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THE ASSOCIATED E I IIY L CMPNY LIM ITED ' . J%ejftstet& dOffice* : T H E A D E L P H I , L O J D O U , W . C . 2 . . ' '. -. . ^ ^dddnsss a ll Com m unications m ifo lfiirt d ie r n otice to.- ' j A R T .L L E R Y . IIOTJSE, A R T IL L E R A RO W, L O \TD O X , S/W Tl ' . . ' . Jelejotto; a b b e y 3 9 7 4 ..Selegm m s: e t h y l p o r t , s o w e s t , l o n d o n r " ' : . ^Directors; N. A .G A S S ' . J . B . A irG . K E S S L E R (NETH6RUANOS) G .L E G H JO N E S F. G .C . M O R R I S ' : - R. H .P O R T E R S . . R.VY. S E L L E R S ' D. A .S H E P A R O U. S.A.) 1 A. J . SIN G LE TO N t . r . a . S E V A N /J^C anq^tnjr/ Vt; A ' . :'ra D r. RA. Kehoe, ' The K e tte r in g L a b o ra to ry , College of M edicine, U n iv e r s ity of: C i n c i n n a t i ' OHI O. . : ' .. , ' ^ ' ' f S /7O U R R E F . YOUR REF> 1 3 th May 1946 r}/:?:.'./""; '-'/T-' * ' -i-v; ' Dear Bob,- '/ ' `Y - c A a .'? . -\A-. A - - - , - ' I have d elay ed re p ly in g to, yourvmost h e lp fu l l e t t e r o f March 2 5 th on th e su b je c t o f th e ta n k c lea n in g re g u la tio n s u n t i l I had had an o p p o rtu n ity o f some f u r t h e r d is c u s s io n s w ith our o i l company f r ie n d s h e re . - The g e n e r a l f e e l i n g i s t h a t a p a ra g ra p h s e t t i n g o u t th e so u rc e and nature of the hazard is d e fin ite ly h elp fu l. I t is considered th a t th is inform ation serves not only to ex p lain , but to emphasise, the e x ten t of th e h a z a rd . I n th e r e d r a f t o f th e s e r e g u la tio n s d a te d May 9 th , copy o f which i s enclosed herew ith, the paragraph dealing w ith the source and nature of the hazard h a s, th e re fo re , been re ta in e d , and i t would be g r e a tly a p p re c ia te d i f y o u ;would; rew ord i t i n su ch manner as you see . f i t . . . .. I t , i s c o n s id e re d t h a t th e u s e o f a f r e e a i r l i n e mask sh o u ld be p e rm itte d u n d e r o u r r e g u la tio n s f o r ta n k s n o t in e x c e ss o f 50 to n s c a p a c ity . In view of your remarks th e o rig in a l note to th is e ffe c t has, th e re fo re , been in s e rte d .- ; .. ;! I n S e c tio n s 3 , 4 and 5 re fe re n c e , i s now made to th e h a n d lin g and disposal of sludge, since i t is considered.desirable th a t clea r cut in stru ctio n s be g iv en in t h i s co n nection under each se p a ra te heading where th e problem of sludge is lik e ly to be encountered. A m ajor p o in t a ris e s in connection w ith r a i l tank wagons. A pparently ra ilw a y re g u la tio n s in t h i s co u n try re q u ire th a t a l l g a so lin e r a i l ta n k wagons s h a ll he em ptied by top su c tio n , w hereas I R eliev e ..in th e U nited S ta te s th e ..established p ra c tic e isv to use. bottom o u tlets.-. . T e stsu n d e rta k e n , by thelPetroleum B oardj; have estab lish ed the fa c t th a t deposits in the bottom of r a i l tank wagons c o n ta in .both organic and in o rg an ic lead* In^yiew -of th i s f a c t I th in k yqu:,vii'll.,agree.'tiat i t , 'i s d e s ira b le , fa r th e purpose o f .th e se r e g u la tio n s , ;to t r e a t r a i l tan k -wagons e x a c tly a s i f they were sto ra g e and m ixing, ta n k s. . . ' - The same problem d o es n o t a r i s e w ith ro a d ta n k wagons which a re in v a ria b ly emptied through bottom o u tle ts . . . b ..... . ? -,. * - ^ , .................... ... -. .. . r ... |^ . .. r I n th e 'tw o s e c tio n s 6 and *1' .d e a lin g .'with ro a d ta n k wagons and * o cean -tan k ers re s p e c tiv e ly , i t has been suggested th a t the opening sentence ; explain-,why,the. re g u la tio n s re q u ired under th e se headings are d iffe re n t from those- to 'b e follow ed in the case of sto ra g e , mixing ta n k s, r a i l ta n k wagons e t c . .The w o rd in g .used 'in th e a tta c h e d d r a f t ; in . t h i s c o n n e c tio n may' n o t'm e e t w ith your `. f u l l a p p ro v a l ., / I n t h i s .e v e n t would ypu' be k in d .enough-to suggest a lte r n a tiv e w ording. ' \ M ight I tro u b le you once more to ex p ress your views on our l a t e s t . d r a f t of th e tan k c lea n in g re g u la tio n s , which a p a rt from the a lte rn a tiv e s r e f e r r e d t o above d i f f e r l i t t l e fr o m .th e e a r l i e r d r a f t s e n t you w ith my of March 1 8 th . - .. . ,, ; . .. \ 1 I am s o r r y to keep b o th e r in g you on t h i s m a tte r , b u t I have been most an x io u s, in th e w arding of th e se tank- clean in g re g u la tio n s , to c a rry th e o i l companies w ith u s , and o u r many d is c u s s io n s w ith them hav e, I th in k , resu lted , in a b e tte r a p p re c ia tio n of the problem by a l l concerned. W ith kind re g a rd s, -, . ' Si nckr t .r .a . Em m E n c .. H0 0007330