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## DEC-30-9 8 WE D 1:0 8 P M LASC O BATHWAR E FA X NO . 360458337 5 ]• 2

From : Date : Contac t Repor t Shaw n McKee , Pacifi c Environmenta l Services , Inc . (PES ) Septembe r 2,199 8 (Revisedb

y Melani e Proctor , PES , base do n Mr . Mullin' s comment s on Decembe r 30,1998 ) Contact : Mr . Kevi n Mulli n Company : Lasc o Bathware (Tomkin s Industries ) Telephon e Number : (360 ) 458-390 0 Fa x Number : (360)458-337 5 Contac t Summary : Mr . Mulli n wa s contacte don behalf o f th e U.S . EP

A t o provid e informatio n abou t potential indirec t cost s associate dwit

h changin g t

o aresi n wit

h alowe r hazardou s ai r

pollutan t (HAP ) content , andimplementin g th e usag e o f avapor suppressant . Mr , Mulli n i s th e plan t manager for th e Lasc o Bathwar

e plan t in Yelm , Washington . In respons e t o m y question s Mr . Mulli n indicate d th e following : Whe n th e plant

bega n usin g lower

HAPresin s i n thei r

processes , th e cost s the y incurre dfor ra w material s increase dapproximately 3 percent overall . Changin g resins di drequir e testin g o f th e products , bu t

al l o f th e testin g wa s done i

n th e corporat

e laboratories . Thi s testin g too k a n estimate d30 0 t o 40 0 man-hour s to complete . Th e company' s resin supplier s als o di dagrea t dea l o f testin g t o expedite th e resi n change-ove r process . The plant , however , ha daver y larg e numbe r o f productio n problems . A total o f 1 3 trial s wer

e conducte da

t acos t o f $5,00 0 each . Lower HAP resin s d o hav e differen t materia l characteristic s requirin g th e technician s sprayin g an dlaminatin g th e part s t o adjus t their jo b performance . Laminator s mus t b e mor e cognizant o f ho w thei r performanc e effects th e qualit y o f th e part . Employee s di dno t requir e an

y additiona l trainin g beyon dwha

t i s liste dabov e du e t

o the change . Each o f

Lasc o Bathware' s product s i s routinel y certifie dever y month , making additiona l certificatio n du e t o th e resi n chang e unnecessary . Lasc o Bathware' s plant

i n Yelm , Washington als o use s wax additive s tha t ac t a s vapo r suppressant s in thei r

resins . Lasc o ha s use dvapo r suppressant s fo

r years , bu t

further testin g wa s don e on th e lower

HA P resins . N o cost s wer e incurreddurin g th e additional trial s o f th e vapo r suppressant s becaus e th e tes t material s wer

e supplie db

y th e vendor . N o additiona l testin g o f th e product s mad e wit

h the resi n containin g vapor suppressio n additive s wa s necessary . N o additional trainin g wa s necessary . Lasc o Bathwar e di dhave som

e productio n problem s du e t o delaminatio n o f products , bu

t afte r changin g th e amoun

t o f additiv e bein g used , th e problem s wer e solved . Th e cos t o f material s ha s staye dth e same fo r som e processes , an

dincrease db

y 5%-10 % for

others . INFORMATIO N I S ACCURAT E 

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