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Fj] PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. 

July 9,1998 

Central Park West 

5001 South Miami Boulevard, Suite 300 

P.O. Box 12077 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2077 

(919)941-0333 

FAX (919) 941-0234 

Mr. John Winfrey 

Neste Polyester America 

Via e-mail: John.Winfrey@neste.com 

Dear Mr. Winfrey: 

Thank you for providing information on gel coat properties and chemistry during our 

telephone conversation on July 8, 1998. The EPA and its contractor, Pacific Environmental 

Services, Inc., are in the process of collecting gel coat property and cost data that will be used in 

developing the maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard for the pkistic composites 

industry pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. • 

We would like to collect data on the properties .and costs for gel coats sold by Neste Polyester 

America in order to assess the costs that facilities would incur by switching from gel coats with a 

high hazardous air pollutant (HAP) content to a low HAP content. Based on our assessment, the 

following HAP contents are considered low: (1) 30 percent or less HAP for pigmented production 

gel coats, (2) 40 percent or less HAP for clear production gel coats, and (3) 40 percent or less HAP 

for tooling gel coats. We would appreciate if you would provide information on properties and costs 

for the gel coats shown in Enclosure 1. In addition, we would like you to identify low HAP 

replacements that Neste Polyester America sells for high HAP pigmented, clear, and tooling gel 

coats. When you select these high and low HAP gel coat pairs, we would like you to match the gel 

coat properties for each ofthe pairs as closely as possible and provide average list costs for each pair. 

Please provide as many of these gel coat pairs as possible for each ofthe three gel coat applications 

(pigmented production, clear production, and tooling). The costs for these resin pairs identified by 

Neste Polyester America can be added to the table in Enclosure 1. 

If .any ofthe information you submit in response to the list of questions in Enclosure 1 is 

considered by your company to be confidential business information (CBI), please indicate those 

portions of your response considered to be CBI and mail the entire response to: 

WASHINGTON, D.C. • RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC • LOS ANGELES, CA • CINCINNATI, OH 
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Ms. Melva Toomer 

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

CBI Manager 

411 West Chapel Hill Street, Room 944 

Durham, North Carolina 27701 

If none ofthe information in your response to this request is considered by your company to 

be CBI, please submit the response directly to me either through the mail or through our fax number 

(919) 941-0234. 

If you have any questions concerning this request, please do not hesitate to call me at (919) 

941-0333 or the EPA task order project officer, Ms. Madeleine Strum, at (919) 541-2383. Thank 

you for your cooperation. 

Sincerely, 

PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. 

Melanie Proctor 

Project Lead 

1 Enclosures 

cc: PES Project File 

Ms. Madeleine Strum, US EPA 

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PIGMENTED PRODUCTION QEL COATS 

Manufacturer 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Neste Polyester 

Product 

NuWtter 

YG371201 

WG312792 

AG01091 

AG3808 

RG290309 

GG291700 

LG297189 

TG29297 

Syrette 

Cotttefti 

m 

27.19% 

27.71% 

32.29% 

36.72% 

24.36% 

17.39% 

20.75% 

21.86% 

MMA 

Canterrt 

4.00% 

4.00% 

0.00% 

0.00% 

17.50% 

25.00% 

25.00% 

25.00% 

TtffelHAP 

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31.19% 

31.71% 

32.29% 

36.72% 

41.86% 

42.39% 

45.75% 

46.86% 

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Brown 

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TOOLING GEL COATS , 

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Manufacture 

Neste Polyester 

Number 

AE0566 

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MMA 

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