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Coalition for Benzene Advocacy Draft Origin & goal of the "Coalition for Benzene Advocacy" By historical agreement, API has the lead for benzene issues, as ACC has the lead for butadiene API currently works product stewardship & health advocacy issues / activities through the dues-budget funded "Benzene Task Force" Chemical industry stakeholders lack a similar "benzene product stewardship & health advocacy" trade association group Shell Chemical suggested that API explore chemical industry stakeholder interest in such a group, and identify issues of common interest that could be worked in such a forum As a practical first step to gauge interest and initiate organization, a chemical/petroleum industry "Coalition" could be formed with the existing API Benzene Task Force If successful in demonstrating "value added", the ad hoc Coalition could evolve into a self-funded API solicitation committee for petroleum and chemical stakeholders Industry Role for the Coalition Serve as a credible source of information Venue to share "best practices" o Communications o Emergency response o Product Stewardship manual Page 1 of 3 SHELL-MCCLURG-061930 Coalition for Benzene Advocacy Draft Proposed Current Benzene Issues I Activities Children's Health o Children's sensitivity to benzene II Project: VCCEP Benzene Risk Assessment Proiect: David Pyatt's manuscript on children's sensitivity Identify threats to industry and respond with science-based advocacy: o EPA via CAA Residual Risk o Changes in Texas TCEQ regulations o EPA mobile air toxics regulations (motor gasoline) o HAP implementation o Product liability (in general terms) Response to recent epidemiology study results o NCI low-dose response benzene research o HealthWatch data o Shanghai Health Study o Steffen et al. data (French childhood leukemia) Prepare "what we are doing" documents o VCCEP-sponsored benzene exposure study Position document appropriate ambient Air Quality standard Communications - holding statements Page 2 of 3 SHELL-MCCLURG-061931 Coalition for Benzene Advocacy Draft Proposed Near-Term Benzene Issues Benzene Risk Assessment (cancer potency and non-cancer issues) o Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) o Regulations impacting chemical production and use o Co-exposure / threshold impact on Risk Assessment Strategy for CAA Residual Risk NCI partnerships - benzene health research Proactive issue management o Exposu re assessment o Biomonitoring o Occupational and community exposures o Understanding implications of new science Page 3 of 3 SHELLMCCLURG061932