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### V »,£%•%UNITE D STATE S ENVIRONMENTA L PROTECTIO N AGENC Y

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### il* 5 Mr . To mHedge r Manufacturing an

d Produc t Developmen

t Magnu mIndustrie s 1170 1 Fifty-six Cour

t Cle.arwater , F L 3462 0 Dea r Mr . Hedger : Th e U.S . Environmenta

l Protectio n Agency (EPA ) i s developin g Nationa l Emissio n Standard s fo

r Hazardou s Ai r

Pollutant s (NESHAP) fo

r th e reinforce dplasti c composite s industry . The NESHA

P i s t o reflec t

th e maximu

machievabl e contro l technolog y a s require d b y sectio n 112(d

) ofth e Clean Ai r

Ac t of 1990 . Th e EP

A i s currentl y investigatin g emissio n reductio n technique s and control s use db y majo r source s (fo

r example , thos e facilitie s tha t hav e th e potentia

l to emi t mor e than 1 0 ton s per

yea r of styrene) . A s you are awar

e fromyou r

participatio n i n th e July 31 , 199 5 teleconference , th e EP A i s currentl y workin g wit

h representative s o

f th e reinforce dplasti c composite s industry , loca l an d stat e regulator

y agencies , an d environmenta l group s to investigat

e potentia l option s fo

r settin g astandard . Companie s suc h a s your s ca n help i n thi s effor

t by providin g informatio n tha t wil l b e used to develo p anumber of regulator y alternatives . On

e optio n w e wouldlik

e to consider i s a n emission s averagin g approac h fo r determinin g compliance . Th e standar dwould b e base d o n th e averag e emission s leve l achievedb y th e bes t performin g facilitie s (i.e . thos e usin g pollutio n preventio n technique s o r controls) . We believ e thi s approac h wouldprovid e th e industr y wi magrea t deal o f flexibilit y an dwouldprovid e quantifiabl e emissio n reductions . Suc

h a n approac h woul d als o provide credi t fo r th e us e o f flow coater s and pressure-fe d roller s use d i n han d lay-u p an dspray-u p operations . I n addition , w e ar e investigatin g a n optio n tha

t woul dincorporat

e th e us e of

flo w coater s an d roller s i f emission s averagin g i s no t used . I n orde r

fo r u s t o determin e whether th e us e offlo w coater s an d roller s i s aviabl e contro l option , it i s necessar

y t o obtai n informatio n o n th e extent

o f thei r us e an dthe condition s of

use .

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You r compan y coul d assis t

u s in obtaining informatio n s o tha t w e ca n explor e thes e regulator y option s further . Mr . Jeffre y Bes t o f PE S spok e wit h Mr . Charle s Star

do n Augus t 17 , 199 5 an

d state d tha

t th e EP A wouldappreciat

e your providin g informatio n o n th e us e offlo w coater s and pressure-fe d rollers . The information w e are particularl y intereste d i n obtainin g i s alis t

of U.S . companie s tha

t currentl y us e thes e flow coater s an drollers . Thi s informatio n would greatl y assis t ou r developmen

t o f regulator y alternative s whic h coul d potentially encompas s th e us e o f thes e equipmen

t technologies . W

e wouldals o lik

e to than k you fo r your interes t and participatio n i n th e testin g conducte db y RT I an dsponsore db y EPA' s Offic

e o f Researc h an

d Development . Pleas e fee l free to include an

y other informatio n tha t you fee l i s importan

t fo r EP A t o consider . I

f you hav e an

y question s regardin g thi s request , pleas e contac t

m e a t (919 ) 541-2383 . Sincerely ,

Madeleine Strum Coating s an

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r Product s Grou

p Emissio n Standard s Divisio n

cc : Lind aHerring , Group Leade r Coating s an

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D BY : OAQPS:ESD:M.Strum:NCM:llt h Fir.:(MD-13):541-238 3 (PES/J.Best/941-0333/8-18-95 ) (ES D Projec t

No . 93/58 )