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DIRECTOR	 BOARD OF HEALTH Air Quality Program 

Bruce W. Dixon, M.D.	 Paul M. King, Esq., Q.E.P. 301 39th Street - Building 7 

Chair Pittsburgh PA 15201-1891 Lee Harrison, M.D. 

Vice Chair 

AI M. Ahmed, P. E.
 

Rev. Ricky V. Burgess.
 

James M. Flynn, Jr.
 

Ann S. Francis. R.N.
 

Hon. Jan Rea 

April 28, 2008 Lidia C. Turzai, M.D. 

William Youngblood 

Mr. Ronald D. Lerario
 

Director
 

Eastman Chemical Company
 

P.O. Box 567 

State Highway 837	 CERTIFIED MAIL
 

West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0567 04-1622-E


RE: ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT - Eastman Chemical Company 

Dear Mr. Lerario: 

Ericlbsedplease fihdlhe Order of.tne Department issued to Eastman Chemical Company on ',,', 

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April 28, 2008. The purpose ofthis'order is to memorialize your decision to retire tanks 17,18,· . 

61and 63 in order-to address its 'Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) eligibility , 

requirements.' It is the Department's understanding that Eastman has permanently taken these 

tanks out of service and rendered them incapable of storing liquids. 

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. 

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/<:y"~ Jim Thompson
 

Acting Air Quality Program Manager
 

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DIRECTOR BOARD OF HEALTH 

Bruce W. Dixon, M.D Paul M. King. Esq., Q.E.P. 

Chair 

3333 Forbes Avenue Lee Harrison. M.D. 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Vice Chair 

Phone: (412) 578-8008 AI M. Ahmed. P. E. Fax: (412) 578-8325 Rev. Ricky V. Burgess
 

James M, Flynn, Jr.
 

Ann S. Francis, R.N.
 

Hon. Jan Rea
 

Lidia C. Turzai, M.D.
 

William Youngblood
 

April 28, 2008 

IN RE: Eastman Chemical Company
 

PO Box 567
 

State Highway 837
 

West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0567
 

ORDER 

, WHEREAS, The Director of ·the Allegheny County ,Health Department (Department) has been .. ·'delegated authority pursuant to the federal Clean'Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq., and the 

"'Pennsylvania Air.PoUution ControlAct, 35 P:S..§§ 4001 et seq., and th,e Department is,1;l Jqcal health . 

-agency organizedunder,Local Heilth,Administrntionr,4w, Act 3150(AlJguSt 24, 1951,r,:L: 13q.4, as . amended, 16 Pa,C..S. §1'2001 et seq. {Act 315),. whose powers and du~es mcludethe eitt;6icement of 

laws relating ~o pubiic healthwlthin Allegheny County, including 'the tlliegheny C?l,mty HealtJJ, 

Department's Rules and Regulations, Article XXI, Air Pollution Control (Article XXI); and' ". " 

WHEREAS, pursuant to section''2109.03 of Article XXI, whenever the Director of the Allegheny 

County Health Department or his designated representative finds, on the basis of any infonnation 

available to him, that any source is operated in violation of any provision ofArticle XXI, he may order 

the person or persons responsible for the source to comply· with Article XXI or he may order the 

immediate shutdown ofthe source or any part thereof; and 

WHEREAS, the Department, has determined that Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. (EASTMAN), State 

Highway 837, Allegheny County, West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0567, is the owner and operator of 

synthetic hydrocarbon resin production facilities at State Highway 837, Allegheny County, West 

Elizabeth, PA 15088-0567 (facility) is a major source ofvolatile organic compounds (VOCs) as defined 

in section 2101.20 ofArticle XXI; and 

WHEREAS, the closure of the tanks 17, 18, 61 & 63 will decrease the potential emissions of VOCs 

from the facility, due to VOC emissions from units constructed between August 2, 1962 and August 7, 

1977, to less than two-hundred and fifty tons; and 

WHEREAS, the Department has determined that 40 CFR Part 51, Region Haze Regulations and 

Guidelines for Best Available Retrofit Technology Determinations will no longer apply to the facility; 

and 

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NOW THEREFORE, this 24th day ofApril 2008, the Department hereby issues this Order: 

EASTMAN shall immediately and permanently render volatile organic storage tanks 17, 18,61 

& 63 unusable for the storage of VOCs. 

If EASTMAN is aggrieved by any part of this Order, they have the right to file a written Notice of 

Appeal to the Director within ten (l0) days of receipt of this Order in accordance with Allegheny 

County Health Department's Rilles and Regu1ations, Article XI, Hearings and Appeals. The Order will 

become fmal ten (10) days after receipt barring an appeal. 

DONE AND ENTERED this 28th day ofApril, 2008, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 

ALLEGHENY COUNTY HEALTH 

DEPARTMENT 

By: 

Bruce W. Dixon, M.D. 

Director 

cc: J. E.ThOInp;on; Acting P;ogram Manager .' ··~·i' • " Henry Miller,~olicitor ,._,