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Sep tem b er 11, 1956 M r. H en ry N . Doyle, A ssist a n t Ch ief O ccupation al H ealth P r o gr am D ivision of Sp ecial H ealth Se r v ic e s P u b lic Health, Se r v ic e 7/ash in gton 25, D. C. ' Dear Henry: You r le t t e r of A u gu st 23 con cer n in g th e agr e e m e n t o f th e Su r geon G en er al w ith th e m an u fact u r e r s of t etr aeth y l le ad cam e d u rin g m y vacation an d, t h e r e fo r e , it did not r e ce iv e th e p rom p t r e sp o n se w h ich it d e se r v e d in view of its t im e lin e ss. I am glad th at you h ave w ritten to m e about it before in itiatin g an y action elsew h ere. Th ere a r e a n u m b er of m a t t e r s in th is r e lat io n sh ip which Fd lik e to b r in g to you r atten tion b efo r e an yth in g fu r t h e r is don e, an d I sh ou ld h ope th at t h er e m igh t be tim e fo r a d isc u ssio n w ith you at the tim e of th e m eetin g of th e A d v iso r y C o m m it t e e . If y ou can so a r r a n g e , I*11 m ak e e v e r y e ffo r t to m eet your con ven ien ce. 'o th is con n ection , I h ave h ad se v e r a l statem en ts an d qu estion s d irected to m e lat e ly w h ich I am u n able to con fir m o r an sw er , a s the c a se m ay b e. T h ese h ave to do w ith th e ad option of r e gu lat io n s o r law s by the se v e r a l st a t e s. It h as been m y im p r e ssio n th at th er e w er e (an d ar e ) no law s o r r e gu lat io n s in an y of th e st a t e s w h er eb y th e co n ce n t r at io n of TEL, in gaso lin e is r e gu lat e d . In fa c t , I know o f no law s o r r e gu lat io n s on an y a sp e c t of th e b u sin e ss, a s it con cer n s T E L . It is p o ssib le th at C alifo r n ia h as sp e lle d out som eth in g in it s code- fo r t h is st at e h as d e alt w ith m an y a sp e c t s of the p etr oleu m in d u st r y in d e t ail. H ow ever, I doubt th at it h as d e alt w ith th is a sp e c t of th e m at t e r . I can se t in m otion an in qu iry, but it o ccu r s to m e th at you m ay w ell h ave su ch in for m ation at h an d. If th is ia th e c a se , I sh ou ld be gr at efu l fo r an y in form ation w h ich you can give m e. Sin cerely y ou rs. RAK ef Robert A . Keh oe, M . D 000-3435