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PCB's Ban Urged By HEW Official; GE Incident Cited ^ Northern Petrochem Sets Entry Into Polypropylene And in Expansion lor EO Northern I'etrorhermral Company wlM noon brain cenrtrurllon o( a polyprepylenr plant. It* first, at I hi* com pony's Morris. III., location. Plan* rah lor a production tardily using 'lh.rdgen*r*HI*o toehnatagy recently par t-keaed from on* at Iha motor European -hemteat producers." a spokesmen * Thr plan! wHI prodoc* aPant 20* imtHan pawnila annually Mart up la scheduled far Ihe term quarter aT IPW. and lull servke i* expected hr midyear IPTB. lam at Ihl* larilton currently producing in races* of I MMIon paaMla of alaflna per year. whleh wM supply prepylta* lor the V.lHyknc in* <* produced < this location Inr lha large kwdeasHy polyethylene pro- M(y PK rapacity I* cl**# ta at* million Diamond Signs Contract For an Olefins Supply Ozone Theory Gaining Weight, Government ScientistsMaintain, While Industry Disputes Claims Ax industry sources point to weak nesses In the theory that fluorocarbons may affect the earth's ozone layer, government scientists told (he Senate Subcommittee on the Upper Atmo sphere last week that current availa ble information "adds weight to the belief" that fluorocarbon compounds arc reducing the average ozone con centration. They reiterated rarliar recommenda tion* that, at tha least, consideration ihoetd ha given now to whai should ha dona to min imire lha problem of oiooa depletion ilthough legislation nn the tubjrrt might writ wait imlil lha National Academy of Sci ence* complete* it* studios, scheduled lor next April. Thr recommendation* came from tha co chairman of tha Interagency Task force on inadvertent Modification of thr Stratos phere MMOS); Carroll turtle Peglor. with the Science A Technology Policy Olfka of tha Notional Science foundation, and Dr Warren R. Muir senior Half member for environmental health with the Council on Environmental Quality Dr Muir said (hat in the ihrce month* since IMOS isiued it* report on "fluorocar bons and lha Environment" containing (be preliminary asMttmtnt that fluorocarbon release* in tha environment represent "a legitimate cause for concern." thr report he* btaa undergoing careful scrutiny by scientist*, governmental policymaker*, in dustry group* and the public. "Nothing ha* occurred." he say*, "which would change our asiesiment or racommendatloni as reported " He says there ha* been soma misinter pretation about the theory of otone deple tion and misrepresentation about the re port: one being that IMOS failed to recog nise the reduction that has occurred in the Continued on Cage SI Microbe Fights Oil Spills Drvalopmant of a man-mad* organ ism designed to attack oil spills on wa terway*. dlgeettng Iho petroleum and converting il inla a form that can be eaten by marine life waa described last weak by a General Electric Company scientist narking at the firm s Schanee lady. N.Y . research end development center OB any* creation of the organism, the work of l>r. Ananda M Cbakrabarty. marks lha first successful application af. advanced "genetic engineering" techntqoei to th* creation af a "super-mi crobe" beneficial to moo. Thu "topermicrobe" - sun in me laborntory stage - combines Hit genetic makeup fa four different strain* of bac teria that occur in nature and that feed upon hydrocarbons, lha main eonatllutats of petroleum, GE says. H is said te be able to digest crude nil at rata sev eral lima* faster than any ether known organism "This microbe promises to be only the first in a growing family of usetnl man-made organism* that coold be created by Dr Chakrebarty's genetic engineering process." according to Dr Arthur M. liuoche, GB vko-prestdent for research and development. 