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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Jim
Eddinger,
EPA/
ESD
FROM:
Roy
Oommen,
ERG/
MOR
DATE:
November
18,
2003
SUBJECT:
Summary
of
October
18,
2003
Boiler
Meeting
with
AFMA
A
meeting
between
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
and
the
American
Furniture
Manufacturers
Association
(
AFMA)
was
held
on
July
18,
2003
in
Research
Triangle
Park,
NC.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
to
discuss
AFMA's
comments
on
the
proposed
Industrial,
Institutional,
and
Commercial
Boiler
and
Process
Heater
National
Emission
Standards
for
Hazardous
Air
Pollutants
(
NESHAP).

Meeting
attendees
included
representatives
of
the
OAQPS
Emission
Standards
Division
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
and
AFMA.
A
complete
list
of
attendees
(
with
their
affiliation)
is
included
as
attachment
1.

Members
of
AFMA
discussed
comments
submitted
on
the
Boiler
NESHAP.
Topics
included:

°
Data
provided
by
AFMA
to
EPA
on
metals
tests
°
Discussion
of
Risk­
based
off­
ramps
for
manganese
°
Discussion
of
EPA's
risk
analysis
methodology
°
Discussion
of
EPA's
schedule
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Attachment
1
Meeting
Attendance
List
Meeting
Attendance
List
Jim
Eddinger
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
OAQPS
Dave
Guinnup
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
OAQPS
Chris
Stenger
CH2M
Hill
Dave
Maddox
Stanley/
AFMA
Alan
McConnell
Kilpatrick
Stockton
Dennis
Pagano
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
OAQPS
Bill
Perdue
AFMA
Roy
Oommen
ERG
