1. Community Meeting: Overview of General Environmental Management (GEM) May 25, 2006

2. Parties Involved GEM COMMUNITY REGULATORS OEPA CDAQ NEORSD OSHA Fire Dept Environment

3. General Environmental Management (GEM)  “Our objective is to satisfy our customers needs through safe, cost effective, and low risk waste management programs based on recycling technologies”

4. Ohio EPA (OEPA)  Goal- “…to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws”  Establishes and enforces standards for air water and waste management  Divisions pertinent to GEM  Air, water, RCRA

5. Cleveland Division Air Quality (DAQ)  “….primary objective to ensure that regulated air pollutants from sources are in compliance with federal, state, and local air regulations….”  Goal: “…to improve quality of life in Cleveland… desirable place to live and work.”

6. Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD)  “Protecting your health and the environment”  Assuring clean water for a greater Cleveland  Industrial pretreatment: “..conducts investigations to identify pollutants… work with industrial customers to achieve pollution prevention goals”

7. Number of Odor Complaints Month # 2/0539/0516 3/053610/056 4/051011/059 5/051012/055 6/05111/062 7/0542/065 8/0573/066 #: includes multiple complaints

8. Violations 2002-2006 Agency NOV Fines/Action OEPA-RCRA 5 None DAQ 8 None NEORSD18 None Fire Dept 4 Yes OSHArefuse to investigate NOV: notice of violation

9. Incidents  6/22/05 Vapor cloud from ethanolamine  1/6/05 GEM explosion, fire contained  2/24/06 H 2 S in sewer lines downstream of GEM  4/10/06 Fire dept tracks odor to GEM, states concern with vapor collection  4/20/06 GEM explosion, 3-alarm fire with 5 injuries

10. GEM’s Response to NOV  Plays ‘blame game’  Minimal compliance with fire department requests  Duct tape  Questionable vapor collection  No compliance with DAQ NOV  Has not completed stack tests (issued 2004)

11. Conflicting information  GEM tells DAQ not treating solvent  Gets pre-approval from NEORSD to treat solvent bearing waste  GEM - tells DAQ that fire department could not track source  Lt. Dziak tells DAQ that he found source on GEMs property

12. Effective Biological Treatment  Aerobic system  Requires oxygen  Carbon dioxide common end product  Must be acclimated to carbon source  Evidence not working  H2S produced (anaerobic system)  Carbon type and amount changed too frequently for bacteria to be acclimated  Full compounds in exiting stream

13. Compounds in GEM’s Water Jan 23, 24 2006  Organics isophorone, phenol, benzene, chloroform, phenanthrene, acetone, ethylbenzene, MEK, styrene, toluene, methylene chloride, CS2, 4-methyl-2-pentaone  Inorganics As, Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Ni, Se, Zn

14. OEPA 52 NEORSD

16. Sample health symptoms from organics ENTHeadache dizziness Skin irrVomitingRespir. Acetone √√√√ Phenol √√√ MEK √√√√ Methanol √√√√ THF √√√√ Creosol √√√√√

17. Sample health symptoms - metals ENTHeadache dizziness Chest pain VomitingRespir. Cadmium √√√√ Nickel √√ Arsenic √√√√ Lead √√√ Zinc √√