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Ms. Susan Fairchild Sector Policies and Programs Division Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02) Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4930 Old Page Road Durham, NC 27703 RE: EPA's Request For Cullet and Batch Cost Data Dear Ms. Fairchild: In response to the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") request for cullet and batch costs, the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association ("NAIMA") created the following questionnaire: 1. What was the cost per ton ofpurchased cullet for: 2010:

________ 2011: 2. What was the cost per ton of glass for batch raw materials excluding cullet for: 2010:

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________ 3. What was your overall batch cost per ton of glass for: 2010:

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________ 4. What would your cost per ton of glass batch have been if no purchased cullet was used for: 2010:

________ 2011: The questionnaire was sent out to all five fiber glass companies. The companies submitted data to Kirkland & Ellis, to protect and preserve the confidentiality of the data, and Kirkland & Ellis aggregated the data and calculated industry average values weighted by the most recent year's sales data. While the data was requested from five companies, some responsive data from one company was incomplete. Therefore the summary of data set forth below represents four companies that comprise approximately 90 percent ofthe industry:

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