Koppers Inc. Startup, Shutdown or Malfunctions
| Tracking # |
128997 |
| Submitted | Dec. 12, 2023 |
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From: Dillon Bergin
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
All malfunction forms, often known as Startup, Shutdown or Malfunctions or SSM events, submitted by Koppers Inc. from Jan. 1, 1970 to the date this request is ultimately fulfilled. An example of such a form is publicly posted by the IEPA: https://epa.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/epa/documents/epa-forms/air/aer/malfunction.pdf
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Dillon Bergin
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Good afternoon
The Agency has been unable to locate responsive documents to the attached FOIA request. Would you be agreeable to granting the Agency additional time to search for potentially responsive documents and provide our response? We expect to be able to reply on or before January 12, 2024(10 additional working days)
Please let me know if this extension is acceptable.
Thank you
Sharon
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From: Dillon Bergin
Hi Sharon,
Yes, I am amenable to granting extra time to search and locate the records on or before January 12, 2024.
Thanks for keeping me in the loop!
My best,
Dillon Bergin
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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January 5, 2024
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Attn: Mr. Dillon Bergin
MuckRock News, Dept MR155885
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request - 128997
Dear Mr. Bergin:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.)
request dated December 12, 2023 and received by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(Illinois EPA) on December 13, 2023.
The information responsive to your request is attached.
Requested Information - all Startup, Shutdown, or Malfunction reports
Koppers Inc - 3900 S Laramie Ave, Cicero
Sincerely,
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Anwar Johnson
Illinois EPA FOIA Officer
217.558.5101
http://www.epa.illinois.gov/foia/index
State of Illinois - CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged or attorney work product, may constitute inside information or internal deliberative staff communication, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. Receipt by an unintended recipient does not waive attorney-client privilege, attorney work product privilege, or any other exemption from disclosure.
From: Dillon Bergin
Hi Sharon and AJ,
This response is just one single SSM report for in December 2023, though I requested all SSM events "submitted by Koppers Inc. from Jan. 1, 1970 to the date this request is ultimately fulfilled." I have seen Koppers reference SSM events they declared in older Notice of Violations, which leads me to believe there are many more than this single one I recieved. Is it that this is truly the only SSM they have ever submitted or was there a misunderstanding?
Thanks all best,
Dillon
From: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Good afternoon
I did check with the Bureau of Air and was informed the document provided in the FOIA response was the only document in our report tracking system identified as an SSM report.
Please let me know if you have any further questions
Sharon
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From: Dillon Bergin
Oh, I see. I'll check back to the documents that I have and see if I misunderstood what was referenced elsewhere. I appreciate you following up on that.
Thanks Sharon!
Dillon
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