering and refining of lead and by-products such as sulphuric acid. I am sure you have probably heard of this Company because it is one of the largest lead producing concerns in the United States. The plant employs approximately 475 to 500 people and is located on the Mississippi River, right in the middle of the small town of Herculaneum. . I have certain feelings that they are making various attempts to control the amount of pollution that gets into the air. However, with people living in the area trying to raise their families in a normal healthy manner it becomes rather discouraging. This is especially true in the summertime, when you like to spend time with your children and family outside and you have emission from lead furnaces hanging as thick as any fog. 000087 TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNiON N*. 688 300 SOUTH GRAND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63103 AFFILIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS OP AMERICA Stator Stewart Symington November 19, 1970 Page 2 ' There is a publio thoroughfare passing by the plant itself that on certain days, even with your head lights on, you cannot drive through. There are schools in very close proximity to this plant, as well as a small businss^district and even a doctor's office. I know that to say to a Company of this nature to either clean it up or shut it down means the loss of many jobs and livelihood for many people. However, if you and the power of your office could exert some sort of pressure on a Company like this, 1 am sure that steps could be taken to improve the lives and neighborhoods of the poor people who have to live in this area. I know that a big portion of your platform was based on the theory of correcting and improving where ever possible, air, water and soil pollution. Again I ask you not only as a representative of the employees at the plant, but also as a citizen of the Community to please use whatever influence that you may be able to exert to try and investigate the problem <; , The men in the plant put a lot of faith in you and the wonderful record in regard to Labor. Again thank you very much. Sincerely yours, TEAMSTERS LOCALJJNION NO. 688 GFW/lk GLEN F. WRIGHT BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE 000088 * ^ COpy January' 11, 1971 Honorable Stuart Symington United States Senator Senate Office Building Washington# 0, C. 20510 bear Senator Symingtons in response to your recent letter concerning guestion raisM %y Mr, mim p. mifht in a Ifttfar tp you .oh 9, 19t0 {a copy is enclosed tor-your 1 would like to report to you the status of pollution control at the St. Joseph Minerals Corporation1^ ' Herculaneum, Missouri plant. I am sure you will be interested to learn that thi# company has been one of the leaders in the air pollution control of lead smelters in the nation, it-was o^f-' of the first companies to build a ba$house control system (a vacuum cleaner type operation usi.ig twelve foot long cloth sacks). This was installed in 1910 and was the first used in lead smelting, ht the same time the company built a 350 foot stack "to dissipate the smoke and gases in order to reduce ground level concentrations** Since 1S62 the company has reported spending $7,800,00.0 for air pollution control. Part of this expenditure included (1) a new baghonsie with a capacity to filter 350.000 cubic feet per minute dust laden air with a collection efficiency of 99*B%9 and (2) an acid plant which converts sulfur dioxide from the sintering process to- sulfuric acid* The reduction in sulfur dioxide nm 67 *.6.00 tons per y leaving an exit concentration of 1.000 parts per million, ug opposed to over 3,0-0-0 par-tp pur million originally, ipm oramission has air gjiaiity in thu ^rcuianeu|n area in order to aaourtain.' the ground tovtl cohoantrations with which - thf- . must ifv%* and also to obtain tractive records of 'the iraprovoim&t or -doeline of air quality*) 000099 Honorable Stuart Symington ~2~ January XI, 1971 The emissions to which Mr* 'bright was most likely referring were fro the blast furnace processes* The emission from the blast furnace operation. mm dilated to the companye a present bughouse* However, when certain temperature conditions exist, cooling air is vented into the system to prevent the bags from igniting, leaving a reduced draft on the blast furnace amissions and allowing them to escape uncontrolled into the