Site
visit:
Exceptional
Engraving
Company
8200
Grand
Avenue
South
Minneapolis,
MN
55420
Participants:
Aaron
Days­
President­
EEC
Tom
Belair­
EEC
Teena
Wooten­
EPA
OSW
Jim
O'Leary­
EPA­
OSW
Nancy
Ellefson­
MN
Pollution
Control
Agency
Date:
May
10,
2006
Jim
O'Leary
and
Teena
Wooten
with
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency's
Office
of
Solid
Waste
and
Nancy
Ellefson
with
the
Minnesota
Pollution
Control
Agency
visited
the
Exceptional
Engraving
Company
in
Minneapolis,
MN
on
May
10,
2006.
The
company
provides
engraving
on
stationary.
Water­
soluble
solvents
are
used
on
reusable
wipes
to
clean
the
printing
machines.
The
wipes
are
placed
in
cans
located
near
the
printing
machines.
The
wipes
have
some
ink
and
some
water.
This
particular
process
has
not
changed
in
the
last
18
years.

The
press
printing
machines
are
cleaned
with
solvent.
The
operator
using
a
plunger
pump
coats
the
wipe
with
solvent
and
then
cleans
the
machine.
The
wipe
will
continue
to
be
used
until
it
is
dirty
and
does
not
clean
sufficiently.
Approximately
1
quart
to
½
gallon
of
solvent
(
petroleum
naphtha)
may
be
used
in
a
week.
The
usage
depends
on
the
job.
The
operator
may
use
up
to
two
dozen
wipes
a
day.
The
machines
are
cleaned
when
the
job
or
color
changes.
Exceptional
sends
an
about
400­
500
wipes
to
the
laundry
per
month.
