Document BRmGMD74N5yQ5XQ1aMMEYvnMX

November 6, 1974 Sa^kas -- --------^ General fleetrlc Company John Street Hudson Falls, New York 12839 Dear Larrys 1 can now reply to your letter of September 6, 1974, regarding a procedure for handling any possible future transportation incidents. Attached is the emergency procedure Monsanto follows. What we need from General Electric is a list of names and telephone numbers. This is very Important if we are to contact you in as short a period of time as possible. Sincerely, Lee T. Johnson P.S, Attached also is the label which is on each drum and tank car of PCB shipped by us. 'Attachments LTJ:1J IDS 003033 HARTOLDMONOOQ5876 EMERGENCY PROCEDURE In the event of car derailments or other associated traffic acci dents involving Monsanto products, the following procedure goes into effect. 1. The tankcar has mounted on it a label (attached) giving a phone number to call in the event of an emergency. It is the railroad's responsibility to notify Monsanto and also the proper environmental authorities. 2. An organization called Chemtrec has also been supplied with plant numbers to call if they are informed of a transporta tion incident involving our products. Chemtrec was established by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association and is manned round the clock, 365 days a year. Some transportation companies may inform Chemtrec rather than notifying Monsanto directly. 3. This is what happens if a call is received at (618) 271-5835, our Sauget, Illinois plant number, during the day: a. Our Production Planning Superintendent takes the call and relays the pertinent facts to our Materials and Services Manager in St. Louis. b. He informs our customer Order Processing personnel and they Immediately call the customer. 4. This is what happens if a call is received during the night: a. The Night Superintendent takes the call and relays the pertinent facts to the first one of the following he contacts: (i) Products Acceptability Manager (11) Manager of Manufacturing (111) General Production Superintendent b. The first contact reached gives any instructions neces sary and then notifies Marketing Management. The mar keting contact reached first imned lately notifies the customer. * IDS 003034 HARTOLDMONOOQ5877