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ETH YL INTEROFFICE R. A. Kehoe 1 Su b j e c t K. C. Jo st Ad d r e ss C in cin n ati Ad d r e ss Da t e D etroit A p r il 12, 1968 A s d isc u sse d w ith you in Cin cin n ati, I am sen din g you m a t e r ia l a s attach ed w ith com m en ts below : . F ir st , I fe e l t h er e i s an in c r e a se d con cer n abou t safe t y in P CD w h ich i s good . (W e se e m to c y c le on t h is w h ich i s p e r h a p s n o r m a l.) T h is in c r e a se d con cer n st e m s in p a r t fr o m r ecen t t r an sp o r t at io n in cid en ts an d h as t r igge r e d q u estion s on - - : - - D iffer en ce betw een TM L an d TEL. -- H an dlin g m ajo r e m e r ge n c ie s, (I am m eetin g w ith O ctel an d DuPon t on t h is in M ay). - - U se of c a n ist e r m a sk s - - when sh ou ld th ey be u sed , when n ot. (W ork is bein g done on t h is.) - - E ffe c t iv e d e co n t am in at e s (a p r o je c t i s b egin n in g on th is). - - Th erm al P r o p e r tie s of Lead A lk yls. A recen t e xp lo sio n o f T an k 12 In Bat o n R ou ge i s o f r e a l co n ce r n to m e; why d o es th is n ot o ccu r in w eigh tan k s. - - Som e in activ e con tam in ated w eigh tan k s a r e r e a lly no lon ger un der the con trol of cu sto m ers. Th ey total abou t six . Th e qu estion is how do we get th ese tan k s un der ou r con trol. T h is, in m y opin ion , is a lead in d u st r y p r o b le m an d w ill be d isc u sse d w ith DuPon t an d O ctel. I w ould m uch ap p r e c ia t e you accom p an yin g m e on a v isit to a la r g e , new , m odern r e fin e r y to se e how lead is h an dled. I su gge st T e x a c o , Con ven t, Lo u isia n a , w h ich i s 30 m ile s fr o m Bat on R ou ge. I fe e l th e attitu d e tow ar d th e n eed fo r safe t y is not d e t e r io r at in g in P CD . T ru e, th ere ar e localized trou ble a r e a s. F o r exam ple, the r e affir m at io n of th e Safety P o licy brou gh t abou t so m e p r o b le m s fr o m one a r e a but th ese h ave been solved to a sat isfac t o r y exten t. I. SA FET Y P O LICY - - Th e policy w as recen tly reaffirm ed by PCD M an agem en t . I fe e l it h as t h e ir st r o n g su p p o r t . W ith th e p o licy ar e certain b asic safety requ irem en ts. 0002625 A m ajo r ch an ge is th at safe t y is no lon ger a lin e fu n ction . In p r ac t ice it h as n ot been fo r m an y y e a r s. T h is is n ot, in m y opin ion , a d eter r en t to fu lfillm en t of the p olicy . In fact , it is str on ger con sid erin g tod ay 's o v e r all in d u stry corp orate stru ctu re. You w ill n ote th at ch an ges h ave been m ad e in cer t ain r e q u ir e m en ts; fo r exam p le, M ixin g O b ser vation s a r e no lon ger an an n ual requ irem en t for tan k .car p lan ts. T h is is b ecau se m ixin g i s b ecom in g an au tom atic, op er at ion w ith th e o p e r at o r sittin g in a c o n t r o l r o o m p.ush in g b u t t on s an d w atch in g ligh t s w h ile th e le a d p lan t i s u n atten d ed excep t fo r st a r t - u p an d sh u t-dow n . A blen d m ay take in e x c e ss of 24 h ou r s. We h ave added a new r eq u ir em en t, Blen din g Sy stem Su r v eillan ce. I fe e l we actu ally stren gth en ed ou r p r o gr am by ch an gin g our requ irem en ts to fit tod ay 's operatin g p r ac tice s. We m ay h ave a p r o b le m in a few y e a r s b e c au se of r e t ir e m e n t of m en who h ave a stron g back grou n d an d u n d erstan d in g of th e n eed fp r safet y . O ur big job w ill be to m otivate an d ed u cate people fillin g th ese p o sitio n s on the n eed fo r a stron g safety p r o gr am . II P R O JE C T #AA 4 - - Th e at t ach e d d e sc r ib e s ou r p r o je c t fo r d eter m in in g "can we or can we n ot safe ly h an dle flu id u n der p r e ssu r e . " W e a r e face d w ith th e p r o b le m of pum pin g flu id m or e every day. P u m pin g is bein g done o v e r se as an d the web i s clo sin g in on u s. Soon er or la t e r so m e d o m e st ic r e fin e r y w ill pum p flu id w h eth er we lik e it or not. I feel Eth yl, a s a le a d e r in flu id h an dlin g sh ou ld do su fficien t r e se a r c h an d e n gin eer in g to an sw e r th e q u estion of - - "C an flu id be sa fe ly pu m ped ? ". I w ould m uch ap p reciate; you r r eactio n to th is. III C I - 2 H ANDLING - - Th e at t ach e d d e sc r ib e s h an dlin g p r o c e d u r e s - - C I- 2 is so ld by Eth yl d ir e ct ly to th e en d u se r in m o st c a se s an d u su a lly in 10 gallo n d r u m s. P r in c ip a l u se a r e a s a r e : .- % 1. Th e m ilit a r y ' 2. P ow er gen eratin g station s like New York Con solid ated Ed ison 1 3. M arin e ap p lication - - u sed in sh ip 's fu el. T h is is a very scatter ed u sage an d n orm ally in one gallon con tain ers. 4. A ir c r a ft en gin e m an u fact u r e r s - - U sed in t e st w ork. Th e in ten t is to red u ce sm ok e ' durin g tak e-off an d lan din g of a ir c r a ft . ; 5. By a few oil r e fin e r ie s lik e , G u lf an d A tlan tic Rich field . G e n e r ally sp eak in g, C l- 2 i s h an dled in "o p e n " sy st e m s. IV . TRA N SP O R TA TIO N P R O BLE M S - - No at t ach m e n t . In th e l a st six m on th s we h ave h ad six or seven d om estic r ailr o ad accid e n ts. Th e frequ en cy of r ailr o ad accid en ts w ill, accord in g to au th or ities, in cr e ase b ecau se of lack o f m an pow er for adequate m ain ten an ce. F u r t h e r m o r e , r a ilr o a d equ ipm en t is b ecom in g b igge r w ith out r e a l im p rovem en t in r o ad b ed s. O f r e a l con cer n is a m ajo r accid en t in volvin g a sp ill of Eth yl flu id in a popu lated a r e a . T h is cou ld be p ar t icu lar ly acu te if th e.prod u ct i s T M L. We h ave a p r o je ct u n d erw ay to d e t e r m in e how b e st to h an dle su ch a sit u atio n . Th e Boston M aru in ciden t poin ts out the se r io u sn e ss of tran sp ortation accid en ts an d we st ill feel b ack lash es from th is. V ery tru ly you rs KC J/ v d / la d En clo su r e s K. C. Jo st \