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ALBERT C. CLARK VICE PRESIDENT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 1825 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20009 (202) 483-6126 October 6, 1975 w. 3. P. OCT 8 - 1975 Mr. W. S. Ferguson Allied Chemical Corporation P. 0. Box 1057R Morristown, New Jersey 07960 Subject: Overrun on Dow Chemical Company Work Dear Mr. Ferguson: Approval is requested for payment of $34,090.45 to Dow for an overrun on mutagenesis and teratogenesis studies with vinyl chloride (VC) conducted under MCA administration. Sufficient funds 3tp avai having already been raised for these studies during 1974 and 1975. Initial studies, costing $70,000, were conducted during 1974. Dow continued these efforts and later the VC Technical Panel recommended additional financial support to the extent of $120,000. Management contacts concurred and made available $150,000 for that purpose as well as administrative costs and contingencies. A check for $120,000 has been sent to Dow. At a recent meeting, the Technical Panel approved initial versions of some of the final reports for the research in ques tion, now essentially complete, and recommended payment of the overrun. Dow plans to pursue a lead obtained (identification of a metabolite) at their own expense. Please complete the attached form on the request outlined above and send one copy to me by October 15, 1975. Sincerely ACC/etv Attachment AS I 000014208 Manufacturing Chemists Association VINYL CHLORIDE RESEARCH PROJECT I agree Dow should be paid $34,090.45 for the overrun on metabolism and teratogenesis studies with VC as described in Mr. Clark's attached letter. // I do not approve this payment to Dow. (Please indicate below reasons for negative vote.) Name (signed) Name (typed) Company _______ Address _______ <Ms1r Please return one copy by October 15, 1975 to: Mr. A. C. Clark Manufacturing Chemists Association 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 0QO0U2O9 ASl