Polyurethanes 2011 Final Program - Polyurethanes - American ...

Environment, Health & Safety 2
Hermitage D
Session Organizers: William Robert, BASF Corporation
Cynthia Graham, Huntsman International LLC
Moderator: William Robert, BASF Corporation
Vice Moderator: Cynthia Graham, Huntsman International LLC
The EH&S session will highlight projects in the spray foam industry.
Honeywell and EPA offer papers discussing methods for reducing
exposure to emissions after application of SPF. The session will also
feature an update on ongoing research by CPI’s Product Stewardship
and Regulatory Affairs on SPF, along with a review of the variables
that impact the change out frequency for respirator cartridges used in
SPF application and an overview of CPI’s RCAP tool to calculate
TDI emission.
9:00 AM Moderator Opening Remarks
9:05 AM Predictive Model for Polyurethane Blowing
Agent Emissions Into a House
Ryan Hulse, Honeywell
Mary Bogdan, Honeywell
Nancy Iwamoto, Honeywell
9:30 AM Draft Ventilation Guidance For Spray
Polyurethane Foam Application
Carol Hetfield, U.S. EPA
Kevin Sikora, ERG
10:00 AM CPI Spray PU Foam Insulation - Research
Initiative Update
Cynthia Graham, Huntsman International LLC
James Chapman, Bayer MaterialScience, LLC
10:30 AM BREAK
11:00 AM Determination of the Impact of Environmental
Variables on the Change Out Frequency for
Respirator Cartridges Utilized in SPF
Applications
Kevin Blair, Honeywell
Mary Bogdan, Honeywell
Lynn Feiner, Honeywell
William Robert, BASF Corporation
11:30 AM The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI)
Regulatory Compliance Assistance Program
(RCAP)
William Robert, BASF Corporation
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