By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A Greene County chemical firm has submitted its monthly report on the use of free river water that includes an unusual footnote for six dates in the month of February.
The report from US Nitrogen LLC states that the firm withdrew just shy of 15 million gallons of water from the Nolichucky River during the month.
In addition the company reported it discharged an additional 8.7 million gallons back into the river.
A footnote to the report from Plant Manager Charles Dylan states, "The instantaneous max has been recorded for Feb 3, 15, 16,17,22, and 25."
"The design capacity for the two pumps in operation is 1,350 GPM (gallons per minute), which is our permitted rate," the note concludes.
In previous recent reports, a footnote has stated that due to an equipment malfunction the daily figures were estimated based on the capacity of the pumps used to send the water to the Midway plant through a 12 mile pipeline.
A request for an explanation of the new language to Dylan was not immediately answered.
The report does state that the largest amount of water drawn from the river in a single day was 1.1 million gallons on Feb. 2. The daily withdrawal amounts exceeded nine million gallons on five days.
The largest daily amount discharged back into the river was a little over 600,000 gallons on Feb. 2. The daily discharge exceeded 500,000 gallons on five days in February.
Over the objections of local environmental activists, he company gained approval from two separate state agencies to allow for the use of the river water in the production of ammonium nitrate.
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