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TABLE 13. SUMMARY OF RESPONDENTS' COMMENTS TO PROPOSED EPA PLAN
Brake Performance
Substitute Availability
Feasibility of Proposed Phase Down
Automobile
aftermarket for older
Manufacturers vehicles should be
exempt
materials for front disc brakes available
materials for rear drum
brakes not qualified sufficiently
phase-down plan opposed
5-year lead time prior to ban favored
Truck and
Equipment Manufacturer
aftermarket for older
vehicles should be exempt
materials for heavy on-road phase-down plan opposed
and off-road vehicles not available or qualified.as
yet
5-year lead time prior to ban favored
Friction Product Manufacturers
performance of some
many vehicle applications
materials still needs
have no qualified materials
qualification (Allied/
(Allied/Bendix)
Bendlx)
performance of substi substitutes available for
tutes as good dr better all applications (Scan-Pac)
than asbestos (Scan-Pac)
many substitutes will be available within 5-years (Allied/Bendix)
substitutes now available (Scan-Pac)
Environmental Lobbyists
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substitutes available for all applications
Immediate ban on current and aftermarket asbestos friction materials