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(1046) MINUTES of the one hundred fifty-ninth meeting of the Directors of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc. , held at the Union Club, New York City, on Tuesday, September 13,'1966, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). There were present: Donald K. Ballman John Brooks E. E. Chipman John L. Christian M. R. Clapp Herschel H. Cudd David H. Dawson L. K. Eilers Harold W. Fisher Irb H. Fooshee T. G. Hughes John O. Logan William P. Marsh, Jr. A. R. Marusi Max A. Minnig Charles S. Munson Donald D. Pascal Joseph E. Rich W. T. D. Ross Edward R. Rowley Kenneth Rush Charles H. Rybolt Hans Stauffer Joseph R. Stevens Henry A. Thouron Harry B. Warner Jesse Werner M. F. Crass, Jr. Alternates: A* L. Baldock (for Joseph R. Stevens) A. B. Clow (for Robert C. Swain) C. O. Davidson (for E. B. Brooks) Leonard Hynes (for W. T. D. Ross) F. J. Pizzitola (for John Brooks) B. J. Quinn (for John J, Powers, Jr. ) William Wishnick (for Max A. Minnig) General Counsel: Lloyd Symington - Fowler, Leva, Hawes Symington Present by Invitation: Robert B. Semple, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation James H. Sterner, M. D. , Eastman Kodak Company Robert I. Wishnick, Witco Chemical Company, Inc. Chairman Rush called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. In his opening re marks he welcomed the new Directors and guests who were present. Each person then rose and gave his name and company affiliation. Mr. Rush reported that Gen eral Decker was recuperating satisfactorily from his illness and that he would enter the hospital again on September 25 for further surgery. I. MINUTES OF JUNE 8 AND JUNE 9, 1966, MEETINGS. The Minutes of these meetings were duly approved as submitted to the members. CMA 068557 (1047) II. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER. (a) Financial Report, June I - August 31, 1966. The financial report for the three months ending August 31, 1966, was summarized by the SecretaryTreasurer. ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the report be accepted and placed on file. (b) Status of Membership Fee Collections. It was reported that all members had paid their membership fees for the new fiscal year. (c) Resignations and Consolidations. The resignations of the follow ing firms were reported: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. , Chemical Division Republic. Steel Corporation Rumford Chemical Works Standard Chemical Limited Five consolidations removed the following additional members from the roster: Argus Chemical Corporation (into Witco) The Atlantic Refining Company and Richfield Oil Corporation (into Arco) Metalsalts Corporation (into Merck) Nixon-Baldwin Chemicals Inc. (into Tenneco) Rubber Corporation of America (into Hooker) The present membership roster now totals 204 firms. (d) Financial Report - 94th Annual Meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer reported Annual Meeting income of $38, 040. Expenses totaled $13, 691, leaving a balance of $24, 349, which has been transferred to the operating account in accord ance with financing arrangements previously approved by the Board. m. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) Appointment of Alternates. The Chairman advised that the follow ing Board members had requested the appointment of alternates: CMA 068558 (1048) Board Member John Brooks F. L. Byrom E. E. Chipman John L. Christian M. R. Clapp David H. Dawson L. K. Eilers Harold W. Fisher Irb H. Fooshee T. G. Hughes Alexander Lewis, Jr. John O. Logan William P. Marsh, Jr. A. R. Marusi M. A. Minnig John J. Powers, Jr. Joseph E. Rich W. T. D. Ross Kenneth Rush Charles H. Rybolt Hans Stauffer Joseph R. Stevens Robert C. Swain Henry A. Thouron Thomas M. Ware Harry B. Warner Jesse Werner Alternate and Company F. J. Pizzitola, Celanese Corporation David L. Eynon, Jr. , Koppers Company, Inc. D. C. Phinney, Productol Chemical Company John L. Gillis, Monsanto Company M. M. McGrew, The Lubrizol Corporation C. B. McCoy, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Harry D. McNeeley, Tennessee Eastman Company Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. , Esso Chemical Company Chester M. Brown, Allied Chemical Corporation James W. Kent or T. M. Welton, Chevron Chemical Company W. C. King, Gulf Oil Corporation Thomas S. Nichols, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation Robert H. Cornwell, National Distillers and Chemical Corporation E. J. Sullivan, The Borden Company William Wishnick, Witco Chemical Company, Inc. Bernard J. Quinn, Chas. Pfizer & Co. , Inc. Daniel Peterkin, Jr., Morton Chemical Company Leonard Hynes, Canadian Industries Limited Kenneth Hannan, Union Carbide Corporation Nels E. Sylvander, Wallace & Tiernan Inc. Archie E. Albright, Stauffer Chemical Company A. L. Baldock, J. T. Baker Chemical Company A. B. Clow, American Cyanamid Company Paul Mayfield, Hercules Incorporated Robert J. DeLargey, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation Thomas B. Nantz, B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company Chris C. Schulze, General Aniline & Film Corporation ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That all appointments be approved. Mr. Rush stated that if additional Directors desired to designate alter nates they should submit nominations to the Secretary-Treasurer for appointment at the October 11, 