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Roy D. 3rard Vica President Heaitn, Safety 4 Environment January 9, 1992 Shell Oil Company One Shall Plaza P 0. Box 243 Houston,Texas 77252 Document Processing Center (TS-790) Office of Toxic Substances U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.c. 20460 ATTN: 8(e) Coordinator (CAP Agreement) Dear sir: SUBJECT: INFORMATION SUBMITTED UNDER THE COMPLIANCE AUDIT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN SHELL OIL COMPANY AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 8ECAP-0050 REFERENCE: SHELLCAP-96 The enclosed information was found in an audit being conducted within Shell Oil Company under the Terms of Agreement of EPA's Compliance Audit Program. It is being submitted pursuant to the TSCA 8(e) Compliance Audit Program and the EPA-Shell CAP Agreement (ID. NO. 8ECAP-OO50). The enclosed information is an epidemiological study of workers exposed to vinyl chioride conducted by Equitable Environmental Health, Inc., for the Manufacturing Chemists Association. The information was reported as: HSE-78-0011 fQ0245) Epidemiological Study of Vinvl Chloride Workers Final Report. The associated chemical substance is: Vinvl Chloride. CAS No. 75-01-4 The enclosed information indicates that: In a human epidemiologic cal study, vinvl chloride was shown to be possibly related to in creased incidence of liver cancer. There was also some support for JR92 00605.KID - 0001.0.0 CMA115359 hYBflttagig that vinyl Ojll-Pride mav increase the incidence of gancgr gllqhtlv in sites other than the liver, including lung and brain. This information is being submitted under the TSCA 8(e) cap based on potential carcinogenic effects in humans. No premanufacture notices have been sent by Shell to the Agency on this product. Shell has previously submitted the following TSCA 8(e) notice on vinly chloride: SHELLCAP-74 (December, 1991). This information is not considered confidential business informa tion. For further discussion, please contact the following: J.C. Willett Manager, Product Safety and Compliance Shell Oil Company P.0. Box 4320 Houston, TX 77210 Telephone No. 713-241-6958 Fax. 713-241-3325 KID/jr Enclosure e JR9200605.KID - 0002.0.0 CMA115360 be: v/o Attachments 6. A. Van Gelder K. L. Colbert K. I. Danner, Jr. J. J. Conklin R. Gingell (TOX-086) PS&C D File be: w/o Attachments - External U.S.A. CMA be: w/Attachments G. T. Youngblood HS&E AS (1) (SHELLCAP-96) JR9200605.KID 0003.0.0 CMA 115361