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H&SC-81 CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Health and Safety Committee Minutes of Meeting CMA Terrace A&B Conference Rooms 2501 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Wednesday October 16, 1991 9:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Members Present Eugene C. Capaldi Martin W. Ferris Mark B. Finn Marvin A. Friedman Robert J. Hunt John J. Kasper Joseph E. LeBeau Philip G. Lewis Robert G. Link Neil 0. Neunaber Jorge C. Olguin Ladd W. Smith Gary L. Ter Haar ARCO Chemical Company Air Products & Chemicals Amoco Corporation American Cyanamid Company Chevron Chemical Company Nalco Chemical Company Dow Chemical Company Rohm and Haas Company Union Carbide Corporation 01in Corporation E.I. du Pont de Nemours Occidental Chemical Ethyl Corporation Members Absent Susan T, Engelmsn Haines B, Lockhart Hoechst Celanese Corporation Eastman Kodak Company Invited Guests Larry Andrews ARCO Chemical Company CMA Staff Susan Conti Arlene Crain Emily Currie Don Helin Katie Kunzer Kathryn Rosica Eileen Winkelman Part-time ******** ******** ; 1. G. Ter Haar, chairman, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. CMA 061111 HSC Meeting Minutes October 16, 1991 Page 2 2. MINUTES The minutes of the September 25, 1991, meeting were approved as corrected to reflect E. Currie reporting for J. Kasper on environmental hazard communication. 3. STEERING TASK GROUP L. Smith reviewed the items discussed at the October 15, 1991, Steering Task Group meeting. He noted that the executive summary of the Committee Plan will be presented to the Health and Safety Committee in November. He also noted that proposed 1992-95 projects/budget items will be submitted in December. L. Smith reviewed the budget requests that will be presented to the full Committee, noting the group's discussion on the benefit of benchmarking in the proposed risk assessment/management survey. He also reviewed the 1991/92 budget noting recent Committee project approvals and payments. He requested that sponsors review current plans and identify funds and projects that will not be undertaken this year. L. Smith distributed the Responsible Care Employee Health and Safety Code submitted to the Board for approval in October 1991. He also reported on the upcoming October 27th Executive Committee review of the Product Stewardship code. Committee members were asked to review it with their executive contacts. 4. TSCA M. Friedman briefed the Committee on EPA's new guidelines for establishing exposure levels for new chemicals under TSCA Section 5. Following discussion, the Committee: o approved the comments to EPA as revised to emphasize flexibility in applying a risk standard and incorporating editorial changes, o requested the Industrial Hygiene Task Group to evaluate the possibility and need for developing good industrial hygiene practices for sample collection and analysis. The Committee approved the request. 5. EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT M. Finn requested $15,000 in outside purchase service funds to develop educational and outreach materials on alternative exposure methods and assumptions in risk assessment. The Committee approved the request. CMA 061112 HSC Meeting Minutes October 16, 1991 Page 3 6. RISK A. J. LeBeau reported on the 3rd plenary session of the Risk Dialogue Group and noted that on October 9-10, four members of Risk Dialogue Group sat on the National Academy of Science Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants established under the Clean Air Act of 1990. The Dialogue Group has been requested and has agreed to present views on risk assessment before various government/scientific bodies, including: o the National Academy of Science's Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology (CRAM) on October 28, 1991; o the National Academy of Science's Committee on Hazardous Air Pollutants on November 1, 1991; and o the Office of Science, Technology and Policy's Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (FCCSET) on November 19, 1991. J. LeBeau discussed the future of the Risk Dialogue Group noting that the focus is to get funding from sources other than CMA. Three potential projects are in development and the group is now involving Congressional staff in their activities. B. M. Finn briefed the Committee on CMA's comments to the National Academy of Science's Committee on Risk Assessment of Hazardous Air Pollutants and distributed an outline for the Committee's approval. Neil Hawkins/Dow will make the presentation before the Committee on November 1, 1991. The Committee approved the presentation. C. M. Finn provided background on the proposed risk assessment and management survey discussed by the Committee in June 1991. Following the Committee's conceptual approval, the Risk Assessment Task Group has been further developing the project and L. Andrews/ARCO presented the task group's recommendations and progress on survey design, survey questionnaire, implementation plan, coordination with Process Safety Task Group's process hazards analysis survey, costs and schedule. M. Finn requested approval to spend up to $30,000 in outside purchase service funds to develop the survey. The Committee asked the task group to consider how companies could discuss specific information developed from the survey with other companies and the maximum time needed to complete the individual surveys. The Committee approved the request. D. J. LeBeau reviewed the status of the Keystone Food Safety Dialogue and requested approval of $10,000 to support continuing the dialogue and to nominate Dr. James Wilson of Monsanto to participate on behalf of CMA. The Committee approved the request. MA061173 HSC Meeting Minutes October 16, 1991 Page 4 E. J. LeBeau discussed recommendations on the Risk Assessment/ Risk Management Commission to be established under the Clean Air Act. The Committee approved the recommendations. 7. OSHA D. Helin summarized the recent hearings on worker safety in the petrochemical industry and the John Grey Institute report. D, Helin also discussed the original charter of CMA's Ad Hoc John Grey Work Group, the work group's recommendation to sunset, and assignment of related issues to the Safety Programs Task Group (SPTG). The Committee approved sunsetting the group and noted their successful work. 8- FOCUS AREA AND SPONSOR REPORTS o G. Capaldi reported that the OSH Focus Area has completed its three year plan. o M. Ferris encouraged the Committee to consider attending the crisis management workshops. o J. LeBeau noted the Risk Focus Area October 15, 1991, meeting to review its three year plan and to review the status of the Mickey Leland Urban Air Toxics Research Center, o M. Finn noted that there will be an ad hoc meeting on November 8, 1991, to review indoor air quality advocacy and he will present recommendations to the Committee in December, o G. Ter Haar noted that the Product Programs and TSCA Focus Area will meet on October 17, 1991. o M. Friedman reported that CMA and SOCMA will meet with EPA on October 22, 1991, to discuss concerns on new guidance for exemptions to inventory and new chemical requirements under TSCA. He also noted an October 31, 1991, meeting between processors and EPA, on the same issue and a March 1991 CMA/EPA workshop on pollution prevention and new chemicals development. He also distributed a TSCA 8(e) status report missing from EPA's Reporting Guide for the CAP. o M. Finn reported that Environ has been selected to undertake the project on an air toxics case study, o E. Winkelman reported that there will be Senate hearings on October 18 and 22, 1991, on OSHA reform, o N. Neunaber reported on the organization of EMC's Pollution Prevention Task Group and that the final date for the HSC Open Meeting has not yet been finalized, o B. Hunt reported that the Product Stewardship Task Group is working to respond to the Committee's questions on the proposed MSDS Access issue and plans to meet with OSHA Administrator Scannell before reviewing the issue again with the Committee. CMA 061114 HSC Meeting Minutes October 16, 1991 Page 5 9. G. Ter Haar adjourned the meeting at 11:45 a.m. Minutes Subject to Approval Kathryrr A. Rosica Director Health Programs CMA 061115