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Tenneco Polymers A Tenneco Company October 08, 1984 La Porte Road P O. Box 8-9 Pasadena. Texas 77501 (713: 479 3411 Director of Air and Waste Management Division U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region VI) Interfirst Two Building 1201 Elm Street Dallas, Texas 75270 RE: Request for Information Under Section 114 of the U, S. Clean Air Act Gentlemen: Attached is Tenneco Polymers, Inc.'s response to the EPA request of July 18, 1984 for information under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act. This information concerns the discharges of vinyl chloride from Tenneco Polymers' Pasadena PVC plant during the period of November 15, 1978 to July 18, 1984. A thirty day extension for responding to this request was granted by the EPA on September 13, 1984. Please let me know if you have any questions or if additional information is needed JWK/cjj Attachments cc: (WitTi complete attachment) Bill Stewart - TACB (Austin) Herbert W. Williams, Jr. - TACB (Region 7) D. H. Carter L. C. Elliott (With partial attachment) H. E. Fife C. A. Hendricks J. W. Bonnette R. C. Hengst E. L. Sharke H. R. Bowers R. D. Pruessner H. F. Hees rEN 3067 1 i Response to EPA Request for Information Under Section 114 of the U. S. Clean Air Act Tenneco Polymers, Inc. Pasadena PVC Plant October, 1984 Tenneco Task Group Carl Elliott, Process Engineer Rex Hengst, Operations Supervisor Eugene Sharke, Production Engineer James Kachtick - Manager - Environmental Sciences TEN 3069 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 . GENERAL 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 1.1.2 Organization of Report Response to Specific Questions in Enclosure 1 1.2 Preventability 1.3 Flare System 1.A Relief Valve Testing Program l.A.l 1.4.2 Description Safety Manual Procedure 1.5 Operator Technician Training Program 1.5.1 1.5.2 Description Interoffice Communication 1,6 Operator Disciplinary Procedures 1.6.1 1.6.2 Description Excerpt from Operator Handbook 1.7 Computer Control System 2. VCM CHARGE FILTERS 2.1 Equipment Description 2.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 Hydraulic Hammer Operator Error High Pressure Water Unknown 2.5* Appendix 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 Operating Procedures Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 1 TEN 3070 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont'd) 3. PVC REACTORS 3.1 Equipment Description 3.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 Power Failure Operator Error Instrument Malfunction Overfill High Nitrogen in VCM Computer Problem 3.3 Appendix 3.3.1 Operating Procedures 3.3.2 Miscellaneous Documents 3.3.3 Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and 3.3.4 Reports to TACB for NESHAPS .4 VACUUM PUMPS 4.1 Equipment Description 4.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 4.3 Appendix 4.3.1 4.3.2 4.3.3 Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 5. VCM COMPRESSORS 5.1 Equipment Description 5.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4 5.2.5 5.2.6 Relief Valve Malfunction Purging Operator Error Freeze High Nitrogen in VCM Instrument Problem 2 rEN 3071 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont'd) 5.3 Appendix 5.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.3 5.3.4 Operating Procedures Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and 8 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESRAPS 6. CRUDE VCM STORAGE TANK AND FILTERS 6.1 Equipment Description 6.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.3 High Nitrogen in VCM Operator Error Filter Pressure Rating Too Low for Service 6.3 Appendix 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 7. VCM DISTILLATION COLUMN 7.1 Equipment Description 7.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 7.3 Appendix 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 8. RECOVERED VCM TANK 8.1 Equipment Description 8.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 8.2.1 8.2.2 8.2.3 8.2.4 8.2.5 Instrument Problems Operating Supervision Error Operator Error Valve Leakage Undetermined 3 rHN 3072 TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont'd) 8.3 Appendix 8.3.1 8.3.2 8.3.3 Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 9. INCINERATORS 9.1 Equipment Description 9.2 Emission Incidents and Corrective Action 9.2.1 9.2.2 9.2.3 9.2.4 9.2.5 9.2.6 9.2.7 9.2.8 High Nitrogen from Recovery Area Over Load During Shutdown Liquid VCM from Loading Rack High VCM in Inerts Vent Operator Error Power Failure Failure for Unspecified Reason with Switch to Flare Failure for Unspecified Reason with Manual Switch to Flare 9.3 Appendix 9.3.1 9.3.2 9.3.3 Operating Procedures Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms 10. MISCELLANEOUS 10.1 VCM Transfer Line Thermal Relief 10.2 Turbine Meter Block Valve Leak 10.3 New VCM Pipeline 10.4 Operator Error 10.5 Appendix 10.5.1 10.5.2 10.5.3 Miscellaneous Documents Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms Reports to TACB for NESHAPS 11. UNKNOWN 11.1 Appendix 11.1.1 Reports to TACB for Rule 7 and PVC Flaring Information Forms 12. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS 4 TEN 3073