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L-871 Manufacturing Chemists Association Minutes of Meeting LABELS AND PRECAUTIONARY INFORMATION COMMITTEE Twin Bridges Marriott January 17 & 18, 1978 Washington, D.C, Chairman Jones convened the meeting at 10:30 a.m. on January 17. The record of attendance is: MEMBERS PRESENT W. H. Jones, Chairman R. H. Dewey, Vice Chairman Eastman Kodak Company IMC Chemical Group, Inc. R. C. Andrews* S. W. Beckstead J. J. Bonin L. W. Burnette A. G. Chasar C. U. Dernehl* P. G. Elsey J. F. Lemen* K. S. Logan* M. B. Lore J. K. Peterson (for J. S. Mackay) D. G. MacKellar R. F. Philpitt* R. E. Rutherford* W. L. Schleyer A. C. Wasser (for A. W. Sheldon) G. R. Sido P. Sonneborn A. T. Talcott R. G. Troup A. G. Wheeler M. Freifeld Diamond Shamrock Corporation Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation Shell Chemical Company GAF Corporation Mobil Chemical Company Union Carbide Corporation Ethyl Corporation Hooker Chemicals A plastic Corporation Pennwalt Corporation E.I. du Pont de Nemours fit Company USS Chemicals Div. of U.S. Steel FMC Corporation Olin Corporation Gulf Oil Corporation Philadelphia Quartz Company M & T Chemicals, Inc. Monsanto Company Fisher Scientific Company The Dow Chemical Company J. T. Baker Chemical Company ICI Americas, Inc. MCA *(Attended January 17 Only) CMA 012782 1-873 A Cask -group headed by Mr. Trexel and including Mrs. Redd and Mr. Yanno was formed Co review 77 labels for presenCaCion Co Che full CommiCCee aC Che nexc LAPIC meeCing in January. (6.0) OSHA Proposal on Labeling (Ref. LCr. Wrenn Co FreifeId, 9/20/77) The following replaces 6.0 in CoCal: An MCA delegation including Dr. Jones, Messrs. Sheldon, Trexel and Freifeld met with OSHA's Grover Wrenn, Director - Health Standards Programs, and Barbara Cohrssen, Project Officer, on September 23rd to discuss the above subject. The delegation reviewed for the Committee some of the details of the meeting. The LAPI Committee was told that a great deal of time at OSHA was spent in discussing the pros and cons of chemical listing and asking for clarification on the other points. The delegation emphasized that ANSI Standard Z129.1 contains adequate procedures to identify a product or its " hazardous component(s) if identifying a mixture. OSHA was unaware of the existence of this section in the ANSI standard. There was no discussion at OSHA on the labeling portion of the proposed standard except that we strongly suggested the use of the definitions in ANSI Z129.1 to identify hazardous chemicals in the workplace and for labeling containers of hazardous chemicals to be shipped. The comments from OSHA were very general in nature. The full Committee agreed that we should keep in close contact with OSHA and act promptly on any further information supplied by them. 2.0 Membership The Committee acted favorably on the nominations of Messrs. R. L. Finocchio, R. Gordon and Mrs. J. B. Redd. 3.0 Proposal to Publish Recommended Labels Mr. Trexel reported for this task group, which includes Mrs. Redd and Mr. Yanno, that thirty-one labels prepared according to ANSI Z129.1 format were recently turned over to the Secretary. When these are dis tributed and added to the seventy-seven sent recently, the Committee will have in hand a complete set of labels drafted in the ANSI format for chemicals in MCA Chemical Safety Data Sheets. It was noted that some SDS's require more than one label. Full Committee action is now required. CMA 012783 L-874 Since the Committee can only consider a relatively few at any-given meeting, Dr. Young supplied the following list for whic he recommends first priority: SD# 2 Benzene 3 Carbon tetrachloride 4 Phenol 8 Ammonia, anhydrous 12 Carbon disulfide 13 Ammonia, aqua 14 Trichloroethylene 15 Acetic anhydride SD# 18 Ethylene dichloride 19 Dimethylsulfate 24 Perchloroethylene 31 Acrylonitrile 37 Styrene monomer 40 Methyl chloride 42 Sodium chlorate 46 Sodium and potassium dichromates and chromates SD# 58 Naphthalene 63 Toluene 74 Sulfur 81 Benzoyl peroxid* 85 Acrolein 1 89 Chloroform ' 90 1,1,1-Trichlor- oethane The Committee was commended for Its work. Labels in SDS's are changed only when the SDS Is revised. * 4.0 Technical Publications 4.1 Procedures These were reviewed by Dr. Young and it was noted that there is no formal mechanism for adding subjects for SDS's other than via the Safety and Fire Protection Committee. Five SDS's previously named are in the final stages. About two dozen other SDS's are now scheduled for revision and subsequent issue at the rate of about one every two weeks. 4.2 Statement for Addition to each Label Upon review of the general procedure for publication of labels, Dr. Young reported that he has been directed by MCA Counsel to add the following statement to labels which appear in SDS's: "Notice: Space on label limited, Before Using or Handling , read MCA Safety Data Sheet SD-, Precautionary information should be provided to all persons using, handling or otherwise exposed to -- Committee members felt that such a statement could incur even more liability for member companies than they now have, since CMA 012784