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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAQ_F_0900009_20200401_CMPL_InspRpt NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF Fayetteville Regional Office AIR QUALITY Chemours Company-Fayetteville Works NC Facility ID 0900009 Inspection Report County/FIPS:Bladen/017 Date: 04/02/2020 Facility Data Permit Data Chemours Company-Fayetteville Works Permit 03735/T47 22828 NC Highway 87 West Issued 1/8/2020 Fayetteville,NC 28306 Expires 3/31/2021 Lat: 34d 50.6700m Long: 78d 49.8750m Class/Status Title V SIC: 2869/Industrial Organic Chemicals,nec Permit Status Active NAICS: 32512/Industrial Gas Manufacturing Current Permit Application(s)TV-Sign-501(b)(2) Part I,TV-502(b)(10) Contact Data Program Applicability Facility Contact Authorized Contact Technical Contact SIP/Title Christel Compton Brian Long Christel Compton Program Manager Plant Manager Program Manager MALT Par Subpart Part 6/112r Subpart DDDDD,Subpart FFFF, Subpart ZZZZ (910)678-1213 (910)678-1415 (910)678-1213 NSPS: Subpart Dc Compliance Data Comments: PARTIAL INSPECTION— COVID-19 Inspection Date 04/01/2020 Inspector's Name Gregory Reeves — YY Operating Status Operating Inspector's Signature: Compliance Code Compliance-inspection Action Code PCE Date of Signature: ��®��� On-Site Inspection Result Compliance Total Actual emissions in TONS/YEAR: TSP S02 NOX VOC CO PM10 *HAP 2018 1.68 0.2100 65.87 299.95 29.83 0.9400 35869.00 2017 3.97 0.2000 61.63 239.09 33.86 3.97 34586.00 2016 4.16 0.2100 65.19 237.76 36.45 4.16 36981.00 *Hi est HAP Emitted(in pounds) Five Year Violation History:None Date Letter Type Rule Violated Violation Resolution Date Performed Stack Tests since last FCE: Date Test Results Test Method(s) Source(s)Tested 11/21/2019 Pending 09/26/2019 Pending 03/01/2019 Pending Chemours Complany—Fayetteville Works Partial Compliance Inspection Page 2 of 3 1. DIRECTIONS TO SITE: Chemours Company-Fayetteville Works is located on NC Highway 87 in Bladen County. From FRO,take Highway 87 south. The entrance to the facility is approximately 18 miles from FRO on the left side of Highway 87 just before the Cumberland/Bladen County line. 2. SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS:The usual FRO safety gear is required(hardhat,safety glasses,safety shoes, hearing protection). Entry into several areas of the plant requires specialized safety gear. hi the HFPO reactor and MMF process areas,personnel are not allowed to enter unless the process is not operating due to the possibility of explosion hazards of the chemical reaction process. 3. FACILITY DESCRIPTION: Chemours Company-Fayetteville Works is a chemical manufacturing facility located in Bladen County. The facility was formerly owned by DuPont. The facility employs approximately 500 employees and 250 full-time contractors on a 24 hr,7 day per week basis. The facility consists of four individual manufacturing plants,a boiler house and a waste treatment operation. Several processes have PSD avoidance conditions. The facility has two permanent boilers onsite, one permanent boiler which is permitted but not yet constructed,and one permitted temporary boiler. 4. INSPECTION SUMMARY: On Wednesday,April 1,2020,I,Greg Reeves,of the DAQ Fayetteville Regional Office,spoke with Christel Compton,Program Manager at Chemours. The purpose of this call was to perform a partial compliance inspection during the COVID-19 outbreak. No physical inspection of the facility was performed. Items that were discussed during the phone call were: a. Is the facility operating? Yes,the facility is operating normally,but with smaller crew sizes and fewer contractor personnel on site. b. Is the facility continuing to operate all relevant control devices? Yes,all control devices are being operated when the sources are operated. c. Are all the required monitoring,inspection,and recordkeeping activities being conducted as required in the air permit? Yes,all these activities are being conducted as required. d. Are all periodic reports being submitted per the permit requirements? Yes,all reports have been submitted as required. It is expected that all reports will be submitted as per the permit requirements. e. Is the permit nearing expiration? No. The permit expires on March 31,2021. The company plans to submit a permit renewal application on time. f. Is the Air Quality Emission Inventory due soon? Yes,the inventory is due to be submitted no later than June 30. The facility is aware of the requirement and plans to meet this deadline. Chemours Complany—Fayetteville Works Partial Compliance Inspection Page 3 of 3 g. Is there any upcoming testing required? Yes,there is required quarterly testing required for the three carbon adsorbers. The facility intends to delay the testing,because the testing company will not send personnel out to the facility during the COVID-19 outbreak. The company is in process of preparing a force majeure extension request for this testing for submittal to DAQ. h. Are there any operating issues at this time,or do they foresee any operating issues that will affect their ability to meet the air quality requirements? The only issue at present is the testing of the carbon adsorbers. This is being addressed via the force majeure extension request mentioned in section 4.d above. No other issues are anticipated at this time. i. Do they require any assistance from DAQ at this time? No assistance is required at this time. 5. NON-COMPLIANCE HISTORY SINCE 2010: While there have been no air permit non-compliance instances at this facility since 2010,the facility is currently subject to a consent order due to violations of water quality rules. Installation of the thermal oxidizer at the facility was one of the requirements of that consent order. 6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Based on the information obtained during the phone conversation on April 1,2020,Chemours Company—Fayetteville Works APPEARS IN COMPLIANCE with the requirements outlined in their current air permit,03735T43. /gwr