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A ft The Vinyl Institute ,, ~fhuj ojj-t--^ (q-'gK? - WCB Wayne Interchange Plaza II, 155 Route 46 West, Wayne, New Jersey 07470 Contact: Nora Jacobs Edward Howard & Co (216) 781-2400 For Immediate Release f n. AWARDS RECOGNIZE SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE BY PVC INDUSTRY WAYNE, New Jersey, June 21, 1988 -- Seven companies have been cited for their outstanding contributions to improved worker safety and for their achievements in the area of environmental performance by The Vinyl Institute, a national trade association representing the leading manufacturers of PVC (polyvinyl chloride, or vinyl), VCM (vinyl chloride monomer) and PVC modifiers and additives. The awards are given each year at the Institute's annual meeting. The Institute's worker safety award is based on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration's recordable incidence rate. As defined by OSHA, a recordable incidence rate involves onthe-job injuries or illness resulting in medical treatment. Winners of this year's worker safety award are: Dow Chemical Company, for its VCM and EDC plants in Freeport, Texas and Flaquemine, Louisiana The BFGoodrich Company, for its PVC plant in Henry, Illinois Occidental Chemical Corporation, for its VCM/EDC plant in Deer Park, Texas C O' a oo to (more) The Vinyl Institute, A Division of The Society of the Plastics Industry The Institute's environmental achievement award is designed to measure a plant's ability to control and minimize VCM emissions and is modeled on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants. Winners of this year's award are: Air Products and Chemicals, for its PVC plant in Pensacola, Florida Borden Chemicals and Plastics, for its VCM/EDC plant in Geismar, Louisiana CertainTeed Corporation, for its PVC plant in Sulphur, Louisiana Dow Chemical Company, for its Saran copolymers plant in Midland, Michigan The BFGoodrich Company, for its PVC plants in Deer Park, Texas and Plaquemine, Louisiana Occidental Chemical Corporation, for its PVC plants in Burlington, New Jersey and Addis, Louisiana and its VCM/EDC plant in Deer Park, Texas Vista Chemical Company, for its PVC plant in Aberdeen, Mississippi VCM and EDC (ethylene dichloride) are feedstocks used to manufacture PVC. PVC, or vinyl, is the world's second largest selling plastic material. m R&S 029820