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## RECEIVE D OPP T CBi C 201UAH1 5 A H 10:2 9 

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Baule US A LL C 310 0 McClaren Wood s Driv e Coraopolis , P

A 15108

Januar y 14,201 4 B y FedE x Documen t Contro l Offic e (DCO ) (7407M ) Offic e o f Pollutio n Contro l an

d Toxic s (OPPT) U.S . Environmenta

l Protectio n Agenc

y (EPA ) EP A Eas t Building , RoomE642 8 (202-564-8930 ) 120 1 Constitutio n Avenue , N W Washington , D.C . 2046

0 Attention : TSC A Sectio

n 4 40 C.F.R . § 799.508 7 (Docke t No . EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0531 ) Re : Applicatio n fo r Exemption fro m Testin g Tes tRule : 4

0 C.F.R . § 799.508

7 (Docke tNo . EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0531 ) Tes tSubstance : Benzenediamine , ar,ar-diethyl-ar- m ethyl- , Chemical Abstract s Service Registr

y Numbe r 68479-98- 1 Dea r Si r o r Madam : Baul e US A LL C ("Baule" ) hereb y request s a n exemptio n fro mal l testin g o f benzenediamine , ar,ar-diethyl-ar-methyl- , Chemica l Abstract s Service Registr y Numbe r 68479-98- 1 ("DETDA") , unde r th e TSC A § 4 tes

t rul e fo r DETD A codifie d a

t 4 0 C.F.R . § 799.5087 . Th

e basi s fo r Baule' s exemption reques t i s a s follows . Baule import s DETD A i n smal l quantitie s an d solel y a s a n ingredien

t i n mixture s processe

d by a foreig n affiliate . Baule' s import s o f DETD A wer

e les s tha n 1,50 0 kg i n 2013 , an

d Baule expect

s to impor t only 3,00 0 k g i n 2014 , whic h i s les s tha n tw o percen

t ( < 2% ) o f

th e 201 1 impor

t volum e reported fo r

DETD A by Lonza , Inc . unde r th e 201 2 Chemica

l Dat aReportin g ("CDR" ) Rule. 1

I n addition , Albemarl e reporte d it s 201 1 manufacturin g volum e fo r DETD A unde

r th e 201 2 CD R Rule bu

t claime d thi s informatio n a s confidential .p . 2

*EPA/OPPT/DCO , Attention : TSCA Section 4 Januar y 14 , 201 4 Pag e 2 of 2 Albemarl e Corporatio n ha s provide d EP

A wit h alette

r o f inten t to conduc

t al l o f th e testin g fro m whic h Baule seek

s a n exemption. 2 Therefore , Baule' s submission o f th e require d test

dat afo r DETD A woul d duplicat

e th e dat atha t Albemarl e alread

y i s submittin g t

o EP A unde r 4 0 C.F.R . § 799.5087 . I n addition , EP A doe s not requir e Baule to demonstrat

e tha t it s importe d DETD A i s equivalen t t o th e DETD A bein g teste

d by Albemarle. 3 Fo

r thes e reasons , Baule' s exemptio n applicatio n satisfie s th

e requirements fo r

conditiona

l approva l b y EPA. 4 Lastly , Baule understands tha t i f thi s applicatio n i s grante

d befor e th e reimbursemen

t perio d describe d i n section 4(c)(3)(B ) o f TSC A expires , Baule must pa y fai r an d equitable reimbursemen

t to th e perso n o r persons wh

o incurre d o

r share d i n th e cost s o f complyin g wit h th e requiremen

t to submi t dat aan d upo n whose dat

ath e grantin g o f

Baule' s applicatio n wa

s based . Pleas e addres s an

y question s abou

t thi s exemptio n applicatio n to th e undersigned . Baule appreciate s EPA' s consideratio n o f thi s application . Sincerely ,

Genera l Manage r Baule US A LL C 310 0 McClaren Woods Driv e Coraopolis , P

A 15108 Tel . (724)213-608 8 Email : rich.rogers@bauleusa.co m RR:m b

2 Baut e understand

s tha t Albemarl e also ha

s submitte d studie s o f

DETD A t o EP

A unde r 4 0 C.F.R . § 799.5087 . 3 7 6 Fed . Reg . 1067 , 1079 (Jan . 7 , 2011 ) ("I n thi s fina l rule , EP A wil l not

requir e th e submission o f

equivalenc e dat a(i.e. , dat ademonstratin

g tha t you r substanc e i s equivalen

t t o th e substanc

e actually bein g tested

) a s aconditio n fo r approva l o f you r exemption.") . 4 Se e 4 0 C.F.R . § 790.87(a) .