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P.O. BOX 68 ASHTABULA, OHIO 44004 PHONE: (216) 998-1120 October 3, 1980 Area Director U. S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 1240 East Ninth Street, Room 847 Cleveland, Ohio 44199 ATTENTION: Leslie W. Michael, Ph.D. Dear Sir: General Tire requests an extension of its October 8, 1980, date for increased ventilation in the Polymer building to May 1, 1981. Reference Citation 1, CSHO's No. P4561, Items Number 1A and IB. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated. Sincerely, GTR CHEMICAL COMPANY Plant Manager HEJ/ikb THE GENERAL TIRE A RUBBER COMPANY jChamical Plaatica Division GENC 004040 pfc *' Citation Number 1 Date of Citation Item Number 1A and IB Original Abatement Date 10-8-80 Proposed Abatement Date 5-1-81 4-8-80 CSHO's No. P4561 EMPLOYER'S PETITION FOR MODIFICATION OP ABATEMENT PERIOD Mr. Harlan Jewett, Plant Manager GTR Chemical Canpany Middle Road, P.O. Box 68 Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 Dear Mr. Jewett: This is to acknowledge receipt of your transmittal petitioning' for modification of the abate ment date in the above mentioned citation. Before any action can be taken on your petition for modification of abatement, posting by you mast be affected by placing a copy of your petition, together with this letter, in a conspicuous place; in addition, copies of said documents must be sent to the employee representatives if applicable. This is to further advise you that the office must wait for a period of 15 days from the date of said posting before any action can be taken on your petition. In view of this requirement, you have to notify this" office as soon as possible of the following' information: (lJ The date posting was effected, and that the petition will be posted for a period of 10 days, and (2) That you have notified affected employees, or their representatives, that they may file an objection in writing to such petition with the Area Director, said notification being set forth below. As mentioned, no aotiett"oaa be taken by this office until the expiration of 1$ working days front the date the- petition, was posted* After- said period baa expired you will be notified as to whether your petition is approved or not. Failure to follow posting requirements as s t forth herein will, of course, result in an adverse decision upon your request. If you should have any questions please feel free to write or call this office at any time. Very truly yours, , T.ESLIE W. MICHAEL, Ph.D, Area Director NOTIFICATION TO EMPLOYEES The employer named herein has filed a petition to modify the abatement dates of the above cited citation, seeking additional time in which to abate the conditions cited in said citation. Inasmuch as the decision of our office may result in an order, prior to hearing, which grants the request for more time contained in the petition, employees or employee representatives of affected employees who may have any objections to the granting of the petition, and who desire to contest seme should promptly communicate their objections in writing to the following office: TJ. S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration T51#0 Hast Ninth Street, Boom 81*7 Cleveland, Ohio Ul*199 Objections to the petition will be forwarded to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for the scheduling of a trial as to the merits of the petition and objections. Failure to file such objections within ten (10) working days of the date of the posting of petition shall constitute a waiver of any further right to object to said petition. cc: UFW #595 GENC 004041