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ABD00280561 SEMIANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 1, 1979 THRU FEBRUARY 29, 1980 CONOCO CHEMICALS COMPANY PVC PLANT ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI 61.70 (c) (1) No emissions from the control device (incinerator) exceeded 10 ppm vinyl chloride averaged over any hour period (commencing on the hour) during this reporting period. Emission requirements of 61.64 (a) (2), (b), (c), (d) and 61.65 (b) (1) (ii), (b) (5), (b) (6) (ii) , (b) (9) (ii) are met by collecting, containing, and incinerating vents from these areas prior to their release to the atmosphere. The exhaust gas from the incinerator is measured continuously with a Honeywell multi point gas chromotograph. The exhaust gas from the incinerator is also sampled periodically (grab sample) and analyzed for vinyl chloride using Test Method 106. Results from these samples are given in Table I. 61.70 (c) (2) (i) The emission level prescribed in 61.64 (e) is attained by a stripping operation. The plant produces only one type of resin, that by the suspension process. The vinyl chloride content found in all samples required in 61.70 (c) (2) (i), averaged over each calendar day and weighted according to the quantity of each grade of resin processed by the strippers that calendar day is given in the Table II. 61,70 (c) (3) Compliance with 61.64 (a) (2) is attained by using standard oper ating procedures to strip the resin to less than 400 ppm vinyl chloride and to purge vinyl chloride from the reactor vapor space to meet the reactor opening loss requirement as described in Section VI of the Compliance Manual submitted to your office August 14, 1978. ABD00280562 TABLE I INCINERATOR STACK SAMPLES SEMIANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 1, 1979 THRU FEBRUARY 29, 1980 CONOCO CHEMICALS COMPANY PVC PLANT ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI DATE OF SAMPLE 9/4/79 9/12/79 9/17/79 11/16/79 11/21/79 12/7/79 12/14/79 12/21/79 12/28/79 1/10/80 1/16/80 1/23/80 1/31/80 2/4/80 2/12/80 2/19/80 2/26/80 TEST METHOD 106 = PPM' .VCM BY VOLUME 2.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 9.7 <0.1 0.9 7.6 0.5 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 2.6 1.0 7.3 2.4 A ABD00280563 M O M D C O ^ J O M jn ^ - L O h J I--` O ^ O O O -^ J O M -n J ^ U J h O h - ` O V O C O '- J ^ U l^ L O h O h -1 TABLE II STRIPPED SLURRY RESIDUALS SEMIANNUAL REPORT SEPTEMBER 1, 1979 THRU FEBRUARY 29, 1980 CONOCO CHEMICALS COMPANY PVC PLANT ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI SEPTEMBER 269 215 460. 167 172 157 245 147 335 178 161 172 217 256 390 274 275 301 305 427 249 267 243 195 181 203 302 234 454 189 WEIGHTED AVERAGE RESIDUAL VINYL CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION IN STRIPPED SLURRY PPM VCM, DRY BASIS MONTH OCTOBER NOVEMBER bECEMBER January 203 210 201. 176 207 240 237 234 138 218 165 232 249 266 372 271 361 225 242 278 247 271 226 208 248 195 155 179 271. 211 216 185 667 363 229 326 479 314 145 131 193 189 336 639 369 228 439 277 184 158 183 207 162 182 116 190 236 226 152 296 179 541 165 373 ......... 132 76 214 156 130 198 235 206 194 102 174 160 155 144 189 133 182 261 135 95 138 152 108 195 158 156 154 155 112 154 413 134 444 172 252 299 214 205 451 358 329 325 298 238 339 193 269 182 204 359 241 230 280 288 319 327 270 227 301 FEBRUARY 217 226 236' ' 415 234 ' 227 231 317 358 299 362 180 256 226 225 308 418 402 372 333 272 291 360 242 487 139 300 270 302