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August 11, 1994 Explanation of Vinyl Chloride Panel Health Committee Budget An initial budget of $325,000 is proposed for the following activities: Contractor cost for the update of vinyl chloride epidemiology study Dow Chemical's expenses for designing, monitoring, consulting with the selected contractor, and reviewing interim, draft and final reports for the epidemiological update Consultant expenses for vinyl chloride risk assessment and short-term exposure effects studies Administrative expenses for update of the epidemiology study; follow-ups with EPA on VC risk assessment; follow-ups with EPA on VC and/or EDC testing under TSCA Section 4; follow-ups with consultants on VC risk assessment and short-term exposure effects studies; meeting planning, attendance, and other routine services; follow-up of action items resulting from meetings and conference calls; and, monitoring of regulatory activities impacting vinyl chloride manufacturing companies The Committee has proposed to share the $325,000 budget based upon the 1993 VC nameplate capacity. CMA has used the nameplate capacities for VC published in the attached chart from Chemical Data Inc., September 1993, to determine each company's pro-rata share. Because Westlake had not committed to the Committee activities along with the other companies, the other companies pro-rata shares were based upon a total nameplate capacity of 11, 918 million pounds. Therefore, the Westlake share shown below is based upon the same total nameplate capacity. COMPANY Borden Chemical Dow Chemical Formosa Plastics GEON Georgia Gulf Occidental PPG Industries Vista Chemical Westlake NAMEPLATE CAPACITY (Million Lbs.) 935 2,210 1,793 1,400 1,260 2,600 840 880 1,000 PRO-RATA SHARE 23,536 55,630 45,133 35,241 31,717 65,447 21,145 22,151 25,172 STATUS Committed Committed Committed Committed Committed Committed Committed Committed Pending CMA 114716