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Petrochemicals^ CONTINENTAL OH- COMPANY
PETROCHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. V.C.M. PLANT P. O. BOX 605. WESTLAKE. LOUISIANA 70669
PHONE: S18.4S3.63l
May 24, 1971
Dr. W.F. Milbury Roy F. Weston Company Lewis Lane West Chester, Pennsylvania
19380
Dear Dr. Milbury:
This is in response to your questionnaire of April 30. Attached are the Standard Raw Waste Load Data and the Wastewater treatment Data for the Continental Oil Company Vinyl
Chloride Monomer Plant. These data are for the ethylene di chloride and vinyl chloride portions of your questionnaire only.
Vinyl chloride monomer and ethylene dichloride are pro duced at this location. Because of the integrated and balanced nature of this process it is neither possible nor meaningful to assign separate effluent characteristics to the two products.
All analyses except pH are reported for the final plant effluent, since we do not routinely measure before the treatment steps. The pH is measured both before and after treatment.
A secondary wastewater treatment system consisting of further neutralization, aerated lagoons, and final clarification is under construction. This system will be operational in early 1972.
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STANDARD RAW WASTE LOAD (SRWL) DATA
1* Product:
Ethylene Dichloride and Vinyl Chloride Monomer
2* Manufacturing Process: Oxychlorination of Ethylene Direct Chlorination of Ethylene
3, SRWL (Load based on production): pyrolysis of EDC
1,800,000 lb./day VCM
,. Check k) Methods by Which Data Obtained
Parameter
Units
^per iwu it5 of Product)
average Value
Flow *
gals/lO3 lbs . 280
(
bod5 COD
lbs/103 lbs
. 2.68___ j
lbs/103 lbs ' . 4.4.1__ .j
TOC
lbs/103 lbs
Susp. Solids lbs/103 lbs
Total Dis.Sol. lbs/103 lbs
011 lbs/103 lbs
: .1,17.-....:
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. 2.82...... j
. 18,66__ | I
Phenol
lbs/103 lbs
Sulfides
lbs/103 lbs
v orides
lbs/103 lbs
Total Nitrogen"1bs/lO3 lbs
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12.69 j
Total P04
lbs/103 lbs
Cyanides
lbs/103 lbs
Heavy f|t|lsfy)
Copper Iron
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Temp*
PH Color Odor
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Acute Toxicity
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Other (Specify)
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h. EJ - SRWL Data Not Available
Note:
If complete information is not available, please fill in any available data.
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1 WASTEWATER TREATMENT DATA
1. Product: Ethylene Dichloride and Vinyl Chloride Monomer
2. Manufacturing Process: Oxychlorination of Ethylene Direct Chlorination of Ethylene
3. f~l No data available on treatment pyrolysis of EDC
k. Treatment Data:
Parameter B0D`5 COD TOC Susp. Solids Total Diss, Sol ids
on
Percent Reduction
Check (/) Basis of Data
Estimated
Actual
Part of Over
Grab Compos Ite
Lab all Treatment
1 _...10________ ___io_.............
___ 10_____ ___ 0
Judgement
'*
X
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____ Q________ 40
x.____
Phenol Sulfides Chlorides Total Nitrogen Total P04 Cyanides
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0
0
0_____
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; _j _______________ L____x_
Heavy Metals(Specify,
.-Iron Copper
,__ 0.
No Date Aval lab:
Temp.* pH* Color* Odor* Acute Toxicity* Others (Specify)
EDC
5F above ampient _____ x_ 3.5 ...... X.
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*lndicate effluent values
CCR 000035099
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p. General Treatment Process (use legend code to Indicate process units):
Raw Waste
Legend:
OS - Floating Oil Separator E - Equalization
AL - Aerated Lagoon ANL - Anaerobic Lagoon
N - Neutralization CP - Chemical Precipitation
AS - Activated Sludge SP - Stabilization Pond
F - Flotation
FC - Final Clarifier
C - Clarification
EHL - Effluent Holding Lagoon
CC - Coagulation-Clarification
CO - Chemical Oxidation
S - Stripping
CL- Chlorination (Disinfection)
TF - Trickling Filter
0 - Other Methods (Specify) Heavy oil separation
6. If treatment data are not exclusively for this product wastewater, indicate proportion of load to treatment: ^11
Wastewater Flow_____ %
Organic Loading_____ %
7. Are there other product related wastewater streams not included in the above treatment system?
fl - No
n - Yes
(Nature:
_______
)
(Disposal: ______________)
8. L* there waste sludge produced during treatment?
B - No f~l - Yes
(Nature: _
(Disposal
)
)
9. Remarks: The ethylene dichloride facilities and vinyl chloride monomer facilities
are parts of the same plant and cannot be separated.
CCR 000035100