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To i Subject: July 22, 1974 Br. P. V. SbillMtergtr Confirmation of VI03H Contractor*n Yinit to Baton Bouge Morth Enclosed for your information and further trannmioaion to Mr. Cornell in Bendix Corporation'n letter regarding subject visit. Based on the plant's recommendation, 1 called Bendix Corporation and confirmed the date of August 7, 1974 for their visit to our plant. V. 8. Ferguson VBFimn ASI 00004486 Ti W L Barnhart Manager Special Projects Launch Support Division 1355 N Atlantic Aveni Cocoa Beach, Flon^a 32931 Tel (305) 783-5610 ASI 00004487 Bendix, Launch Support Division w. s r. 'JUL 22 1974 " Mr. Warren S. Ferguson Director of Occupational Health & Product Safety Allied Chemical CorporationBox 1057 R Morristown, N.O. 07960 19 July 1974 Serial: SP 74-240 Dear Mr. Ferguson Per our telecon of July 19, 1974, we are enclosing the attached requested Information: o Contract No. CDC-99-74-50 Cover Sheet. o Description of work that Bendix Launch Support Division has contracted to perform. o Discussion and Survey Agenda that we would like to complete during our visit to your plant. If additional information is required, please contact us. Very truly yours^, iC 4 , W. L. Barnhart, Manager Special Projects WLB:ra Ph: 305 783-5610 Enclosures: As stated ASI 00004488 DC PART ML'NT OF HC ALT II, LDUCATION, AND WLLFANC rum.ic hi ai.th sc.ivvici: CCNTCR f-OH Dlir.ASE CONTROL NATIONAL. lUVIll OIL' f'OR OCCUPATIONAL iAI'LTY AND IH.AL III Reference: CDC-99-7^1-G0 Environmental/Industrial Hygiene Surveys of Vinyl Chloride Monome Manufacturing Operations Where Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers of Polyvinyl Chloride are Processed Bendix Launch Support Division 1355 North Atlantic Avenue Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931 Gentlemen: Enclosed are four copies of the proposed contract document. Upon acceptance, three copies are to be executed by an authorized official of your organization. One copy may be retained for information purposes. The three signed copies should be returned to the Contracting Officer on or before June 26, 1974 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/CDC Procurement Branch, Room 3-44 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20852 If the name and address as shown on the face page are in error, you are requested to make this discrepancy known when returning the documents. Mr. James H. Jones has been appointed Project Officer with the authority set forth in the contract. Mr. Philip J. Bierbaum has been designated Alternate Proje Officer and acts only in the absence of the Project Officer. Upon receipt of three copies of the document, the Contracting Officer will execute the contract on behalf of the Government and return a signed copy for your retention. Work under the proposed contract may not be undertaken, nor will Government funds be obligated, until the contract has beer, executed by the Contracting Officer. 4 Enclosures s Leo a. handers Contracting Officer ASI 00004489 SPECIAL PROVISIONS PACT or V* I'ACES ARTICLE I Description of Work A. Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall exert its best efforts to document past and present worker exposures to vinyl chloride during (1) the monomer production arid the (2) processing of polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride copolymers. In addition to documenting worker exposures to vinyl chloride, information on work practics, environmental control procedures, industrial hygiene practices and worker exposures to other known liver toxins also will be documented. Specifically the contractor shall perform the following tasks: Task I. Vinyl Chloride Monomer Production There ore 15 plants in the United States that produce vinyl chloride monomer according to NI0S11 information (Attachment. A). From these 15 plants, and any other plants that the contractor identifies, three plants shall be selected for on-site environmental/industrial hygiene surveys. Within 90 days of award of contract, the contractor shall present to the project officer (s) the list of vinyl chloride monomer plants and polymer processing plants that have been chosen for the envi ronmental/i ridustrial hygiene surveys. This presentation shall in clude the basis for the selection. The actual surveys shall not commence until this information has been reviewed and approved in writing by the project officer (s). Maximum review time shall be five working days. The criteria for selection shall include, but not be limited to: (1) information gained from preliminary site visits; (2) information gained from literature searches; (3) information gained from personal contacts; (4) the representativeness of the plants to industrywide operations; (5) the plants having the greatest potential for work ex posure to vinyl chloride; (6) the plants having the greatest gradient of worker exposures to vinyl chloride; (7) the. availability of historical inplant air measurements of vinyl chloride; and (8) the plants having the longest history of vinyl chloride monomer production. The surveys at the selected three plants shall consist of documenting j>a$t_ and present worker exposures to vinyl chloride and jjast and present work practices, environmental control procedures and industrial hygiene practices that involve the reduction of worker exposures to vinyl chloride. At a minimum, the following specific information shall be obtained and/or constructed: (1) a general description of the vinyl chloride monomer pro cessing operation; (2) 8-hour daily time-weighted average exposures (TWAs) of vinyl chloride for each different job-type/job-operation in the monomer processing area, including a specific job description for each of the job-types; (3) general area (stationary) samples of vinyl chloride in areas of suspected high concentrations; (4) raw material