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### ^ FIL E No . 60 5 04/3 0 '9 8 11:1 2 ID:WERNE R CHICAG O

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PE S RT P N C PAG E 3 8)002/00 4

From : Date : Contact : Contac tRepor t

Gre g LaFla m an d Melani e Proctor

, Pacifi c Environmen tServices , Inc . (PES ) November 4,199 6 an

d Apri l 6,199 8 Mr . Rober tDeGraf f 

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Company : Werne r Company , Frankli

n Park . Telephon e Numbe n (847)455-945 0 Fa x Numbe r (847)455-945 8 Contac tSummary : Resi n i s store

d a tth e Werne

r Co. , Chicago Divisio n facilit y i n tw o larg e aboveground storage tanks , located indoor s i n a n air-conditione

d space . T o mi x a batch , a 55 - o r 85-gallo n dru m i s place d o n a scale , an

d predetermine

d weight s o f resin an d filler ax e adde d t o th e vessel . A li d i s place d o n th e dru

m unti l i ti s read y fo r mixing . Th

e dru m i s men move d t o tb e mixer , th a li d i s removed , an

d the impelle r i s lowere d int o the drum

. A dome attache

d t o th e mixe r lower s down a tthe same time an

d form s a cove r durin

g the mixin g process . Mixin g take s plac e i a tw o time d cycle s (lfJi

f l * mimHa a i s typieal) . Mr

. DeGraf f said th e compan y pertorme

d a numbe

r o f modifications t

o th e factor y mixer, which include

d addin g the cove r an

d installin g additiona

l explosion-proof

electrica l components . He als o state d tha tthe Frankli

n Par k facilit y wa s th e mode l fo r Illinois ' RAC T provisions applicable t o polyester resin operations . Mr . DeGraf f sai d tha tWerne r controls the ai

rvelocit y pastth e we tarea

s ofth e puhrusion machin e down t

o approximatel

y 2 5 feetpe

rminute, bu

tthes e lo w velocitie s ar

e har d to measur

e accurately . Th

e entir e pultrusio

n depanmen

ti s ai rconditione

d an d kep ta tapproximatel

y 7 2 * F year-aroun

d to TMit*i-*ntw

> styren e evaporatio

n an d t o stabilize the process . They als o us e a lo w monome r technology (3 0 percen

tby weigh ta s received i n tb e nea tresin , and les s tha

n 2 5 percen

t a s applied i n the resi n matrix) .
(Contac trepo n continued o n secon d page ) INFORMATIO

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### cw Th e facilit y presentl y i s practicin

g injecttonat4 o f thei r 1 0 pultrusio n machines . (Limited di e eyailabilit y from a n outsid e supplie

r u piuwatia g e fifth mnaliin n frnm bein g n a thi s nray.) The

y have foun

d tha tth e fiber bundl

e mus tb e "pre-wetted " b y injectin g resi n int o th e middle ofth e bundl

e befor e i tente n th e die . Tbi

a pr o wettiug , piirinaa c BrmaTinll

y na emisaioaaraarfm e exhaustpoin tnonnally use d a

x tbe wetou

tare a i s no tuse d durin

g th e pre wettin g process . Mr

. DeGraf f sai d tha tth e compan

y doe s notkno w it s baselin e emission s (th e emission s withoutth e curren tpollutio n pieventio n measure s i n place) , becaus e the y hav e neve r ru n pultrusion o n a totall y uncontrolle d basis . Tn

e facilit y ha s use d lo w monome r resi n from th e beginning * Tl* - «!••«

. «»4t>*-- i -£.«<•- *>A*coT*> < >£« . *«i ^ ^^ f ? C^.TT. ^ JV^^*. * Clarificatio n base d o n Apri l 6,199 8 contac trepor twith Melani e Procto r (PES ) Ms . Procto

r explaine d tha

tthe purpose o f

thi s phon e cal l wa s t o detennin e i f

th e facility's ^ mixers ar e activel y vented . Mr

. DeGraf f explained tha

tno activ e ventilatio n ofth e mixin g vessel s occurs durin

g th e mixin g process .
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