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CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION July 10, 1935 ----J Dear Vinyl Chloride Panel Member: Two documents of your interest are enclosed: (i) CMA staff recommendation to the Environmental Management Committee (EMC) that CMA intervene in the Section 112 vinyl chloride litigation on behalf of EPA; and (ii) Status report from the Environmental Health Asso ciates (ERA) on the ongoing epidemiology study. The EMC accepted the staff recommendation on intervening in EPA vs. Natural Resources Defense Council litigation and therefore appropriate papers have beer, filed by CMA with the court. Please feel free to call Mr. Fred Andes in our Legal Department, if you need additional infonr.ation. He can be reached at 202/087-1162. EKA anticipates submitting a draft final report to CMA by mid-November. I am currently working with both old and new owners of plants 17, 13, and 38 to obtain as much information as I can to update their employees' work histories and vital status. On a separate subject, Dr. Maurice Johnson, the Panel Chairman, has now retired from B. F. Goodrich. I have en closed the current membership list of the Panel. Please call me at 202/887-1192 with your nomination for a new chairman for the Panel. Sincerely, <03 Has Shah Manager Vinyl Chloride Program Panel Formerly Manufacturing Chemists Association -- Serving the Chemical Industry Since 1872. 2501 M Street, NW Washington. DC 20037 * Teleohone 202/887-1100 - Telex 896 17 (CMA WSH) 4