AQ_F_1800419_20190213_ST_STO-Rpt

NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF Mooresville Regional Office
AIR QUALITY Prysmian Cables and Systems USA,LLC
NC Facility ID 1800419
Stack Test Observation Report County/FIPS: Catawba/035
Date: 02/13/2019
Facility Data Compliance Data
Prysmian Cables and Systems USA,LLC Observation Date 02/06/2019
2512 Penny Road Observer's Name Melinda Wolanin
Claremont,NC 28610 Operating Status Operating
Lat: 35d 42.1680m Long: 8ld 9.2538m Action Code 23/STACK TEST
SIC: 3229/Pressed And Blown Glass,Nec OBSERVED
NAICS: 327212/Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing
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Contact Data Permit Data
Facility Contact Authorized Contact Technical Contact Permit 07334/T27
Rick Miller Steve Linden Glenn Peterson Issued 7/27/2015
Environmental Safety Plant Manager Fiber Plant Director Expires 2/28/2019
Manager [phone] Classification Title V
[phone] Permit Status Active
Inspector's Signature: Comments:
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Date of Signature:
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Type Action: _Full Compliance _Partial Compliance _Complaint Other: Stack Test
Evaluation Evaluation/Reinspection Investigation 2019-021 ST
Data Tracking: Date submitted for initial review 02/13/2019 _IBEAM WARNING/OB,NOD,NOV,NRE
X IBEAM Document
IBEAM Inspection, list date inspected _IBEAM LAT/LONG,Facility Locked
IBEAM Inspection,list date draft is submitted _IBEAM LAT/LONG,Coordinates checked
IBEAM Inspection,pollutants/programs checked _IBEAM Complaint
IBEAM Planning,Next Inspection Date
Directions. Take I-77 to I-40 West. Left on Exit 135 into Claremont. Right on Main Street and after about 0.5
miles turn left onto Penny Drive. Go to the back of the facility for entrance.
Safety Equipment. Safety glasses and safety shoes are required.
General Information: This facility manufactures glass fibers and fiber optic cable. This facility operates
with four shifts, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and employs about 400 people. The purpose of
this site visit was to observe the stack tests being conducted on the large torch over-cladding units(Cells
4 and 5;ID No.ES-9)and the new technology torch over-cladding units(Cells 5, 6, and 7; ID No.ES-9a)
The overcladding units(ES-9a)are controlled by a hydrated lime scrubber(213S),which is a bagfilter
with lime as a scrubbing medium.
I arrived at the facility around 9:30 am and met with Mr. Rick Miller,Environmental Safety Manager.
McHale Environmental was performing the stack test. Mike Dickerson, Senior Environmental

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Technician, was operating the equipment measuring NOx emissions from the overcladding units(ES-9a).
One sampling point was used for emissions testing of the overcladding units(ES-9a)and(ES-9).The
calibration gases were all within date.
The primary objective for testing the overcladding units(ES-9a) is to reevaluate the uncontrolled NOx
emission rates from the overcladding unit(ES-9a)as required under Specific Condition 2.2-C.1.c.iii.
which states in part . . . "Uncontrolled overcladding emission rates must be revalidated annually." The
pounds of NOx per unit hour is used in demonstrating compliance with the PSD avoidance condition.
The facility is trying to avoid operating the SCR controls to keep NOx emissions under the 250-ton PSD
limit. Method 7e(Determination of Oxides of Nitrogen)was used for NOx emissions. Sampling was
conducted before the bagfilter(2DS). The permittee historically uses the uncontrolled NOx emissions
when calculating NOx emissions.
The following information was recorded:
Start time Pre/post leak check Dry scrubber injection rate Baghouse average delta P
verified lbs/hr (inches)
Overcladding units(ES-9a)
Run 1 8:07am Not observed Not observed Not observed
Run 2 9:19am calibration gas used Not observed Not obsevred
Run 3 10:55am calibration gas used 31.055 4.8
Overcladding units(ES-9)
Run 1 12:49pm calibration gas used 30.973 5.0
I verified that production was at 100%. Core rods were in various stages of processing during the stack
test. The operating conditions were recorded by Mr.Miller,to be used in the hourly emissions
calculations. I did not observe the 2°d and third runs for over-cladding units (ID Nos. ES-9).
Conclusion: Based upon observations made, it appears the stack testing for the overcladding units was
performed in compliance with the requirements of the appropriate test methods.
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