ML20199B615

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Responds to 971002 Request for Mod to Order on Consent Case D200059005.Amend to Order on Consent Authorizing Changes Encl
ML20199B615
Person / Time
Site: 05000054
Issue date: 10/03/1997
From: Merges P
NEW YORK, STATE OF
To: Mcgovern J
CINTICHEM, INC.
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NUDOCS 9711190042
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gg g New Y,ork S23 Department of Environmental Conserv ti:n Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials Bureau of Pesticides & Radiation 50 Wolf Road, Albany, New York 12233 7255 518-485-8981 FAX 510485-8390 John P. Cahill Commissioner October 3,1997 a

Mr. J. J. McGovern Plant Manager / President Cintichem, Inc.

P.O. Box 816

Dear Mr. McGovern:

Re: Order on Consent Case #D200059005 This responds to your October 2,1997 letter requesting a modification to the above-referenced Order on Consent. You have requested that paragraph V(A) be amended to allow Cintichem to pump water from the retention pond to the 001 outfall without waiting for the results of the gamma spectroscopy analysis of the retention pond water.

Enclosed is an amendment to the Order on Consent authorizing these changes. Please note that if ganuna emitters are detected in the retention pond samples, the Order will revert to the original requirement that the gamma spectroscopy be completed before the water is released.

If you have any questions, please call Barbara Youngberg of this Bureau (518-457-2225).

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. STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION In the Matter of Violations of the Environmental Conservation Law ("ECL"), Articles 3,17,19 and Parts 201,380,703,750- ORDER ON CONSENT 757 of Title 6 of the Official Compilation of Codes Rules and Case #D200059005 Regulations of the State of New York (*6 NYCRR") by:

Amendment No. 8 CINTICIIEM, INC., and floffman-La Roche, Inc.,

Respondents.

In accordance with Paragraph XXVI of the January 1995 Order on Consent, Paragraph V of the Order on Consent is amended as follows:

Subparagraph (A) is changed to lead.

(A) Retention pond (1) Releases from the retention pond to the 001 outfall shall be on a batch-release basis. A water sample shall be collected prior to each batch release. The water may be released prior to sample analysis, unless gamma emitting radionuclides have beer detected in retention pond samples within the previous year (see item 3 of this subparagraph). If more than one sample is collected in one calendar day, the samples may be composited for analysis.

Gamma spectroscopy analysis shall be completed within 7 working days, and strontium 90 analysis, within 15 working days of the day the sample was collected.

(2) In the event of heavy rainfall or surface run-off entering the retention pond, water may be continuously pumped from the retention pond to the 001 outfall (before gamma spectroscopy is completed) if this is necessary to preserve the integrity of the pond. In that case, the retention pond shall be sampled every four hours. if more than one sample is collected in one calendar day, the samples may be composited for analysis. Gamma spectroscopy analysis shall be completed within 7 working days, and strontium-90 analysis, within 15 working days of the day the sample was collected.

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(3) In the event that gamma emitting radionuclides are detected in any sample from the retention pond, respondents shall notify the Department within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of the time the results were obtained, and the following conditions shall apply:

(a) Releases from the retention pond to the 001 outfall shall be on a batch release basis, following sampling and analysis by gamma spectroscopy.

(b) If any radionu ' ides are detected in releases from the retention pond, those releases shall be considered waste water ..

subject to the limits set in Paragraph IV(C) of this Order.

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