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Chemical Manufacturers Association Record of Meeting VINYL CHLORIDE PROJECT PANEL March 18, 1980 Washington Hilton Hotel MEMBERS PRESENT: W. M. Smith H. W. Blakeslee T. R. Torkelson T. J. Benya R. Park M. N. Johnson 2. G. Bell R. N. Wheeler Washington, D. C. FIDJRNT IAL Subject to Protect.'vo 0rdr in Ross v. Ccroco, Inc. , i.'o. 90-4037 14th Judicinl PisLrict Court Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. CertainTeed Products Dow Chemical Company Ethyl Corporation Firestone Plastics Co. BFGoodrich Company PPG industries, Inc. Union Carbide Corporation J. T. Seawell CMA Staff PRESENT BY INVITATION; C. R. Hopper J. P. Murphy R. M. Walter H. Shaw R. W. Hill G. K. Hatfield J. Hanson D. F. Zoll E. Frost W. Busey W. F. Carroll R. T. Gottesman Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. Stauffer Chemical Co. Firestone Plastics Co. CMA Staff Diamond Shamrock Diamond Shamrock Dow Chemical Co. CMA Staff CMA Staff Experimental Pathology Labs., Firestone Plastics. Co. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Inc. MEMBERS ABSENT: J. T. Carter W. Bittenbender F, Kennedy R. W. McBurney BP Chemicals, Ltd. Borden Chemical Continental Oil Co. Diamond Shamrock CMA 014217 J. Lynch r. W. Laundrie j. Gabbett C. A. Johnson R. B. Judge p. Cohen R. L. Gibson r. J. Abramowitz G. Roush A. G. Wheeler S. K. Law R. L. O'Connell R. Brookman V. L. Kirkland J. Stauffer P. M. Reed W. D. Harris Exxon Chemical Co. General Tire & Rubber Co. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Goodyear Tire & Rubber W. R. Grace & Company Great American Chemical Co. Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp. Monsanto Company ICI Americas, Inc. Keysor-Century Corp. Olin Corporation Pantasote Company Shell Chemical Co. 'Stauffer Chemical Co. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Uniroyal, Inc. 1.0 Edmund Frost, Esq., summarized the purpose of the meeting and briefly described the history of the Panel's research project with Industrial BIO-Test and an audit of the study by the Experimental Pathology Laboratory (EPL). 2.0 Following a discussion of EPL's January 9, 1979 "Vinyl Chloride Pathology Report" a motion was made, duly seconded and passed to submit the Report forthwith to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. 3.0 Following a discussion of the research project conducted by Industrial BIO-Test, a motion was made, duly seconded and passed to immediately conduct further pathologic analysis of all remaining brain tissue salvageable from the study. } C0!rFlrr:r:i ,L Subject to r-.'ojs" Ross v. C.-TM -_*"' TP.. 1- . ln -3-4037 l cu`:,;Mu'4 LouisCioaunrat CMA 014218 Following discussion of CMA ' s efforts to terminate the Industrial 310-Test contract and to seek reimbursement of funds^.it was the consensus of the Panel that no additional efforts were required at this time and that the CMA Legal Department would handle the remaining aspects of the matter. JTS:md R cord Subject to Approval March 20, 1980 J. T. Seawell Project Administrator Vinyl chloride ' C t)NFI D -TTI Ali ?' Street to Protective^rter in *083 7. Conoco^inc^Wo. 90 43^ ----- Htb Juiici'l district Court i Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana \ CMA 014219 3 JTS:md Record Subject to Approval March 20, 1980 J. T. Seawell Project Administrator vinyl Chloride <vvVdimwjriKL V Subject to ROSS_ vV . -C--o.noco . t ,,Court. ; 1C4athlcaJsiiieauiciP0u1 ii/sya',"1L- ouisiana CMA 014219