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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 04-1622-E West Elizabeth, PA 15088-0567 RE: ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT - Eastman Chemical Company Dear Mr. Lerario: Ericlbsedpleasefihdlhe Order of.tne Department issued to Eastman Chemical Company on ',,',

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

. 61and 63 in order-to address its'BestAvailable Retrofit Technology (BART) eligibility , requirements.' It is the Department's understanding that Eastman has permanentlytaken these tanks out ofservice and rendered them incapable ofstoring liquids. Thankyou for your prompt attention to this matter.

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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 INRE: 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

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-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'sRules and Regulations, Article XXI, AirPollution 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 ofany infonnation available to him, that any source is operated inviolation ofany 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 anypartthereof; 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 ofArticleXXI; and WHEREAS, the closure ofthe tanks 17, 18, 61 & 63 will decrease the potential emissions ofVOCs from the facility, due to VOC emissions from units constructed between August 2, 1962 and August 7, 1977, to less thantwo-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 Departmenthereby issues this Order: EASTMAN shall immediately and permanently render volatile organic storage tanks 17, 18,61 & 

### 63 unusablefor the storage ofVOCs. IfEASTMAN is aggrieved by any part ofthis Order, they have the right to file a written Notice of 

### Appeal to the Director within 

### ten (l0) 

## days ofreceipt ofthis 

## 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 receiptbarring an appeal. DONE AND ENTERED this 28th 

### day ofApril, 2008, in

### Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
ALLEGHENY COUNTYHEALTH DEPARTMENT By: Bruce W. Dixon, M.D. Director

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