Dear
Mr.
Robb:

Thank
you
for
the
information
on
your
plant.
This
will
be
helpful
as
we
move
forward
on
the
Phase
III
regulations,
which
your
facility
may
potentially
be
subject
to.

Have
a
good
day.

Sincerely,
Deborah
Nagle
Deborah
Nagle
EPA
Headquarters
Engineering
and
Analysis
Division
MC
4303T
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave,
NW
Washington,
DC
20460
Tel:
(
202)
566­
1063
FAX:
(
202)
566­
1053
Steve
Robb
<
powerplt@
iolaks.
com>
10/
23/
02
02:
04
PM
To:
Deborah
Nagle/
DC/
USEPA/
US@
EPA
cc:
Subject:
EPA316b
The
City
of
Iola
Power
Plant
was
started
in
1900.
The
power
plant
has
used
river
water
from
the
Neosho
river
for
cooling
systems
since
the
very
start
as
we
do
today.
The
river
water
(
surface
water)
is
used
in
a
once
thru
pass
for
cooling
steam
condensers,
then
returned
to
the
river.
From
1900
to
1962
the
power
plant
operated
24
hours
per
day
7
days
per
week
365
days
per
year.
From
1962
to
present
the
power
plant
only
operates
3
to
4
months
per
year
during
peak
seasons.
In
1995
the
power
plant
installed
a
new
traveling
screen
with
3/
8"
square
woven
mesh
wire
screens.
We
use
a
bar
rack
in
front
of
the
intake
structure
and
a
solid
barrier
at
water
level
to
keep
floating
derbies
out
of
our
traveling
screens.
We
have
had
no
problem
with
fish
or
other
river
life
being
trapped
in
our
intake
screens.
To
reduce
the
size
of
our
screens
would
make
it
impossible
for
us
to
operate
our
system.
Tree
leaves,
sticks
and
mud
during
high
water
plug
our
screens
reasonably
quick.
The
steam
equipment
we
are
using
are
3
megawatt
and
5
megawatt
condensing
steam
turbines.
Total
daily
flow
can
go
from
6
mgd
to
24
mgd
depending
on
day
to
day
operations.

Thanks
Steve
Robb
Power
Plant
Superintendent.

[
Iola
Electric
Department,
Iola,
KS]