1966, meeting. (b) Membership Committee. Chairman Hughes reported that an application had been received from Ferro Corporation, Chemical Division and that in the opinion of the Membership Committee the applicant was qualified for membership under the Association's By-Laws. CMA 068559 (1049) ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the applicant be approved, sub ject to the thirty-day notification of members provided under Article III, Section 4, of the By-Laws. (c) St. Louis Regional Directors' Meeting, October 10-11, 1966. Mr. Crass reported that all details had been finalized for the October 10-11, 1966, St. Louis Regional Directors' Meeting. The local arrangements committee, con sisting of Messrs. Harold E. Thayer (Chairman), John L. Gillis, and Richard A. Young, has arranged an interesting program which was outlined in detail in letters S nt by the Secretary-Treasurer to the Directors on August 17. Alternates will be welcome at this meeting and an excellent turnout is anticipated. (d) Program Committee, 16th Semi-Annual Meeting, November 22, 1966. In the absence of Mr. Wood, the Secretary-Treasurer reported that the Program Com mittee had completed its arrangements and program for the 16th Semi-Annual Meeting and Midyear Conference of the Association to be held at The New York Hilton, New York City, on November 22. Panel sessions, which will convene at 10:00 a.m. and run throughout the day, will include the following topics: U. S. Balance of Payments and Direct Investments Overseas; Governmental Coordination in Water Resources Management; The Oceans' Resources and their Potential Impact Upon the Chemical Industry; The Kennedy Round and the Chemical Industry; Is the Chemical Industry Continuing to Attract and Challenge Young Scientists?; and Corporate Mergers and Joint Ventures in the Light of Recent Antitrust Developments. The luncheon session will be addressed by The Honorable John V. Lindsay, Mayor of New York City. Guest speaker at the evening banquet will be General Maxwell D. Taylor, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ambas sador to Viet-Nam, and Special Adviser to the President, who has agreed to discuss some of the problems of the Far East. Printed programs and reservation forms will be distributed to the membership within the next two weeks. (e) Retirement of Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Rush stated that the Secretary-Treasurer had requested early retirement under authority of Section 4 of the MCA Pension Trust Agreement. Although the request suggested January 1, 1967, as the effective date, Mr. Rush reported that Mr. Crass had agreed to stay on until June 1967. A motion accepting Mr. Crass' resignation of June 30, 1967, expressing deep regret that Mr. Crass is requesting early retirement, and thanking him for his outstanding services to the Association and his willingness to postpone his retirement date until June 30, 1967, was adopted by a standing vote. (f) Ammonium Nitrate Technical Committee. Integration Into Technical gfid Functional Committee Structure. The Board of Directors, at its March 9, 1966, Meeting, agreed that the authorized tenure of this ad hoc committee be extended for * Period of six months and that during this time the committee formulate for Board Consideration a plan of orderly transfer of its uncompleted work to other standing chnical committees. At its meeting on August 31, 1966, the Committee approved ^commendations of its task group that it be integrated into the Safety and Fire CMA 068560 (1049) ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the applicant be approved, sub ject to the thirty-day notification of members provided under Article III, Section 4, of the By-Laws. (c) St. Louis Regional Directors' Meeting, October 10-11, 1966. Mr. Crass reported that all details had been finalized for the October 10-11, 1966, St. Louis Regional Directors' Meeting. The local arrangements committee, con sisting of Messrs. Harold E. Thayer (Chairman), John L. Gillis, and Richard A. Young, has arranged an interesting program which was outlined in detail in letters sent by the Secretary-Treasurer to the Directors on August 17. Alternates will be welcome at this meeting and an excellent turnout is anticipated. (d) Program Committee, 16th Semi-Annual Meeting, November 22, 1966. In the absence of Mr. Wood, the Secretary-Treasurer reported that the Program Com mittee had completed its arrangements and program for the 16th Semi-Annual Meeting and Midyear Conference of the Association to be held at The New York Hilton, New York City, on November 22. Panel sessions, which will convene at 10:00 a.m. and run throughout the day, will include the following topics: U. S. Balance of Payments and Direct Investments Overseas; Governmental Coordination in Water Resources Management; The Oceans' Resources and their Potential Impact Upon the Chemical Industry; The Kennedy Round and the Chemical Industry; Is the Chemical Industry Continuing to Attract and Challenge Young Scientists?; and Corporate Mergers and Joint Ventures in the Light of Recent Antitrust Developments. The luncheon session will be addressed by The Honorable John V. Lindsay, Mayor of New York City. Guest speaker at the evening banquet will be General Maxwell D. Taylor, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ambas sador to Viet-Nam, and Special Adviser to the President, who has agreed to discuss some