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### 1987 OFFIC E O F AI R AN D RADIATIO N

MEMORANDU M SUBJECT : Meetin g wit hAP I Regardin g Onboar d NPR M
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O n Novembe r 12 , 1987 , representative s fro mth e Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y(EPA ) an d th e America n PetroleumInstitut e (API ) me t i n Ann ?.rbo r regardin g th e onboar d NPRM . ( Alistin g o f th e attendee s an d thei r affiliatio n i s attached. ) Sinc e the ywer e i n Ann Arbo r fo r a MOBILE 4 workshop , AP I requeste d a n imprompt u meetin g wit hEPA discus s th e concern s raise d a t th e recen t publi c hearin g onboar d refuelin g control s an d wha t t o addres s thes e concerns . I n th e EP Astaf f an d A? i discusse d API' s work , EPA' s safety-relate d concerns , t o regardin g th e safet yo f informatio n EP Aneede d cours e o f -thi s meeting , onboar d safet yanalysi s an d th e tim e fram e o f th e onboar d rulemakin g thei r curren t effort s wit hrespec t safet yrisk s associate d wit honboar d tw o contractor s t o analyz e som e o f On e contractor , Energ yAssociates , ignitio n source s whic hexis t unde r th e hoo d o f a vehicle . Furthermore , the ystudie d whethe r th e spar k condition s fro mthes e ignitio n source s wer e sufficien t enoug ht o generat e a fir e i f a vapo r sourc e wa s present . Thei r First , AP I summarize d t o assessin g th e potentia l controls . The yhav e hire d th e onboar d safet yissues . ha s identifie d al l o f th eP. 3

secon d contractor , IC F Technology , conducte d a Failur e Mode s Effect s an

d Analysi s for onboar d contro l system s t o stud ythe potentia l failure s o f th e system s an

d thei r consequences . in addition , ICF Technolog yexamine d th

e fir e risk s associate d wit hth e carbo n canisters . Second , EP

Astaf f identifie d some additiona l safety-relate d concern s tha t hav e bee n raise d an d nee d t o be examined . Suchconcern s includ e th e allege d unquantifiabl e increas e in fir e ris k associate d wit honboard controls , the safet yo f Stag e I I systems , an d th e crashworthines s o f onboard-equippe d vehicles . The valu e o f cras htesting a n onboard-equippe d vehicl e wa s als o discussed . Finally , the tim

e fram e o f th

e rulemaking wa s discussed . AP I wa s tol d tha t th e commen t perio d i s schedule d t o en d on January11 , 1988 . Afte r complet e analysi s o f al l the safety-relate d comment s an d a s discusse d in th e NPR M a reproposa l woul d be forthcoming keyed specificall yt o the onboar d safet yissue an d th e cormen t perio d reopene d for an y safety-relate d comments . Further , EP Aindicate d tha t the result s o f an

yrefueling safetyresearc han d analyse s conducte d b yAP I beyon

d January11 , 198 8 coul d be submitte d t o EP Aduring the reproposa l commen t period . At th e clos e o f th

e meeting , the topi c o f fue l bladder s wa s raised . I t wa s note d tha t a fe wmoto r vehicl e manufacturer s indicate d a t th e hearing s tha t the ywer e studying the potentia l o f fue l bladders .
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EPA/AP I Meetin

g - Novembe r 12 , 198 6 Participan t Affiliatio n Georg e Musse r Exxon/AP I Bil l Koeh l Mobile/AP I Jac k Freeman Sun/AP I E d Crocket t AP I Glen n Passavan t EP A Joh n Anderso n EP A Kath ySteile n EP A Jean Schwendeman EP A