3801 Dal-Tile Rd. Muskogee, OK 74401 918 683-4152 (Fax) 918 683-0043 (Voice) 

### DAL ITALIA

Muskogee Porcelain Ceramic Floor Tile Plant

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS

September 22, 2010



### Mr. Jeffery Telander U.S. EPA Mailroom (D243-02) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of 

### Air Quality Planning and Standards

109 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

Re: Dal Italia LLC Response 

### to Information Collection Request dated March 12, 2010

Dear 

### Mr. Telander:

This correspondence provides Dal Italia LLC’s responses to the Information Collection Request dated March 12, 2010 (ICR) from Mr. Peter Tsirigo tis, Director – Sector Policies and Programs Division. As requested in the ICR, all respons e are provided in electronic format and included on the CD-Rom disc enclosed with this letter. For reference purposes, a copy of this cover letter
is also included on the CD-Rom in the folder labeled as “1_Cover Letter - Dal Italia LLC”.

Request #1

• Startup and shutdown events at all of your clay ceramics manufacturing facilities, as

described in Enclosure 1.

The files contained in the folder identified as “2_Enclosure 1 Response” provide the details from excess emissions events that occurred at the Dal Italia LLC facility during the years of 2007, 2008, and 2009. The response is formatted in the same order as the questions asked in Enclosure #1. With regard to Request 4 of Enclosure #1, Dal Italia LLC is not providing recommended language for a Startup-Shutdown MACT Standard at this time. We are currently working with other tile companies that received a similar ICR in an effort to develop an Industry position for the proposed language for such a Standard. When completed, the recommended Standard will be provided to EPA by Mr. Howard Gilberg, counsel to the Tile Council of North America (TCNA).

Request # 2

• Emissions test data for

 hydrogen fluoride, hydrochloric acid, metals, dioxins/furans, and particulate matter (PM) from the kilns listed in Enclosure 2.

 metals and PM from the glaze lines listed in Enclosure 2 that spray apply the glaze.

 dioxins/furans from the tile dryers and spray dryers listed in Enclosure 2.Mr. Jeff Telander Septem ber 22, 2010 Page 2 of 2

The emissions sampling and reporting of results for the Dal Italia LLC testing was completed by ENTEC Services Inc. ENTEC submitted the results using the Electronic Reporting Tool, as specified by the ICR, on September 20, 2010.

As specified in Enclosure #3 of the ICR, electr onic copies of the reports of emissions testing results are also provided. The folder entitled “3_Emissions Testing Results” contains the following files.

<1_Dal Italia ERT Test Plan> provides a copy of the Test Plan utilized at the Dal Italia facility.

<2_Dal Italia ERT Report with Attachments & 320 Results> provides a PDF copy of the ERT submission for the Methods accept to the ERT. Since the ERT does not support Test Method 320, those results are provided as an attachment at the end of this ERT report file. The ICR states that the results should be reported in a Microsoft Excel Emission Test Template that can be downloaded from the website: http//icr2010.rti.org. However, following links at that address to the Clay Ceramics page returned only the message “Welcome to the Clay Ceramics page!” and did not provide any templates. If the results of the Method 320 testing is desired in another format besides this PDF file, please provide the appropriate files and we will resubmit.

<3_Dal Italia-ENTEC Final Report> provide s a PDF copy of the entire ENTEC report.

The production and operating data during the time of these tests is considered to be Confidential Business Information and therefore is being submitted under separate cover to Mr. Roberto Morales, Document Control Officer for the EPA-OAQPS.

Should you have questions concerning any of this in formation, please feel free to contact me at any time (214.309.4891 or bob.hurt@daltile.com ).

Regards,

Robert Hurt

Director – Environm ental, Health & Safety

Enclosure (CD-Rom)

3801 Dal-Tile Rd. Muskogee, OK 74401 918 683-4152 (Fax) 918 683-0043 (Voice)