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CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Vinyl Chloride Health Committee Record of Conference Call Date: November 22,1994 Time: 11:30 a.m. List of Participants: James Barter Ed Beeler Ron Gilbert Mark Gruenwald Frank Hawk James Knaak Dan Kracov Patrick Logue Caffey Norman David Penney Jonathan Ramlow PPG Industries The GEON Company Westlake Polymers Borden Chemicals and Plastics Borden Chemicals and Plastics Occidental Chemical Patton Boggs LLP Georgia Gulf Corp. Patton Boggs LLP Vista Chemical Dow Chemical Has Shah CMA 1.0 The Committee discussed the ATSDR/EPA request for an Enforceable Consent Agreement research program to fill vinyl chloride data needs identified by EPA in the September 30,1994 Federal Register. Caffey Norman reviewed the ATSDR/EPA policy statement of November 18,1994, that indicated that any testing proposal under the ATSDR voluntary testing research program or under EPA's Enforceable Consent Agreement must address all testing needs identified in the solicitation notice of September 30,1994, or EPA intends to proceed with a test rule to meet these needs. For vinyl chloride these include: a two-generation reproduction study; a teratogenicity study in two species; and, a neurotoxicity study. Any voluntary program that addresses the above data needs must be approved by the ATSDR/EPA in a Memorandum of Understanding. Such an MOU must be executed by the Panel and ATSDR/EPA by May 31,1995. R&S 144652 The Committee agreed to pursue a voluntary testing program with ATSDR that includes a two-generation reproduction study. For the teratogenicity study, the Committee agreed to discuss with ATSDR the adequacy of existing data to fill its