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minutes PVC SAFETY GROUP Hyatt Regency Hotel WASHINGTON, D.C. ATTENDEES Wednesday, April 30, 1980 10:00 A. M. Steven W. Schaefer - CHAIRMAN - Diamond Shamrock Corporation, 1100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 R. J. Abramowit2 - Hooker Chemicals & Plastics, Rive Road, Burlington, NJ 08016 A. Ross Adams - Air Products & Chemicals - VICE CHAIRMAN - Box 538, Allentown, PA 18105 R. W. Arp - Diamond Shamrock Corporation, 1100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44026 W. Bailey Barton - Borden Inc. 180 E, Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215 Zeb G. Bell - PPG Industries, Inc. One Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 R. B. Downey - B. F. Goodrich Chemical Group, 6111 Oak Tree Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44131 Barbara K. Eisenberg - Pantasote Inc. 10 Valley Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830 John E. Ertel - Pantasote Inc. 250 Hamburg Turnpike, Butler, NJ 06830 David M. Ferguson - ICI Americas Inc. Wilmington, DE 19897 John C. Floros - Great American Chemical, 650 Water Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420 Don H. Francis - Goodyear Tire 6 Rubber Co. 1144 E. Makai|Gtreet, Akron, OH 44315 Roy T. Gottesman - Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. .Parte" SO^fcaH^V^pk One, Saddle Brook, NJ 07662 Joseph E. Hadley, Jr. - Keller llW 17thlJtAet, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 M. R. Haymon - Teneco Chemtca^sTl^^B.^l Box ?65, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Robert W. Hill - Diamond Stwra^oWJfcarpporation, 1100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 M. N. Johnson - B. F. GoodrTch Company, 500 So. Main Street, Akron, OH 44318 Milton Kline - Borden Chemicals, 511 Lancaster Street, Leominster, MA 01453 Robert Laundrie - General Tire & Rubber Company, One General Street, Akron, OH 44329 C. P. Loechelt - Ethyl Corporation, P. O. Box 341, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Jean F. Malone - B. F. Goodrich Chemical Group, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd. Cleveland, OH 44131 Harry Mohlmann - Dow Chemical U.S.A. 2020 Dow Center, Midland, MX 48640 Robert E. Nagy - Diamond Shamrock Corporation, 1100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114 Robert Querido - Stauffer Chemical Company, Eastern Research Center, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 P. E. Roggi - Stuaffer Chemical Company, Westport, CT 06880 William Rupp - Tenneco Chemicals, Inc, P. 0. Box 365, Piscataway, NJ 08854 D. W. Ryerson - ICI Americas Inc. Wilmington, DE 19897 Robert C. Sander 0 Air Products & Chemicals, P. 0. Box 538, Allentown, PA 18105 Paul L. Schatzberg - Pantasote Inc. 26 Jefferson Street, Passaic, NJ 07055 Gary Ter Haar - Ethyl Corporation, 451 Florida B.vd. Baton Rouge, LA 70801 J. C. Thomas - Rhone Poulenc, 25 Quai Paul-Doumer, 92408 Courbevoie Cedex, France T. R. Torkelson - Dow Chemical U.S.A. 1603 Building, Midland, MI 38630 H. P. Toner - SPI, 355 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Todd C. Walker - Firestone Plastics Company, P. 0. Box 699, Pottstown, PA 19464 Robert M. Walter - Firestone Plastics Company, 1200 Firestone Parkway, Akron, OH 44317 R. N. Wheeler, Jr. - Union Carbide Corporation, P. 0. Box 8004, So. Charleston, WV 25303 #&t# THE SOCIETY OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY, INC. 355 Lexington Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 573-9400 BFS 0B2S6? 3 (7) Mr. Hadley reported the first draft of comments in response to the OSHA request for information was mailed on April 25 and 25. He noted that the Health Committee would be meeting May 1 to develop a second draft and May 8 and 9 to finalize comments. He further noted that subsequently he did not foresee any problem in submitting developed comments after the close of the official response date. (8) Mr. Walker gave the Financial report (copy attached). Dr. Adams reported that the Steering Committee recommends that the Group raise $250,000 for the upcoming year, 50% to be assessed now and 50% to be assessed in six months. The recommendation was carried unanimously. (9) Mr. Hadley reported th&^fffA &ag)d^Sj} to Sfestie 'Wles' on hazardous waste and that EPA had recently prohiBdmea^-Oie manufacture of 6 new phthalate esters under Section 5 of TSCA. He also reported that the Steering Committee declined an invitation by the Chlorine Institute to join their suit on the chlorine standard. (10) There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:45 A.M. No date was set for the next meeting. Respectfully submitted. May 14, 1980 Asst. Technical Director BFS O02S69 SUBSTANCE OF SUBMISSION TO EPA CANCER POLICY RULE MAKING RECORD The Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly cited figures concerning the costs incurred by the vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride industries for in coming into compliance with its regulation of vinyl chloride emis sions under 112 of the Clean Air Act. To ensure that the Agency is using proper figure^afl^^^rder that the actual figures could be evalu^tl^ tXe industry, the following data were s Polyvinyl Chloride Safety Group. 1. Cost of Capital Equipment Investments Required to Conform With OSHA and EPA Vinyl Chloride Standards from 1974 to Present - in millions of dollars. OSHA EPA TOTAL VC PVC VC PVC VC PVC $19.8 158. 79.4 119. 99.2 277 2. Yearly Operating Expenses Required to Comply With OSHA and EPA Vinyl CHloride Standards from 1974 to Present - in millions of dollars. OSHA EPA TOTAL VC PVC VC PVC VC PVC 1974 $0.6 3.7 0.8 3.4 1.4 7 1975 .9 4.8 1.4 4.1 2.3 8.9 1976 1.5 6.1 1.9 4.3 3.4 10.4 1977 2.2 7.6 2.6 5.3 4.8 12.9 1978 2.2 8.5 6.1 9.7 8.3 18.3 1979 2.8 11.9 10.4 19.5 13.2 31.5 BFS 00 2 in the process of developing these statistics, SPI also collected capacity-related information. In so doing. The Society was able to quantify the loss of capacity attri butable to the two regulations. Comparing nameplate capa city and practical operating capacity, it has been deter mined that the vinyl chloride producing industry can operate to only 93% of capacity and that the PVC industry can only operate to 89% of nameplate capacity. This reduction in capacity is due to process modifications required in order for the industry to obtain compliance with the OSHA and EPA regulations applicable to vinyl chloride. of The Society contacted each member company to gather the data. Based on the results obtained it can be stated that the foregoing data are based on responses from more than 80% of the entire vinyl chloride producing industry and over 60% of the entire polyvinyl chloride producing indus try. Should the Agency have any questions or comments regarding the foregoing, contact should be established with Mr. John R. Lawrence, Technical Director of SPI, at: Mr. John R. Lawrence The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. 355 Lexington Avenue Sew York, Sew York 10017 (212)573-9400 BF5 002S71