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 Tsirigotis, Director – Sector Policies and Programs 

Division. As requested in the ICR, all response 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 

September 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, electronic 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> provides 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 information, please feel free to contact me at 

any time (214.309.4891 or bob.hurt@daltile.com ). 

Regards, 

Robert Hurt 

Director – Environmental, Health & Safety 

Enclosure (CD-Rom) 

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