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minutes TECHNICAL COMMITTEE The Four Season Resort & Club 4150 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, TX 75038 Monday May 23, 1994 8:30 a.m. Attendees: Ron McCreedy, Dow Chemical, Chairman Bruce Brocka, Certainteed Corp. Robert H. Burnett, The Vinyl Institute Bill Carrol, OcyChem Piero Dicapua, Petroquimica Colombiana, S. A. Dave Eckstein, Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association Lee Fishbein, Borden Chemical & Plastics Rodolfo Gedeon, Petroquimica Colombiana, S. A. Don Goodman, OxyChem Roy T. Gottesman, Chemical Management Resources, H. J. Hall, Vista Chemical L. G. Krauskopf, Exxon Chemical Co. Fred Krause, Geon Co. Joe Ledvina, Vista Chemical Elyse Lewis, G. E. Specialty Chemicals Richard Magee, NJIT Louis M. Maresca, Geon Co. Debbie Neale, Neale & Assoc. Bill Patient, Geon Co. Tim Patterson, Geon Canada Ic. Richard Prieto, Grupo Primex A1 Reventas, Shintech Inc. Margaret Rogers, Dow Chemical Robert Strength, Product Safety Management, Inc. John Svalander, EVCM Inc. I. OPENING OF MEETING. SELF-INTRODUCTIONS AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES The meeting was opened at 8:30 a.m. by the chair, Ron McCreedy, with' a round of self-introductions. There were no suggested amendments to the agenda which will be followed. The minutes of the last Technical Committee meeting held in Boston, MA on January 12, 1994, were approved as submitted. II. FINANCIAL REPORT The financial report was presented and discussed with a notation that it will finish well under budget level of $195,000 (Attach ment I) . R&S 144071 The Vinyl Institute 4 Division ot The Society of the Plastics Industry. Inc. 65 Madison Avenue Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 698-6699 Fax # (201) 898-6633 Technical Committee Minutes Page two III. PROJECT UPDATES Bob Strength, Consultant, reported on a number of his activities: The recent ASTM meeting in the Netherlands, the NAC National Electrical Code Meetings, and IEC '89. Reports of those meetings have been circulated separately to members of the Committee. Dave Eckstein reported on the status of the preparation of the package for EPA and also advised the group that the overall situation has been quiet with respect to the Kansas pipe situa tion. R. T. Gottesman will finalize that package for presenta tion to the EPA in August. i Don Goodman updated the group on the MRI report which is now complete. Final approval is expected by mid-July by ASME follow ing which it will be published and publicized. IV. NEW BUSINESS Dick Magee reported on his trip to Brussels to discuss the Umea (Swedish) program. He indicated that this activity is almost wound down but not in a manner totally satisfactory to him. He indicated that the environmental attacks are continuing in Europe. He also mentioned an ECVM report in which sources con tribute to dioxin which should be available to us shortly. Ron McCreedy then talked about the EcoBalance LCA which was due to start June 1 and be completed by December 1. A great deal of concern was expressed by the group, specifically,' John Svalander and Bill Carroll, about the contractor and the goals of this project. After further discussion, it was decided that we would not go forward with an EcoBalance contract. Don Goodman talked about the VOC alert. He feels this will be a potential problem in 1995. A report has just been completed on polyethylene at a cost of $120,000. He will coordinate with Pat Toner and the respective SPI Divisions, such as the Plastics Pipe Institute and the Vinyl Siding Institute. It was agreed that we would contact Lou Maresca of Geon for assistance in this area. There followed a special report by Lou Maresca concerning the dioxin effect on the endocrine system. It was agreed to distrib ute this report to the Technical Committee (Done). The Action Register has been essentially completed and will be reestablished at the next meeting. R&S 144072 ATTACHMENT I TECHNICAL COMMITTEE - STATUS OF EXPENDITURES Actual Through Aoril NSF Contract (Kansas Pipe) Chem Risk California EIR IFT Consulting MRI Incineration Proposal $12,500 5,219 20,000 3,250 52,780 Compendium and Literature New HCl Removal Technology - - Corrosion Hazard Assessment - VCM Cancer Risk Factor Project Solvent Cement Project Swedish Incineration Studies 10,000 - Flamm.Liq./Plastic Containers 300 Geon Company ASTM D0921 EMPS Consultant (1/3 portion) ACSH Amer. Soc. of Mechanical Eng. 1,028 6,000 198 30,000 10,180 Berens 7,990 TOTAL $159,445 Balance To End Of FY 93-94 Total $ " - - -- 10,000 10,000 76,000 20,000 - 10,000 " - - ** - - $ 12,500 5,219 20,000 3,250 52,780 10,000 10,000 76,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 300 1,028 6,000 198 30,000 10,180 7,990 $126,000 $285,445 fi& s 144074 BUDGET: Swedish Incineration Studies HCl Scrubbing and Economics New HCl Removal TechnologyCorrosion Hazard Assessment Compendium and Literature Printing VCM Cancer Risk Factor Project Solvent Cement Project Contingency TOTAL 10,000 35.000 10.000 76.000 15.000 20.000 10,000 19,000 $195,000