Ms. Roche,

Thank you for sending the information regarding the proposed modification at Temple-Inland Rome Lumber Mill in Rome, Georgia.  I have reviewed the information that you submitted, and I believe that there is an error in the distance reported to Cohutta Wilderness.  I plotted the distance in Google Earth and I believe it should be around 92 kilometers (as opposed to meters).  Based on this distance and the proposed emissions that were reported, we do not anticipate that any adverse impacts to the Air Quality Related Values (AQRVs) at Cohutta would occur as a result of this project.  Therefore, we are not requesting that an AQRV modeling analysis be included in the permit application.

Should you have any questions about this determination or need any additional information, please let me know.

Thanks,

Melanie

 

 

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Melanie Caudle Pitrolo

Air Quality Specialist

USDA Forest Service

160 A Zillicoa Street

Asheville, NC  28801

(828) 257-4213

mpitrolo@fs.fed.us

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Good Afternoon Ms. Pitrolo-

 

Per the emails below, I was requested (by Bill Jackson, Air Resource Specialist, USDA Forest Service) to forward to you the attached PSD Request for Determination with regards to our PSD project at Temple-Inland Rome Lumber Mill in Rome Georgia.

 

Should you have any further questions or need some clarification on the attached form, please feel free to call.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Mary Pat Roche

 

 

 

 

Dear Ms. Roche,

 

Yes, you have found the right person.  Thanks for your persistence. 

 

Would you please fill out the attached file and email it to Melanie Pitrolo (mpitrolo@fs.fed.us)?  Please be sure to include all of the pollutants listed on the form even if the emissions are small.  Also, please include the email contact of the person you are working with at GA EPD.

 

Hopefully, we can turn this around early next week.

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Bill Jackson

Air Resource Specialist

USDA Forest Service

Asheville, NC

828-257-4815

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Mr. Jackson-

I got your contact information off of a USDA Forest Service website.  I hope you are the correct contact.

 

Below is an email I sent a couple of weeks ago (to the wrong person) regarding a PSD permit I am about to submit. 

 

I had a pre-PSD meeting with Georgia EPD very soon after I wrote the initial email below, and the PSD person said that we could possibly just include your email response as sufficient for their purposes of notifying you and determining that no further action is required.

 

Could I ask a favor of you?  If you are not the appropriate contact, could you please let me know who is?

 

Thank you,

Mary Pat Roche

 

 

 

Hello Mr. Bayle-
I got your name from a website that listed you as the Federal Land Manager with responsibility over the Cohutta Wilderness area in Georgia.

 

I was notified by the Georgia EPD that I needed to notify the FLM of our impending PSD permit application.

 

I am writing now to find out what you will want to see, and in what form.

 

This source (Temple-Inland Lumber Company in Rome, Georgia) is a source located within 100 km of Cohutta.  The only pollutant for which this facility will experience a significant increase under NSR is VOC emissions (at 126 tpy increase).  The facility will experience insignificant increases of particulate matter, PM-10 and PM-2.5  (<10 tons per year of each).

 

We have written a brief analysis of our impact on the visibility in the Cohutta Wilderness that is based on a couple fundamental arguments.  First, the concern with haze and visibility typically focuses on SO2, NOx and particulate emissions.  As stated earlier, the increases in particulates from this project are minor.  We are not emitting any SO2 or NOx.  Therefore, we do not think that our contribution of more VOC emissions in this area will have an impact on the visibility.

 

Also of concern is the impact of new emissions on vegetation.  As you know, the Southeast and particularly the rural areas of the Southeast are extremely NOx limited with respect to ozone formation from the VOC and NOx in the atmosphere.  Additionally, the biogenic sources produce an overwhelming majority of the VOC emission in our atmosphere in rural Georgia, such that our relatively minor increase in emissions will have little impact on the VOC/NOx chemistry.

 

So, I would appreciate some feedback as to what you need and in what form. 

 

Thank you,

Mary Pat Roche

  

 

 

 

 

 

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