and product lists and quantities thereof that relate to the past and present vinyl chloride level \ 5 ASI 00004490 (5) ventilation design and ventilation measurements, including documentation of dates of ventilation changes and the extent of changes and how they relate to past and present vinyl chloride levels; (6) work practices that have been instituted to lower vinyl chloride levels; (7) photographs, sketches, etc. to document existing conditions; and (0) documentation of past and present indus trial hygiene practices, including utilization of protective clothing (i.e., type, frequency of change, laundering practices, etc.), protective devices (i.e., respirator-usage, frequency type, etc.) housekeeping practices, shower requirements, eating smoking and drinking practices in production areas, etc. Task II. Processing of Polyvinyl Chloride and Polyvinyl Chloride Copolymers Environmental/industrial hygiene surveys shall be conducted in production areas where polyvinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride copolymers' are processed in cluding, but not limited to, the following operations: (1) compounding; (2) extrusion; (3) molding; (4) calendaring; (5) thermoforming; (6) binding; (7) foams; (8) fibers; and (9) plastisol processing. The surveys shall be con ducted so that each processing operation is sampled at three different plants (locations). The criteria for the selection of these three plants shall in clude, but not be limited to: (1) information gained from preliminary site visits; (2) information gained from literature searches; (3) information gained from personal contacts; (4) representativeness of the operations to industry wide processing; (5) operations having greatest potential for worker exposures to vinyl chloride; (6) operations having the greatest gradient of worker expo sures to vinyl chloride; and (7) availability of historical inplant air measurements of vinyl chloride; and (8) the operations having the longest history of polymer processing. The information that shall bo obtained and/or constructed shall be the same as the eight items listed under Task I for the vinyl chloride monomer)production operations. In addition, to these eight items past and present TWA worker exposures to other known liver toxins (if present) including, but not limited to, mercury, 2, 2 dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, ozone, dioxane, beryllium, lead, diacetate, copper, t.richlorethylene, carbontetrachloride, arsine and tetrahydrofuran shall be measured and/or constructed. * Polyvinyl chloride-acetate, polyvinyl chloride-propylene and polyvinyl chloride vinylidene chloride Task III. Sample Collection and Data Analyses All vinyl chloride sampling and analytical techniques shall bo approved by the Project Officer prior to initiation of sampling. If sampling is required for other known liver toxins, the sampling and analytical procedures must be ap proved by the project officer(s) prior to use by the contractor. The contractor is cognizant of the fact that vinyl chloride is considered a potential human liver carcinogen and all employees and agents of the contractor should be provided with appropriate protective equipment. These equipment needs will be discussed with the project olficcr(s) prior to the field surveys. HCW $56 i7/7ii ASI 00004491 SPECIAL PROVISIONS COM lUACl MO. CDC-99-74-r.O PAUL _____ or 13 PACTS The sample collection shall he conducted in such a manner as'to provide statis tically valid data that arc representative of present worker exposures (cate gorized by different job-types) to vinyl chloride and other liver toxins, if found, bast worker exposures (by job-type) shall be constructed based on the information that is collected on the changes in processing, ventilation, en vironmental control, work practices and industrial hygiene practices that have occurred over the years and on historical air sampling data (preferably personal sampling data) collected in the plant, if deemed' reliable and accurate. All assumptions that are made in arriving at the constructed concentrations shall be presented. All of the above information on processing changes, ventilation changes, etc. shall be presented as part of the report on the surveys. ASI 00004492 DISCUSSION AND SURVEY AGENDA Code Company Name Address Telephone No. Technical Contact and Title Number of Employees Company Products Does company have a Safety Program Yes___________ No' Will they permit us to collect information and samples YesNo 1. Product/s Involved_____________________________________________________________ 2. Process Used A Ethylene - Oxychlor Process B Ethylene - Acetylene Process C Acetylene Process D Other____________________________________________ 3. Indoor or Outdoor Operation 4. Length of time present process has been used 5. Identify changes in process__________________ 6. Ventilation - Description ASI 00004493 7. Process Schedule 8. Employee information 9* Number of employees exposed 10. Has company previously sampled area Yes No 11. Sampling method used ________________ 12. Has sampling method or program changed Yes No If yes how? 13. Are results of company sampling available .14 Vacu-Sample high concentration areas. Location _______________________________ Jjocntion___________________________ Location___________ _______________ ______ Location _______ ______________ Toon on _Sample // Sample // Sample // Sample $ Sample // I ASI 00004494 15* Obtain company product litorture 16. Product Samples___________________ Sample ID__________ __ ___________ Sample ID _________________________ Sample ID _________________________ Sample ID _________________________ Sample ID _________________________ Sample ID _________________________ 17. Raw material list ___ l8.. Suspected other known liver toxins 19. Comments \ ASI 00004495 20. Sketch 21. Signature of interviewer ASI 00004496