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V JUX 1 0 1977 JUN 6 1977 Mr. John R. Eck, Managing 01 rector and Vic President Monsanto Chemical Intermediates Company 800 fccrth Lindbergh 3ouIevard St. Louis, Missouri 63166 Re: Request Pursuant to Section 303(a) cf th Federal Water Pollution Control Act, As Amended, 33 U.S.C. 1318(a) Present lnformation available to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Indicates that th Monsanto Chemical Intermediates Company at Its William 3. Kru:$mrlcn facility Is the principal discharger of polychlorinated biphenyls (FC3*s) as veil as other potentially toxic, persistent chemicals Into tne Village of Sauget, Illinois, Wastewater Treatment Plant. Monsanto has stated Its Intention to cease all production of PCS's by August 31, 1977, and to cease distribution by October 31, 1977. It has further exprassed on several occasions Its willingness to partici pate voluntarily In an information-gathering process. ' Therefore, In order to obtain data roqu?rd to help Improve water quality, the following request for Information Is mad pursuant to authority provided by section 308 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1313. I. .Monsanto shall carry out the following Monitoring program to determine what affect. If any. Its PCS production and distribution elimination has on the PCB's discharged from Monsanto*s facility. For a period of six months following receipt of tnls letter, Monsanto shall ccnducr the following PC3 monitoring* . A. Prior to PC3 Production Shutdown (August 31, 1977): Samp Iing Lccaf1 on (I) Monsanto Incinerator Discharge (2> Mcnsanto Comblnod I) l scn arq rrecuency I x week I x week Sample Tvo 24-hour vertical!y Integrated Composite 24-hour vertically Integrated Composite DSW 310391 STLCOPCB4070378 \ -2- B. Subsequent to PC3 Production Shutdown: Sampling Location Frequency Semple Typo II) and (2) os stated In I.A. (3) Such other sampling as Is needed to determine the existence of PCS contaminated sewers or runoff areas. . 11. Monsanto shall provide the following Information on all products, byproducts and Intermediates produced at the William G. Kruomrlcf) facility In 1975 and/or 1977, excluding bench scale and pilot plant production, by no later than 90 days after receipt of this letter: A. I. The names of any products, byproducts, or lnterroedlates not present In Attachment A (Information submitted In response to an Inquiry from U.S. EPA*s Effluent Guide lines Division In Washington, D.C,); 2. All chemical compounds Incorrectly Included In Attachment A; 3. For each product, byproduct, or Intermediate, a fist of all raw materials used In the production process. Including but not limited to reactants, solvents, catalysts, emulsifiers, and stabiIIzers; 4. For each product, byproduct, or Intermediate, a general description of the production process unless a correct description Is already given In Attachment A; B. For each production process, a listing of all chemical substances, other than those provided In If.A. above, which Monsanto has rea son to believe might be present In the waste stream based cn a th,,o--r-o-uah -exa.mination . o--f all possible side - r-e---a--c--t-i--o--ns, feed--stoc--k Impurities, sng other potential contaminants; C. All results of any previous chemical analyses for specific chemical compounds, performed on any waste stream. Exclude any Information already submitted In response to the abovementioned Efftuent Guidelines Division Inquiry; D. The quantity of each chemical compound In Aftachrsent B - which Is present Ip the final discharge from the plant, as determined by analysis of a verrlcally Integrated, 24-hcur composite sample collected during a period of normal operation; CSNN *03,1 STLCOPCB4070379 . For each product or intermediate in Attachment C, the quantity of product, feedstock, and any related byproducts and Inter mediates present In the individual process wastewater stream, as determined by analyzing 3 vertically Integrated, 24-hour composite sample col leered following prerreatm&nt but prior to mixing with any ether waste streams. Motet Ail chemical compounds shall be identified according to the ICPAC "Definitive Pules for the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry" or equivalent standard chemical ncmencIature. Abbreylotions, trade names, and patent names are nor sufficient. ill. Monsanto shall determine th9 physical Integrity of the sewers with in frs control which carry production wastes from the Monsanto PC3 production facility. The results shall be submitted no later than June 30, 1977. - IV. Monsanto shall also provide the following Information with regard to PCS* s: ~ A. Within 30 day3 of receipt of this letter, the total amount of PCS's currently being stored on site, the method and the location of storage; B. Within 45 days of receipt of this letter, Monsanto's plan for the disposition of any ?C3*s not distributed after October 31, 1977; and C. V/ithln 45 days of receipt of this letter, a plan Indicating the disposition of any PCS contaminated equipment and/or materials and/or the cleaning methods to be used to clean contaminated equipment. This includes on-site con+omfnotion and sewer contamination, as well as contaminated cleaning wastes. V. A. The analytical and sampling methods used shall conform to 40 C.F.P. Part 135, 41 Federal Register 52730, dared December I, 1975, which cites The followings * * Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, i4rh.Edition, T976, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. 