Inspection checklist Signature Lead Inspector R WOODWARD (Affiliate) Date: 2023.10.27 14:36:21 -06'00' Digitally signed by R WOODWARD (Affiliate) Andy Woodward Date of signature 3040003 - FUO in Selfridge Page 3 of 3 9/27/2023 UST Inspection

This situation would lead into legal defencelessness in the industry due to a lack of a proper test method to ensure the compliance of the goods manufactured or sold in EU and a huge uncertainty on the acceptable proof by authorities in case of inorganic fluorine sources in the products.

AUDIT REPORT CERTIFICATION: This is to certify that I, Peter Phillips, was the lead inspector at this facility and that I have verified the accuracy of the observations in this inspection report: Phillips, Peter E.

EPA Inspection Report - Page 1 of 5 Region 6 - Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division INSPECTION REPORT Inspection Date(s): Media Program: Regulatory Program(s) 02/05/2024 Air Title V, NESHAP Company Name: Facility Name: Facility Physical Location: (city, state, zip code) Mailing address: (city, state, zip code) County/Parish: Facility Phone Number Facility Contact: BASF Corporation BASF Beaumont Agro Plant Latitude 29 58' 17'' Longitude 94 3' 12'' Beaumont, TX 77705 14385 W Port Arthur Rd Beaumont, TX 77705 Jefferson County 409-981-5050 Caitlin Wilding Environmental Health & Safety Manager Cailtlin.wilding@basf.com FRS Number: Identification/Permit Number: Media Identifier Number: NAICS: SIC: 110000464239 RN100634922, CN600124895 48-245-00008 325199 2879 Personnel participating in inspection: Justin Chen EPA Region 6 ECDAT Benjamin Donaldson EPA Region 6 ECDAT Kenneth McPherson EPA Region 6 ECDAT Sarah Frey EPA Region 6 ECDAT Colleen McCarthy EPA Region 6 ECDAT Daniel Hoyt EPA OECA AED Nathaniel Hicks EPA OECA AED Richard Helmich EPA NEIC Philip Myers EPA NEIC Caitlin Wilder BASF Alexis Fischer BASF Environmental Engineer Environmental Engineer Life Scientist Physical Scientist Life Scientist Environmental Engineer Physical Scientist Chemist Mechanical Engineer Environmental Health & Safety Manager Compliance Analyst EPA Lead Inspector Signature/Date NATHANIEL HICKS Date: 2024.04.03 16:24:12 -06'00' Digitally signed by NATHANIEL HICKS Nathaniel Hicks Date Supervisor Signature/Date GREGORY FRIED Date: 2024.04.04 14:15:32 -04'00' Digitally signed by GREGORY FRIED Gregory Fried Date 6ENFORM-019-R8.2 (02/12/2020) 1 EPA Inspection Report - Page 2 of 5 BASF Corporation / BASF Beaumont Agro Plant Inspection Date 02/05/2024 Section I - INTRODUCTION PURPOSE OF THE INSPECTION EPA inspectors Daniel Hoyt (Headquarters), Nathan Hicks (Headquarters), Justin Chen (Region 6), Benjamin Donaldson (Region 6), and Kenneth McPherson (Region 6) accompanied by Philip Myers and Richard Helmich (National Enforcement Investigations Center, "NEIC") arrived at the BASF Corporation's BASF Beaumont Agro Plant ("Facility") at 1315 on February 5, 2024, for an unannounced inspection.

We were founded in 1915, and our primary purpose is to promote the betterment of the state's leading industry.

Reg. 38,977 (July 5, 2011), requires that Cameron submit an Annual Emissions Statement to LDEQ consisting of an inventory of the Facility's actual emissions and the permitted emissions limits of VOCs, NOX, CO, SO2, lead, PM10 and PM2.5, and ammonia.

However, the chemical structure of PFASs is widely diverse and that may lead widely diverse of physiochemical or hazardous characteristic property of PFASs.

., the intrinsic properties of PFAS, foremost their persistence and mobility in combination with negative effects on human health and environment, will inevitably lead to rising exposure levels and negative effects PFAS exposures in large population groups exceeds what is defined as a safe level, i.e., exposures to multiple PFAS cannot, even to date, be avoided and combination effects are expected remediation of PFAS-polluted land and water is technically challenging or in some instances not even possible as well as extremely costly to society, not OFFICE: STOCKHOLM - VIRKESVAGEN 2 OSTERSUND - FORSKARENS VAG 5, HUS UB POSTAL ADDRESS: SE-106 48 STOCKHOLM PHONE: 10 00 E-MAIL: @SWEDISHEPA.SE INTERNET: WWW.SWEDISHEPA.SE NATURVRDSVERKET 2(4) only in monetary terms but also regarding depletion of material and energy resources there are alternatives to PFAS in many applications, and restriction per se is a very strong incentive to stimulate further development of alternatives; a complete PFAS ban will most likely be economically beneficial to society in the long run, although costly in the short term and related to negative consequences for individual companies.

O'Donnell about the source of the flow, and he explained that catch basins along Charles Street are connected in some fashion and lead to this location.

Inspection checklist Signature Lead Inspector MARTA GRABOWSKI Date: 2023.10.23 15:12:00 -06'00' Digitally signed by MARTA GRABOWSKI Marta Grabowski Date of signature 4040020-Rock Energy McLaughlin Page 4 of 4 9/27/2023 UST Inspection

Inspection checklist Signature Lead Inspector MARTA GRABOWSKI Date: 2023.10.23 15:12:00 -06'00' Digitally signed by MARTA GRABOWSKI Marta Grabowski Date of signature 4040020-Rock Energy McLaughlin Page 4 of 4 9/27/2023 UST Inspection

Another health risk associated with PFAS is that their presence can lead to a reduced immune response.

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Take grab samples for Total Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Silver, Cyanide.

Melt Shop baghouse dust reports are generated from a third-party recycler that Charter Steel uses to log chromium, magnesium, manganese, lead, zinc, and mercury content levels.