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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1972 Mar 20 DOC#: FD114 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Proposed Ford-Bendix-EPA Meeting Inter Ottica Communication SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STAFF March 20, 1972 To: M. Hume n i k , J r . cc : H. L- G ealer J . E. M ayer, J r . S ubject : Proposed Ford-Bendix-EPA M eeting B e n d ix R e s e a rc h -as aw a rd e d a m i l l i o n d o l l a r c o n t r a c t from t h e EPA l a s t s p r i n g . D u rin g th e summer v e m et w ith B endix p e rs o n n e l, a t t h e i r r e q u e s t, t o d e s c rib e o u r t e s t m ethods a n d e x a m in a tio n p r o c e d u re s ( s e e a t ta c h m e n t) . The B e n d ix p e o p le a l s o d e s c r i b e d t h e i r p r o p o s e d m ethods a n d p r o c e d u r e s . We e x p r e s s e d o u r c o n c e r n about a number o f fa c e ts o f t h e i r approach a t t h a t tim e. L a te r, E rvin E ic h e n 's p e o p le p r o v id e d B e n d ix w ith a d e s c r i p t i o n an d d e m o n s tr a ti o n o f o u r TEM an d SEM ex am in atio n p ro ce d u re s and sam ple p re p a ra tio n m eth o d s. On March 1U, Mr. J . H. Som ers o f th e E n v iro n m e n ta l P r o te c tio n Agency met w ith M r. J . U. Damian o f V e h ic le R e g u la tio n s and M e ssrs. G ea ler, M elvin, S prys and A nderson o f our s t a f f . Mr. Somers had re q u e ste d th e m eeting t o s o l i c i t our comments on th e m ethods B en d ix R esearch p ro p o ses t o use f o r th e m easurem ent o f em issions from b ra k e s and c lu tc h e s d u rin g v e h ic le o p e ra tio n . We r e i t e r a t e d o u r c o n c e r n a b o u t th e B e n d ix a p p r o a c h t o th e p ro b le m a n d d e s c r i b e d th e m ethods ve had u se d in o u r s tu d ie s . Our r e s u l t s were n o t d isc u sse d . On M arch 1 6 , D r. M. H . J a c k o o f B e n d ix R e s e a rc h c a l l e d Roy G e a le r , r e q u e s t i n g a m e e tin g w ith B e n d ix R e s e a r c h a n d Mr. S o m ers o f t h e EPA. A p p a r e n tly M r. Som ers had re la y e d our concern to B endix. I t i s ab o u t t h i s m e e tin g t h a t I have some a p p re h e n s io n s . B endix i s s e v e ra l m onths b eh in d in t h e i r program . They in ten d ed to s t a r t v e h ic le te s tin g in S e p te m b e r 1971 an d c o m p le te t h e i r r e p o r t b y May 1 9 7 2 - Mr. Som ers i n d i c a t e d v eh icle te s ts have not y e t been run. th a t .1 , e l + th a t, 'e h a d an o b l i g a t i o n to e x p r e s s c o n c e r - t o B e n d ir an d l a t e r t o t h e EPA a b o u t t e s t m e th o d s o f q u e s t i o n a b l e m e r i t . B u t B en d ix h a s th e EPA c o n t r a c t and th e re s p o n s ib ility fo r accurate and tim ely r e s u lts Is th e ir s . My e x p r e s s c o n c e r n I s t h a t v e may b e p r e s s u r e d t o s u p p o r t t h e B en d ix p ro g ra m an d t h a t we h av e n e i t h e r tim e n o r p e rso n n e l t o do t h i s . P lease ad v ise. A. E. Anderson 000456 PRODUCED BY FORD