'Other mkreorgaoiami lhasbeikelly could be tailormode to convert petrole um into protein lor animel feed and per hap* even food tor human beings, lo en hance the flow of petroleum in aging oil fields. and to concontrat* gold, uranium. Continued on Page Si Dr Theodore Cooper. A.ixtxtiini s.-< ret ary of Department of llciiith K-tu cation lr Welfare in chnrui- ul ihe health activities of the deportment >> calling on Environmental Fmiw-imn Agency to order an immediate hull to the. discharge of polychlorinated b> phenyls (PCB'si In th* waterway* The request ** contained in .1 h-n.-r last month to KPA Admtnislraiiir No**ll Train, and made pubHc 1**1 week idler General Eleetnc Company wa* accused hy New York's Environmental Conservation Commissioner Ogden Rent, ul nm-una -<r reparohle damage t* the Hudson River hy discharge of PCS'* into the river tor the past Iwanty years COOPER WANTS ACTION Dr Cooper, who is the government - tup health authority, informed Mr Tr n lh,.i "while the current slate f nur knowledge a* lo the biologiesl activity of iln-.- -oh. stance* it not complete we (eel that .n .la bit evidence indicates Ihal immediate tion should he taken In terminate ihr -li. charge uf pol) chlorinated h\phcn)l "Such action would be in the he.t mn-r i-.t of protection of the public heullh amt solely by rrenluaN) terminating ivtt entry into Ihe food chain .mil Mihw-<nimi exposure lo the Ameneen pmpfiln a speech reemlly bvfurv die Wi-o-.m. in Department of Nolurel Ke-.mri-e. EPA'i Director of Toxic Substances ':lean E Schwlelitr, roparted ibot Ihe ,.*ei*r. wa* Ktvmg close attention to potential hue Contlntnd m Page Dow Canadi Budding Sodium Chlorate Unit Dow Chemical of Canada. Ltd . plana lo build a $13 million sodium chlorate plant on company-owned land at Thundtr Bay. Ontario The pleat, due oa stream m late li?T will have an miilal rspaett) ot M (tun inn* a year, expandable te SO.OOO tons annually This Is the first production ol sodium chin rate by Dow Canada a mater monufactur or of rhlertnc and cauatir soda Th* plant, whan completed will employ Conlmuorf on Page w> With Phillips Petroleum Diamond Shamrock Corporation Iia xigned a left-year contnct with Phillip* IMrokum Company tor the iiriK-ming ol commercial grade eth ane into ethylene and propylena. t'htillpo will ha impptird athana prapana ter immtlw tram Diamond's extraction facility near Duma* in the Texas Panhan dle Th* ethane-propane mixture paadnead hy Diamond Hhamrocfc and athace in lha araa wth ha iranapartad via IHomond's a* pended tranx-Texas pipalioa ta the rampanr' tall aavarn storage facilities at Mant helview. Tr . ortr lloauan Pram storage thr mixture will ha frontptrlrd in lha iwntlyannounced alhylana plant ta hr ranilrnrlad hr Phillip* at flweenry. Te* Ethylene and tha arrant- Cantimnd on Pane M Acrylo Facility of Pemax Will Us* Soldo Process Petraleaa Mexican** (Pamaxi ot Maiko wH halhl a tte-mtllian-paund-a-yaar scryloailrtle plant at Tula aatna tha ona-alap prnraa* ot Vtrtran Corporation, a tubsidiary of Standard Oil Campaay (Ohio! Pont** aurrantly oparata* M-mlUtonpaund acryia out! haaad an anathar preehi Tha naw plant win ha hulll by Nll*ata Ragtuotrlng oi Tohra and will h* tha twaltth Bahia prorata aeryla plant built by tha Japan*** company. Plana rah lor ground la ha broken tor the plant thli year and praduetlan it irhadulad la begin in lata J8? Bunker Hill in Dispute PVC, Chlorine-Caustic Complex Set With NL on Zinc Pact For Poland; UK Firms Win Contracts Bunker Hill Compnny. subsidiary of Cult Resources A Chemical Corpora tion. has been notified by NL In dustries. Inc., that the latter wants to brognte its agreement to buy zinc from Bunher Hill during the lost four months of this year NL Industries ha* been taking about three-fourth* of Bunker's zinc output under a ten-year contract that Is to