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### A-94-5 2 |* ' A \ UNITE D STATE S ENVIRONMENTA L PROTECTIO N AGENC Y | ^Sf-t I RESEARC H TRIANGL E PARK , N C 2771 1 

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Y PLANNIN G Ms . Hilar y Nort h \ X~~ I * AN D STANDARD

S LASC O Pane l Product s 801 5 Dixo n Driv e Florence , Kentuck y 4104 2 Dea r Ms . North : Than k yo u for you r cooperatio n durin g th e sourc e tes t tha t th e U.S . Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y (EPA ) an d ou r contractor , Pacifi c Environmenta l Services , Inc . (PES) , conducte d durin g Ma y o f thi s year . Whil e assemblin g th e proces s informatio n collecte d durin g th e sourc e test , severa l area s associate d wit h th e proces s dat awer e identifie d tha t nee d t o b e clarifie d o r

for whic h additiona l informatio n i s needed . Thes e area s ar e identifie d i n th e attache d enclosure . Table s 1 an d 2 o f thi s enclosur e ar e bein g sen t t o yo u unde r

th e EPA' s pendin g confidentia l busines s informatio n procedures . Onc e th e analysi s ofth e sourc e tes t result s i s completed , w e wil l sen d yo u acop y ofth e result s fo r you r revie w an d reques t

a t tha t time , identification o f

specifi c infonnatio n considere d b y LASC O Pane l Product s t o b e confidential . I n addition , ther e i s concern ove r th e Jinalytic d result s obtaine d o n th e resin s sample s collecte d durin g th e sourc e test . Th e result s fio mth e laborator y d o not appea r t o b e "reasonable. " W e woul d lik e t o discus s wit h yo u an y sampl e analysi s tha t LASC O Pane l Product s ha s performe d o n resi n sample s t o evaluat e potentia l problem s with th e sampl e analysi s tha t wa s conducted . W e believ e tha t i t ma y b e necessar y t o re-sampl e eac h ofth e si x formul a tha t wer e use d durin g th e sourc e test . Mr . Da n Scheffe l fro mth e PE S Cincinnati offic e wil l contac t yo u regardin g th e sample s an d thei r analysis . ~> W e appreciat e you r

continuin g assistanc e i n ou r effort s t o develo p astandar d for you r industr y an d reques t

you r respons e t o th e informatio n requeste d i n th e enclosur e by Novembe r

21,1997 . I f

thi s i s not

possibl e o r

i f yo u hav e an y question s concernin g thi s request , pleas e contac t

Madelein e Stru mat

(919 ) 541-238 3 o r

Ke n Meardo n o f

PE S at (919 ) 941-0333 . Sincerely , 

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> • \4o_ws Lind aS . Herrin g Grou p Leade r Coating s an d Consume r

Product s Grou p Enclosur e Interne t Address (URL ) • http://www.epa.go v

Recycled/Recyclabl e •Printe d wit h Vegetabl e Oi l Base d Ink s o n Recycle d Pape r(Minimu m 25 % Poslconsumer ) \P. 3

Enclosur e Pleas e review Table s 1 an

d 2 fo r their accuracy (e.g. , th e correc t

resi n formul aar

e identifie d fo

r eac h dat e and tim e tha t th e sourc e testin g occurred) . Tabl e 1 identifie s th e dat e an d tim e fo r eac h tes t run , th e resi n formul ausedan dit s calculate dhazardou s air pollutant (HAP) content , whethe

r th e resi n wa s filled o r

not , th e pigmen

t formul aandit s density , an dth e rovin g type . Tabl e 2 summarize s informatio n o n the HA P content ofth e si x formula s tha

t wer e use d durin g th e sourc e testin g an d show s th e calculatio n ofth e HA P conten t o f eac h formula . Th e followin g ar

e mor e specifi c request s neede dt o complet e th e proces s dat aevaluation . Reques t 1 . Th e pigmen t formul afo

r som e of the formula s usedwa s identified , but not fo r all . Pleas e identif

y th e pigmen

t formul ausedfo

r eac h ofth e resi n formula s use ddurin g th e sourc e test . Reques t 2 . PE S did no t

obtai n th e pigmen

t densit y fo r th e pigment s used . Pleas e provide th e pigmen t densit y fo r each ofth e pigment s use din each ofth e resi n formula s use d during th e sourc e test . Reques t 3 . The second tabl e identifie s th e information o n th e recipe s fo r eac h ofth e HA

P formulaused during th e sourc e test . Ple<as e review thi s tabl e fo

r accuracy and identif y an y errors . Also , PE S note s showedsevera l potentia l recipe s fo

r Formul a5 1 (e.g. , on

e indicate dfiller

an danothe r indicate dn o filler). Pleas e identif y th e correc t

recip e fo r Formul a51 . Reques t 4 . Pleas e identif

y th e fille r typ e fo r Formul a5 1 (i f

it use s filler) andFormul a74 . Reques t 5 . Pleas e identif

y th e typ e o f

rovin g useddurin g th e run s o n Ma y 1 4 fo r Formul a8 8 an d th e las t thre e run s o n Ma

y 1 9 whe n Formul a4 6 wa s used . Reques t 6 . Pleas e provid

e acop y ofth e Materia

l Safet y Dat aShee t fo r each ofth e bas e resin s shown in Tabl e 2 . Reques t 7 . During the sourc e test , thre e sample s wer e taken fromth e produc t

side an dplace d i n you r on-sit e laboratory . LASC O was t o perfor mabur n analysi s o n thes e thre e s«amples . Pleas e identif

y th e statu s ofth e bur

n analysis . Reques t 8 . Prio r t o th e sourc e test , PE S an

dLASC O discusse dth e variou s parameter s to b e monitore d an

d th e datat o b e collected . One paramete r tha t was to b e collecte dwa s th e thicknes s of

th e final products . I

t wa s agreedtha

t PE S woul dno t

attempt to measur e th e thicknes s ofth e final products , but rel y on LASCO' s in-hous e qualit y assuranc e datat

o obtain thi s information . Using the informatio n in Tabl e 1 tha t identifie s th e dat

e an d tim e whe n the sourc e testin g was conducted , pleas e provide copie s ofth e qualit

y assuranc e datasheet s tha

t correspondt o thes e date s an dtimes . Alternatively , pleas e provide asummar y ofth e thicknes s dataonl

y tha t wer e collecte d durin g thes e date s an dtimes . OAQPS/ESD/CCPG:mstrum/jeck(x7946):NCM(MD-13):10/27/97:MADELEINEl/lasco3b.wp f 

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Docke t No . A-94-5 2 Categor y II- B Th e following information i s locatedi n th e confidentia l file s ofth e Director , Emissio n Standard s Division , Offic

e o f Ai r Qualit y Plannin g an

dStandards , U.S . Environmenta l Protectio n Agency , Research Triangl e Park , Nort h Carolin a27711 . Thi s informatio n i s confidentia

l pendin g final determinatio n b y th e Administrator

an di s no t availabl e fo

r publi c inspection . Lasc o Panel , Florence , K

Y No dat e 2 copie s Enclosur

e 1 covering Sourc e Testing ; 4 page s

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