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CO Mr. D. Wood St. Louin Mm y thanks for your letter. ( J------^"n , t Mlndts Chemical* Limited Regd. Office: Waksfteid Home, il, Sprott Road, Ballard Eitata, Pose Box No. 133, Bombay-400001. Talaphona: 2674?I (Stints), Cables: Mlndlacham-Bombay Tale* No. 0II-J41B duly 11, 19t* Indian Ptandard Institution, Nanak Hum, V Bahadur Phaih Eafar Mara, ft PllMk-UML- Tour reft BTDC 2/*-l X.Si2834-1964 feecifloationa for Mwnt CUpaaltors Ha liava studied your above-refaranoad 18. Specifications for ahunt oapacltora and we feel that we Should bring to your attention any lalslnterpretatione arising froa the large voluate of data Which the Z.8.X. has auanarlaad. Me have the following eaaunente to offeri- Xn the first paragraph cf the latter, reference ia ade to 'aroclor ' which laplles that None anto'a notarial la the only PCB available In India. Bayer's 'elophen' and Prodelee'a 'pyrolene' are also narteted In this country in large quantities. However we would suggest you use the word polychlorinated diphenyls' instead of brand nanee. Xn the proposed wording under tUMlM* a suggestion Is node that sawdust oontaadnatsd with Pen's should be burned. Please note that proper destruction will not ooour unless the taaperature eaoeeds POCPc, Xn the jnnesure Paction 1 PCbTOHLORlHATBD BXPHBBXIP ", the trade stark 'Theretinol' should not be lnduded since the PCI beet transfer fluids under this trade stark have been discontinued. Alee, please note that tha trada auueks Chlorextol* end HmUboI* are no longer used since alia ChaInters and Wagnar Ploetrle no longer use polychlorinated biphenyls, Tha rafaranca to the trada mark tbeloOhlor" should reed ee "Xanedhlor". Thla is the Japanese trade nans and since last September It is no longer produced in Japan awing to a ban on PCB's. MONS 094836 oontd.. .2 Mlnd> Chtmlciit Limited. Contlnuttlon ShMt No.,?,.,, As regards Thermlnola, Monsanto In the past Marketed the Thsrmlnol l range of heat transfer fluids Which were based on KB. Recognising that this particular application was potentially leading to an asaape to the environment, we withdrew the FR range of heat transfer fluids. We continue to Market heat transfer fluids under the trade Mark "lhezmlnol* Which are not KB-based. Under the elreumatanoes, we would suggest that you delete the word 'Xhenalnol' under Section X. Xn Section X wnder "AFfbXCKrxcMS*, It is Mots ante's poller as a soolal objective to restrict tbs sals of PCB's dielectric application n transformers and eapeaL tors only. This gees beyond the the reocanandetlons Made by the asAer naticae of OWOD Who have agreed to restrict their pales to dielectric applications, as S?2WfS9S:SfflS ITSS>SS&JfS to hawan food prosesslag. fa ** knowleds* the Pmudm ; lag applications Maatlonsd fta Sea. 1 have ksen disoomtlnued sines these are recognised as open systems Whs re possibilities of an escape of PCl'i to the enviroanent exist. Ws would slso Ilka to point out our attitude in using the terminology of referring to FOP. The persistence of these compounds in the environment is rslstsd to the level of chlorination. Since last year we are marketing our Aroclor 1016 capacitor fluid WhiOh Is a lower chlorinated biphenyl wlfh a higher ohlorlneted isomer content closely limited and controlled. International specifications established by CXORB reflect this dlffmrentiel between low and high chlorinated biphenyls and we would like to draw your attention that these specifications objectively avoid the all encompassing term polychlorinated biphenyl and reflect the differences in chlorination Content. We hope our cdaments will be helpful. We are enclosing along with this latter the following which should give you a fund of Information to draw a proper specification. "Chlorinated Biphenyl and Related Compounds* from ncyclopedla of Chemical Technabgy Mi Official Standards Proposal Polychlorinated Biphenyls and the Environment, Interdepartmental Task Force on KBa Decision of the council on Protection of the Knvironment by Control of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, (13 February, 1073). vln/Jr Tourras lfaaiithfully, Vv V.I. Kenyan Salas Manager - Chemicals MONS 094887