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Richard Keleher Richard Keleher, Architect I would really like you to review PVC roofing as one of the materials you look into; TPO roofing ...
Tobin Oruch Los Alamos National Lab PVC is used as a single-ply roofing membrane fairly commonly, yet there’s no mention of this in t...
Dudley Greeley University of Southern Maine It is not clear how the various elements of the study were “weighted” but it appears The Precauti...
40 Mark Heizer Interface Engineering, Inc. Comparison is solely of DWV (domestic waste and vent) use. However, PVC/CPVC is extensively used ...
William Carroll OxyChem General Comment. I support the conclusions of the USGBC TSAC report. This is an outstanding att...
96 William Carroll OxyChem Because of the diversity of the materials summarized in the category “dioxins” any further refine...
Martin White OxyVinyls General Comment. I was pleased to see TSAC appropriately decided that negative credits should no...
Steve Kemp OxyChem General Comment. The USGBC TSAC report comes to the correct conclusion, and is a good attempt to...
55-59 Steve Kemp OxyChem Similarly, the assumptions made regarding exposure in the C2S category, grossly overestimates the...
19-42 Steve Scaccia Freedom Plastics Inc. We support the methodology used by the Task Group to review vinyl compared with alternatives. Li...
43 Steve Scaccia Freedom Plastics Inc. We commend USGBC for the exhaustive review of vinyl products and alternatives referenced in this ...
Ted Schettler Dept of Medicine, Boston Medical Center General comments on the committee approach: The committee used a novel, non-validated method f...
Ted Schettler Dept of Medicine, Boston Medical Center General comments on TRACI: TRACI acknowledges large uncertainties in input parameters. It es...
Sect. 2.3 Ted Schettler Dept of Medicine, Boston Medical Center TRACI. LCA: Ecotoxicity uses 2,4 D toxicity equivalence for comparison of building materials. W...
Sect. 2.5.5 Ted Schettler Dept of Medicine, Boston Medical Center The discussion of uncertainty analysis is virtually silent about the assumptions that have been p...
Debbie Schober OxyChem General Comment. Negative credits for vinyl are not warranted when the life cycle of competing p...
55 Debbie Schober OxyChem EDC is only a suspect carcinogen. Inclusion of it and use of a relatively old slope factor is a ...
55-58 Debbie Schober OxyChem In many cases, risk assessments calculated in these pages do not make qualitative sense. As an e...
49-51 Dave Kitts Mannington It’s apparent the Task Group only reviewed fire reports where PVC was studied. This is its own b...
Deborah Wallace Consumers Union The TSAC Analysis of PVC Fires and Their Impacts The TSAC report uses only two databases, a me...
Andrew Potts Cahill Associates, Inc. The report does not seem to address the potential market implications of LEED incorporating a PVC...
Richard Becker American Chemistry Council General Comments: Overall, the approach used to evaluate potential risks was science-based, tran...
Glenn D’Alessio Worcester State College Your task force making no determination, namely a negative one about vinyl, baffles me. Were we t...
Craig Kneeland NYSERDA I have a great deal of respect for the people who put this study together. Having gone through a...
Craig Kneeland NYSERDA The number of references to Vinyl Institute data surprises me. I would think that the potential ...
5 Jan Dwiggins Lamson & Sessions We would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on this draft report, and for ...
7 Jan Dwiggins Lamson & Sessions This report discusses the application of PVC pipe for Drain, Waste and Vent (DWV) applications. ...
10 Jan Dwiggins Lamson & Sessions We wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion that no credit should be given in the Leed system for...
John Stuart Occidental International Corp. General Comment. I support the conclusions of the USGBC TSAC report. This is an attempt to brin...
85-87 John Stuart Occidental International Corp. TSAC has correctly analyzed the cancer mortality data for Louisiana, and placed the allegations a...
89-90 John Stuart Occidental International Corp. TSAC correctly notes that, with respect to the cited 65 tons of “unaccounted for” mercury in merc...
Jeff Church Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) General Comments: The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) appreciates the opportunity t...
David Yopak Teknor Apex Company Teknor Apex Company agrees with the conclusion of the TSAC PVC Task Group that the evidence does ...
16 David Yopak Teknor Apex Company The USGBC did a very comprehensive and thorough review as the task group considered more than 2,5...
27 David Yopak Teknor Apex Company It is interesting to note that there is a preponderance of data for vinyl and vinyl products, how...
Appendix B David Yopak Teknor Apex Company We recognize that LCA is sometimes criticized for failing to adequately consider human health ris...
Kristi Ennis Boulder Associates, Inc. I do not see in this document where any consideration is given to the fact that certain chemicals...
John Blue California Integrated Waste Management Board Generally, the concept of narrowing the focus of this report to products in which PVC has signifi...
Terrence Collins Carnegie Mellon University I write to urge the US Green Building Council not to grant PVC a materials credit in LEED. L...
Arthur E. Dungan Chlorine Institute The Chlorine Institute is pleased to be able to comment on the USGBC TSAC PVC Draft Report dated ...