of the problems of the Far East. Printed programs and reservation forms will be distributed to the membership within the next two weeks. (e) Retirement of Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Rush stated that the Secretary-Treasurer had requested early retirement under authority of Section 4 of the MCA Pension Trust Agreement. Although the request suggested January 1, 1967, as the effective date, Mr. Rush reported that Mr. Crass had agreed to stay on until June 1967. A motion accepting Mr. Crass' resignation of June 30, 1967, expressing deep regret that Mr. Crass is requesting early retirement, and thanking him for his outstanding services to the Association and his willingness to postpone his retirement date until June 30, 1967, was adopted by a standing vote. (f) Ammonium Nitrate Technical Committee. Integration Into Technical and Functional Committee Structure. The Board of Directors, at its March 9, 1966, fleeting, agreed that the authorized tenure of this ad hoc committee be extended for a period of six months and that during this time the committee formulate for Board consideration a plan of orderly transfer of its uncompleted work to other standing technical committees. At its meeting on August 31, 1966, the Committee approved recommendations of its task group that it be integrated into the Safety and Fire CMA 068561 (1050) protection Committee as the "Agricultural Nitrogen Products Subcommittee"; that the present makeup of the Committee be retained and meetings of the subcommittee be held as in the past; that a requirement for rotation be waived; that the Chairman and Vice Chairman be made members of the Safety and Fire Protection Committee; and that the subcommittee's Terms of Reference be limited to the hazards of nitro gen products, the dissemination of accurate technical information and the consider ation of regulatory matters concerned with promoting safety in the packaging, han dling, distribution, and storage of these materials. During discussion, Mr. Logan stated that the Committee's status had been considered at an earlier meeting of the Executive Committee and that it was the feeling of that group that the matter should be referred to the Special Board Com mittee which was recently set up to study all MCA activities relating to product cate gories. This course was affirmed by those present, with the understanding that the ad hoc committee be continued as is until May 1, 1967, or, before that date should the Board come to an earlier decision based upon recommendations of the Special Committee. (g) Environmental Health Program. Sent to Directors in advance of the meeting (copy attached to these Minutes as Exhibit A) were a series of project, manpower, and budgetary proposals recommended by the Environmental Health Advisory Committee for implementation during fiscal 1966-67. These were dis cussed at length by Dr. J. H. Sterner, Chairman of the Committee. Although the estimated cost of the recommended program totals $190, 500, Dr. Sterner stated that actual expenditures were unlikely to exceed the $178, 000 provided in the ap proved budget. Mr. Logan reported that the recommended program had been dis cussed by the Executive Committee earlier that day. Specific items, together with Executive Committee recommendation in each case, are as follows: 1. Amendment of EHAC Terms of Reference. It was proposed that these be amended to provide that the five members-at-large be appointed for three-year terms: the first two appointments to be made effective June 1, 1967, the next two effective June 1, 1968, and the fifth one effective June 1, 1969. The Executive Commit tee recommended favorable action. 2. Establishment of Committee on Occupational Health. This new Committee would be composed initially of the present members of the Medical Advisory Committee (which would be disbanded) plus an approximately equal number of persons representing the disciplines of industrial hygiene, toxicology, and biostatistics. Favorable action was recommended by the Executive Committee. 3. Organization of Inter-Committee Task Group on Transportation Hazards Information. This group, reporting to the Safety and Fire Protection Committee, would implement the recommenda tion of EHAC to the Safety Committee to "study expansion of CMA 068562 (1051) hazards information programs, as exemplified by Chem-Cards and Water Information Cards, in the interest of the industry's employees and its customers as well as the public at large. " The Executive Committee recommended favorable action. 4. Budget and Program Recommendations. Broken down as to estimated cost were items relating to Professional Staff and Projects coming under the jurisdiction of the Air Quality, Medical Advisory, Public Relations, and Water Resources Committees. All were recommended for approval by the Executive Committee, excepting the $65, 500 public informa tion program designed to present to selected audiences an accurate perspective of the chemical industry's relationship to environmental health. It was the feeling of the Executive Committee, in this case, that because of its substantial cost in relation to the overall program, and because of some questions as to the adequacy of certain factual information, no expense should be incurred until a detailed outline of program and procedure is submitted to the Executive Committee and approved by that body and the Board. Following discussion, ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the recommendations of the Executive Committee be approved- With respect to Professional Staff, it was reported that Glenn J. Hawkins, a Sanitary Engineer, was employed August 15, 1966, to fill the water activities vacancy. Negotiations are proceeding to employ staff personnel in the air quality and public relations fields, in accordance with the authorization granted by the Board. It is not planned to fill the fourth vacancy -- an industrial toxicol ogist -- for the time being. Dr. Sterner reported that EHAC was well under way in its prepara tion of an overall five-year environmental health program and that a report would be forthcoming soon. Mr. Logan discussed his appearance before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development (House Committee on Science and Astro nautics) on August 11, relating to the adequacy of technology for pollution abatement. He also touched on his subsequent off-the-record conference with Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury Stanley S. Surrey, which dealt with various aspects of indus try's problem in financing the installation of pollution abatement equipment. (h) Proposed Suspension of the 7% Investment Tax Credit. Mr. Rush reported that Carl A. Gerstacker, The Dow Chemical Company, would present oral testimony in behalf of the Association before the House Ways and Means Committee on September 15. Mr. Gerstacker will oppose suspension of the credit as recom mended by President Johnson in his recent message to Congress. (More details on this subject are included in the Staff Report, which is appended to these Minutes. ) CMA 068563 T : 1052) IV. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. The following Committee appointments were approved: (a) Air Quality Committee. William H. Bradbury, Shell Chemical Company (b) Ammonium Nitrate Technical Committee |Ad Hoc). W. J. Taylor, Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. , as Chairman Ralph D. Miller, Gulf Oil Corporation, as Vice Chairman (c) Chemical Industry Council Advisory Committee. A. A. Boehm, Union Carbide Corporation, as Chairman Stanley H. Anonsen, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works David Barrett, W. R. Grace &c Co. , replacing J. Ford Wilson, FMC Corporation Ashworth Burslem, Hercules Incorporated, replacing Glen Perry, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Russell E. Hanna, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, replacing C. E. Correll, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Richard F. Hansen, Allied Chemical Corporation, replacing E. E. Fogle, Union Carbide Corporation Jack T. Keating, Allied Chemical Corporation, replacing D. S. Frederick, Rohm and Haas Company Fred L. Shanklin, Union Carbide Corporation (d) Education Activities Committee. A. C. Holm, Shawinigan Chemicals Limited P. W. Ifland, The Procter & Gamble Company Oscar H. Johnson, FMC Corporation David H. Morgan, The Dow Chemical Company W. J. Sparks, Esso Research and Engineering Company R. W. Unwin, National Lead Company, replacing Carlton H. Rose Robert J. Wolf, B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company (e) Environmental Health Advisory Committee. T. C. Runion, W. R. Grace & Co. , replacing G. W. Wunder, National Lead Company (f) Government Liaison Technical Committee. J. E. Moroso, Union Carbide Corporation, replacing W. Philip Cox (g) Insurance Committee. W. D. McGuinness, Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), replacing H. J. Hughes CMA 068564 (1053) (h) International Trade Committee. L. G. Bliss, Foote Mineral Company, replacing E. R. Rowley, National Lead Company Graham Davis, Celanese Chemical Company, replacing Robert L. Mitchell Howard C. Sweet, Jr. , Stauffer Chemical Company, replacing Francis Cook (i) Legal Advisory Committee. James Scott Hill, Celanese Corporation, replacing Lawrence S. Apsey (j) Labels and Precautionary Information Committee. E. M. Dixon, Celanese Corporation (k) Mechanical Technical Committee. Darcy W. Hunt, Polymer Corporation Limited, replacing G. P. Wheaton (l) Plastics Committee. Glenn L. Pitzer, Union Carbide Corporation, as Chairman Thomas B. Nantz, B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company, as Vice Chairman (m) Public Relations Committee. Lincoln R. Dowell, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, replacing George H. Baker Robert C. McConnell, Diamond Alkali Company, replacing Harry P. Wiseman Albert F. Watters, Allied Chemical Corporation, replacing Richard F. Hansen (n) Reactive Metals Advisory Committee (Ad Hoc). Elton Hoyt, III, Interlake Steel Corporation, as Chairman C. J. Chapman, Union Carbide Corporation L. E. Ekholm, American Metal Climax, Inc. J. W. Price, Reactive Metals, Incorporated D. A. Shriver, Vanadium Corporation of America (o) Safety and Fire Protection Committee. Arthur H. Christian, FMC Corporation, as Chairman Alan L. Kling, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, as Vice Chairman John V. Savercool, Allied Chemical Corporation, replacing Joseph Guelich (p) Washington Advisory Committee. Theron J. Rice, Continental Oil Company (q) Water Resources Committee. William H. Bradbury, Shell Chemical Company V. STAFF REPORT. In General Decker's absence, Mr. Crass presented a summarization of de velopments in the Association's program of projects and activities since the June, CMA 068565 (1054) 1966, meeting. Copy of this report is appended to these Minutes as Exhibit B. There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was unanimously resolved to adjourn. M. F. Crass, Jr. Secretary-Treasurer APPROVED: Kenneth Rush Chairman Attachments 4 CMA 068566 EXHIBIT A ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - PROGRAM AND PERSONNEL MCA Directors' Meeting, September 13, 1966 X. AMENDMENT OF EHAC TERMS OF REFERENCE TO PROVIDE FOR ROTATION OF MEMBERS-AT-LARGE. The Terms of Reference of the Environmental Health Advisory Commit tee limit the offices of chairman and vice chairman to the members-at-large, of which there are only five. With no specification of membership term, and accord ingly the possibility of indefinitely long membership, this imposes a severe re striction on officer availability, since it is reasonable to presume that some indi viduals as members-at-large may not wish to serve a second term or even become office holders at all. Two possibilities for ameliorating this problem are: (a) extend the oppor tunity for holding office to the other (committee-representative) members, and/or (b) provide for time-limited terms of appointment for the members-at-large on a rotating basis, so that new potential officer candidates will be brought in periodi cally. Both possibilities were discussed at the April 7, 1966, meeting of EHAC, with (a) perhaps somewhat more favorably regarded than (b). However, there was no firm expression and the matter was left to staff recommendation and Board resolution. It is the staff's opinion that it would be better not to extend officer oppor tunity to the committee-representative members, on general principles. While many would aim to be unbiased, the natural tendency would be to emphasize the particular facet of the committee represented. Also, if the representative were not the committee chairman (and this is often necessary to avoid having more than one representative from any particular company sit on EHAC), the coordinating character of EHAC might place the committee representative in an embarrassing position of authority vis-a-vis the committee chairman. Accordingly, it is rec ommended that the Terms of Reference be amended by inserting the following as the second sentence of the first paragraph under "Committee Composition, " with an explanatory footnote as indicated: Members-at-large shall be appointed for three-year terms. * This does not preclude the possibility of re-appointment of members-at-large where such seems desirable, but provides for gradual turnover as a general rule. *The first two time-limited appointments shall be made effective June 1, 1966, the next two effective June 1, 1968, and the fifth one effective June 1, 1969. CMA 068567 2- ~ It was the feeling of EHAC that, inasmuch as members-at-large are intended to represent particular areas of activity or industrial responsibility, they should continue to be selected by the Board rather than to rely largely on member company initiative as is usual practice with other MCA committees. Also, there is no inclination that EHAC membership should be enlarged beyond its present number. # jjs # 5jt S[ & & II. PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH. There is clear evidence of increasing social and legislative pressure for better definition and control of the environment. This applies to the in-plant or occupational environment as well as to the public environment. It is now evi dent that the public and government expect that industry shall provide (1) healthy working environments in its plants (and document that safety) and (2) comprehen sive information on the health hazards of its industrial and consumer products and how they can be controlled. To discharge the responsibilities engendered by these expectations re quires the technical abilities of toxicologists, industrial hygienists, and physi cians skilled in defining and quantitating (1) the effects of chemical agents in ex perimental animals, (2) the nature and magnitude of occupational exposures, and (3) the effects on the health of persons exposed in medical and epidemiological terms. To effectively counteract or prevent unrealistic legislative requirements engendered by unrealistic expectations, requires an organized and coordinated application of the above disciplines. The disciplines of toxicology, industrial hygiene, and biostatistics have not had organized representation on MCA technical committees. Therefore, such important subjects as threshold limit values, policy suggestions for the industry on toxicological evaluation of bulk chemicals, correlation of airborne, contami nant concentrations with short and long-term health effects, toxicological support ing information for MCA Safety Data Sheets, etc. , have not received optimum attention. Proposal In order to increase the capabilities of the MCA committee structure in the field of occupational health and in order to maintain the necessary unity of ef fort among the disciplines involved, it is proposed that the name of the Medical Advisory Committee be changed, its membership broadened, and its scope and objectives enlarged as follows: CMA 068568 3- - Name: Committee on Occupational Health Membership: The new committee would be composed, initially of the present members of the Medical Advisory Committee plus an approximately equal number of persons representing the disciplines of industrial