atmosphere. The fugitive emissions occur sporadically, at times once a month, and at other times as much as three timers a week, with a duration of up to thirty minutes per occurrence. The company was officially cited by the commission on March 9, 1970 to cease and desist these emissions. A conference was held on March 23, 1970 to determine whether the company would willingly abate these emissions, or if the Commission would be required to take legal step to see that those emissions are abated. The company pledged themselves to willfully abate any emission determined to be in violation of the state's regulations and immediately hired a consulting firm to draw up plant? and specifications necessary to control these emissions. The "ball-park" company estimate was a new bughouse to cost two and one-half million dollars. The consultants estimate was a baghouse to cost four million dollars. Because* of the large sum of money involved to control a sporadic emission, the company requested time to investigate other alternatives. On Decamber 31, 1970, St. Joe requested a variance from the Commission for the time necessary to install the four million dollar baghouse. The Commission will discuss this variance application at its monthly meeting on January 27, 1971. I trust I have not been too verbose in reporting the status of this company* air pollution control endeavors. The company is not perfect, but ha done much to correct its problems, if you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact me. very truly your. James H. Bogle Chairman 000100 ti > '' % '''t*"1 . '"***< tyM-9./9ro \9 &WJ D SmzJ. ^CuAUcd ~*t/z& >86 QtPOM> A/M-dcclci'/Timro, ^/Q<^A&d^^cAo *?Zboot^/Q/& -tAe, &Lb '& Oynv 'A^ucllA^z^ '^AtLtLC, *-CQ/ CL 'GCLCHj -^syv C^^nQgjsn&ncj s&Ac coCI&a; -^co ~&&cvzCj: G6&-n_, GJs-O-t-uC -~&20 XCUJl). ' ^AuX/^Aicciccij Oec^. 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The fugitive emissions occur sporadically, at time once a month, and at other times as much as three time a week* with a duration of up to thirty minutes per occurrence. The company was officially- cited toy the Commission on March 9, 1970 to cease and desist these emissions. A conference was held on March 23, 1970 to determine whether the company would willingly abate these emissions or if the Commission would be required "to take legal steps to see that these emission are tete-* . ' _ Tbf mpapfiy pledgedfil^msalFta to willfully abate any effllsfipn* dhtewrilgpiiirtb toe in Mpiation of the iifts1 regulation 4y|> immediately hired a faulting firm to draw up plane *m ippppoa- tions necessary to control these emissions. The ball-par^ `Ob$pay estimate was a new toaghouse to cost two and one-half million dollars. The consultant's estimate was a bughouse to cost four million dollars, because of the large sum of money involved to control a sporadic emission* the company requested time to investigate other alternatives. On December 31, 1970, St. Joe Lead requested and received a variance from the commission for the time necessary to install the four million dollar baghouse. Every four months St. Joe Lead will furnish the Commission with progress reports describing construction and projected start-up data. This variance shall be in effect until January 27* 1972 at which time the St. Joe Minerals corporation may apply for an extension of said variance. I trust l have not been too verbose in reporting the status of this company's air pollution control endeavors. The company i* not perfect* but ha done much to correct its problems. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. very truly yours* HDSiJRCjih Enclosure H. D. She11, P. D. Acting Executive secretary 000114 Source j. ZTI7: general Jvame . Company County (area) C___ cTpT?.. Company Location Company representative (title) _ * ? v' i^r tr 71* i' i~ Mailing address Phone Pollutant: ' / "smoke - Z__ / dUSt / / noise Type of operation: /""7/ agriculture rZ7 chemical z*_ 1/7 asphalt / 17 glass Z^.77 iAeineratof / _7 refractory z_ 3 power plants / / general / 7 other 7~"7 open burning / _/7 wood products / / cement and lime Z__7 other Complaint: -1 ' ' ^ Received by: ff\ (h ( r /^Hsf phone 7717 verbally / 7 referred / 1 ^ _ / 7 letter 7~ 7 other _______ ________ ' Received from: - yOs^-individuai 7 / petition ' - ^ ,- " : 7 7 anonymous / 7 other ; . Name Addre s s Comments . W77 C2/2sr--/r^ 7Stfll -mm mil-; Investigation: . / / Not