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June 25, 2008

Honorable Board Members
Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, 23rd Floor
Sacramento, California 95814

Dear Honorable Board Members:

I am writing in support of the proposed amendment to the
Regulation for Reducing Emissions from Consumer Products. More
specifically, we are in support of the new requirements for
Pressurized Gas Dusters to contain a propellant compound that has
a Global Warming Potential (GWP) value of 150 or less. As the
leading manufacturer of compressed gas dusters, Falcon Safety
Products has been aggressively promoting the use of HFC 152a as
its primary choice propellant in dusters for the last 15 years.
Our company chose this strategy because we believe strongly in the
environmental benefit, and efficacy of this lower GWP compound.
Because of our company’s action, there has been an overall trend
in the duster industry towards using HFC 152a in duster products. 


We would like to commend the staff of the Air Resources Board for
working judiciously towards finding the appropriate path forward
for our industry in California. And until there is a future
generation of compounds, we believe that HFC152a is a safe,
effective and necessary compound for use in aerosol applications.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,


Philip M. Lapin
President/CEO
Falcon Safety Products