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TO: R. D. Gamblin Interoffice Communication FROM: DATE: SUBJ: T. G. Grumbles March 10, 1989 PROGRESS REPORT VISTA Below is a summary of the Biomedical and Environmental Affairs Department's activities for the last two weeks. 1. Evaluated the basis used by EPA on their proposal to ban certain hazardous wastes from land disposal to determine the impact on the LCVCM Plant. 2. Attended a CMA workshop on their proposed Chemical Release Reduction Policy and reported on the same. 3. Reviewed EPA's proposed sludge standards. Little direct Vista impact from this standard is expected. 4. Summarized Aberdeen's fugitive emission bagging study and sent the summary to the Vinyl Institute. 5. Submitted safety and environmental indices to the Vinyl Institute for their use in determining annual good performance awards. 6. In conjunction with Legal, advised Aberdeen on the environmental implications of recovering resin from Pond 2. 7. Advised OKC that they can use Aberdeen fugitive emission bagging data to estimate VCM emissions for the next SARA 313 report. 8. Finalized Biomedical and Environmental Affairs internal and external customer feedback survey forms. 9. With AJO, began analyzing responses from a survey asking about the need for more environmental training. 10. Provided an orientation to S&T new employees on Biomedical and Environmental Affairs issues. T. G. Grumbles dlj .602 v VVV 000006952