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E T H Y L C O R PO R A T IO N 1OO PAr k a v e m u e N'EW YORK 17, N. Y. October 18, 1962 ; To: M e ssrs. H. K. Ba]l . H. J. Gibson D. M. Guy . H. E. H esselberg . J. H. Huguet . L. L. Huxtable _ R. A. Ivehoe^ M. P. Murdock W .R. Perdue F. Princi . S. T. Pruitt R. K. Scales ^ K. Swartwood M. A. Taylor B .B . Turner - F . P . Warne Gentlemen: The attached is for your inform ation. GFK:JC 'P'- / f G. F . Kirby HS 0009255 , '? ETH Y L CORPORATI OH 1O O P A R X -A.VE X U E NTE V YORK 1 7 , X. Y. O cto b er 18, 1962 D r. Robert J. Anderson A ssistant Surgeon General Chief, B u re a u of State S e r v ic e s U. S. P u b lic H ealth S e rv ic e W ashington 25, D. C. ' . . :. \ D ear Dr. Anderson: ' D r. R obert A. Kehoe has recently subm itted to the Public H ealth . Service a re ? o rt(^ )o n tetram eth y l lead (TM L) in gasoline covering - test.w ork conducted at California refinery and service station loca- f tions. Based on this, and on e arlier w ork conducted and reported by D r. Kehoe, we conclude that tetram ethyl lead and tetraethyl lead (T E L ) a re no different fro m the standpoint of th e ir possib le effects on the' public health. Some of our oil refining c u sto m e rs would like to be fre e to in c re a s e the concen tratio n of T M L in gasoline. We th e re fo re p ro p o se to r a is e the m axim um p e rm issib le TM L level, on a g ra m s of elem ental lead p e r gallon of g'asoline b asis, to the sa m e value as is c u rre n tly in effect for TEL. Also, we propose that the sam e m axim um concen tratio n of elem en tal lead p e r gallon of gasoline should apply to m ix tu res and reaction products of TM L and T E L . The c u rre n t and proposed m ax im u m concentrations of lead alkyls in gasoline a re as follows: m l. Lead Alkyl G ram s Elem ental Lead P e r Gallon Gasoline P e r Gallon Gasoline C urrent M axima T E L M otor Mix TM L M otor Mix 50/50 T E L -T M L Reaction 4 .0 . 2.06 2. 52 4.23 3. 17 3.17 Proposed M axima TEL M otor Mix . TM L M otor Mix 50/50 T E L -T M L Reaction 4.0 2.74 3.37 " . , 4.23 4.23 4.23 KE 000SJ5fi C O N I'0 ; ( A T I 0 X 2. We re a liz e that the P u b lic .Health S erv ice h as no leg al a uthority to 'p r e s c r ib e the c o n cen tratio n of lead in gasoline. N e v e rth e le s s , we 15w o u l d a g a i n a p p r e c i a t e y o u r t e c h n i c a l ' r e v i e w a n d a d v i c e o n t h i s m atter, such as was rend ered by Dr. David E. P ric e , A ssistant S u r g e o n G e n e r a l , i n h i s l e t t e r of A p r i l 1, I 9 6 0 t o D r . R . A . K e h o e lin connection with the c u rre n t m ax im u m concentration of T M L in Igasoline. ~ Yours very truly, GFK:JC -r George F. Kirby <r Vice P resident-O perations (1) "On the P o te n tia l H a z a rd A sso c ia te d with the Introduction of T etram ethyl Lead as an Antiknock Agent Into C om m ercial M otor Gasoline with R espect to the A bsorption of Lead by the H a n d le r s of Such G a s o lin e " (Ju ly 10, 1962) (2) "An Investigation of the P o te n tial H a z a rd s of E x p o s u re to L ead A ssociated with the Plandling and Use of G asoline Containing an Antiknock Fluid in which T etram ethyl Lead is Substituted for T e tra e th y l L ead" - A R e p o rt of The K e tte rin g L a b o ra to ry , D e p a rtm e n t of P re v e n tiv e M edicine and In d u stria l H ealth of the C o lleg e of M ed icin e, U n iv e rs ity of C in cin n ati, N o v e m b e r 10, 1959. K 000935?