hygiene, toxicology, or biostatistics. Scope: Occupational Health, including toxicology, industrial hygiene, epidemiology, and medicine applied to the chemical industry's in-plant en vironment and services and out-plant environment and customer Droducts. Objectives: (a) To provide guidance to MCA and the chemical industry in occu pational health. (b) To undertake programs and advise on policies and practices to develop, promote, and document the safe use of chemicals and chemical products. (c) To conduct activities in the field of occupational health where cooperative efforts of association members can more effective ly accomplish the purpose than can individual company efforts. (d) To assume a leadership role and develop an industry voice on occupational health standards, such as guides to permissible air concentrations of chemicals in the work environment. (e) To identify areas in occupational health of particular interest to the industry that require research and investigation, and to guide or sponsor such research. (f) To maintain a technically qualified organizational medium for providing assistance to member companies and for educational activities in occupational health. CMA 068569 4- - III. INTER-COMMITTEE TASK GROUP ON TRANSPORTATION HAZARDS INFORMATION. The "Inter-Committee Task Group on the Chem-Card Program" (created in June 1964 under the supervision of the Safety and Fire Protection Committee) held a meeting on May 1 1, 1966, and unanimously resolved to rec ommend to the Safety and Fire Protection Committee that the task group be disbanded and that a new "Inter-Committee Task Group on Transportation Hazards Information" be created. This recommendation was approved by the Safety and Fire Protection Committee at its meeting on June 16-17, and is hereby presented for Board consideration. The new task group, under the jurisdiction of the Safety and Fire Pro tection Committee, is composed of two representatives from the Safety and Fire Protection Committee (one of these to be chairman of the task group), two representatives from the Transportation and Distribution Committee, two representatives from the Transportation Equipment Committee, and one represen tative from the Labels and Precautionary Information Committee. The purpose of the task group will be to implement the recommenda tion of the Environmental Health Advisory Committee to the Safety and Fire Protection Committee to "study expansion of hazards information programs, as exemplified by Chem-Cards and Water Information Cards, in the interest of the industry's employees and its customers as well as the public at large. " The task group's specific function will be to assist the Manufacturing Chemists' Association - (a) To assume leadership in developing a realistic, practical, standard system for adequately identifying the potential hazards of all regulated chemicals being shipped via any or all modes of transportation. (b) To assume leadership in developing and implementing a suit able means for providing information for use by carrier per sonnel and/or emergency crews in handling such chemicals in the event of a spill, leak, accident or fire during transpor tation or while stored or terminalled in public facilities. In approving the recommendation for the creation of the new task group, the Safety and Fire Protection Committee resolved to recommend that the general principles already exemplified in the chem-card program be incorporated in any plan devised to fulfill the objectives of item (b) above. $ # 3jc j}c # S}C CMA 068570 5- - FISCAL 1966-67 BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MCA PROGRAM EXPANSION. A. PROFESSIONAL STAFF Four additions, one each in the areas of air pollution, industrial toxicology, public relations, and water pollution. (Water pollution man hired, as of August 15. ) Cost estimate is pro-rated for the balance of the fiscal year; includes salary, fringe benefits, secretarial ser vice, normal travel, and other overheads. B. PROJECTS Air Quality Committee Threshold odor determination for about 50 widely distributed odorous chemicals, proposed to be contracted to Arthur D. Little, Inc. , which submitted the lower of two estimates. Medical Advisory Committee* (a) Special staff expense incidental to expansion of scope to include industrial toxicology (as alter native to forming a separate MCA committee to cover this subject). (b) Chemical industry surveys on toxicology, industrial hygiene, and medical surveillance to enable the industry to take more effective part in the determination of occupational exposure criteria. (c) Occupational health workshops. $ 5, 000 , 6, 000 2,000 Estimated Cost $ 70,000 20,000 18, 000 * Change of name in prospect. CMA 068571 2 will be sent to a joint House and Senate Conference Committee, On August 1, MCA Executive Contacts were alerted by letter to the impending Senate vote and again on August 25 to the need for further communications with their senators and representatives to strengthen the hands of the House conferees, when appointed. >s % | 4 On August 16, the Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported S. 1809, Senator McClellan's bill to establish a uniform policy concerning property rights in inventions resulting from expenditure of federal funds for research and development. In June 1965, Chairman of the MCA Patent Committee testified for the Association in support of this bill. Senator Long