June
15,
2005
Jerry
Schwartz
Senior
Director,
Water
Quality
Programs
American
Forest
&
Paper
Association
1111
19th
Street,
N.
W.
Suite
800
Washington,
DC
20036
Dear
Mr.
Schwartz:

In
a
recent
discussion
you
asked
for
information/
data
regarding
Glatfelter's
experience
complying
with
the
Cluster
Rule
chemical­
specific
effluent
limitations
in
our
current
NPDES
permit.

As
you
are
well
aware,
Glatfelter's
Spring
Grove,
Pennsylvania
mill
is
one
of
four
bleached
papergrade
kraft
mills
that
participates
in
US
EPA's
Voluntary
Advanced
Technology
Incentives
Program
(
VATIP).
Glatfelter's
commitment
to
the
VATIP
program
was
embodied
in
our
New
Century
Project
that
was
initiated
in
1999
and
completed
in
early
2004.
Installment
of
equipment
under
the
project
included:

 
A
new
pulp
washing
system
on
the
hardwood
fiber
line
 
Installation
of
an
oxygen
delignification
on
the
hardwood
fiber
line
to
match
the
existing
system
on
the
softwood
fiber
line
 
Installation
of
an
ozone
bleaching
system
on
the
hardwood
fiber
 
A
bleach
plant
scrubber
to
significantly
reduce
emissions
from
the
bleach
plant
 
A
system
to
collect
the
gases
from
the
pulp
washing
and
oxygen
delignification
systems
and
convey
them
to
a
combustion
device
 
A
system
to
collect
and
incinerate
odorous
gases
As
requested,
we
have
reviewed
the
chemical­
specific
DMR
data
submitted
monthly
to
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
since
completion
of
the
New
Century
Project
and
can
say
with
confidence
that
we
complying
with
all
Cluster
Rule
permit
limitations.
Specifically,
 
There
have
been
no
detections
of
TCDD
and
TCDF
above
the
MLs,
 
There
have
been
no
detections
of
chlorinated
phenolics
above
the
MLs,
 
Effluent
AOX
has
remained
well
under
50%
the
limit,
 
MP101
(
pine
internal
stream)
chloroform
has
remained
<
25%
of
the
limit,
 
MP102
(
hardwood
internal
stream)
chloroform
has
remained
<
10%
of
the
limit,
and
 
Effluent
chloroform
has
remained
<
15%
of
the
limit
and
has
been
ND
since
March,
2004.

A
copy
of
our
current
NPDES
permit
is
included
for
your
reference.

Please
call
if
you
have
questions
or
comments
or
would
like
copies
of
the
relevant
DMRs.

Thanks,

Carroll
L.
Missimer,
Ph.
D
Corporate
Director
 
Environmental
Affairs
cc:
Paul
Wiegand
 
NCASI
w/
attachment
