"Bill Balek" <BILL@issa.com> 

08/04/2008 03:26 PM	

To

Jeanne Kasai/DC/USEPA/US@EPA

cc

Nancy Fitz/DC/USEPA/US@EPA, <lflanagan@dclrs.com>

Subject

RE: To Mr. Balek RE: comment on changes to pesticide
Container-Containment rule

 



Dear Ms. Kasai:

Thank you for your note of earlier today.

While I do not have photos, I can direct you to the web site of a

company that delivers products in what are often referred to as "portion

control packets".  Please go to the following URLs for examples and

pictures of this packaging system:

1.  http://www.portionpaccorp.com/product-systems/sfspac/

2.  http://www.portionpaccorp.com/product-systems/sfspac/sanitizer/

The second URL takes you to a sanitizer product.  The first URL takes

you to the first page of a product family.

To use these products, custodial staff simply fill a container with

water.  They then open a portion control packet and empty the contents

into the container.  The portion control packet contains a premeasured

quantity of a product concentrate that does not need to be measured.

The entire contents of the packet is simply poured into the container.

The packet is opened to release the product and then can not be

resealed.  Thus it cannot be reused.

Please contact me if you would like additional information.

Sincerely,

Bill Balek, ISSA

800-225-4772

-----Original Message-----

From: Kasai.Jeanne@epamail.epa.gov [mailto:Kasai.Jeanne@epamail.epa.gov]

Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 12:02 PM

To: Bill Balek

Cc: Fitz.Nancy@epamail.epa.gov

Subject: To Mr. Balek RE: comment on changes to pesticide

Container-Containment rule

Hello, Mr. Balek:

Thank you for submitting your comments to EPA on the proposed changes to

the pesticide container-containment rule.

Our internal-EPA work group is in the process of reviewing and

discussing the public comments.

I am writing about your comment requesting that certain products be

exempt from the "nonrefillable container" and "do not reuse or refill"

label statements.

It would be most helpful if you could give us examples (photos if

possible) of "products in pre-measured polyethylene sleeve packages

whose contents need to be mixed with water."

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Jeanne Kasai

EPA - Office of Pesticide Programs

tel. 703-308-3240   fax 703-308-2962

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/regulating/containers.htm

