Department (ACHD) and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), we have written about Eastman Chemical’s facility in Jefferson Hills and the ongoing failure to issue a Title V Operating Permit to facility has a new owner – it also appears that in early 2022 the facility (as well as the rest of Eastman Chemical’s adhesive resins business line) was acquired by Synthomer, Plc., a multi-national firm based

GASP on Feb. 14 submitted formal comments related to draft installation permits for the Eastman Chemical Here’s what you need to know about the issue: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. Water Treatment Plant, a Pilot Plant used to test new formulas and processes, and approximately 200 chemical Eastman was required to then submit a report regarding each test to EPA for approval. After Eastman submitted certain testing reports, EPA required Eastman to supplement them.

Among them was Synthomer Jefferson Hills (formerly known as Eastman Chemical Resins). Synthomer operates a facility on the Monongahela River in Jefferson Hills and produces a variety of chemical

Further, Eastman was the subject of a federal enforcement action in 2011; the order that resolved that action required Eastman to comply with a comprehensive testing and permitting process that has been the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants, which applies to “Miscellaneous Organic Chemical by both ACHD and Eastman that the processing unit was in fact subject to those requirements. Obviously, this should prevent Eastman from attempting any argument that those provisions do not apply

have blogged about the much-delayed and long-awaited Title V Operating Permit for the Jefferson Hills chemical-manufacturing facility operated by Synthomer, Inc., and formerly operated by Eastman Chemical Company many times before

Chemical Installation Permit Issued by Allegheny County Health Dept. Chemical Resins, Inc.’s plant in Jefferson Hills Borough. requirements imposed by the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical GASP has previously blogged about Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc.’s plant, which is one of two major sources action required Eastman to comply with a comprehensive testing and permitting process that has been

public comments on the much-delayed - and long-awaited - Title V Operating Permit for Jefferson Hills chemical-manufacturing And when we say “much-delayed” we mean it: Synthomer (formerly Eastman Chemical) is one of two major

Regular readers of this blog may recall that the facility was formerly operated by Eastman Chemical Resins

County that had never been issued operating permits in 2016–Allegheny Ludlum’s Brackenridge Works and Eastman Chemical–still have not been issued permits. Eastman Chemical remains under a 2011 federal court order that has worked to prevent ACHD from issuing Fayette7/20/20091/27/2010 Lehigh Specialty Melting Inc.Latrobe, Westmoreland7/15/20095/23/2012 Texas Eastern Transmission South Oakford Compressor StationHempfield Twp., Westmoreland1/11/201210/31/2012 Texas Eastern

County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) ATI Flatrolled Products (formerly Allegheny Ludlum) In addition, Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc., a major source, has never been issued a Title V permit. Eastman has been working through the requirements of a 2011 consent order and should submit its application