Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0837-0020
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2010-06-11T04:00Z

Record of Communication

Subject:  Number of EPA Protocol Gas Production Sites

On October 30, 2009, an EPA contractor responded to an inquiry from John
Schakenbach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the
number of EPA Protocol gas production sites in the U.S.  The EPA
contractor conducted a survey to identify specialty gas companies which
produce gas standards (tri-blends containing SO2, NO, and CO2) that are
prepared and certified according to EPA’s Traceability Protocol. 
Internet searches and review of previous EPA audit publications were
performed to develop a list of specialty gas producers for consideration
as audit candidates.  Specialty gas companies and their production sites
identified by a 2008 EPA study were also reviewed and served as a
“baseline” list of producers.  The survey identified 14 specialty
gas companies, some with several production sites each, which produce
EPA Protocol gas standards.  There are other companies that only
distribute Protocol gases. The specialty gas companies are:

Airgas

Also known as Airgas Specialty Gases/Airgas National Welders/ Linde/BOC.

Purchased AGA Gas, Inc. in Ohio.

Claims to be the largest specialty gas network in the U.S.

State they manufacture EPA Protocols at six laboratories, but do not
identify them.

Air Liquide America

Purchased Scott Specialty Gases in 2007.

Locations nationwide.

Liquide Technology Corporation

Matheson Tri-Gas

MESA Specialty Gas & Equipment

Gases blended by MESA, then certified by Scott-Marrin.

PraxAir

Locations nationwide.

Red Ball Oxygen

Scott-Marrin

Spec Air Specialty Gas

Specialty Air Technologies, Inc.

“Small wholesale specialty gas company” in CA.

Specialty Gases of America

Member of the American Gas Group.

Spectra Gases, Inc.

Applied Gas, Inc.

Contacted EPA about being included in the list of Protocol Gas
producers.

GTS-Welco

“A Praxair Venture”

These could be gases produced by Praxair. However, GTS states their EPA
Protocol Gases are produced at their production facility in Morrisville,
PA, which is not a facility listed by Praxair.

EPA Protocol Gas Producers	Production Locations /

Sales Offices

Airgas

(also known as Airgas/Linde/BOC and 

Airgas National Welders)	Airgas National Welders

630 United Drive

Durham, NC 27713

	Airgas Specialty Gases

6421 Monclova Rd 

Maumee, OH 43537

419-893-7226

	Airgas Southwest

21 Waterway Court

Suite 550

The Woodlands, TX  77380

832-585-0540

Airgas (cont.)	Airgas NCN

(Northern Calif. & Nevada)

6790 Florin Perkins Road

Suite 300

Sacramento, CA  95828

916-379-1000

	Airgas South

125 Townpark Drive, NW

Suite 400

Kennesaw, GA  30144

770-590-6200

	Airgas East

17 and 27 Northwestern Dr.

Salem, NH  03079

800-562-3815

	Airgas Mid America

2950 Industrial Drive

Bowling Green, KY  42101

270-842-9489

	Airgas North Central

1250 W. Washington Street

West Chicago, IL 60185

630-231-9260

	Airgas Great Lakes

6055 Rockside Woods Blvd.

Independence, OH  44131

216-642-6600

Airgas (cont.)	Airgas Mid South

31 N. Peoria

Tulsa, OK  74120

918-582-0885

	Airgas West

4007 Paramount Blvd.

Suite 100

Lakewood, CA  90712

562-497-1991

Air Liquide America	11426 West Fairmont Pkwy

La Porte, TX  77571

281-474-8419

Scott Specialty Gases

(is now Air Liquide America Specialty Gases LLC – purchase completed
in 2007)	500 Weaver Park Road

Longmont, CO 80501

303-442-4700

	1290 Combermere Street

Troy, MI  48083

248-589-2950

	2330 Hamilton Blvd.

South Plainfield, NJ  07080

908-754-7700

Scott Specialty Gases

(is now Air Liquide America Specialty Gases LLC – purchase completed
in 2007)	Corporate Headquarters

6141 Easton Road, Bldg 1

Plumsteadville, PA 18949

215-766-7221

	9810 Bay Area Boulevard

Pasadena, TX 77507

218-474-5800

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS –

Air Liquide America Specialty Gases LLC	301 South 45th Ave.

