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Region 6 - Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division
INSPECTION REPORT
Inspection Date(s): Media Program: Regulatory Program(s)
04/23/2022 Air Title V
Company Name: Facility Name: Facility Physical Location:
(city, state, zip code) Mailing address:
(city, state, zip code) County/Parish: Facility Phone Number Facility Contact:
Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC Direct Reduced Iron Facility 9101 HWY 3125 Convent, LA 70723 9101 HWY 3125 Convent, LA 70723 St. James 225-331-4000 Marshall Crawford Marshall.Crawford@Nucor.com
FRS Number: Identification/Permit Number: Media Identifier Number: NAICS: SIC:
110056317677 3086-V9 22-09300281 331110 3312
Personnel participating in inspection:
Sarah Frey
EPA ECD-AT
Richard Helmich
EPA NEIC
David Mahoney
EPA NEIC
Ali Gitipour
EPA ORD
Sophia Ong
LDEQ
Marshall Crawford
Nucor Steel
Erika Caruso
Nucor Steel
Lane Grant
Nucor Steel
EPA Lead Inspector Signature/Date
Sarah Frey
Environmental Manager
Inspector Chemist Technical Coordinator Engineer Environmental Scientist Environmental Manager Environmental Engineer Technical Manager
6/24/2022 Date
Supervisor Signature/Date
JAMES LEATHERS Date: 2022.07.15 16:30:30 -05'00' Digitally signed by JAMES LEATHERS
James Leathers
Date
6ENFORM-019-R8.2 (02/12/2020)
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Section I - INTRODUCTION
Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC / Direct Reduced Iron Facility Inspection Date 4/23/2022
PURPOSE OF THE INSPECTION
EPA inspector Sarah Frey, accompanied by Richard Helmich (National Enforcement Investigations Center, "NEIC"), David Mahoney (NEIC), and Ali Gitipour (Office of Research and Development), arrived at Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC - Direct Reduced Iron Facility at 8:35 am on April 23, 2022 for an announced inspection. Notification of the inspection occurred on Friday, April 22, 2022. We were accompanied by Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality inspector Sophia Ong. We checked in at the security gate and then met with Marshall Crawford/Environmental Manager, Lane Grant/Technical Manager, and Erika Caruso/Environmental Engineer. Credentials were presented to Mr. Crawford, and we informed him that this was an EPA inspection to evaluate potential sources of excess emissions using EPA's Geospatial Measurement of Air Pollution ("GMAP") vehicle and evaluate compliance with the facility's Title V Permit and the Clean Air Act. The scope of the inspection is a partial compliance evaluation ("PCE"). This inspection occurred as part of the Administrator's Multi-Scale Monitoring Project called the Pollution Accountability Team (PAT).
FACILITY DESCRIPTION
The Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC - Direct Reduced Iron Facility processes iron oxide pellets into iron to be shipped to offsite steel mills. The facility began operations in 2013 and operates under Permit Number 3086-V9 issued June 23, 2020.
Section II - OBSERVATIONS
The NEIC GMAP was driven by Mr. Mahoney and the instruments were operated by Mr. Helmich and Mr. Gitipour. A facility representative, Ms. Caruso, was present in the GMAP. Inspectors Dr. Frey and Ms. Ong were escorted in a facility vehicle by Mr. Crawford. Ms. Caruso led the GMAP throughout and around the facility, where air pollution data was collected and recorded. A full report from the GMAP will be issued by NEIC at a later date.
When driving past the ore yard, low concentrations of sulfur dioxide were detected above background/baseline ambient concentrations. Downwind of the cooling tower, concentrations of methane were detected above background. No photos or videos were taken during the inspection.
Section III - AREAS OF CONCERN
Richard Helmich and Sarah Frey conducted a closing conference at Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC - Direct Reduced Iron Facility at 10:10 am on April 23, 2022 for the inspection. Davie Lartigue, Operations Manager, Mr. Crawford, Ms Caruso, and Mr. Grant were in attendance. During the closing conference, Mr. Helmich reviewed the emissions detected by the GMAP during the inspection. We observed no areas of concern at the time of the inspection and departed at 10:30 am.
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Section IV - FOLLOW UP
Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC / Direct Reduced Iron Facility Inspection Date 4/23/2022
No additional information was received by EPA after exiting the Facility on April 23, 2022.
Section V - LIST OF APPENDICES
No appendices.
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