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Contac tRepor t Melani e Procto

r an d Rober tJemison , Pacifi c Environmenta

l Services , Inc . (PES ) Date : Contact : Company : Apri l 2,199 8 Mr . Dav e Evan

s Creativ e Pultrusions , In

c Telephon e Number : (505 ) 347-222 6 F w Number . (505 ) 347-574 1 EP A AI R DOCKE T

Contac tSummary : Ms . Proctor explained tha tPE S i s workin

g wit h th e U.S . EP

A o n th e developmen to f

a nationa l emissio n standar

d for the reinforce

d plasti c composite s industry . Sh e adde d tha tthe EP A i s i n th e proces s o f

determinin

g th e maximu m achievabl e contro

l technolog y (MACT ) floo r fo r pultrusio n operations . Ms . Procto

r indicate d tha tthe purpos

e o f thi s cal l wa s t

o discus s th e emissio n contro l measure s tha

tCreativ e Pultrusions , Inc . i s usin g o n thei r pultrusio n line s a tthei r facilit

y locate d i n Alu m Bank, Pennsylvania . Mr . Evans explaine d tha

tth e Alu m Ban k facilit y use s th e followin g fou

r emissio n contro

l measure s o n it s pultrusio n lines : (1 ) ai r curtain s tha treduc e th e ai r flo w aroun

d th e we tare

a (resi n bath , formin g area, an

d die ) t o 1 5 fee tpe

r minute , (2 ) cover

s o n tiie resi n baths , (3 ) pre-for m resin injection , and/o

r (4 ) direc tdi e injection . Mr

. Evan s furthe r explaine d tha

tal l pultrusio n line s hav e ai r curtain s an d the resi n bat

h i s covere

d fo r al l pultrusio n line s tha thav e a resi n bath . H e adde

d tha t som e o f their pultrusio

n line s us e eithe

r pre-for m resi n injection o

r direc tdi e injection . Mr

. Evan s adde d tha tth e numbe

r o f line s usin g pre-for

m resin injectio n o

r direc tdi e injectio n i s variabl e an d depend s o n th e product

s produced .

(Contac trepor tcontinued on secon d page ) INFORMATIO

N I S ACCURAT

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Ms . Procto r aske d Mr

. Evan s t o provid

e informatio

n o n ho w man

y pultrusio n line s wer

e controlled b y usin g pre-for m resin injection an

d how man

y line s wer

e controlle d b y usin g direc tdi e injectio n durin

g th e 199 4 emissio n tes ttha tshowe d a n averag e emissio n facto r o f

1.9 percento f availabl e hazardou

s ai r pollutants . Mr

. Evan s replie d tha tfive pultrusio

n line s wer

e usin g direc

tdi e injection , severa

l line s wer e usin g pre-for

m injection , an

d severa l line s wer e controlle d b y air flo w managemen

tan d bat h cover s durin

g tha ttest. Mr . Evan s indicate d tha th e woul d hav e t

o chec k on th e exac tnumbe

r o f line s tha twer e usin g pre-for

m resi n injectio n durin

g th e emissio n test . When Mr . Evans wa s aske

d i f di e productio

n scenarios tha

twer e teste d i n th e 199 4 emissio n test s wer e representative o f

the norma

l operatio n o r i f wors tcas e scenario s were tested , h e replie d tha tth e scenario s teste d wer e representativ e o f norma l operations .

INFORMATIO N I S ACCURAT E