20C36. ' 2. A.S.T.M. Standards, Part 31, Water, 1973, American Society for Testing and Materials, Phi ladetphi a, Pennsylvania 19103. os^ STLCOPCB4070380 --4-- , 3. Methods for Ch9n|cal Analysis. of Wotsr ~.na pastes, IU74, U.S. Environmental Protsctjon Agency, Office of Technology Transfer, Cincinnati, Ohio 43268. Analytical procedures not covered In the above references can bo obtained from The Environmental -onitoritig and Support Laboratory, L:.S. PA, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263, (513) 684-75GI. Different but equivalent i.iethcds are allowable If prior written approval from the U.S. EPA Is obtained. Monsanto shall periodically calibrate and perform maintenance procedures on oil rrcnltoring and analytical Instrumentation to Insure accuracy of measurements. _ 3. Monsanto shall record for all samples the date and time of sampling, the sampling method used, the dote analyses were performed, th9 Identity of the pert leu I sr .method of analysis, and the results cf ell required analyses end measurements. VI. The Information requested heroin must be provided notwithstanding Its possible characterication as confidential or a trade secret. Should you so request, hewavsr, any Information (other than effluent data, which by law must he made available to - tne public) which The AdminIstrator of this Agency determines to constitute methods, processes, cr other business Information . entitled to protection as a trod secret will be maintained as confidential, pursuant to the procedures specified in 40 C.F.R. Part 2 (41 federal Register 35902, September I, 1076). Plaasa Indicate clearly or submit separately any portion of the re sponse you consider to be centicentia I or a trade secret, since any data not so Identified will not be accorded this protection by the Agency. v- VII. All reports and Information required herein are to bs submlt+ed to the United States EnvIronentoI Protection Agency, Region V, Enforcement Division. Attention: Engineering Unit. Very truly yours, OEIGXKAL SIGNED BY DALE 3. BRYSON Dale S. Eryson, Acting 01rocter Enforcement Division . Attachments (3) cc: 'I:r. Phoclon S. P,jr;<L Env 1 ronm-anta J Coons-} | fensonto Cnenical Intermediates Company A'r. Paul 30'jcot, .Mayor VI l lone of Scugot, Illinois (v/o Attachments) DSW 310394 t STLCOPCB4070381 Attacnmenf A PRIVILEGED INFORMATION Products and Processes at Will tan G. Xru.Tmrlch Facility of Fior-santo Chemical Intermediates Co. Product Process OrthcnltrosnlIIne AmmonoIysIs of ortnonltrcchlcrcDenzane PeranltroanlI In Afsr-onolys?s of paranjfrocbloro'oenzene GrthodIchIcrobenzene Chlorination of benzene Pentachloropbenol Chlorination of phenol Sulfuric acid Contact process, single adsorption Chlcrosulfcnlc acid Reaction of HC! and sulfuric acid Muriatic acid Falling film adsorption Paran IfrccbIorobenzens Nitration of chlorobenzene Chlorine t Denora ce11 Potassium hydroxide Danora cell ' Sodium hydroxide Denora cel I Monoch I erobenzene Chlorination of benzene ParachlorcphenoI Chlorination of phenol GrthochlcropbenoI Chlorination of phenol 2,4-Dlcblorophenol Chlorination of phenol OrthobenzyIparser*IorophenoI Reaction of benzyl chloride and chlorophenol Phosphorus trichloride Chlorination of phosphorus Phosphorus oxychloride Phosphorus penfasuI f I de Reaction of phosphorus nnd sulfur Pcfychlorjnated biphenyls Chlorlnafion of Diphenyl DSW 310395 STLCOPCB4070382 \ PRIVILEGED INFORMATION At facfrr'ent A (Cent.) Product CodecyIan IIIne ParophenetieJne N-( lf3-dl;serhylL'utyt)-N*pheny I -p-pheny I ened l am I n N^S'-bfsC 1,4-dfmethy Ipenty IJp-pbenyIened I oaIne Trlphenyl phosphate Dry chlorine Pleach 4-fi I tropheny I am J ne' Orthen ItropnenoI Sodium sulfite p-Tert-butyfphenyld I pheny I phosphate Process Sulfur burnled,. NoOH adsorption DSW 310396 STLCOPCB4070383 PRIVILEGED INFORMATION Attachment 3 Analysis of Final Discharge fron* Plant OrthcnItroan ?11ne ParenttroenlIine Orthod f chIcrobenzene PentachIcrophenol Paran l troc'n I orobanzene MonocbIorobenzeoe Parachlorcphenol Orthochforcphenof 2,4-D J cnIorophenoI Orthobenzylparachlcrophanol DodecyIanlllhe Parapbenet l cli ne N-( I,3-dIaetby Ibuty I )-Nf- pheny I -p-pbany I ened I aw I ne Nri ' --b 1st l,4-d?iwthy I pentyl) p-phenyIenedlarelne Tr I phenyl phosphate 4-.ki l trophapy I are l ne GrthonItrophancl ' .< Itrobenzona AnlIine Orthon1trochIorcbenzene Poranltrcchlorobenzene Benzene 8lpbenyI I,4-Dlefflncbenzene Parad!chlorobenzene Hexachlorobenzsne , Chlorinated dlbenzo-p-dioxin Chlorinated dlbenzofursn 0S\N 3A0397 STLCOPCB4070384 V . PRIVILEGED INFORMATION Attachr'6nt C Products Deslqnatad for Process Waaro Analysis Orthonltrcan? I Ine Peranl+roanlIIne CrfhodlcMcrcDenzens PenrachIcrophenol Paranitrcchlorobenze% ne *5onoch lerobenzene Parecnloropbenol Grthcchlorcpnenol 2,4-Dfcbforophenol Orthobenzy Iparachiorop'nenol DccacylaniIIne Paraphenetldlne N~( I.,3~dIf9etr>Ylbutyl )-M'- phany1-p-phenylenediam Ine N,N*-bIs(1,4-dfme+hyl pe'^rylJ^ p-phenylenedfamine Triphenyl phospna+a '*-!< | tropheny I amine CrthcnItrophenol . . , 0snN *398 STLCOPCB4070385