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### SNAP DOCUMENT CONTROL OFFICER OFFICE OF AIR AND RADIATION, U.S . EPA 1200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW (MC 6205T) WASHINGTON, DC 20460 From Loreto , the 27nt of July 2015

BLUPURA ITALY -Via Brancondi 56 - Loreto (AN)- 60022 -Italy and BLUPURA USA INC. - 1200 Brickell Avenue- Suite 1950- 33131 Miami, FL - USA REF 

### TEST MARKETING NOT/FICA TION FOR R290 WATERCOOLERS UNDER SNAP PROGRAM IN THE USA (California) Dear Sirs, Followi ng my meetin g with Mr Gerald Wozniak of the EPA during the event ATMOsphere America 2015 held in Atlanta in June 2015, BLUPURA Italy and BLUPURA USA Inc. hereby submit a notification for test marketing of our watercooler model s with natural refrigerants R290 in the USA. BLUPURA Italy was founded in 2008 by Mr Gianni Grottini and myself to manufacture mains fed watercooler units. Because of our commitment to protect the environment and to distinguish ourselves from other mpnufacturers of watercoolers, we immediately cho se to use natural refrigerant prop ane in our models . BLUPURA Italy ha s been manufacturing watercoolers with R290 (propane) since 2008 to supply all Europe an countries as well as other regions, such as South Africa and Australia . Until today around 12.000 watercoolers have been so ld. Th e hydrocarb onbased watercoolers have been manufa c tured following the European s tand ards an d the refrigerant charge for each model is below 150g. BLUPURA USA Inc. wa s founded in 2014, with a sales office and a warehouse in Miami, as a result of the success in Europe and to better and faster supply equipment t? North American customers. Watercoolers supplied for the North American market currently use R134a, however, our customers, especially in.t he Silicon Valley area, are increasingly dem and in g watercoolers based on natural refrigerant R290, which are climate friendly alternative to conventional R134a technology. As R 29 0 is not yet approved for use in watercoolers in the USA, BLUPU R A submits the test marketing notificaifo n with the following specification s: • Name of the alternative: R290, prop ane • Volume used in test marketing : 3 .000 lb s 

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### • Intended sector and end uses: watercoolers 

### • Expected duration of the test marketing period: 2 years 

### • Location of test marketing : California R290 watercoolers were tested by the independent laboratory INTERTEK in 2009. You can find the test on REFRIGERANT LEAK SIMULATION attached to this notification. The findings of the test point out that "this appliance has been identified as complying with**t~e** definition of clause 22.107 of EN 60335-2-24 for "Compression-type appliances with protected cooling system which uses flammable refrigerant" in this case Propane ". It is important to note that a great majority of our models are approved by INTERTEK following the AINSI 

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## .. BLUPURA has the technology, necessary skills, experience, and the (European} certification, to supply R290 watercoolers for the US market. We therefore kindly request you to accept this notification and &r?n t BLUPURA te s t marketing period for watercoolers using pro . We remain at your disposal for any further information. Thank you for your consideration . Be s t regards, 

### LUCA COSTANTINI Founder 

### & CEO luca@blupura.com m. +39 33 1876 8960

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