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H&SC 32 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURE:RS ASSOCIATION Health and Safety Committee Meeting Min utes CMA, Terrace Conference Room A&B 2501 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Wednesday September 16, 1987 9:35 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. Members Present Company Eugene C. Capaldi Harry A. Eschenbach Janice D. Florin Joseph E. LeBeau Thomas J. Marriott Michael M. Marshall D. Brent McGinnis George A. Rodenhausen Leon C, Schaller Gary A. Sunshine Gary L. Ter Haar Ronald Van Mynen Members Absent ARCO Chemical Company W. R. Grace & Company Amoco Corporation The Dow Chemical Company Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Lonza, Inc. Ashland Chemical Company Hoechst Celanese Corporation E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ICI Americas, Inc. Ethyl Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Robert F. Brothers Irv Rosenthal Frank A. Ubel Invited Guests Eastman Kodak Company Rohm & Haas Company 3M Company Ronald Black (part time) Richard D. Olson (part time) Raymond W. Hussey (part time) Michael Pierle (part time) CMA Staff Rohm & Haas Company Dow Chemical Company The Lubrizol Corporation Monsanto Company Timothy O'Leary Kyle Olson Joanne Padron Lori Ramonas Randy Schumacher Stephanie Siegel Sandra Tirey Eileen Winkelman >** 1. G. Rodenhausen convened the meeting at 9:35 a.m. Minutes of the August 19, 1987 meeting were approved withput change. CMA 060846 HSC Meeting Minutes September 16, 1987 Page 2 HSC Organization The committee concurred the fc llowing new appointments to the Health and Safety Committee organizat ion: Tom Marriot - Chairman, C!AER Task Group Leon Schaller - Sponsor, Safety Programs Task Group Process Safety Analysis Task Group Dennis Ripple - Co-Chairm an. Process Safety Analysis Task Group C. Cathcart and Kyle Olson will write thank you letters to the outgoing chairmen of the CAER Task Group and the Process Safety Analysis Task Group. R. Schumacher will issue a new organizational chart reflecting these changes. 3. FY 87/88 Outside Services Budget G. Sunshine briefed the committ: ee on the status of the HSC FY 87/88 Budget. Gary Ter Haar will ini orm R. Symuleski ( Process Safety Task Group) that funds are available to examine the issue of uniform MSDSs. The committee approved the CAER Task Group's request for $4,000 in outside services funds to produ ce new panels for the CAER display. The committee approved the Heal th Authorities Task Group request for $5,000 in outside services fund s to assist in the funding of a two-day workshop on risk communication. The committee approved the Health Programs Task Group's request for $1,500 in outside services fund^ to cover the travel expenses of guest speakers at the Health Programs Task Group's Planning Meeting. 4. Draft Warehouse Safety Policy The committee reviewed the drafl: warehouse safety policy prepared by the Safety Programs Task Group. Members agreed that a policy statement should be shorter than the drafl: proposal, and that performance language guidance on how to apply the policy should be included in a separate document, covering each of the elements of the policy. K. Olson noted that a checklist for warehouse safety inspections is in draft form and that proposals fc r drafting the guidance document have been received. Revision of OSHA Z Table Values The committee approved a letter to J. Pendergrass (OSHA) supporting the agency's revision of the Z Table The committee asked the Exposure Assessment Task Group to follow up with a meeting with Frank White (OSHA) to determine what comments by CMA would be constructive in revising the Z Table. Clean Air Act Reauthorization Bill The committee reviewed the propo fed legislative alternatives to Title V of the Clean Air Act Reauthorizat ion Bill. The Safety Programs Task CMA 060847 dSCMeeting Minutes Se^fchber 16, 1987 Group members disapprove of the approach proposed in the Senate bill. The committee approved a policy supporting a study of the availability and applicability of specific process safety control techniques within the chemical industry, Members also di iicussed other alternatives to the Senate proposal. Clean Air Act Ozone Standard R. Black briefed the committee on the status of EPA's proposed health-based ozone standard. The Envir|onmental Management Committee is looking for assistance in assessing EPA 's analysis of the health effects studies, upon which EPA will ba se its revised ozone standard. EMC will get back to the HSC if it nee 4s the committee's support. 8. Title III Implementation f The CAER Task Group is addressing the issue of state funding for Title III implementation and is also preparing a one-page paper explaining material safety data sheet. The task roup will submit the Title III implementation workplan to the committlee for review at the October meeting. Committee members requested the CAER Task Group to print more copies of the CAER Annual Report due i o high company and outside demand for last year's report. TSCA Section 8(e) Enforcement M. Pierle lead a discussion about EPA s expanding Section 8(e) enforcement policy, and asked the Not ^.fication and Reporting Task Group to review EPA's policy. The Task Grodp will examine EPA's apparent departure from earlier guidance on Sec tion 8(e) and will look at the retroactive liability that this represents for companies. 10. Internal Exposure Standards for NTP-Tsted Substances The Office of Technology Assessment will soon release a report that concludes federal regulatory agencies are regulating few of the many substances tested positive for carcin ogenicity under the National Toxicology Program. Committee member s agreed to provide T. O'Leary information on their companies intern al exposure standards for NTP-tested substances. 11. Draft Scientific Listing Criteria for Carcinogens (Proposition 65) Committee members will send their comments to N. Doerrer by September 18. The Steering Task Group will review the final document at Its October 7 meeting. 12. Cost Reimbursement Policy under SARA Title I The Health Authorities Task Group is preparing a recommended policy on test cost reimbursement under SARA Section 110. In order to provide timely and meaningful comment to ATS DR, the committee agreed to delegate policy review to the Steerl ng Task Group at its October 7 meeting. HSC Meeting Minutes September 16, 1987 Page 4 13. Adjournment The committee adjourned at 2: 45 p.m. Minutes Subject to Approval 10/14/87 mh Randal P. Schumacher Director Health, Safety and Chemical Regulations CMA 060849