"Herrera, Rosalie" <Rosalie.Herrera@bp.com> 

02/01/2007 11:21 AM	

To

Elaine Eby/DC/USEPA/US@EPA

cc

Jae Lee/R5/USEPA/US@EPA

Subject

RE: Petroleum Data

 



Elaine,

Here is the spreadsheet with our waste feed data. We incinerate our

sludges on site with a Fluid Bed Incinerator (FBI). We are currently in

compliance with the HWC MACT rules under 40 CFR 63.1200 for incinerators
as of October 2003. There are certain air emissions limits we need to
meet and the monitored feed operating parameters will determine what
feed rate we can use. Hence the tab for HWC MACT. We recently had our
RCRA permit renewed and we will no longer have the incinerator reqts for
waste feed sampling since it is now under MACT rules and in our Title V
permit. For a period of about three years we had two rules we had to
comply with for the incinerator, both RCRA and MACT. That is why you see
three tabs. Note that for a period of time we separated our DAF/BIO and
API solids and sampled prior to mixing them in our incinerator feed
tank. 

We would prefer you keep our BP Whiting name out of any public documents
in reference to this data, but feel free to use the data as you wish. My
data goes back about 10 years and it looks like chromium average really
hasn't changed much. It is typically very low with a few spikes here and
there. Lead however may have trended upward somewhat, of course which
may make sense with removing more lead from the crude processing to meet
specifications.

Hopefully you have data from more than 10 years ago to compare to so you
can see some type of downward trend.

I hope this helps. If you have any other questions please feel free to
call me anytime.

Thanks

Rose

Rosalie M. Herrera

Environmental Engineer

Waste/Water permitting

BP Products, Whiting Refinery

RSB 209

Phone 219-473-3393

Fax 219-473-5379

-----Original Message-----

From: eby.elaine@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:eby.elaine@epamail.epa.gov] 

Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:21 AM

To: Herrera, Rosalie

Cc: Lee.Jae@epamail.epa.gov

Subject: Petroleum Data

Dear Ms. Herrera:

It was a pleasure talking with you this morning.

As I mentioned earlier, we are looking for characterization data for

K048-K052, K169-K170, and F037-F038 wastes. Specifically we are looking

for total chromium and lead concentrations over several years.  If you

have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your assistance.

Elaine

Elaine Eby

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste Management and Minimization

Division 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Ariel Rios Building (Mail Code 5302W)

Washington, DC  20460

voice:  703.308.8449

fax:       703.308.8433

