U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING AND STANDARDS

EMISSION STANDARDS DIVISION

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 27711

COVER SHEET

Date	June 15, 1999

To:	Persons Interested In The Large Appliances Surface Coating Rule Development

From:	Dr. Mohamed Serageldin

Voice Phone:	919-541-2379	Fax Phone: 919-541-5689

E-Mail:	serageldin.mohamed@epamail.epa.gov

Office:	U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

OFFICE OF AIR QUALITY PLANNING AND STANDARDS

EMISSION STANDARDS DIVISION

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC 27711

Message:	Project Update

The purpose of this notice is to provide you with a summary of the recent activities on the Large Appliances NESHAP project. While many tasks were required to complete each of the activities listed below, we are providing only a general overview of the status of the project development.

Responses to the June 1998 Information Collection Requests were received by September 1998. For each of these responses, we performed various quality control checks and entered the information into a database.

We then generated a number of reports from the database to summarize information on such topics as major/minor status of the facilities; coating usage and HAP content of coatings; HAP content and usage for surface preparation materials, cleaning materials, and adhesives; and whether facilities might be considered small businesses.

From these reports we were able to calculate an estimate of emissions, for both the entire facility and from individual surface preparation, coating, and cleaning operations. Other operations being evaluated include material storage, mixing operations, and waste collection and disposal.

We have developed an approach for determining the MACT floor level of control and have calculated a preliminary MACT floor. Our next efforts will be focused on estimating impacts of the standard based on the preliminary MACT floor level of control.

We plan to hold the next roundtable meeting on Wednesday, July 14, 1999. We have reserved Classroom No. 3 at the EPA Environmental Research Center (ERC) from

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The location of the ERC is at the corner of NC Highway 54 and Alexander Drive in Research Triangle Park, NC. You can find directions to the ERC at our website at www.epa.gov/ttnuatw1/coat/coord/to_erc.html. The call-in number is (919) 541- 4486 if you cannot attend the meeting in person.

We intend to send information to you prior to the meeting. We will include much of the material we plan to cover at the meeting so that you will have an opportunity to review it. This information will also be posted on the large appliances project website (http://www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/coat/lgapp/large_app.html).

FUTURE UPDATES WILL BE ON THE TTN AT THIS SAME LOCATION