investigated (comment) Date investigated __.Investigator 7 7 Violation of Regulation _j> Findings'.and comments t-T/ 7 373 Recommendation: MACC-16CR #lf V CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD DATE:__ ig.ptegfegr__,ljlv_iaZ________ T: _1 :QQ p.m. NAME OF COMPLAINANT: .Vicki Rugonen ADDRESS: __ 1002, North Mill Street; Festus. Missouri TELEPHONE NO. : 314/937-5672_______________________________________ NAME OF SOURCE: St. Joe Minerals Corporation ADDRESS OF SOURCE: Hurculaneum. Missouri DISPOSITION: Ms. Puronen said the sulfur dioxide fumes had been unbearable recently and she wanted to know if anything was being done. Lately she has had headaches because of the emissions and the direction of the wind. Mr. Puronen said emissions from the plant had gotten much worse since the old plant manager had left. I explained that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources had the primary enforcement responsibility and recommended that she call Mr. Michael Marshall. Gale A. Wright 0002R8 ^V*.~^--~-'3Vf'"/ ....... jF>c\cs W ^ /P A . *~y~,a c- C'JlL/Z 0 S AAj/x, | UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY J {* "^V"<l REGION VII 1735 BAITIMORE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64108 September 13, 1976 RECEIVED Mr. Kenneth M. Karch, Director Division of Environmental Quality P. 0. Box 1368 Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 SEP i E 1976 i.:uuaiAia 0ONsay*T:o:ccMM!:rc:i Attention: Mr. Michael T. Marshall Dear Mr. Karch: I have attached a copy of the telephone conversation record concerning a citizen's complaint about St. Joe Minerals. If you have any questions, please call me at 816/374-2576. Sincerely yours, V '' Gale A. Wrightv/P.E. Enforcement Division nnniaa Sgftifsr . J \ tscr^*^y?TV?',| CITIZEN'S COMPLAINT TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RECORD daTE: September 10. 1976_________ T*: 1:00 n.m. NAME OF COMPLAINANT: ViVH Pumnpn ADDRESS: ... 1002 North Mill Street; Fes tits. Missouri TELEPHONE NO. : 314/937-5672_______________________________ _________________________ NAME OF SOURCE: St. Joe Minerals Corporation ADDRESS OF SOURCE: Hurculaneum. Missouri________________________ DISPOSITION: Ms. Puronen said the sulfur dioxide fumes had been unbearable recently and she wanted to know if anything was being done. Lately she has had headaches because of the emissions and the direction of the wind. Mr. Puronen said emissions from the plant had gotten much worse since the old plant manager had left. I explained that the Missouri Department of Natural Resources had the primary enforcement responsibility and recommended that she call Mr. Michael Marshall. ____________________ _____________________ Gale A. Wright nnn/i/tn Ho. Complaint Record L J Inspection Report Point Source LJ Complaint 5^2 Routine LJ LJSuspected violation Complaint: Received by:. iJ/X J> p Date Received: /r'--f0~ ~~LL> ~T-------- r-------------- Date of Incident: Q~/{) -~7~ LfJ' phone /_ _/ letter [_ _/ verbally /_ _J7 referred L _/ other __________________ Pf Time of Incident Received from: , Name <r7i'Cyw-- ^ Address / 0 0 2- r^A.A LPjj ~~hf< Comments 1 ^/L AihjL ifabom.... L-C i ................................................. Phone ~r 7..~~L L.. 7^ Source name: Source location Source Representative & Title: Mailing Address: ______________________ Phone Type of Operation: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pollutant: Z"~_7 smoke Z~_7 odor ~J dust Z~_7 noise ~J other __________________________________________________________________________ nnnj/ii October 4, 1976 Ms. Vicki Furonen 1002 North Mill Street Pestus, ?-iissourl Dear Hs. Puronen; This is to acknowledge receipt of your complaint dated September 10, 1976 referred to us by the Environmental Protecti.or. Agency. Th Department of Natural Resources has recently decentralised, and we will bo forwarding all complaints to our regional offices. We have, therefore, ssailsd your complaint to: Hr. Ear1 Ho 1tgraeva, P.E. St. Louis Regional Office 2460 Watson Road St. Louis, Missouri 3119 Mr. Holtgraewe should be in contact with you in the near future to discuss your specific problem. If you have any questions concerning this, please feel free to contact Mr. Holtgraewe at 314-849-1313. Very truly your?, Robert J, Schreiber, Jr. Air Pollution Control Specialist Air Quality Program RJS:dl cc: St. Louis Regional Office bcc: Billy Keeling