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MEMORANDUM TO: Philip E. Robinson Lead Industries Association, Inc SUBJECT: Environmental Affairs Committee Meeting What follows is a summary of the discussions and decisions made at the May 30 meeting of the Environmental Affairs Committee. 1. Cole is drafting a letter to Jack Davis, Canada's Minister for the Environment, on the Canadian government report on lead levels in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. A news release on the letter will be drafted by Hill and Knowlton and sent to all Canadian newspapers along with a copy of the letter. The letter is to be sent by telecopier to Cap Hall at Ethyl before it is sent to Davis. Ethyl will send a separate letter. 2. The lead and pediatrics booklet wiU be reprinted in sufficient quantities to cover outstanding requests. Planning will begin on a new issue of the booklet aimed primarily at community action groups. This will be tied into an expanded lead and pediatrics program which would be budgeted for 1974. 3. Cole reported on efforts to find a pediatric consultant for ILZRO who can aid in formulating research projects, visit cities where problems are emerging, testify at public hearings and perhaps aid in an action program on childhood lead poisoning. It was suggested that additional aid may be required in an expanded program dealing with lead poisoning. 4. Smith reported on legislation concerning paint and ceramics. He noted that there is little activity at present. Also discussed was the possibility of an ILZRO symposium on lead in ceramics. Hill and Knowlton discussed a system to monitor legislative developments on a state level. A memorandum on the cost of such a system wall be drafted for Robinson. 5. Robinson noted that Lynam and Baker are discussing the lead shot situation with Interior Department officials. Also, Winchester Western apparently has developed information that the substitute steel shot creates a greater amount of crippling of waterfowl than lead. The company also questions statistics on the severity of the problem. Cole and Baker are to meet with Winchester Western representatives to get more details. After these meetings an action program will be planned. G. A draft of a letter in reply to the SAGA article on lead was discussed and approved with some minor changes. It was decided that an effort should be made to answer all articles of this sort. Hill and Knowlton will check on Gilfillan, the author of the Fall of Rome theory, and attempt to determine what happened to his study of lead in the bones of ancient Romans. LIA-76528 2- 7. Cole reported on the lead in gasoline situation noting that EPA action does not appear to be imminent at this time. GM's plans to put narrow necks on gas filling pipes on the 1975 models could lead to a reduced use of leaded gas. GM contends that lead free gas emits fewer hydrocarbons. 8. Cole reported on his contacts with Portland, Oregon, group conducting studies on elevated lead levels in children. He will maintain close contact with this situation. 9. Cole discussed the impending reduction in the occupational TLV from 200 to 150 ug Mg. Cole and Lynam are preparing a critique of the new standard with the aim ofpublication in the Journal of Occupational Medicine. The article also will strongly recommend biological monitoring as the proper means of protecting the health of workers. The article is to appear before OSHA issues the new standard. ILZRO will also appear at public hearings on the subject. In addition, Cole will testify in connection with a court case involving a citation to ESB on basis of a three hour air sample that showed excessive lead levels although the workers in the area all had blood leads under 80. This is seen as a precedent setting case and thus appropriate as a forum for an ILZRO presentation. 10. Cole noted that the new ORSANCO lead-in-waste-water standard is 50 ppb or the same as the drinking water standard. Many LIA members say the standard is unattainable. Discussed were the possibilities of meetings to determine means to fight the standard or to present ways to meet it. Smith will draw up a list of all state lead-in-waste-water standards to determine the scope of the problem and as a guide for future action. 11. Also discussed was the problem in Dallas with regulations that measure air lead at the property line. Bill Mann apparently feels problem is under control. Robinson will check. JDCtsdd cc: Messrs. Cole, Smith, Thompson, Lynam, Higgins, Gage, Ponikvar and Baker James D. Callaghan LIA-76529