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Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Chr ysl er Buil ding 405 Le x i n g t o n Av e n u e K A K I - ri'Y ( OMMITTKK <,,>. It. LEWIS CHAIRM AN Ne w Yo r k O cto b er 1976 Mr. II. A. T aylor Dear M att, I As Mr. B a ll h a s p ro b ab ly t o l d y o u , s have ruhi^Hnto some tr o u b le w ith th e Socony Vacuum p e o p le in r e g a r d t o p o s tin g ta g 8 on t h e i r ts n k s . They ts-ke th e view th a t th v f/frrs f^ in d ic a te non^taggod tsnk3 were n o t d angerous and a ls o t h a t th e s a f e ty e n g in e e r and forem an who m e t bo p r e s e n t a t a l l ta n k c le a n in g opery&j&ns ai&j&y somewhat r e l a x t h e i r v i g i la n ce due to th e f a c t th a t our notiha^w ould g iv e th en somewhat o f an a l i b i . I t seemed to be c o n tra ry t o company p^llcy/fys p o s t n o tic e s o f t h i s k in d on any tan k s. ^^ lie had a lo n g ciiiijS , w ith W s a r s . C. C. B en e d ic t in ch arg e o f o p e r a tio n s o f th e comp* Sv^eime inN cnarge o f s a f e ty f o r th e com- ]/./ apany, and J . N. Cleppfe The outcbv.^ o f i t mo t h a t we were, to w rite l e t t e r g iv in g th e argum ents which wejilad u sed i n o u r d is c u s s io n . We a l s o f e l t we m ight add th e M edical Ceparijfc^nt1a o p in io n on th e n e c e s s ity f o r t h i s m easure. The door was n o i^ c lo se d pbjTfeanently, a s Mr. B en ed ict s a id he would be glad to discuss th is h e r e c e iv e d o u r l e t t e r , n a t u r a l l y , we iid not any l<e an a r b i t r a r y s ta n d o u r? Iv e s u n t i l we have t r i e d a l l o th e r avenue^ f approach. A lso, Mr. B enedict agreed to secu re th e l i s t o f tan k s in which con cen trated f lu id had been blended and c a ll i t a "black l i s t " and t o givjjef u s th e i n f e l a t i o n whenever th e s e ta n k s were t o he c le a n e d . From t b l s , \ l b e lie v e W ki l l be a b le to work o u t som ething s a t i s f a c t o r i l y b u t up to d ^ \p we &rq/%a r a t h e r a s ta le m a te . I w rite you a l l o f th e above so th a t you ay n o t fo rce th e issu e w ith in d iv id u a l r e f in e r ie s o r do an y th in g to c r y e ta lia e th e o p in io n s which have been form ed by Socony Vacuum a g a in s t t h i s new p o lic y o f o u r s . You m ight 1 s t me know th e r e a c t i o n o f th e men in th e f i e l d . Very t r u l y y o u rs, J . G, T a y lo r By WL