Bob Craig John Haasis Ann j m t% SSisSfl? CHRISTOPHER S. BOND GOVERNOR o YftPUNCt (AS iWMES L. WaSON DIRECTOR missouri department of natural resources P.O. Box 1368 2010 Missouri Blvd, Jettsrson City. Missouri 65101 314-751-32*11 MEMORANDUM TO: Jefferson County File FROM: Billy F . Keeling SUBJECT: St. Joe Minerals Corporation File Criteque DATE : October 15, 1976 April 15 , 1968 October, 1969 March 9, 1970 December 30, 1970 January :27, 1971 March 5, 1973 May 1, 1973 July 2, 1973 August 6, 1973 October 30, 1973 St. Joe Minerals Corporation announced installation of sulfuric acid plant to control SO2 emissions. Received numerous complaints on emission; from St. Joe Minerals. Violation notice was issued to St. Joe Minerals on visible emissions from blast furnace. Variance request for installation of additional baghouse equipment to reduce blast furnace emissions. Variance granted to St. Joe Minerals Corporation for baghouse. Section 114, letter from EPA to St. Joe requesting emission information. Application for variance to alter and improve sulfuric acid plant operations. EPA issued a violation notice to St. Joe Minerals on SO2 emissions. EPA to test St. Joe Minerals for compliance. Test reports indicating that St. Joe Minerals was in compliance with SO2 and particulate emissions. Dfvi*i<on of Environmental Quality Kenneth M. Karch, Director 000444 BSJI5'? SIS^3S|\^,f(r4?-3 r ?i#n*r 'r-Wv' -*S? HV3 mA'*"*-7*.'--!^>"~--Tii , 3 *e,, - .!, tt *{;> *r' ~t1if_r jnr*~<MVvf JH ^--,-f 1 ,,-fI 1 >-- , " 5* ,j,V-* l" ' r' - > f * tl +f #3 'p-,f ' - 1 .vt' Fjw'o-o' ft * <Lf 't&>^1.*5'3.i-.;<vttr ^ f I: -t*; i.r t. .i r i ......... St'.' ..,Joe .Minerals Corporation -f'iui <r ,*>.< +" Vl'.; : `' f1 ''"'" t"v"'K'-"r.'- ' ' ''" ' i 1 ' '' ' -i ' - ~ ! f ij 2- - October 15/ y'tf. lii-*vV~v HS:- *i,'}**?-' T [ *lr September. ,13 , 19 75 Variance application from ,St. Joe -Minerals to allow alterations to acid plant' and `~ installation of a supplemental[control . * - s.y stem ~ to: contro 1 gr ound. - levelvconc entr.a.tions;: of S02. 5 '' " V- 1 October 21, 1975 Memo from Fay L. Shaw indicating::: that - ; numerous S02 violations were observed at. . our Herculaneum monitor in the.-firstfninen months of 1975. .' May 29, 1976 H 4J* Received complaints from T.eams-ters)fjtInion5s-;a-'': on air pollution from the St:. JoesMineralsj Herculaneum plant. - ; v - -vv This:,'variance request is consistent with what has beenwagroedistoi :-anc-implemented with the other two lead smelters in:--MissourivA:/ Therefore., I would recommend that the Department Director ^^0^::- -recommend this variance request to the Missouri Air Conservation; ::Commission-and that no further action be taken until thevS02:::vi`::!\1 regulation questions are settled. e> * jDEQ-1 1-15 TO JMk DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Division of Environmental Quality INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICAT ION FROM XZ S C7TT-I T~rr~ /Jp<C\l !\ >A u> i"V7 DATE Dri /f /?7X 6/4 ht <$6 ^ $ o c? v\ 3^-vn 4 X /l 5 >` ft <J o t// //< ~ "h. ^~ I~/( / C ^ / -*"> e i; r*n <y^\ z4 7% tf/T? / *vZn 5 1 & el / u;ts *s ^?d </ AS x _ u'C-z 5 -e-e n,, "77? ^ s /. c b 5^ o Y'* c i f-f Uf k Z ^--><1 6 o\- Of- i& UlcJ Ctm T/ J r r-a b If ^>r7H /< /e t'-t> /, TT? -p /Ay ft* /o /es? f e sy?f5t/bsl UJ * $ >f U* (, j- , SO ZZ/W (~rvuf fh rssk*tj). 000485 R E PEPPERS DIVISION MANAGER March 22, 1978 Governor Joseph P. Teasdale State Capitol Executive Office Jefferson City, MO 65101 Dear Governor Teasdale: RE V.J|3 AIR POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAM I would like to express my appreciation for your efforts on behalf of the lead mining and smelting industry concerning the Ambient Air Standard for Lead that is being proposed by EPA. We have operated a smelter in this area since 1892, and presently employ over 700 people. Some of our younger men are third-generation St. Joe employees. St. Joe has been concerned about the environment and has accepted its responsibility to their employees and to the community. It is my intention to continue this philosophy and practice. The proposed maximum standard of 1.5 micro grams of lead per cubic meter of air will be extremely difficult and expensive to achieve, and its benefits are questionable. Thank you for expressing your concern about this standard to our Senators and Representatives. Very truly yours, REP/cds GOVERNOR'S OFFICE 000476