of Louisiana, however, is violently opposed to it, advocating instead a government "take-all" policy with respect to the title to such V inventions. In view of this opposition and the lateness in the session, it appears doubt-' ful that a new patent law will be enacted during this Congress. On June 24, MCA wrote Chairman Mills of the House Ways and Means Com mittee endorsing H.R. 15139, a bill to liberalize provisions of the Internal Revenue " Code relating to foreign tax credits for taxes paid by foreign subsidiaries of Americari companies. Also, Tax Policy Committee representatives met with Assistant Internal Revenue Commissioner Donald W. Bacon concerning problems confronting MCA members with regard to allocation of expenses to foreign subsidiaries by Internal Revenue Service agents. On June 29, MCA addressed a letter to the Commissioner confirming the principal points made at the meeting. < On July 13, A, J. vonFrank, Chairman of the MCA Water Resources Com- ! i mittee, and William J. Conner, Chairman of that committee's Legislative Subcommittee, testified for the Association before the House Public Works Committee in support of H.R. 16076, the Federal Water Pollution Control amendments and Clean Rivers Resto ration Act of 1966. | On August 11, John O. Logan, Chairman of the MCA Executive Committee, accompanied by James H, Rook, American Cyanamid Company; Jerome Wilkenfeld, Hooker Chemical Corporation and Dr. John A. Zapp, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as supporting witnesses, testified on behalf of the Association before the House Science and Astronautics Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development concerning the adequacy of technology for pollution abatement. International Trade At the request of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, the 1 Tariff Commission prepared a list of tentative tariffs that would give protection equiv- alent to that provided by ASP. Hearings concerning adequacy of these proposed rates '* , were held by the Commission during June. SOCMA testified concerning benzenoid r chemicals; however, MCA filed a letter with the Tariff Commission urging it to give , careful attention to SOCMA's suggestion for dealing with the complex problems involved^ particularly treatment afforded basket categories, and to recognize distinction between s competitive and non-competitive items. Additional hearings were held September 7 by f the Tariff Commission on revisions of the list. Again SOCMA represented the industry, in testimony on benzenoid chemicals. Our members were advised and urged to present views directly to the Commission. JmCMA 06>88557722 1 * The Trade Information Committee's plan to hold hearings beginning September l2 on an international antidumping agreement was reported early in August in General Bulletin #938. This announcement detailed items on which the views of industry were being sought. On recommendation of the subcommittee of the International Trade Committee, a statement was filed September 2, stating MCA's position on what constitutes actionable dumping, guidelines that should be used for determination of sales at less than fair value, injury to domestic industry, and comments on procedural rules. The ten-page statement stressed the exceedingly favorable trade balance in chemicals and pointed out that, gen erally, international trade in chemicals has not been impaired by our antidumping law and other similar regulations throughout the world. It was urged that any international agreement should not materially change U. S. Customs antidumping regulations, MCA is not planning to present oral testimony. Child Safety Legislation On August 18, MCA filed identical statements with House and Senate commit tees considering this legislation. Supporting two amendments proposed by CSMA, the Association endorsed the bills' objectives but recommended modification in the definition of the term "banned hazardous substances". Also, MCA urged inclusion of a section which would provide uniformity in labeling requirements through federal preemption of this legislative area, thus eliminating inconsistencies in labeling requirements among the states. In a related field on labeling, MCA supported in principle the position of the Chemical Industries Association Ltd. (England) to the European Economic Commission. It was strongly recommended that certain EEC draft directives be reconsidered with responsible nations that already have labeling programs in operation. Task Group on Trichloroethylene A task group of the Air Quality Committee, representing interested member producers, has found it necessary to determine justification of Rule 66 of the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District. This recently imposed rule would severely limit the use of trichloroethylene in degreasing, dry cleaning, and related operations. Letters have been sent to eight research organizations soliciting proposals for photoreactivity research. Such research would be funded by contributions from the six MCA member companies producing trichloroethylene. Cooperation with other associations, such as NPVLA, is also being considered. Technical Staff MCA has been searching for additional staff to handle the expanded environ mental health program. Glenn J. Hawkins, most recently with the Office of Saline Water, U. S. Department of the Interior, has been engaged to handle water resources