Document YrQjzMpoOvDpkO8dObGGOQwzN

January 2b, 1959 Mr. J.C. Taylor Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler building 1'iew York, few York Attentions Mr. O.B. Lewis De;;r Mr* Lewis: I urn sending you tinder separate cover today the safety manual which I borrowed from you. have gone over our observations on the proper* tioneor with Mr, Kehoe, who has asked me to pass ajtong. to you some considerations as to into of this equipment. You are already familiar with the details of design and construction and the necessity of coaling with the hazard of the moving valve in the Ethyl fluid line. Assuming that those details can bo corrected and worked out by proper engineering, there would seem to be no objection to the installation of an experimental unit from the point of view of hazard. 3uch a unit could bo constructed in connection with tho bulk plant and could be kept under observation and study for a period of time of at least one year. however, before going oven so far as tho atop suggested above, it would be well to look further to aeo if there la not some other practical solution of - their circulating and mixing difficulties other than an alteration In present mixing procedures. Present methods of mixing have a 111 story of come fifteen years of use without the occurrence of illness or danger to men engaged in blending, and any change in equipment or procedure must therefore be assuredly proven safe and offer distinct advantages over the 'methods now In use. 1 think Mr. Shepard should appreciate that point. It Is not a matter of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation being arbitrary about equipment design and use, but rather It Is a proper reluctance to alter tried and satisfactory procedures where the consequences of breakdown or urforeseen accident may be serious. It would further follow that even in tho event of the teat equipment having proven satisfactory over a period of time any subsequent installations would be subject to approval by the Medical Department after consideration of the situation and uses in each instance. HE 0022767 Mr. O.B. Lewis (2) - January 26, 1959 If, after being acquainted with our point of view, "p, cheparb 'wishes to proceed with the adaptation of the properfcioneer to his now bulk installation, we will be happy to cooperate with him both in respect to design of the equipment as well as by keeping the installation under observation for a period q X* time. tween ourselves, 1 believe that you should make every effort to discourage the idea, this device looks to me to be too well suited to tank car blending, mid -while it is not the pro.'ent Intention to use it in such fashion, since there 13 little as 1000 gallons of gasoline can be accurately blended with the device, it would seem inevitably to load in that direction. This will ba apparent to refiners, and it may well be that there will bo a tendency to smaller and smaller types of equipment which would se sufficiently sensitive to record accurately the weights oojf fluid which would enter into tank car blending, the consequences of which are apparent* It appeared curing oxxr meeting in Providence that ho principal reason for urging this type of equipment was tha the losses in bl< N/-l * , and cireulation were unusually high. ilth a change over bn] eauiement. which is ianendlag. oorhapo some other * ray may bo found of meeting that difficulty. Very truly yours. YMjnw Vlliard Lachle, f*i>. h(E 0022768