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Melani e Proctor , Pacifi c Environmenta l Services , Inc . (PES ) Charle s Hester , Pacifi c Environmental Services , Inc . (PES ) Shaw n McKee , Pacifi c Environmenta l Services , Inc . (PES ) Jul y 31,199 8 Mr . Perr y Bennet t Molde d Fiber

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# a tOiOKi ContactSummary :

Mr . Bennet t

wa s contacte d to discus s th e effort s take n b y Molde d Fiberglas s Companie s •Cm (MFG ) to chang e t o lower hazardou s ai r

pollutant s (HAP ) i n thei r resi n formulation s at

thei r

—AdUaiiU

) facility . Accordin g t o Mr . Bennett , MF G has bee n tryin g t o switc h t o lowe r HA P resin s i n a n effor t t o reduc e employe e exposur e t o HAP , a s wel l a s t o lowe r emission s fro

mth e facility . \Auion £CT« / Mr . Bennett

o f MFG , state d tha

t th e resin s tha

t th e Adelant

o facilit y had been usin g i n th e pas t were isothali c resi n blend s wit h HA P content s betwee n 5 0 an d 58% . Th e Adelont e facilit y ^^-^ y produce s truc k

hood s tha

t ar e cured , primed , an d the n shippe d t o th e custome r fo r paintin g and baking . Accordin g t o Mr . Bennett , MFG ha d mad e significan t

effort s t o tes t

and us e lowe r

HAP ^ 2 --1'/- c resins . Th e first

resi n teste d b y MF G wa s aDCPD resi n wit h aHA P content o f 3406OJ% . Th e proces s use d b y MF G t o manufactur e truc k hood s require s tha t

th e hood s b e bake d i n a n ove n at 24 0 ° F t o harde n s o tha

t the y ca n withstan d th e paintin g process . Mr . Bennet t state d tha t whe n th e hood s were pu t

int o th e oven , many o f

the msagge d an d ha d th e reinforcement rib s fro mth e bac k o f th e hoo d sho w through

- He sai d tha t MF G continue d t o make truc k hood s wit h th t 3 4%-35%3'- z

- -"${'' HA P resi n fo r

awhile , bu t

ha d an increas e i n th e number o f hood s that

require d reworking o

r scraping . H e als o sai d tha t whe n to o much rewor

k (ie . sanding ) i s required , th e gel coa t can b e sanded through , creatin g mor e scrap . I n a

n effor t t o continu e usin g th e lo w HA P resin , Mr . Bennet

t sai d tha t MF G switche d t o adifferen t catalys t wit h apric e twic e that

o f th e previou s catalyst , however , thi s catalys t

di d no t wor k an y bette r tha n th e ol d one . H e wen t

o n t o sa y that MF G determine d that

thi s resi n wa s no t

suitabl e fo r makin g truc k

hood s wit h thei r process , s o the

y decide d to-switc h bad e te th e origina l rocin . ^^t^^ / T6&. /L&J^. rt-c*jbfi£<j^j_ %,«»„., . 14 9 an7 i MF G U C SALE S ^

11/05/9 8 12:0 3 ©81 4 43 8 907 1 nrv ,

Mr . Bennet tsaid tha tMFG i s currentl

y i n the proces s o f

testin g an d usin g a oooon d roo m wit h a lowe r HA

P conten ttha n th e original , bu

tno ta s lo w a s their firstexperimenta l lo w HA P resin. Thi

s resin i s a DCP

D resin wit

h a HA P conten to&tfj% . Althoug

h thi s resi n i s workin

g bette r accordin g t o Mr . Bennett , MF G i s stil l havin

g problem s wit h wet-out, an

d reinforcemen

trib s showin g throug h afte r bakin g i n the oven . Mr

. Bennet texplaine d tha ti n orde r t o produc e sellabl e product

s wit h th e 3 (_, 40 % HA

P resin , th e hood s require

d additiona

l sanding afte

r primin g an

d ove n curing . Afte

r the additiona l sanding , the hood s need t o be prime

d a secon d tim e an

d anothe r oven-curin

g ste p i s necessary . H e als o said tha talthoug h thi s DCP

D resin produce

s a bette r produc

ttha n th e firston e the y tried, th e numbe r o f returned product

s i s stil l highe

r tha n wit h th e isothali c resin, an

d th e qualit y o f thei r produc

ti s stil l lower . Mr

. Bennet tagree d t o send da m regardin

g th e cost s o f switching t

o th e 4<J % HAP resin . Mr . Bennet tadde d tha ti n a furthe

r effor tt o reduc e HA P emissions , MF

G i s i n the proces s o f experimentin

g wit h flow coaters . H e sai

d tha talthoug h the y ar e stil l optimisti c abou

tusin g flow coaters , the

y hav e thu s fa r foun d tha tth e flo w coater

s compoun

d th e rippling proble

m du e t o th e wa y th e resin come s ou

ti n stream

s instea d o f a smoot h spray . I n additio n to tryin g flo w coaters , Mr

. Bennet tsaid tha tMF G ha s als o trie d t o use VSR, an

d foun d i tto b e problemati

c to thei r productio

n process . H e stated tha

tth e vapor suppressan

tcause d secondar y bondin g problems . Mr . Bennet tsai d tha tMF G i s als o experimentin

g wit h close d cavit

y ba g molding, whic

h the y cal l th e "vacmfi» n process . I

n thi s process , MFG start

s wit h a pre-form . Thu

s far , however, the proces s i s stil l problemati c resulting i n resin-ric

h areas , whic h shrin

k and crac k durin g curing . P. 3

INFORMATIO

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Docke t No . A-94-5 2 Categor y II- E Th e following information i s locate d in th e confidentia l files o f th e Director , Emissio n Standard s Division , Offic

e o f Ai r Qualit y Plannin g an

d Standards , 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 d i s no t availabl e fo

r publi c inspection . Teleco n Contac t

repor t 7/31/9 8 2 pp . M . Strum , M . Proctor , C . Hester , S . McKee wit h Perr y Bennet t discusse d efforts t o lowe

r HAP s at-Adetenio* , C

A facilit y

CN-N801-18-0 6 ES D 93/5 8 98185-C18-0 6