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OrkMik% ; CHICAGO FAINT, VARNISH AND LACQUER ASSOCIATION Si'irc 1710 13 N. Di a iio in St . Ch ic a g o . Ii l imid fiuou; January 31, 1973 IMPORTANT NOTICES RE: .Chicago Lead-Base Paint . Ordinancaa_________________ Both of tha propoaad Chicago ordinancaa, ona on tha .uaa, and tha otbar on tha labeling, of lead-base paints, will ba conaidarad at tha public haarlng to ba hald newt Thursday, January 37, 1973, at 10:00 A.K., in tha Chicago City Council Chambers. Every manufacturer adversely affected by tha propoaad ordinancaa ahould prepare a written statement to ba submitted at the public hearing. It should contain ail of your arguments against tha adoption of tha proposed ordinances. Ve need 30 copies for tha hearing. Be sure to include a statement as to tha time and procedure necessary to re-formulate your paints to eliminate lead, and to adequately test them before putting them on the market. Enclosed herewith is a summary of tha answers to the questions posed at our meeting held on Friday, January 14th. Have you: (1) confared with your Alderman, or other political contacts! <3) written to Mayor Daley? O) written to each of the Aldermen on the Building C Zoning Committee? (4) alerted your dealers to take similar action and attend and apeak at the public hearings? tfe will have a meeting at the Tower Club, 39th floor, 30 N. Hacker Drive, Chicago, next Hednoaday. January 3d. 1972, at 2:1$ P.H., to make final preparations for the public hearing the following day. He trust you will be represented at that meeting. ETO/dt end. Very truly yours, Edward F. O'Toole General Counsel 0007-SWP-036639 N21876 SUHHAkY 1. Can you reduce the load content in oil of your points for ust on intorior residential surfaces, and on exterior- rsidemdaX_s.ucjU.ee ' accessible to children, down to . 3\? - 3 companies say that they can meet that standard - 3 companies say they can aieet that standard, except in exterior primers. - 3 companies say they ean meet that standard for most of their paints, but not for all of their paints. a companies are not certain, but think they will be ^ able to meet that standard in one year. 2. How soon can the paint companies reducetha lead content in all of their paints involved to .5%? - 1 can meet it now. - 1 company thinks it can meet it in 6 months. - 3 companies do no know when they will be able to meet It. - 9 companies "believe" they will be able to meet it in one year. * Can you eliminate lead driers from all paints involved? 2 companies say yes. - 11 companies say no. 9. Khat is the lowest lead content you can reaeh, and still use lead driers? - 10 companies say .3%. - 3 companies say .1%. 7. What is the lowest lead content you can reach ifyou can eliminate lead dritrs? - 10 say that thay do not know at this tins. , - 2 say .5%. - 1 says 20ppm. 13. What part of the proposed TDA label do you believe should bo on the front panel of your containers? - 13 companies insist on following TOA labeling procedures, i.e., tbs front panel should contain the followingi HAXNIHG: CONTAINS tCAD! See precautionary statements elsewhere on this label. The belenee of the FDA label should be on the beck panel or elsewhere on the label. 1*, How soon could your dealers re-label their entire Inventory using a sticker label? - 13 companies answered that thty do not know how long it would take for their dealers to learn from their various suppliers what the lead content ia in each container on their shclvee since, generally, a dealer carries sort than one line of paint and haa some products on his shelves that are two to three years old. o- 0007-SWP-000117957 0007-S W P -036640