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CHEMICALS PPG INTEROFFICE / LAKE CHARLES TO: Max Hexmut FROM: Billy Salter DATE: December 29, 1989 SUBJECT: EDC Exposure Tasks Attached is a memo listing all the jobs requiring protection. You should already have a copy since was sent to either you or Clyde Dennis (listed in distribution). respirator this memo the Listed below are several items which should reduce EDC exposure: 1. Move all EDC sample tests under the hood. (This has already been done. The need for a respirator in the lab has been eliminated.) 2. Stop gauging the North Dock EDC tanks. (This has been done.) 3. Install closed loop sampling on EDC sample points. (This has been done on about 75% of the sample points.) 4. Fabricate vessel for closed loop clearing. (A QAT has been formed to determine the requirements for the design of the vessel.) 5. A separate line was installed to drain the bottom of the EDC reactor catalyst pot before recharging. (Samples will be caught to determine if this line has eliminated the respirator need for charging the catalyst pot.) 6. Each operator and supervisor at VCM II has been issued their own personal Comfo II. SL 088929 1