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A@ A/C Pipe Producers Association Public Affairs Committee to International Affairs Committee i*r FRO! J. F. Welch, DDiiirector, Public Affairs subject News Article - EPA Office of Toxic Substances ACTION REQUIRED: Review for information Interna! Correspondence date October 22, 1981 Enclosed is a news article from the Washington Post describing the confirmation hearings of Dr. John A. Todhunter, nominee for the EPA Assistant Administrator for Pesticides and Toxic Substances. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. JFW/ajb Enclosure cc: A. Kahn, Esq. N. Rahn, Esq. copies to: Public Affairs Committee International Affairs Committee H. Olson I. Adams W. Perrell J. Woods J. Baker T. Dougherty D. Stinson W. McCallie B. Collier R. Dorner B. Giboin C. Walters R. Hobbs A. Saoulis R. Jalan V. Pattabhi H. Hudson C. Barton S. Al-Tarkait E. van der Rest HEGA/1 Chrono CAPCO JEN 0032588 V> / *- *-* *. THE WASHINGTON POST Saiurtlayt October /7 1901 A3 Wifi ElM^ominee ,favors vs mvlesimg^ .'-PVrin:- ' '<% V*-:/*._>;* V--/>>>'} /rv.v. /< j'.v ' j,! A?/'.ByJoanne dmang1-) s' chemicals' in tests iri an effort {o'; '. V **j . Washington PostSwff WrltccCi. :-rr.* determine-' whether 'the'.ssulj- \ The man'hominatedr'to'run stances 'are 'dangerous" to people! A V the government's main ` controls But. they.are tested at such.high v:over toxic' substances yesterday ; doses and have such short nor-!. ,;,said he plans to change the ways ,`,I mal life spans that'relating .the,; , vthat .-the-Environrhental Protec- tests to human risk is a complex.;.. tion `i'Ageucy''.evaluates1 ..health 1, business.' /. A'; 'Q '. 'risks. . . . Scientists use computer mod-''' Although Dr! John' A- .Tod'-.j els to process the raw test inferhunter didn't say so, the changes -. -. mation.'ih order to be able to say, ''will tend to find substances less in-effect, that if so-many rats ' . 'dangerous!.than- current., proce- . develop cancer when .dosed with' ' duresdo.--'/ - ' ; " a substancejn a certain manriqr!: . The "question of risk is'thorny . at a certain ilevel and over a cer ;!ahd central to all federal rega- tain period of time, then the risk lations, which 'in effect choose a to' humans'.is "X" 'at such-and-; . level of itsk and label it accept- such a dose. . i-l. ']. able or unacceptable.. . t . - Todhunter's science advise'r, Todhunter, -'32, told:the-Sen- -Dr. Richard N..-Hill, said the re ate Environment;-and, Public . sults would be different for each Works Committee that as KPA's model, especiajly.at the low lev-/' assistant administrator: for pes-' els of exposure' that are usually .ticides and- toxic substances, he the case for people. ; .will make'those choices, using ,' "It opens .the option of finding computer models that are differ- lower risk. than we could have , ent from; the ones- that guide found before," he^said. "Also-it '. those choices now!'" could find ;that the' previous ': v Asked by Sen. Robert T. Staf model was on target, or that-the ford (R-Vt.), .chairman of the . risk was even somewhat worse." .... committee, about his-1 views on The models now most widely-.- ` using data from tests! on' labora- used,;he'said, tend to assume - tory animals, Todhunter said he . that there is no threshold level of' would continue to rely on animal - exposure, that is, that even "one.; tests.':;.;/; :;- hit" of-a toxic substance may,/., /X-->;"VVhat'niay' change is that theX 'cause damage.: . j..* agency'has.been in the habit of.'.,.'. '-;He stressed that risk is- ex- ;./ - using only one of several'avail---;; pressed in' terms of the proba- able-curve-generating computer bility'-of-developing a--health - models"-to evaluate the tests, he- problem,-like cancer, when a per- -- said. "I will add the use of other son is exposed to a certain ! models. X' ` . "Some-of them agree' [with each otherl, and where they .do, amount of the substance. . ; \- Stafford, asked Todhunter ifb .provide the committee with-all you have greater confidence," he documents relating to EPA's de- added.- cision against emergency regu- ; The action could affect every lation' of two alleged cancer- ' thing EPA does in the toxics reg causing substances, formalde- ulation field. Laboratory animals hyde and' a chemical called ! are commonly exposed to the DEHP;- ' CAPCO JEN 0032589 Internal Correspondence September 30, 1981 DATE Meeting Agenda ACTION REQUIRED: Review for information and follow on discussion at 10/13/81 PAC meeting. Enclosed in the order in which they appear on the meeting agenda are the following supporting documents: V.A V.A.l V.A.2 V.A.3 VI.A VI.B VI.B.l VI.D VILA Strategic Operational Plan 9/25/81 updates. Kirkland & Ellis memorandum, August 13,1981 re proposed outline for new Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for asbestos. List of seminars scheduled for Staff or industry presentation; AACPP press releases published to date. Staff correspondence (July 6, 1981 and August 11, 1981) outlining rationale for program. Staff correspondence re Draft No. 5. Field Problems and Litigation Report. Connecticut Department of Health Services denial of request to defer ruling (August 19,1981); Murtha, Cullina, Richter <5c Pinney correspondence (August 27, 1981) requesting withdrawal of industry's petition. Staff correspondence (October 2,1981) re revision of current AACPP policy on use of A/C pipe in aggressive waters. Staff correspondence (October 2, 1981) re Kanarek-Conforti report published in Environmental Science and Technology, August, 1981. Documentation, if any, pertinent to the remaining agenda topics will be distributed at the meeting. The preliminary program for AACPP's Washington Workshop VI is being forwarded by separate transmittal. JFW/ajb Enclosure cc: A. Kahn, Esq. N. Rahn, Esq. copies to: Public Affairs Committee H. Olson J. Woods T. Dougherty W. McCallie Perrell I. Adams J. Baker D. Stinson B. Collier AA/12 Chrono CAPCO JEN 0032590 As A/C Pipe Producers Association 1600 Wilson Bovlotofd Suite 1008 Arlington, Virginia 22209 <703) 84MSS6 June 21,1982 Mr. Carl Woodworth CAPCO Pipe Company, Inc. 3223 Tyrol Lane Birmingham, AL 35226 Dear Mr. Woodworth: V This will confirm your meeting with Joe Jackson and John Welch on June 29, 1982. Other details are as follows: Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Location: Holiday Inn, Airport North Esters Road & Highway 114 Dallas, Texas 214-255-7147 If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours. A/C PIPE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION cc: A. Kahn, Esq. L. Taylor R02ME32101 Chrono Mary M. Jackson CAPCO JEN 0032591