Phoenix, AZ  85043

602-273-1328

	700 Decoto Road

Union City, CA  94587

510-429-4216

	9857 Bachman Road

Orlando, FL  32824

407-856-6932

	1311 New Savannah Road

Augusta, GA  30901

706-724-8721

	27 Forestwood Court Unit A

Romeoville, IL  60446

815-372-0204

	18222 East Petroleum Drive

Baton Rouge, LA  70809

225-754-0609

	373 Southwest Cutoff

Worcester, MA  01604

508-792-0437

	326 Forestville Road

Wake Forest, NC  27587

919-556-6461

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS –

Air Liquide America Specialty Gases LLC	2708 South Meridian Ave

Oklahoma City, OK  73108

405-681-0589

	6529 NW Front Avenue

Portland, Oregon  97210

503-224-4351

	1001 Alvin Weinberg Drive

Oak Ridge, TN  37830

865-482-7046

	1676 South 700 West

Salt Lake City, UT  84101

801-972-5893

Liquid Technology Corporation	2564 Pemberton Dr.

Apopka, FL  32703

800-465-0405

Matheson Tri-Gas 	1650 Enterprise Parkway

Twinsburg, OH 44087

973-257-1100

MESA Specialty Gas & Equipment	3619 W. Pendleton Ave

Suite C

Santa Ana, CA 92704

714-434-7102

PraxAir 	145 Shimersville Road

Bethlehem, PA

800-PRAXAIR

	5700 South Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA 90058

800-PRAXAIR

	Connecticut

World Headquarters

39 Old Ridgebury Road

Danbury, CT  06810-5113

203-837-2000

	Georgia

900 Westpark Drive, Ste 100

Peachtree City, GA  30269

678-364-8080

	Illinois

7000 High Grove Blvd.

Burr Ridge, IL  60527-7595

630-320-4000

	Texas

222 Pennbright Dr., Ste 300

Houston, TX  77090

281-872-2100

Red Ball Oxygen 	555 Fontenac St

Shreveport, LA  71107

800-551-8150

Scott-Marrin, Inc.	6531 Box Springs Blvd.

Riverside, CA   92507

951-653-6780

Spec Air Specialty Gas	22 Albiston Way                                 
Auburn, ME  04210

207-777-6218

Specialty Air Technologies, Inc. 	6544 ½ Cherry Avenue

Long Beach, CA 90805

562-984-7230

Specialty Gases of America	6055 Brent Drive

Toledo, OH  43611

419-729-7732

Spectra Gases, Inc. 	3434 Route 22

West Branchburg, NJ 08876

800-932-0624

	Accurate Gas Company (owned and operated by ARGO, Inc.)	P.O. Box 608

Alexandria, AL 36250

256-820-8427

Applied Gas, Inc.	Applied Gas, Inc.

13903 Highway 35

Danbury, TX 77534

  HYPERLINK "http://www.appliedgas.com"  www.appliedgas.com 

979-922-1804

Atlantic States Specialty Gases  (ASG)	PO Box 2519                      
                 Westfield, NJ  07090

908-654-7954

DeLille Specialty Gases	772 Marion Road                     Columbus, OH
 43207

877-935-3377

GTS-Welco

("A Praxair Venture)	One Steel Road East                     
Morrisville, PA  19067

800-942-1148

NorLab	Pacific NW Regional Representative –

Norco, Inc.

Corporate Office

1125 W. Amity

Boise, ID  83705

  HYPERLINK "http://www.norco-inc.com/"  www.norco-inc.com 

800-657-6672

South Atlantic Regional Representative –

JDF Associates

Corporate Office

1061 Cambridge Square

Suite A

Alpharetta, GA  30004

  HYPERLINK "http://www.jdfassoc.com/"  www.jdfassoc.com 

770-751-9267

Spec Gas, Inc.	86 Vincent Circle

Ivyland, PA  18974

215-355-2405



3rd Party Vendors - Sell Gases Produced by Vendors Above

>>  Accuate Gas Company sells Airgas gases

>>  ILMO Products Company sells Specialty Gases of America

>>  Norlab Specialty Gases sells Specialty Air Tech. Gases

Additional companies found to be distributors:

>>  Scientific Gases Corporation

>>  Special Gas Services, Inc.

>>  Coastal Specialty Gas

>>  Butler Gas Products Company

>>  Linde North America, Inc.—“Through Spectra Gases we provide
specialized high purity gas and biochemical knowhow”; although,
statement on Airgas website makes claim that Airgas bought Linde Gas USA
in June 2007 (not sure which is the package gas, or specialty gas,
division)