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PUKIC IIUL1H *WICC DEPARTMENT op HEALTH. EDUCATION: and wecfar regional orncc National Institute for ^jgjational Safety and HcalU 43* WCST VAN OUMN *TCCT. OOW fit CHICACO. ILLINOIS . 60607 August 27, 1971 ircn TO: o*-NICSli Ms. Karen M. Swingle Comnercial Development Analyst Foseco, Inc. Post Office Box 8728 Cleveland, Ohio 44155 Dear Ms. Swingle: In answer to your letter of August 13, the List of Toxic Substances prepared by the National Institute for Occupa tional Safety and Health will be available from the Superintendent of Documents in Washington, D.C., in the near future. At the present time, copies are available for your perusal in the Regional Office of NIOSH, Room 814, and the Public Information Officer of HB\', Room 712; both located 3t 433 'vest Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois. There is also a copy available in the office of the Division'of Technical Services at 1014 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio. The standards required for labling are to appear in the Federal Register in the near future. As soon as I have more information, I will alert you. Sincerely, Marshall S. La Nisr Regional Administrator MbLari :plb rqc--00--0000001 (?--' FOSECO 1512 c,\/ ^ 330 Manufacturer*: Have you filed your Heft sc Act Penn it applications? Companies disciuugiiig waste >HlO waterways, should make ceriaiii they've'filed the required application for a ltduse Act I'cmiil. Otherwise, the)' may face legal action for failure to comply with the program. Under the Ilel'use Act I'ermil Program all busi- nesses that discharge material (e.\eept sewage) into navigable waters nr their tributaries were reiiiiirctl 10 apply to the Army Corps of En gineers for a permit by July 1. U now appears .(hat. the number of applications is rounding uiT at Ji\000 although liter Environmental Protection Agency estimates that an additional -10.000 firms should nil*. Itegiun.nl lit'A cdlitvs have been instructed to contact the lardy cumpanics, wbicb must then cither apply for a |7vrniit within lliirty days, or irc legitimate reasons for failure to comply.'--rCompanies wliieli fail to respond to these ni si meltons will be referred to the Justice Depart ment for appioprialc action under the Refuse Act. bicrmnao: because application forms were imaeaiiable until close to (he July 1 deadline, companies rumble to provide full information on their discharges were granted a grace period. They were given until Oct. 1. ItiTl to supple de tailed lalsoratmy data about tneir discharges cm form -1313-i. However, tin- basic application form 4315. which is only three pages long, is supposed to have bevn filed by July 1. Applications arc available front Army Corps of Engineers district offices. For (lie name of list* office ciusesl tn you write tn the Army Corps of Engineers, El'A, W ashington, 13.C. 20aI-1. rtocari'li institute fi/11/7 t - 283 Tighter water pollution rcMrictions coming Wore restrictions on indieidual water pnllutiou lie ahead. Tne Senate Public Worla Com mittee is considering amendments to the Water Pollution Control Ac: that would da the follow ing: Twenty-two new national minimum pollu tion standard: would be sc: by the En vironmental Protection Agency (E!\A), with a deadline for compliance. Discharge of toxic pollutants would be banned entirely. A system requiring permits to ciiseitarge wastes into any waterway would be incorpora ted into the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Titts ts essentially the lh'JD Refuse Act Permit program with EPA taking over adminis trative auliiority from tbc Anny Cor]>s of Enginct-rs. Permits would be issued only In companies in compliance with secondary stan dards. The formula which determines how much mntiey the htlrr.il government will provide to municipalities for waste lientmeirt systems would lie revised. The htlenil govrntmrtii would pay either Off; if tin: post ur 737 if the Male Ciivi-rnmi nt nrovido 1.7J. The latter would leave lit; lor the immicip.dily tn p.ty. Iudiislri.il users would have to pay a fee covering tlieir share of the cost of constructing, operating and maintaining new waste treatment plants. The Committee is working on the forimik -- it will be complex. The bill would authorize a federal expen diture of SIS billion over the next five years on water pollution abatement. This is hig'nei Ui:tn tiie original amounts in either the Administra tion bill or Sen. Muskic's proposal. Federal contracts would be withheld from polluters. Enforcement provisions will lie simii.tr to those of tin- Clean Air Act Amendments oi 1S70. which set fines ef up to 23.000 a day or. a first-lime virikiiiou and up to $.*>.000 a day for subsequent violations, licspnmililr company offirm can al*n he sent to pris-m. Citizen* could stir private Jinns and government agencies for violations of sl.nul.ims. . The final version will undoubtedly differ in specifics from this, but industry can count on previsions gem-rally similar to lhi>*c alsoep. (The In'l! currently under study is a combination of Senator Mu.Lies hill and several Admiiustiatinn hills, am! has no inmiher.) lioiarrli liuiiiuir 7/1-1/71 -JS FOS-0~00000B10^1 FOSECO 1513