By Overnight Mail and Email (crangan@ph.lacounty.gov) December 2, 2016 Cyrus Rangan M.D., P.P.H Deputy Health Officer Los Angeles County Department of Public Health 3530 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1110 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Re: Public Health Directive to Aerocraft Heat Treating Company, Inc. Dear Dr. Rangan: Acrocraft Heat Treating Company, Inc. (“Aerocraft”) is in receipt of your December 1, 2016 letter directing the company to take all necessary actions to ensure that we are not endangering public health and provide you with alist of actions, implemented and anticipated, to accomplish that objective. This letter is in response to that directive. I want to personally assure you that we are taking all necessary actions to ensure that we are not endangering public health. Aerocraft has been a part of the Paramount, CA community since 1959. The facility employs approximately 50 skilled employees, the majority of whom live within 10 miles of the facility. We care about the health of our employees and our neighbors. We have worked cooperatively with South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD") over the past few weeks since they first alerted us that the facility could be a source of airborne hexavalent chromium. Just yesterday (December 1), we met with SCAQMD program staff for over two and one-half hours to discuss our findings regarding possible chromium sources and our action plan for minimizing Aerocraft’s contribution to the neighborhood’s hexavalent chromium concentrations. The air district noted at our meeting that Acrocraft is not the only potential source of hexavalent chromium in the community. However, that is no reason for us to diminish our response in any way. We are well into the process of evaluating and addressing possible source of hexavalent chromium from our operations. Based on our meeting yesterday, [ understand that the air district is supportive of the actions we areCyrus Rangan M.D., P.P.H December 2, 2016 Page 2 taking and believes we are proceeding appropriately. Rest assured we will persist until we are confident of the effectiveness of our response. Acrocraft has already implemented multiple measures to minimize our potential to emit hexavalent chromium. The following is a list of actions taken and planned. This list reflects the action plan discussed with the air district in yesterday’s meeting. ‘Action Timing Discontinue use of compressed air for | Complete cleaning purposes Discontinue use of dry sweeping Complete Implement enhanced maintenance Complete procedures to minimize fugitive dust including daily use of wet sweeper Daily vacuuming with HEPA vacuum in| Complete areas not accessible to wet sweeper Discontinue operation of plasma torch | Complete cutting until a collection efficiency assessment is completed Confirm absence of chromium in Reviewed SDSs to confirm absence of chromium refractory brick Confirm absence of chromium in ceramic | Reviewed SDSs to confirm absence of chromium coatings Confirm absence of chromium in oil in | Testing complete showing no detectable chromium oil quench tanks (total or hexavalent) Clean water quench tanks and replace water ‘One tank complete. Two tanks in process. No water quench tank will be used until cleaned and tested Perform employee exposure monitoring In process (pending availability of industrial hygiene monitoring professionals) Perform all grinding operations in a fully | To be completed by 12/3, enclosed room with dust routed to fabric filtration unit Upgrade grind room fabric filter to Engineering in process include HEPA secondary filtration Coat heat treat racks with ceramic Starting Monday 12/5 coating to reduce scaleCyrus Rangan M.D., P.P.H December 2, 2016 Page 3 ‘Action Timing Continue to work closely with South | Ongoing Coast AQMD to assess benefits from measures taken to date As you can see, Aerocraft has implemented multiple actions to minimize our potential to emit hexavalent chromium. Our ongoing effort is well under way. We will provide you and the air istrict with routine updates to inform you of our progress implementing the measures above and to inform you of any additional measures. ‘Thank you for your interest in Aerocraft’s action plan. I hope that you are satisfied that we have adopted an aggressive approach to minimize our emissions. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call me. Very truly yours, Greg Stonick General Manager