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Roy T. Qottesman
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September 4, 1986
Dr. Brian Bennett Medical Department Imperial Chemical Industries pic Hillhouse Site P.0. Box 4, Thorton-Cleveleys Blackpool FY5 4QD, England
Dear Dr. Bennett:
The purpose of this letter is two-fold:
1. At the suggestion of Mr. John T. Barr, I am writing to provide you with information concerning the changes in ownership of certain of the PVC-producing facilities in the U.S.A. that are listed in Table 9 of the Register of Liver Angiosarcoma Cases (page 45) of your February 1986 report. You may wish to note the following changes in your next report:
a. Occidental Chemical Corporation is now the owner of the former Firestone plants in Pottstown (1948) and Plaquemine (1979), the former Hooker plant in Burlington, New Jersey (1967), the former Tenneco plants in Burlington, New Jersey (1962) and Pasadena, Texas (1975). The years in parenthesis are the start-up year for these plants.
b. Vista Polymers is the successor company to Conoco at the Aberdeen, Mississippi (1963), and Oklahoma City (1971) plants.
c. The Tenneco plant at Flemington, New Jersey was closed in 1985.
You should also correct the spelling of "Pautosoto" to "Pantasote" and the location from "Passiac" to "Passaic" in the listings for 1956.
2. In January 1986, The Vinyl Institute offices were relocated to the address shown below. I would therefore appreciate having future Register Reports sent to me at our new address.
Kindest regards.
Sincerely yours,
RTG/pmb bcc: John Barr
A Division of
THE SOCIETY OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY, INC.
WAYNE INTERCHANGE PLAZA II 155 Route 46 West, WAYNE, N.J. 07470 (201) 890-9299
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John T. Barr Manager, Regulatory Response
(215? 481-8343
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TABIZ 9
USA PVC PRCPUCZRS - START-UP DATES vs ASL CASHS
START-UP OCMPANY NAME
LOCATION
ASL CASE
YEAR OF
YEAR
NUMBER
1st EXPOSURE
1939? *UCC
S Charleston
07,13,19,21,24, 44,42,43,46,39,
27,28,29,31,35 41,44,42,46,44
1940? *BEG
Louisville
01,02,03,04,05, 48,55,45,52,44,
06,09,16,17,22, 62,45,50,55,47,
26,33,34,37 47,54,55,53
1946? *UCC
Texas City (Partially closed 1977)
1947 Goodyear
Niagara Falls
08,10,11,20 46.51,46,55
1948 Firestone-
Pottstown
12
49
Uniroyal
Painesvllle
(closed 1975)
1950 Monsanto
Springfield
32
51
(Closed 1975
1952 1953
Dow BEG BFG
Midland (No PVC since c 1975)
Avon Lake
18
Deer Park (Former1'7 Diamond)
54
1954 General Tire
Ashtabula
36
56
(Closed 1984)
1956 Air Products
Pensacola
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Atlantic Refining Brooklyn( Closed late 1960s)
Borden
Leominster (Closed 1984)
Conoco
Hebronville (Qosed 1975)
BEG Niagara
Great American
Fitchburg
23
58
Plastics
(Closed 1983)
Hooker
Hicksville (Closed 1980-81)
Passiac (Closed 1984)
1957 Atlantic Tubing Cranston (Closed 1967)
Tenneco
Flenrington NJ --- 30------- -------- 59
1958 Keysor Century
Saugus, Cal
1960 BEG
Watson, Cal
Air Products
Calvert City
38
63
(closed March 1982 Re opened Octol*r 1983)
Borden
Illiopolis
1962 Tenneco- - ..
Burlington NJ
1963 Conoco
Aberdeen, Miss
Stauffer
Long Beach, Cai-(Closed 1982)
1965 Conoco
** Assonet, Mass (Closed by Olin 1975 see below)
Ethyl
Baton Rouge (Closed 1984)
1966 Georgia Gulf
Delaware City (Formerly Diamond)
General Tire/Pantas Mt Pleasant W Va (Qosed 1983)
BEG Henry, 111
Stauffer
Delaware City (Sold to Formosa 1983)
1967 Allied
*** Painesville, 0 |
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(sold to Roblntech) Burlington NJ
1968 Firestone
Perryville (Closed 1982)
1969 BFG
Pedrickton NJ
Goodyear
Plaquemine
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Olin
** Assonet, Mass (Qosed 1975) (See above)
(Formerly Conoco)
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1971 | Conoco-
Oklahoma City
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'/ TABLE 9 (Continued)
USA PVC PRODUCERS - START-UP DATES vs ASL CASES
START-UP YEAR 1972 1973
1974
1975
1979 1983
COMPANY NAME
Nat Starch Borden Robintech ***
Atlantic Tubing/ Tallyrand Shintech Certain-teed Georgia -Rae-Lfio ' Tenneco _
Firestone . <... ..L
Formosa
LOCATION
Meredosla, 111 Springfield Painesville, 0 (sold to Georgia
Pacific who converted to polystyrene) Cranston RI (Closec
ASL CASE NUMBER
1982)
Freeport, Tex Lake Charles Plaquemine, La Pasadena, Tex Plaquemine Point Comfort, Tex
| YEAR OF ! 1st EXPOSURE
* My databank has no information on UCC before 1946 or BFG before 1950
** Refers to same plant at Assonet
***Refer to same plant at Painesville. Allied plant never operated again for PVC after it was sold to Robintech.
NB Some of the plants in this list were closed down, some have changed ownership over the years, some have changed their product.
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