AGENDA

 Meeting on Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) Insulation

June 25, 2009

8:30 am – 3:00 pm

Room 4225, EPA East

1200 Constitution Ave., NW

Washington, DC  20460

Attendees:  EPA, NIOSH, OSHA, CPSC, ACC Center for Polyurethanes
Industry, Spray 		Polyurethane Foam Alliance Product Stewardship
Committee

8:30 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions

Bill Hanson, Associate Director, Office of Cross-Media Programs, EPA’s
Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation (OPEI)

8:40 a.m.	Purpose of Meeting

Bill Hanson, EPA OPEI

8:50 a.m.	EPA – Accurate Hazard Communication 

Mary Cushmac, EPA’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)

Information on component A

Accurate assessment of exposure potentials

Kevin Sikora, Eastern Research Group (ERG), EPA Contractor

Need for comprehensive hazard communication/best practices

William Swietlik, EPA OPEI

Product marketing and advertisement

Video demonstration

9:30 a.m.	Discussion—CPI and SPFA

9:50 a.m.	BREAK	

10:00 a.m.	Spray Polyurethane Processes 

Daniel Almaguer and Kathleen Ernst, NIOSH Division of Applied Research &
Technology (DART)

NIOSH Alert--Spray-on truck bed lining operations

10:45 a.m.	Comparison of SPF Insulation and Truck Bed Lining Processes

CPI and SPFA 

		

11:15 a.m.	OSHA and CPSC Perspective 

		 Jim Maddux, Robin Ackerman, Janet Carter, OSHA Directorate of
Standards and Guidance

Treye Thomas, CPSC Office of Hazard Identification and Reduction

		

11:30 a.m.	Introduction to CPI’s and SPFA’s Stewardship Activities 

12:00 p.m.	LUNCH BREAK

1:15 p.m.	Exposure Assessment/Research Gaps 

Carol Hetfield, EPA OPPT

			Robert Streicher and Kathleen Ernst, NIOSH DART

Curing time, re-occupancy, dust and cutting, measuring total isocyanates

	

1:55 p.m.	Discussion—CPI and SPFA

2:15 p.m.	Stewardship Goals

2:30 p.m.	Meeting Outcomes and Next Steps

Bill Hanson, EPA OPEI

