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JOSEPH E. KELLER JEROME H. K EC EM AH CHARLES M. MEEHAN WILLIAM H. BOROHESANX. JR ROBERT R. TIERNAN WAYNE V. BLACK DAVIS L. HILL MARTIK W. BERCOVICI JOHN S. ELORES CAROLE C. HARRIS MICHAEL T. MORRONE LARRY S. SOLOMON JOHN B. DU8ECX CHRISTINE A. MEAOHER SHIRLEY S. rOJIMOTO PETER L Di U CRUZ * LAWRENCE P UALPR1N DEBORAH SHUR THINKER C. DOUQLAS JaRRETT EDWARD L. XOBWEE ROBERT L PLESHNER JONATHAN P LEVINE SHEILA A. MILLAR * OHIO BAB ONLY LAW OPPIC IS Keller and Heckman UBO IT'* STREET, N. W. SUITE IOOO WASHINGTON, D C-20036 May 11, 1981 A TELEPHONE aoa-AS r-uoo CABLE ADDRESS"KELMAN" WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMB8R 202/457-1116 Mr. John R. Lawrence The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. 355 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 Re: Employee Training Under OSHA Vinyl Chloride Standard Dear John: The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the recent completion of a case involving the employee training provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administra tion (OSHA) vinyl chloride standard. As you may recall, in September, 1978, an OSHA inspector issued a citation to Hooker Chemical Corporation. The citation noted Hooker's alleged failure to provide training on vinyl chloride for employees who worked in the calendering, compounding and warehouse areas. Hooker contested the citation for its Burlington, New Jersey facility on the basis that employees working in these areas were not required to be trained on the hazards of vinyl chloride. Both Hooker and OSHA's monitoring of vinyl chloride in the calender and compound facilities indi cated concentrations significantly below the 0.5 parts per million (ppm) action level.