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From:
Mike Bartholomew
[mike.bartholomew@bbraunusa.com]
Sent:
3/31/2025 6:59:47 PM
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AirAction [AirAction@epa.gov]
CC:
Christopher Greene
[chris.greene@bbraunusa.com]
Subject:
Presidential Exemption: Ethylene
Oxide Emissions Standards for
Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk
and Technology Review, 89 Fed. Reg.
24090 (Apr. 5, 2024): Allentown
Facility
Attachments:USEPG-3-2025.pdf
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To Whom it May Concern:
Please see the attached request, which is submitted in accordance with EPA guidelines. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, or if more information is needed.
Best regards, Mike Bartholomew President B. Braun US Device Manufacturing, LLC 901 Marcon Blvd Allentown, PA 18109 610-596-2857 (Office)
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Sierra Club FOIA 2025-EPA-04883
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Message
From:
Hejmadi, Prashanth
[phejmadi@westlake.com]
Sent:
3/31/2025 7:24:13 PM
To:
AirAction [AirAction@epa.gov]
CC:
Szabo, Aaron
[Szabo.Aaron@epa.gov]; Tardif,
Abigale (Abbie)
[Tardif.Abigale@epa.gov];
Donahue, Sean
[donahue.sean@epa.gov];
Dominguez, Alexander
[dominguez.alexander@epa.gov];
Tsirigotis, Peter
[Tsirigotis.Peter@epa.gov];
Lassiter, Penny
[Lassiter. Penny@epa.gov];
Lessard, Patrick
[Lessard. Patrick@epa.gov];
Bouchard, Andrew
[Bouchard.Andrew@epa.gov];
Newman, Susan
[snewman@westlake.com]
Subject:
HON Section 112(i)(4) waiver
request
Attachments:Westlake Deer Park Texas Facility
CAA Section 112(i)(4) 2 year
Waiver Request.pdf
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To whom it may concern --
Please see attached, a request for Presidential Exemption for Westlake Epoxy Inc.'s HON-covered facility at 5900 Highway 225, Gate 7B, Deer Park, Texas 77536, as requested by U.S. EPA of the regulated community. As explained in greater detail in the attached letter, Westlake is seeking a Presidential Exemption under the New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins. See 89 FR 42932; May 16, 2024 (HON Rule).
As Westlake's evaluation of the requirements under the HON rule progresses and we continue to develop our compliance plans, Westlake may have additional detail or more concrete information related to the technical challenges, time required, and costs for coming into compliance with the HON rule. Some of that more detailed information may include confidential business information which Westlake would be willing to provide under the appropriate protections for such competitive and trade secret information. Please contact Susan Newman at snew. .@westlake.cc should EPA or the President require more detailed information about specific impacts to Westlake's Deer Park Plant.
Thank you for the timely consideration of this request.
Sierra Club FOIA 2025-EPA-04883
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