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1.^ O>.',X* V1 lemorandum on Baton Rouge Pla {1) There was noticeable odor about many of tbe open still manheads, particularly on still 3-15# Several of these manheads were warm to touch and two possibilities are suggested. First, that the water jets were net functioning properly; or secondly, what is more .likely, they are not permitted to run for sufficient length of time to cool the manheads prior to opening. (2) Certain of the still, operators have the practice of entering the still enclosures while distillation is going on (Temperature 100), and releasing four bolts on the manhead so that the still nay be opened more quickly and the contents dumped at the completion, of the run. Fisher was advised Of this practice and its discontinu anee urged. The tendency to hasten the opening of these stil Is probably contributes to the odor about the open manhead covers. (3) Sight-glasses remain something of a problem. There were leaks with considerable odor around sight-glasses on blenders No. 3 and 7* No entirely satisfactory type of sealing com pound has been found for this purpose. (h) As repeatedly noted before, samples of Fluid are left stand ing on the floor of the buildings prior to collection. At the time of this visit several were found on the floor of the blending building. (5) Considerable odor was noticeable in the bulk storage pump house. There were no noticeable leaks about any of the lowest pumps, nor was any single source of contamination KZ 0003647 . r -2 located, but there was considerable tetraethyl lead vapor in the air. (6)There was marked odor in the tank car cleaning house, some of which emanated from the drumming booth, but the greater bulk of which apparently cane from the one sewer opening in the building. The arrangement at Baton Rouge is to have the contents of the tank cars pass through a separate sewerage line into the nearest sludge pit where it is handled with the remainder of the sludge. Monohan did not know whether the sev/erage line from the tank car cleaning house was connected with the outside lines into which the tank car sludge was drained. . (7) The stand-pipe kept outside the tank car cleaning house and used for cleaning of tank cars was a source of odor as is the case with the. st and-pipe at V/ilJ Honahan will discu ss this with Schaefer at his and will make arrangeraents for handling this s kerosene as is proposed for Wilmington. (3) Sanford will enlarge the group of men under study foj excretion. C building has been in operation since July 1 and a group comparable to those in the other buildings will be drawn up for 0 building. (9) At our request, at least one tank car washman will be added to the group. This strikes us as being the most hazardous occupation in the plant. (10) It is planned to see John Schaefer relative to drum shipments from the Baton Rouge plant. Two shipments have gone out HE 0003648 3 . by rail and truck to the Eaton Rouge refinery where they ..are transshipped by barge to their plant at Memphis. As there are no a.d - ouate drumming Rouge and no faci litios iit all for drums, it 1ni-i our feeling c; ^S discontinued. At the present tire clean drums are being shipped from Wilmington and are stored in the blender building. The f r' t'j ^ V '-p pn n y n ^ * pment arrived i:uprcp< cleaned and had aok to'1 '3 Vjj - " g-t V ^ r OP fi.'j^ `H S *' T '- f-% Wilmington to 1 e or ic t* .. .a, 1-' , -v ^l ! y-.' - t kS c. - j. u i -.O t This ; further unn&ces s a . r y tltiIS 6.I10'B C nd hasard. in \ As Sanford has n o & >:plnation for the high r. ... a CT P H .1. j have oc curred f f*rIT own feeling 43 thst they mav be with some of th ;U - actions and observations listed also to the fan -A at-A 1- n o w that the o`or st in s;1 crew trained and est shed in the rore aO K ! * " ..i. v x . - , . -t -f- * P ' .I it J . u u i . i f be paid to hi-a* c -c 3 7 "i IQ^Qa v .-ilr* . t :* U 'v j Ss Dr `. M n 1 .r, t n A i D IA U. la^ .n- ^ ' V .I -V k K 0003649 rI5 | I