SECTION VI - CLOSING CONFERENCE AND FOLLOW UP Closing Conference The Lead Inspector held a closing conference with Facility personnel on April 23, 2025, for the inspection.

The ditch leading from the cleanout was full and flowing.

The sources of poluttion of arsenic, cadmium, and lead often overlap with those of mercury.

The sources of poluttion of arsenic, cadmium, and lead often overlap with those of mercury.

Aluminium alloys contain lead coming from scrap recycling at low impurity levels.

Objectives To monitor compliance with the EPA Lead Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule under the TSCA Section 1018 of Title X and the EPA Region 4 Standard Operating Procedure for Conducting Compliance Monitoring Inspections for Toxic Substances Control Act Lead Based Paint effective October 23, 2015.

Objectives To monitor compliance with the EPA Lead Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule under the TSCA Section 1018 of Title X and the EPA Region 4 Standard Operating Procedure for Conducting Compliance Monitoring Inspections for Toxic Substances Control Act Lead Based Paint effective October 23, 2015.

These tugboats assist barges that come into the river leading into Lake Charles to get through the river into the docks/harbor.

The Lead engineer for Allen safety, LLC consultant confirmed (email dated July 17, 2021) that the audit was only recently signed on April 30, 2021.

The southern part of the site was a steep hill leading up to the north.

Objectives To monitor compliance with the EPA Lead Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule under the TSCA Section 1018 of Title X and the EPA Region 4 Standard Operating Procedure for Conducting Compliance Monitoring Inspections for Toxic Substances Control Act Lead Based Paint effective October 23, 2015.

Objectives To monitor compliance with the EPA Lead Residential Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Rule under the TSCA Section 1018 of Title X and the EPA Region 4 Standard Operating Procedure for Conducting Compliance Monitoring Inspections for Toxic Substances Control Act Lead Based Paint effective October 23, 2015.

The sources of poluttion of arsenic, cadmium, and lead often overlap with those of mercury.

As of the time of writing this inspection report (July 19, 2022) the EPA lead inspector has received no correspondence from the facility representative indicating the aforementioned violations have been corrected nor has the EPA lead inspector received from the facility copies of recent enforcement actions/inspection reports by the NYSDEC.

Source: Freudenberg Typically C6-treated microglass media or synthetic media 6 Typically C6-treated microglass media ePTFE membranes A AHLSTRQM MUNKSJO ePTFE filter overdesign CONFIDENTIAL ePTFE membranes can only be used for EPA/ HEPA filters (i.e. not for coarse, medium and fine filters) Replacing medium or fine filters by ePTFE filters will lead to the following consequences: Lower dust holding capacity* leading to 2 to 3 times more frequent replacement of filters due to increasingly fast loading and filter clogging, as the pore size is smaller. 2 to 13 times increased pressure drop** leading to increasing energy consumption, as more energy would have to be supplied by the filtration units in order to push the air flow through the filter.