Meeting Summary
Date:  June 12, 2013
Place:  US EPA; RTP, NC
Subject:   Dyno Nobel's (DN) Petition for Reconsideration  -  NSPS Nitric Acid Plants
Attendees: Neil Olsen, Seth Hobby, Barbara Cabot  -  Dyno Nobel; Richard Stoll, Linda Benfield  -  Foley & Lardner LLP; Chuck French, Nathan Topham, Bill Neuffer(Grantee)  -  US EPA/OAQPS/RTP,NC.  By phone  -  Scott Jordan  -  US EPA/OGC/ Washington, DC; Nathan Frank US EPA/Region V/Chicago, IL
This meeting was held to discuss the above mentioned subject. DN discussed their request for US EPA to establish a separate subcategory for existing nitric acid plants with nonselective catalytic reduction(NSCR)  that are modified or reconstructed and thus become subject to this NSPS. DN recommended a 2.0 lb of NOx/Ton of 100% nitric acid for these units.
DN stated that adding selective catalytic reduction to an NSCR unit would not be cost effective and has never been done.  The economizer would have to be removed.  Every 90 days the oxidation catalyst has to be replaced.  Startup can last from 1-2 hours. 
DN's has CEM data for Cheyenne Unit 3 and agreed to send this data to US EPA.  


