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Date:
August
22,
2003
Subject:
Telephone
Conference
Summary
­
EPA
and
representatives
from
the
taconite
industry
From:
Chris
Sarsony,
Alpha­
Gamma
Technologies,
Inc.

To:
Docket
OAR­
2002­
0039
I.
Purpose
This
meeting
was
a
follow­
up
to
the
March
18,
2003
meeting.
The
primary
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
discuss
the
estimates
of
capital
costs
provided
by
the
industry.

II.
Date
April
3,
2003
III.
Attendees
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Steve
Fruh,
OAQPS/
ESD/
MG
Conrad
Chin,
OAQPS/
ESD/
MG
Taconite
industry
representatives
Don
Ahola,
Empire
Mining
John
Meier,
Cleveland­
Cliffs
Brad
Anderson,
EVTAC
Rhonda
Ross,
Warner
Norcross
&
Judd
Dave
Crouch,
Cleveland­
Cliffs
Larry
Salmela,
U.
S.
Steel
Mr.
Bill
Kubiak
­
U.
S.
Steel
Dave
Skolasinski,
Northshore
Mining
LaTisha
Gietzen,
National
Steel
Andrea
Hayden,
Hibbing
Taconite
Alpha­
Gamma
Technologies,
Inc.

Chris
Sarsony
OAR­
2002­
0039
IV­
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IV.
Discussion
Northshore
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
$
6.6
million
for
non­
indurating,
no
costs
for
indurating.
°
Monitoring
Costs:
$
621,000
°
Stack
Testing:
$
296,000
Empire
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
Empire
does
not
expect
to
incur
any
emission
control
costs.
°
Monitoring
Costs:$
875,000
Tilden
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
$
11.3
million
for
the
two
furnace
lines.
This
is
for
an
upgrade
of
all
six
indurating
furnace
ESP
from
suspension
wire
to
rigid
electrodes.
No
capital
equipment
costs
for
the
non­
indurating
sources.
°
Monitoring
Costs:
No
change
to
their
previous
estimate.

National
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
No
costs
for
non­
indurating
sources.
$
18
million
for
the
indurating
furnaces.
This
cost
is
for
two
new
wet
scrubbers.
The
new
wet
scrubbers
will
be
operated
in
series
with
the
existing
multiclones.
This
cost
does
not
include
wastewater
treatment
costs.
°
Monitoring
Costs:
Will
incur
costs
for
water
pressure
and
pressure
drop
measurements.
The
only
way
to
obtain
readings
every
15
minutes
is
to
install
a
monitoring
system.

Minntac
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
There
are
no
non­
indurating
capital
equipment
costs.
It
will
cost
them
an
estimated
$
20
million
to
install
a
new
wet
scrubber
on
line
3.
This
cost
includes:
a
new
fan,
a
new
motor,
upgrading
the
electrical
power
supply,
an
effluent
handling
system,
and
a
water
supply
system.
°
Monitoring
Costs:
No
new
monitoring
costs
are
expected.
Already
made
an
investment
of
$
1.2
million
for
a
computerized
monitoring
system.

Hibbing
°
Capital
Equipment
Costs:
For
indurating
furnaces
the
capital
equipment
costs
are
estimated
to
be
$
450,000.
For
non­
indurating
sources
the
capital
equipment
costs
are
estimated
to
be
$
610,000.
°
Monitoring
Costs:
There
will
be
no
monitoring
costs.

EVTAC
°
Their
costs
will
be
slightly
lower
than
previously
estimated.
They
will
send
to
EPA
via
e­
mail.

Inland
°
No
change
in
their
previously
estimated
costs.
