January 2003 Meeting

The January American Foundry Society – Toledo Chapter meeting was held at Sam B’s in Bowling Green, Ohio. Our guest speaker for the evening was Gary Mosher who is the AFS Vice President of safety and environmental affairs. Mr. Mosher’s topic for the night focused on updating the AFS Toledo Chapter on the EPA’s push to implement the new "Maximum Achievable Control Technology" (MACT) standards.

These new standards pose a potentially serious threat to our industry by making the price of doing business even higher. If passed, a few of the requirements of these new standards would be as follows:

Particulate Matter for existing melting furnaces – 0.005 grains/dry standard cubic foot.

Particulate Matter for new melting furnaces – 0.001 grains/dry standard cubic foot.

Afterburner emission limit – 200ppmv for carbon monoxide.

TEA gas emission limit – 1ppm

The final decision for the iron and steel MACT is scheduled for the August 2003 time frame.

AFS Toledo Chapter Chairman Gary Hoehn presents Gary Mosher with a speakers award that was produced by Smith-Cornell Impressions, Inc.

50-50 Winners

1^st prize – Jim Miranda $25

2^nd prize – Tim Hall $15

3^rd prize – Scott Wilson $10

Door Prize Winner

Nate Nanniga

Attendance Lottery

 John Lancaster who was not present, lost out on $199.