activities, but no one qualified for air quality or public relations work has yet been found, Xransportation Developments. A petition was filed July 21 with the Interstate Commerce Commission asking ^consideration of Order No. 71 which would make shippers responsible for determining *hat containers used for dangerous articles must have been made in accordance with the CMA 068573 4 applicable ICC Specifications. It was pointed out that in many instances, such as when using tank trucks supplied by common carriers, the shipper does not have complete control over the determination. Early this year exceptions were taken to the new ICC requirements for marking and placarding of motor vehicles in the transportation of dangerous articles. On August 18, an order on reconsideration set requirements generally considered more acceptable for the time being. MCA's views have been presented before the full ICC on the filing of annual reports by private carriers en gaged in interstate transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles. On August 30, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 336-42, approved a bill to establish a Department of Transportation. The provisions are in agreement with the Association's position as submitted in statements to House and Senate tommittees in May. The Senate has not yet acted. Research On July 1, MCA terminated sponsorship of the Texas A&M Research Project on Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Chemical Compounds. Details on this pending action were reported at the June Board meeting. Research programs approved in the current budget (apart from Environmental Health and Plastics) are now getting under way on (1) classification of 15 chemical atmospheres to determine electrical equipment requirements in the Underwriters' Laboratories, and (2) fire protection of flammable liquid drum storage areas at Factory Mutual Laboratories. Miscellaneous Technical Activities The 10th Annual MCA Safety Workshop will be held in Atlanta on September 19. The 5th Technical Seminar on Water Pollution Control will be held at the Univer sity of Texas, Austin, September 19-23. By September 1, this Seminar had been fully subscribed (25 member representatives registered). The next Seminar on this subject will be at the University of Washington in Seattle on October 24-28. Distribution has been made of Manual W-6 on "Soluble Organic Chemical Wastes, Control - Treatment - Disposal, " recently published as an added chapter to the MCA Water Pollution Abatement Manual prepared by the Water Resources Committee. Survey of Media As a result of a visit this summer by a staff member to daily newspapers in ten major metropolitan areas, trends in the thinking of editorial writers, city editors and business editors on environmental health subjects were obtained. There appears to be far more concern among these media leaders over present and future air pollution con trol than over water pollution control. A majority strongly believe that the federal government, with its capacity to devote substantial amounts of money and talent to a given problem, has taken over solution of water pollution problems. Furthermore, they recognize that air pollution is a subject that can be more readily identified with a local situation, which local control people are better equipped to handle. Newspaper leaders also understand there is no single culprit contributing to water pollution -- that all segments of the economy, including the Federal Government, are both causing pollution _____ CMA 068574 Ji h lping t control It. In addition, there is a strong recognition among those ^viewed of the cost factors involved for industry in solving water pollution prob_i_,g All seem to agree that, if it is necessary to provide industry (generally) with Incentives in order to have clean water supplies, then these incentives should be povided either by the Federal Government or the state governments. frr^munity Relations Governor Rhodes of Ohio will be the principal speaker at a Chemical Industry Council meeting in Barberton, Ohio, September 19- This will be the first annual meeting of the CIC of Ohio. Representatives of chemical companies as well as past winners of MCA's college and high school teacher awards will participate in the day long event. General theme for the session is motivation of chemistry education. As part of the Association's continuous service in the field of Community Relations, a new package of materials is being distributed to CIC and related contacts In the field. "Clearing The Air" is the theme of the kit, which is timed for use in c nnection with National Cleaner Air Week, being observed for the 18th year during the last week of October. Education Activities All Chemical Industry Councils have been advised by the Education Activities Committee that MCA will cooperate with them in staging High School Teacher Award Programs during 1966-67. To date, seven CICs have indicated their intention to participate. When all returns are in, the total is expected to exceed that of the past year when eight local groups selected nine teachers for the awards. The booklet, "A Bright Future for You as a Chemical Technician" has proven to be one of the most popular ever issued by the Education Department. Despite limited promotion, more than 23, 000 copies have been requested by member com panies, CICs,technical institutes and community colleges. CMA 068575