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# RECEIVED

OPPI CBIC

2014 OCT 31 PM 12: 58 SOLVAY 

# SO LVAY

SPECIALTY POLYMERS

October 30, 2014

VIA COURIER 

# RECEIVED CBIC Contril Number

1\10,\I 

# 1 3 7-14 

# 362468-S

EPA DOCKET CENTER

OPPT Document Control Office (DCO)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency

EPA East Building, Room 6428

1201 Constitution Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20460

RE: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC

(formerly SOLVAY SOLEXIS, INC.)

2010/2015 PFOA STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM

DOCKET ID NUMBER EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0621

In response to industry's participation with the USEPA EPA 2010/15 PFOA Stewardship

Program, Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC (formerly Solvay Solexis, Inc.) hereby

submits the year 2013 data for emissions and product content of PFOA and related higher

homologues.

This submission contains confidential business information and Solvay Solexis, Inc.

expects it to be managed accordingly. As such, one original and one sanitized paper copy

is included in the submission. In addition, electronic copies of the original and sanitized

documents are enclosed.

Please note that since Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC ceased the usage of PFOA

and higher homologues in 2010, we are only submitting Appendix E and F for the 2013

data submission.

If you have any questions or require additional information concerning this submittal,

please contact me at (856) 251-3446.

Sincerely,



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Brad Kent, Ph.D.

Manager, West Deptford Technology Center

Enclosures

# Appendix E



# Draft Company Report: Summary of Baseline

Emissions and Product Content

October 2014 p. 2



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# Reported Emissions and Product Content

Table 1. Re orted Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Hi her Homolo ues from U.S. 0 erations

Company Eighth

Year

Reductions Chemical

Category Emissions Product Content

Releases to all

media from FP

and Telomer

Manufacturing

(kg) kg of

release /

kg of

product

produced Dispersions

(ppm wetweight basis) Other

Fluoropolymers

(ppm dry-weight

basis) Telomers

(ppm dryweight basis,

unless stated

otherwise)

Solvay

Specialty

Polymers

USA, LLC 2013 PFOA, PFOA

salts and

Higher

Homologues ZERO ZERO <2 ppm <1 ppb N/A

Precursors

# Table 2. Re orted Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Hi her Homolo ues from Non U.S. 0 erations



# Company Eightth

Year

Reductions Chemical

Category Emissions Product Content

Releases to all

media from FP

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Manufacturing

(kg) kg of

release /

kg of

product

produced Dispersions

(ppm wetweight basis) Other

Fluoropolymers

(ppm dry-weight

basis) Telomers

(ppm dryweight basis,

unless stated

otherwise)

Solvay

Specialty

Polymers

USA, LLC 2013 PFOA, PFOA

salts and

Higher

Homologues Not Applicable

Precursors Not Applicable

# p. 10



# Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content

Table 3. Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from

U.S. 0 erations

Company Eighth

Year

Reductions Chemical

Category % Reduction in Emissions % Reduction in Product Content

% Reductions in total

quantity of chemical(s)

released from baseline year Fluoropolymer

Dispersions Other

Fluoropolymers Telomer

based

products

Solvay

Specialty

Polymers

USA, LLC 2013 PFOA,

PFOA salts

and Higher

Homologues >99.999% >99.999% >99.999% Not Applicable

Precursors Not Applicable

# Table 4. Reported Percent Reductions in Emissions and Product Content of PFOA, Precursors, and Higher Homologues from

Non U.S. 0 erations

Company Eighth

Year

Reductions Chemical

Category % Reduction in Emissions % Reduction in Product Content

% Reductions in total

quantity of chemical(s)

released from baseline year Fluoropolymer

Dispersions Other

Fluoropolymers Telomer

based

products

Solvay

Specialty

Polymers

USA, LLC 2013 PFOA, PFOA

salts and

Higher

Homologues Not Applicable

Precursors Not Applicable