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292 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 679-6020 Q, t EAitXINSON May 18, 1970 SUBJECT: BULLETIN NO. 5 - LEAD IN GASOLINE TO: ALL MEMBERS OF THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC. Bulletin No. 4 was issued on April 20. Bulletin No. 5, herewith, is perhaps the most important to date and we directly request your careful attention to it. A) On April 28 I wrote our primary contact in your company asking that he forward a LIA position statement to Federal Congressmen from the districts of your various plants with a personalized letter. Along with that request was included 10 copies of the LIA's position statement. I asked for copies of correspondence from your company as might be concerned. It is somewhat disturbing that in nearly 3 weeks I have had indications from only 3 of 62 member companies that they have done anything with this. If you have not taken action, please do so very promptly. If you have, I would still appreciate copies to indicate what action you chose to take. My letter of April 28 went only to Jtr. ^-- in your company. If you have not heard from him you may eatic what he wants you to do. copy of LIA:s Position Statement, as for Congressmen, is attached. An added B) You will be interested to know that under date of April 29, written testimony by LIA was submitted to the appropriate committees in the Federal Congress, both House and Senate. It is not pleasant to report that this testimony has been acknowledged by fewer than 5 senators and representatives - again adding evidence to the need for individuals actions as constituents. C) Also enclosed is a folder containing evidence of the publicity achieved by LIA's activities on this subject during the period February 24 - April 30. Sincerely, />! JLK/gt Ends. J.L. Kimberley Executive Vice Presiden' N10183 pNrC0000i268 LIA POSITION STATFENT - CONTINUED elements used -in combination with lead for gasoline additives. 7. The lead industry would lose 20 per cent of its total market. A replacement market cannot be found overnight. The problem is complicated by the fact that many lead producers have already made major capital outlays for recent plant expansions. All these dislocations and difficulties might be justified if there had been demonstrated, beyoncl-question, the avail ability of devices to deal with emissions from unleaded gasoline that would materi ally reduce air pollution. However, this has yet to be proven. In fact, a Depart ment of the Interior study hints that greater air pollution might result from the use of unleaded gasoline, and there are others who are seriously concerned about the unknown health effects of replacements for lead additives. Such considerations have to be weighed against the fact that there is no existing or threatened health hazard to the public from lead additives. The Lead Industries Association believes that it is poor public policy to compel the abandonment of an existing proved source of efficient automotive power until there has been a clear, accepted demonstration that the alternative repre sents an improvement. April 27, 1970 *** LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC., 292 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017 P"rCM"0^6S N10183.01 W LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION'S STATEMENT OF POSITION ON Re mo v a l o f Le a d Ad d it iv e s f r o m Ga s o l in e Before Congress is legislation (HR-15848 and S-3466) that would empower the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to regulate fuels and fuel additives --(including lead antiknocks). Much of the testimony presented to Congressional Subcommittees has mis representations and inaccuracies about lead in gasoline in an attempt to force action. "Get the lead out" of gasoline has become a slogan in recent months. Like most slogans it attempts to reduce a complex problem to simple terms. Unfortunately complex problems, such as those of automotive emissions, cannot be solved simply. Automobile manufacturers have said that with unleaded gasoline, various devices to control emissions "could become technically feasible." Nowhere have we seen a statement that in the immediate future such devices will be installed on new car models -- not in 1971, not in 1972. But we do know that systems have been demonstrated that will meet 1975 Federal goals for emissions using leaded gasolines and present autos. Neither have we seen any evidence that lead emissions from automobiles constitute a present threat to health~~or a contribution to smog problems. Why should the public have to use an inferior gasoline which will give an unsatisfactory performance until the alleged devices which can operate on unleaded gasoline have been proved and have actually been installed on new cars? One major oil producer is already marketing unleaded regular gasoline in California. Its price is 64 per gallon more than leaded regular and 24 more than leaded premium. Thus, the public is now paying a 64 per gallon penalty for an inferior product. The April 8 issue of The Wall Street Journal listed other ramifications and consequences of a quick switch to unleaded gasoline: 1. The oil industry will have to make a major investment in new refining facilities, variously estimated from $8 billion to $10 billion, as well as an additional 6 to 8 percent draw down in petroleum reserves. 2. Small petroleum refineries may have to shut down because they do not have the capital resources to make the new investment. 3. Asphalt, the backbone of road build ing, would be curtailed since this pro duct is made largely by the small refiners. 4. The hundreds of thousands of retail outlets for gasoline would have to install new gasoline pumps and gasoline storage tanks. The availability of pumps is strictly limited; the labor required to install them and the tanks will add to the inflation of contraction costs. 5. Without lead in gasoline, oil com panies would have to make greater use of benzene, toluene and xylene, thereby diminishing the supply of these materials to the petro-chemical industry, with sharp inflationary consequences. 6. Sellers of bromine and sodium would lose a major market since these are the LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC., 292 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017 PNYC0C001270