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Technical Memorandum
Research Project No. 605-81-350-2 To Michael L. Alden
Conoco Inc. Research and Development Department Research Services Division Ponca City, Oklahoma
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E. L. Sones April 16, 1981
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Subject ANALYSES OF EFFLUENT WATERS FROM THE LAKE CHARLES REFINERY
Summary
No organic priority pollutants were found present in these samples above the concentration level of 10 ppb. Those toxicants detected and their estimated concentrations are summarized in Table I.
Dissolved metals analyses are given in Table II. Several values for specific toxic metals in the Outfall 001 sample are above the previously determined concentrations as reported in TM 603-79-350-2.
Additional data for inorganic ions by ion chromatography and total sur factants by MBAS are given in Table III.
Discussion
The samples were delivered to Ponca City on 27 January 1981 by a chartered airplane. The waters were sampled and shipped in containers provided by the Refinery Technf&a4--Service Laboratory.. No additional samples for total phenols and cyanides determinations were apparently taken.
The samples were received still adequately packed in ice and below 4C. On receipt, the samples were stored in a cold room at 4C until analyzed. Extraction of the samples for concentration of the nonvolatile organic components was performed within four days, and the extracts were preserved under refrigeration until the GC-MS analyses were performed. Analyses of the two V0A samples by purge-and-trap GC-MS were likewise accomplished the same week as received.
No refinery operating conditions or sampling information accompanied the samples. The Tenax trap samples from air sampling during this period which accompanied the water samples have not been analyzed to date.
Individual reports of the analyses (as summarized in this report) and additional metals data are included as attachments.
Research Chemist Analytical Research Section
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TABLE I
TOXIC ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN LAKE CHARLES REFINERY EFFLUENT WATERS
Component
Methylene Chloride Chloroform Benzene 1,2-Dichloroethane Ethylbenzene Diethyl Phthalate Fluoranthene Chrysene Di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate Benzofluoranthene
Concentrations in ppb
Outfall 0011
Outfall 0032
Method 624 Method 625
Method 624 Method 625
1 1 0.01 0.08
1 7 4 3 6 4
3 5 0.1
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`Outfall 001 is the primary effluent from the continuous-flow treatment lagoons, submitted as PC1371.
20utfall 003 is the effluent from the intermittent-flow storm water retention pond, submitted as PC1375.
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TABLE II
TOXIC METAL POLLUTANTS IN LAKE CHARLES REFINERY EFFLUENT WATERS
Antimony Arsenic Beryllium Cadmium Chromium Copper Lead Mercury Nicke1 Selenium Silver Thallium Zinc
Concentrations in mg/liter
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Outfa 11
Outfall 0032
Sludge
I CAP
AA
ICAP
AA
ICAP
<0.25
<0.25
<0.25
0.004
<0.002
<0.005
<0.005
<0.005
<0.015
<0.015
<0.015
0.21
0.036
0.26
0.061
<0.015
<0.015
<0.25
<0.25
<0.25
<0.013
<0.013
0.10
<0.075
<0.075
0.003
<0.002
<0.03
<0.03
<0.03
<0.5
<0.5
<0.5
0.36
0.032
0.27
Unit-iN3 AA
<0.002
<0.013 <0.002
`Outfall 001 submitted as PC1374 20utfall 003 submitted as PC1378 Activated Sludge UnitYN sample submitted as PC1381.
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TABLE III
Chloride Fluoride Bromide Nitrate Sulfate Phosphate Surfactants
INORGANIC ANIONS AND SURFACTANTS IN LAKE CHARLES REFINERY EFFLUENT WATERS
Concentrations Outfall 001
1320 0.6 8.
<0.5 630
<1. 1.9
in ppm Outfall 003 280 0.2 1. <0.5 94 <1. 0.23
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