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ETHYL CORPORATION CHRYSLER BUILDING 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK 17, N Y. Gentlemen: The Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service issued Public Health Bulletin, Humber 163, in 1926, having to do with regulations for the distribution of gasoline treated with tetraethyl lead. The part of this bulletin regulating the display of the warning signs for gasoline pumps and containers has been modified as of June 28, 1946, in recognition of the changed styles in dispensing equipment. The substance of the amendment provides that the signs should be placed on the sides of the pump generally approached and in such position as to be most easily observed. Attached is a copy of the amended bulletin. We shall be pleased to send you additional copies upon request. WB KE 0009286 PUBLIC HEALTH BULLETIN No. 163, 1926 - Series III Amended June 28, 1946 | Each filling station shall keep prominently displayed on each pump which delivers motor fuel containing tetraethyl lead a sign or signs, composed of enameled metal or of material of equivalent durability, inscribed in promi nent heavy gothic capital letters, black on white background, with one or the other of the following statements arranged as shown; 09 CONTAINS LEAD (TETRAETHYL) AND IS TO BE USED AS MOTOR FUEL ONLY; NOT FOR CLEANING OR ANY OTHER USE. AVOID SPILLING. (b) For use as a motor fuel only CONTAINS LEAD (Tetraethyl) The printed matter on these signs, not counting the enclosing border, should measure approximately 7 inches wide by 8V2 inches high in the case of (a) above, and 7 inches wide by 6 inches high in the case of (b). Such a sign shall be located on any side (front, back, or either lateral surface) of each pump, at such height (between 4 and 5 feet above ground level, when the design of the pump will permit), and in such position (free of inter vening structures or equipment) as to be most easily observed. Islandpumps will require a sign on front and back, or on both lateral surfaces, while pumps approached on but one side from either direction will require One sign on the front, or one on each lateral surface. 2 Containers of gasoline containing tetraethyl lead sold to customers shall bear one or the other of the following labels (as a sticker or decalcomania) in such a position as to be plainly legible when the container is opened: 09 CONTAINS LEAD (TETRAETHYL) AND IS TO BE USED AS MOTOR FUEL ONLY. NOT FOR CLEAN ING OR ANY OTHER USE. KE 0009287 '00 For use as a motor fuel only CONTAINS LEAD (Tetraethyl) N9999.01