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HILL AND KNOWLTON, Inc. home furnishings daily nek YORK, It Y. a 39.000 JUN 2 7 1974 Plastics Industry Hits VC Code, Offers Own `Workable' Proposal * ' / By RICHARD WIGHTMAN '' technical resources to the date when the emergency standard . WASHINGTON (FNS) - The maximum and involve heavy costs , expires and, under OSHA's statute, , giant plastics-chemicals complex ; and reduced capacity. its life cannot be extended. Wednesday staged a daylong effort "Many, companies will probably SPI produced ammunition from `to convince the Federal require'variances of time or Arthur Little, Iqc., the l Government its proposed vinyl ', methods, therefore provisions for international eonsulting/fi/rn, that "chloride health standards would be such variances should be made in .. any shutdown of PVC production an unmitigated disaster to the' the permanent standard,',' Vittone would have serious repercussions i economy. stressed. , i- on many user industries. '' Instead of taking a merely ; In an accompanying negative stance, the industry; HE ALSO EMPHASIZED that presentation, the company singled proffered an alternative much of the needed technology to out apparel and household "workable" standard which might accomplish the phasedown still has furnishings, motor vehicles, j lead to a satisfactory compromise to tje developed. ' .; construction, specialty and ; -- one which would protect "The commitment cannot be miscellaneous products as the main i workers from the chemical's.- accomplished overnight," he told PVC users. i alleged cancer-inducing properties. OSHA. It noted that elimination of PVC The industry proposal, outlined The SPI proposal, in any case, from the market would have the at hearings held by the may provide a pragmatic base on most serious impact on autos and Occupational Safety and Health which a permanent standard may construction but added that . Administration, is a far cry from , be developed. OSHA is anxious this bottlenecks would show up in ' | the "no detectable level" of VC permanent standard may be supplies of flooring, upholstery and * atmospheric incidence proposed by developed., OSHA is anxious this insulated wire and cable. j i OSHA for exposed workers. permenent version should be in "AN IMMEDIATE SHUTDOWN | (THE PLAN, presented by the;'*1 SnciPtv of the Plastics Industry, and by Oct. 5, since that is the ...____ t of all PVC resin plants in the U.S. { would generate an economic j explained by Anton Vittone, ^ hardship of large magnitude that i , president, B.F. Goodrich Chemical it would create severe economic Co., would phase down the air 1 dislocations in many local areas/' . content of vinyl chloride to Arthur Little predicted. minimum levels starting Oct. 5/ j li also noted that some PVC- 1977. using products would need a long 1 ; By that date, a ceiling of 10 parts lead time in order to switch to ' per million would be set for plants substitute materials and described ; making vinyl chloride monomer , auto upholstery and "related .soft and 25 parts per million for those ^ trim" items as particularly prone to producing polyvinyl chloride resins. this problem. (The present emergency standard ; The firm claimed that, an sets the level at 50 parts per immediate shutdown of all PVC million.) ^ resin plants could result in a loss of; Vittone insisted that this effort, up to 2.2 million jobs and up to $90 in itself, would tax the industry's 1 billion in lost production annually. I n* 23217129 BFG24416