run out at lha end of Docembor The disagreement alrendy Involve* IB Million worth of psyments that NL In- ('onffnited on Page J< Petrocarbons Developments, a member of the Bur-iah Group, has signed a record $2BD million contract to construct a chemical complex in Po land based upon a polyvinyl chloride plastics unit to b* built for tho Pol- imex-Cekop group, with the bulk of equipment to be UK-manufactured Prtroeerbons will be prime contractors and will lurnish overall protect manage ment. plus design, equipment procurement and otf-sites Caustic chlorine facilities sre also planned The big contract is being welcomed si Europe, and - - *ey* Burmah - v,-r\ like ronllnued nn Page iJ ChemicalMarketing Cues... ETHYLENE OXIDE: Important glycol market will grow more slowly.......................... Pg9 ESSENTIAL OILS: Dealers said to accelerate elimination of reselling........................ Pg27 NYLON: Resin men resigned to minimal gains ior time being.......................................Pg37 n*f-Vv*s eirmowien. i>* named aontor vtao-geaeUam and ponorol tansaar of th* Pragfonao Dtvtalon of Si*, mentain. tno. Ho wM ** 0* oaponotWo far bnaranao davtopminf In lto CanMien marfcot, worklna wHh Ptrmonion of Canada. Ud MUMS 086278 Lancaster Chemical Buy* A Newark Site for a Plant laMMfr CkmlMl Divlatoa af AXIS Corparalta*. ('arUiatfl. N J . has boughl % j arrr plaM Mir al MB EeHnahuytan Avanu*. Newark, N i The irarl mclutfr* SO.flOO agnate IrH at nMbutirlorln* antf wrrhou*Mi larttUtra The rompany makes papar mill tfefeamm. alhoiwtamitfe UguM Mirrimi *Millve* arf walling agent* a*4 emulsifier* tor l hr uphalt paving Industry l.*M**ter will meve id CarMaitt manu facturing la Ihr Nrwark plant. *M plan* arr uneerway la expand Ihr division'* abtl My la mahr a mate camplatr line ol organic sgrtartaat*. Thr Nrwarh plan) l* expected ta tor in oprraimn by January. ml. *ay* a pakrtman PCB 's Ban Urged CmUmN fram fair 1 rtf* la hroNh Involved in ihr *pfeedlng rantamiwMlon Iram PCIi and ha* regurslad Ihr National Academy al Sciences la da ttrmlnr II that* i* a nrad lor a standard tor PCS'* in tha Milan'* drinking watar lap Bunker HID Hit With Suit ply Dow Chainleal Company, chM prodecrr a# (hr rlmnieala, alaa Has boon **ktd far In Haavy Metal* Dumping Irtl data an ehrmieal pranartir* aad Ih* poIrfiital btesctlvfiy of RCB substitute* Thr effretof PCS'* on human* i* idtl bring iludlrd, bet laboralary Inis ha*r shewn tha chemtra) to br fatal to lith egg* and pMflbly Ihr rautr of llrr ranrar in rata, and wriglM and hair lot* in monkey* Department of Juafiee ha* filed a civil salt rharging Bunker Hill Mining Company wtlh dumping pollutant* into the SaulR Fork of the Caaui d'Alene River m Idaho Attorney General Edward II Levi **>d the suit wa filed at the repuett w Environ mental Proteeiien Agency, in US District Dr Cooper described the chemical* lo Mr Court in Beige. Train ( "laipartrd rancrrcautlnt chrmi- The defendant charged wtlh tin rat* " count* ol discharging pallulant*. Inctudlng Now York Conttrvatlan Commltttonrr Raid hr* wrrnr# '"** fiMi lakn lead, cadmium. line and ftuondes from il* ore prwnilH* faetHlie* in Kellagg, Idaho. from ihr Hudton. although thr water* war* Macc September. ItTl to vteittias at tha drclarad M far drinking by Ihr Slat* HaaHh Padtral Watar RoHutlee Caatrwl Act Drparimrnt ifltf tasting the watar* from The lait at*o charge* the defend**!, i* Ih* Hudson and Mohawk Rivers at elrvrn one count for permitting dltcharg** from point* wa*twat*r ttoraga facility, with vMattng the River* A Harbor* Act of tap* Comwiiitianrr Reid lllrd a formal The mil a*k* tha court tor *n ardor to romplainl *aalnat discharging Ih* chemi prohibit the company from dumping pedal- cal in Ihr Hud**n by General Etaririr. and ant* Into the nver and far fine of up to departmental