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Car-mt.-04.e Avvt.e.eizo..5., ilLoci- 41-.2_qq 5 5500 , PA si-r,22.2 I-12.'7 '7 5.5.570 March 26, 2025 Mr. William C. Herz, Executix e Director National Lime Association 200 North Glebe Road, Suite 800 Arlington, Virginia 22203 Dear Bill, As the authorized representatixe of Carmeuse Americas and its affiliates, I hereby authorize the National Lime Association (NLA) to submit a request on our behalf for a two-year presidential exemption of our major source lime plants pursuant to Clean Air Act 112(1)(4) from the requirements of the final rule titled: "National Emission Standards for hazardous Air Pollutants: Lime Manufacturing Plants Technology Review" (89 FR 57738; July 16, 2024) (Lime Rule). Such exemption. if granted, would extend the compliance date from July 16, 2027 to July 16, 2029, while EPA reconsiders the Lime Rule. I'he facilities in this request include the following major source lime plants owned and controlled by Carmeuse Americas and its affiliates: 1. Anncville. Carrneuse Lime. Inc., 3 Clear Spring Road. Annville, PA 17003 2. Black River, Carrneuse Lime & Stone. Inc., 9043 Highway 154, Butler, KY 41006 3. Buffington, Carmeuse Lime, Inc., 1 N. Carrneuse Dr., Gary. IN 46402 4. Grand River, Carmeuse Lime, Inc., 15 Williams St., Grand River, 011 4404-5 5. Longview, Cat-mouse Lime & Stone, Inc., 599 Highway 31 South, Saginaw, AI. 35137 6. Maple Grove, Carrneuse Lime. Inc., 1967 W. County Road t.'42, Maple Grove, OH 44815 7. Maysville, Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.. 9272 Springd- ale Rd., Mays\ ille, KY 41056 8. River Rouge, Carmeuse Lime. Inc., 25 Marion Ave.. River Rouge, MI 48218 9. Manitowoc, Carmeuse Lime, Inc., 4110 Rockwood Road, Manitowoc. WI 54220 10. Strasburg, O-N Minerals (Chemstone) Company, 1696 Oranda Road, Strasburg-, VA 22657 The emissions standards subject to this exemption include hazardous air pollutant (HAP) standards for hydrogen chloride, mercury, organics, and dioxins & furans. NLA will provide the agency with additional information on why the technology to implement the standard is not available and why it is in the national security interests of the United States to grant the exemption. t , 'ficeesflby F rilytt-lithUr* sephf made n.De rg Environmental Counsel [WE CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER WORLD] Sierra Club FOIA 2025-EPA-04883 ED_018388_00000249-00013 SC_EVERSPLIT0006029