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VINYL INSTITUTE^ HEALTH. SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE NASHVILLE. TN January 25. 1989 Gabe Lefebvre - BFGoodrich W. C. Holbrook - BFGoodrich Bob Oubre - Dow Chemical HRS and NCR - combined rule making now. HRS is now Appendix "A" to NCR SPI - Siding, Window. Door group meeting is in Mauii! Joe Ledvina - Vista Jim - caustic, OXY, environmental Irv Power - OXY John Baur is now consulting in Sao Paulo. CMA has outside council to work on comments Thrust is to clean uo sites to background levels regardless if a threat to Dublic health exists. HRS comments little data available from ERA. On site land fills Surface lmooundments ? SFG has suDerfund stie on NPL. Dow mav have. Suggest go through (10 pages) scoring sheets (worksheets; about 100 ages) for each Diant site. When rule is finalized bv February 21. Exposure through data wavs of toxic. Air surface water. Ground water on site exposure. Default values if no data is available on chemicals/auantities are uncertain. Old sites scored. If > 28.5. got on list. Sites added to list if 28.5. now 700+ on list. Onlv new sites will be stored from CERCLA list. New mechanisms developed in toxological field. a) Mass transfer breathing zone one meter high for flushing on polluted lake. b) Dermal transfer for swimming in water. Telephone survev 1987 mavbe bv VERSAR on pits, ponds, lagoons. Cannot have enough data on sites. Contractors who score sites for ERA mav be unaware or mav not know to ask which mav help lower vour score, (rather than use of default values). CTL018777 Chr1s: Whole board blessed" seminar, but not overwhelmingly Do one. assess the success of the first. Develop attendance cut off; if not enough interest - cancel. 1st self funded. Anv limitations on non Vinvl Institute pi ants? VI member companies OK. So other non F'VC/VCM plants of VI companies could come. ###Discuss with CAG about Rod and supervisors attending (maint. and production). Overnight. Literature available date As a pamphlet (cover letter) Comment; Don't think 1st session will be for first-line supervisors since it is first session. Plant management will be conservative and wait for evaluation of program. Biographv bv Februarv 3, of panel members. Lead panel member. Present their companies' procedure. members discuss differences. Other panel DOW has made major shift from safety belts to safety harnesses. Frank - 0 on literature. **Call PPG - Clark Gravbill TCLP Update; 1. Supposed to be finalized no earlier than June. (200 PPB) (0.2 PPM) Regulatory for VCM. Not 50 PPB as last thought. Waste impoundments - more time but nothing special (le; rules) Calculated as cone, of VCM in water going into pond. same Generic dilution attenuation factor of 100 Health based 2F'F'B Surf impound. Put into svstem for RCRA Part Ei Gabe (216)447-7978 BFG went to tanks. Liner not good enough unless RCRA type liner, which no one likely has. CTL018778 VCM standard UDdate: EF'A is supposed to make ammendments consistent with VI agreement, but November 28. 1988, "EPS has begun drafting". Peter de LaCruz Benzene standard rewrite is part o-f this. EPA presentation on storm water discharges under NPDES. SF'I committees that don't have Vinvl Institute interests at "OHEIC" committee. Meredith will go to next meeting. heart. SARA "Bagging" the plant to determine -fugitive emissions contractor "team". DuPont described method. Reporting Leaks Flare-stack (non-vinyl) CS2, HS State permit: monitored Federally permitted - but reported to SARA Got attention -from EPA Immediately reported to state agency. Reported to LEF'C later Others do not report leaks (VCM > 1 lb). NESHAF' reporting. Mav 8th and 9th: Committee meeting (3) Board meeting (9) Calawav Gardens (Atlanta. Annual meeting. GA) Relief Discharge 61.65A. LEF'C. Don't report to NRC. However, notify CAER. Leaks not reportable because federally permitted under NESHAF'S 5'/. vinvl reported since not Federally permitted. (Not in vinvl chloride service) > 1 PPM. Some use 100 lbs. as reporting trigger. BFG considering to report. I tern 3 OSHA Performance Award - to consider contract employees, not construction employees. - Dow doesn't want this because of considering of who is "emplover" - Keep last vear's method (look for change next year) VI Safetv Award - nomination sent out CTL018779 ***REVIEW DATA MARCH 1*** -4- Lawsuits: Dow's -flare - Dow lost. Frank - Georqia Gulf Leqisi ation: Texas: Prohibit sale and manufactur1 no of plastic 6-pack toos. 2nd tier toxic chemcials CMA is doing comments Next meeting: Probablv held in conjunction with VCSA meeting Sentember 28 and 29. Lead Cadmiurn Concerns in solid waste CTL018780