hanrtng on the complaint tltt.tm a day tar each day the pallulant* ha* been iel lor October a were discharged. > m plaittii, main* and i'*iaad Deepwater Terminal for Bulk Chemical and Petroleum Storage Velsicol Gains Support Of USDA on Suspension Of Chfordane, Heptachlor Department of Agriculture fie* gtf. vfeed aitemeyi for Veteicel Chemical CorporbtlM that it has interrenei is the public heartiif N the Enulfmeu lei Pretectiea Ageucy's "Retire of b> chtar. turn widely ueeb peetfeMea mam ufactured by tfee Chicage-beeeb Dna USDA wta wefwtity wm*** * whe wtl toe** *e th* **gmy, beeeflt Hat pooHaMae. ae- Rehert Merrtt. VatMtatgwaf- trattoe af eMarSaea aeg kipfMktof Mr Mam* also claims that USDA is "Mepertfeg ear reeuoat that se impewiat bate, that tha laet* taettref IRA'* aN*> gattaas of 'IurImm eeetir risks' be sene lletaag by tmbinad scfaMM*,'" **y* Mr . Marrt*. ''The amaltoeal star* respeete 1*> auaU aetaMlRa Mgrnmt of the laaaa." ha total la maesfaelur*, **N aed tua rhfartfana antf h#ef*cM*r antf ihar* ran ba no raMrtcUoa* wMil ibt* cam < ftkaUy raaataatf. "Farmufatar* aatf uaar* ara r*afa**tf * AnrtifWMM'h IflxH* win tm h now ?fi ,n:m r umpinx with doeuwele* burilia lot laige lankor* and ttargas nit to ? toot orafl located me head ol one of the iMtion * Innriina <metmci and neiroieum oioditchoo .iioiia. Unyimrt Division. T*o*l ol Houston II will have it nutnnni depth ol *2 loot and a I 600 fool ininiriq liaviii capable of accommodating Mnhar* oi 70 BO000 DW1 Fast turnaround moans speed ano economy nt Httypoit tie* below Mwgan * Point and citn save a* murh a* 4 iiour* round inp from iha slow oaitaqo Houston ship channel I vcv tophistimled technique will be available for Hio handling ol bulk iiquul cliamicalt Storage lank* icfngoraled or tmnled will be fabricated oTslBinlest stool and olhm conotion les'llSM mBtenpis peimillrng a tvnad range ol tenirtive products to t>C acromnuHlniud al me lerm.nal for peirotaum ,no i#im*<f oil rj'oducls iho latest chemical handling techniques and methods wilt be employee at saieguerds against product rnn'anunfliion spillage or evaporation Bad sidings will be capable of loading or discharging 40 tank cars simutlaneousty truck racks will handle up to ?? tank wagons. Full equipment will bo al hand lor blending, automated drum lining and drum storage This npw Bayport Terminal it an expansion of Anchottank s Texas Ofy existing lactlihes which have been serving the petrochemical industries tor many year* Their Bayoorl Terminal >t located al Tax** moat strategic point lor over water transportation Direct connection* exist to all of the tl S by mad 'til o> barge Anchottank. Tanas i* prepared to handle an details of custom* clearance documentation and forwarding >i desired ANCHOHTANK-TCXAS PO Box 3116 Mam Dork Road Texas City Texas 77590 Phqne 7<3*96-356l TWX 910 660 4119 M CHEMICAL MARKETING REPORTER September IS. 197S tf a* the *rlgteaf EPA aartt*.'' iCMR. gfivn, pg 41 Nor it tf ctaarty uetfenlaeg that tha larmila raatrai by greuetf tMarttae hM the ara aei alfaciag. ha raealugaa. Ansul Completes Sale Caeifmatf frare Fata rturai ehlarlinatttf paraifia* far uaa le lube ell atftflllv**. plaillrlirrt ana fir* relartfaM*. Aaml tatflrata* il will roefieu* it* vlv*m*af la fir* rvtartfaal*. cw*M*al a roMareh and gavafapmawt program la ba carrtctf aut at it* Martaatl*. Wit* lit*4quart*r*. Tha two tampaay's aniaratf aagMiatwe* far tha iala la Jua* iCMR. a/SS/TS, atf when Aaaul rtpartatf that it* rMartaatatf paraffins buna*** smauntatf la aboot M mllliaa nr 4 parraat af ala* lax* yr>ar Ansul aaiarag ib* rklariaataU pacaffla* buslnata in July. IfT*. thraugb agutMtiaa af Davar Chemical The aubaltflary aparata* a rhlartnatatf paraffin* tariUty at Davar. Ohm. with an aallmalatf aanaal caparily *4 M million pouag*. HONS 066279