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# PE S A MACTEC

COMPANY Pacifi c Environmenta l S 5001 Sout h Miam i Bouleva n P.O . BO X 1207 7 Researc h Triangl e Park , N C 2770 9

A-94-5 2 IV-C-1 7 Office : 919/941-033 3 Fax : 919/941-023 4 Hom e Page : www.mactec.co m February 22 , 200 2 Mr . Glen n Mille r GHM , Incorporate d RRl,Boxl286 A Qrwigsburg , P A 1796 1 Dear Mr . Miller : 

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I spok e wit h Denni s Mille r o f you r compan y o n February 21,2002 . Pacifi c Environmenta l Services , Inc. , (PES ) i s th e contracto r t o th e U.S . Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y (EPA ) o n th e reinforce dplasti c composite s (RFP ) NESHAP . PE S i s currentl y assistin g th e EP A i n preparin g response s t o publi c comment s receive do n th e propose dRF P NESHAP . On e ofth e comment s question s th e feasibility ofth e propose dstandar dfor toolin g ge l coats , whic h i s equivalen t

t o atoolin g ge l coa t

wit h aHA P conten t

o f 3 8 percen t

b y weight . I n orde r

t o respon dt o thi s comment , PE S i s contactin g thos e facilitie s i n ou r databas e tha t

reporte dusin g toolin g ge l coat s with HA P content s o f 4 2 percen t

o r less . You r

facilit y i n Orwigsburg , PA , wa s identifie da s on e o f

thes e facilities . Attache di s alis t

o f question s tha t

w e woul dlik e answere di n orde r for u s t o respon dt o th e comment s w e hav e receive do n th e propose dstandar dfor toolin g ge l coats . Base do n th e responses , th e fina

l rul e ma y hav e astandar dtha t

i s th e sam e oftha t

propose do r

that i s les s stringen t (i.e. , allo w for

th e us e o f

atoolin g ge l coat

with ahighe r

HA P content) . Therefore , you r hel p i n answerin g th e attache dquestion s i s very importan t t o EPA' s effor

t t o promulgat e arul e base do n th e bes t

availabl e information . I f yo u hav e any question s concernin g thi s request , pleas e d o no t hesitat e t o contac t

m e at 919-941-0333 . Ou r

EP A Projectl^ea d i s Mr . Keith Barnett . H e ca n b e reache da

t 919-541-560-^5 - Pleas e fee l fre e t o cal l hi mi f yo u hav e an y questions . I f any ofth e informatio n yo u ca n suppl y i s considere dt o b e confidential b y you r company , w e can provid e yo u with th e procedure s tha t ar e use dt o submi t

suc h informatio n directl y t o th e EPA . Than k yo u i n advanc e for

whateve r hel p yo u ca n provide . Sincerely , Kenneth R . Meardo n PACIFI C ENVIRONMENTA L SERVICES , INC . Enclosur eP. 3



### TOOLIN G GE L COA T RESI N QUESTIONS Pleas e answe

r th e followin

g questions/provide th e followin g information . Tabl e 1 ca n b e use d fo r item s 1 throug h 5 below . 1 . Pleas e lis t

eac h toolin g gel coa

t you us e a t you r facility , it s supplier , andit s HA P content a s applied . 2 . Pleas e identif

y whethe r th e toolin g ge

l coa t i s usedfo r th e productio n o f

mold s o r th e repai r o f molds . 3 . Pleas e identif

y th e typ e of

product s producedb

y eac h typ e of mold . 4 . Pleas e identif

y th e lif e o f eac h mold . Fo

r eac h mol dtype , ho w ofte

n ca n it b e use dbefor

e it need s t o b e reworke do

r discarde dan

dane w on e mad e t o replac e it . 5 . How frequentl

y i s eac h moldused(e.g. , onc e aday , onc e aweek) ? 6 . Pleas e describ e briefl

y th e finis h characteristic s associate dwit h th e product s produce dfro m each typ e o

f mold . Fo r example , i s the surface ofth e en dproduc t eventually covere din som e fashion o r i s it th e fina l surfac e tha

t aconsume

r sees . 7 . Have you usedtoolin g ge l coat s wit h highe r HA P content s tha

n th e one(s ) yo u ar

e currently using ? Ifyes , pleas e briefl

y describ e how th e production/repai r of mold s ha s change da s th e result ofth e chang e i

n HA P contents .

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### TABL E 1 . TOOLIN G GE L COA T TABL E



# V * Toolin g Ge l Coa t

Identifie r Example : Polydyn e 15 1 Orang e Supplie r Polydyn e HA P

Conten t 3 8 Productio n o r Repair ? Productio n Type s o f Mold s Produced/Repaire d showe r stalls , bat h tub s Frequenc y o f Us e o f aMol d

onc e pe r da y Lif

e o f Mol d

tw o month s

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