Overman, Carolyn Subject: Attachments: FW: 3M Communication to EPA Region IV 3M Decatur TSCA Section 5(e) Disclosure Letter.04.03.2019.DOCX From: James Banks    Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:56 PM  To: Dean, Glenda   Subject: 3M Communication to EPA Region IV    Ms. Dean,    Please find attached the notification 3M submitted to EPA Region IV, TSCA.  If there are any questions, please do not  hesitate to contact me.    James C. “Jamie” Banks, PhD, CIH, CSP Site EHS&R Manager Film and Materials Resource Division 3M Decatur, 1400 State Docks Road, Decatur, AL 35601 Office: +1 256 552 6126 Mobile: +1 615 479 7453 jbanks@mmm.com     1 Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com April 3, 2019 CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION ELECTRONIC AND FIRST CLASS MAIL Ms. Beverly Banister Director Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 Mail Code: 9T25 Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 banister.beverly@epa.gov Re: 3M Company’s Voluntary Disclosure of Non-Compliance with Section 5(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act Dear Ms. Banister: On behalf of 3M Company (“3M”), I am writing to voluntarily disclose non-compliance with Section 5(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”), 15 U.S.C. § 2604(e), at 3M’s Decatur, Alabama plant. The Decatur plant manufactures, inter alia, intermediate chemicals, perfluorobutanesulfonamide (“FBSA”) and fluorinated sulfonamide alcohol (“FBSEE”). 3M is authorized to manufacture, process and use FBSA and FBSEE at its Decatur plant pursuant to the terms of a November 2, 2009 United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Consent Order (“Consent Order”), in which EPA identifies FBSA as P09-0477 [1Butanesulfonamide, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-] and FBSEE as P09-0485 [1-Butanesulfonamide, 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluoro-N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-]. That Consent Order contains a “Release to Water” provision, which states as follows: “The Company is prohibited from any predicted or purposeful release of the PMN substances P09-0477 and P09-0485, or any waste stream from manufacturing, process and use containing these substances into waters of the United States.” Consent Order at p. 7. Through self-investigation, 3M has discovered that the Decatur plant has released FBSA and may have released FBSEE from its manufacturing operations to the Tennessee River in non-compliance with the Consent Order’s release to water provision. Hogan Lovells US LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in the District of Columbia. “Hogan Lovells” is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells US LLP and Hogan Lovells International LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Birmingham Boston Brussels Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Perth Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco São Paulo Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Sydney Tokyo Warsaw Washington DC Associated offices: Budapest Jakarta Shanghai FTZ Ulaanbaatar Zagreb. Business Service Centers: Johannesburg Louisville. For more information see www.hoganlovells.com \\DC - 069539/000044 - 13955350 v1 Beverly Banister Director Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management Division -2- April 3, 2019 Due to these concerns, 3M has ceased both its FBSA and FBSEE manufacturing operations at its Decatur plant as well as any associated waste stream releases from those operations. 3M is working diligently to fully investigate the source(s) of the release(s) and to develop corrective actions to ensure such releases do not recur. As we work to fully investigate this situation, we would appreciate the opportunity in the near future to meet with you and your staff to discuss and our findings and our efforts to ensure that 3M remains in permanent, consistent compliance with the Consent Order. Sincerely, Adam M. Kushner, Esq. Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 Thirteenth St., N.W. Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: 202-637-5724 adam.kushner@hoganlovells.com \\DC - 069539/000044 - 13955350 v1