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Chemical Manufacturers Association Record of Meeting VINYL CHLORIDE PROJECT PANEL March 18, 1980 Washington Hilton Hotel Washington, D. C. MEMBERS PRESENT: W. M. Smith H. W. Blakeslee T. R. Torkelsori T. J. Benya R. Park M. N. Johnson Z. G. Bell 'R. N. Wheeler J. T. Seawell PRESENT BY INVITATION: C. R. Hopper J. P. Murphy R. M. Walter H. Shaw R. w. Hill G. K. Hatfield J. Hanson D. F. Zoll E. Frost W. Busey W. F. Carroll R. T. Gottesman MEMBERS ABSENT; J. T. Carter w. Bittenbender F. Kennedy R. W. McBurney Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. CertainTeed Products Dow Chemical Company Ethyl Corporation Firestone Plastics Co. BFGoodrich Company PPG Industries, Inc. Union Carbide Corporation CMA Staff Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. Stauffer Chemical Co. Firestone Plastics Co. CMA Staff Diamond Shamrock Diamond Shamrock Dow Chemical Co. CMA Staff CMA Staff Experimental Pathology Labs., Firestone Plastics Co. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Inc. BP Chemicals, Ltd. Borden Chemical Continental Oil Co. Diamond Shamrock CMA 016022 J. Lynch r. w. Laundrie j. Gabbett C. A. Johnson R. B. Judge p. Cohen R. L. Gibson R. J. Abramowitz G. Roush A. G. Wheeler S. K. Law R. L. O'Connell R. Brookman V. l. Kirkland J. Stauffer P. M. Reed W. D. Harris 2 Exxon Chemical Co. General Tire & Rubber Co. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Goodyear Tire & Rubber w. R. Grace & Company Great American Chemical Co. Gulf Oil Chemicals Co. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp Monsanto Company ICI Americas, Inc. Keysor-Century Corp. Olin Corporation Pantasote Company Shell Chemical Co. Stauffer Chemical Co. Tenneco Chemicals, Inc. Uniroyal, Inc. 1.0 Edmund Frost, Esq., summarized the purpose of the meeting and briefly described the history of the Panel's research project with Industrial BIO-Test and an audit of the study by the Experimental Pathology Laboratory (EPL). 2.0 Following a discussion of EPL's January 9, 1979 "Vinyl Chloride Pathology Report" a motion was made, duly seconded and passed to submit the Report forthwith to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. 3.0 Following a discussion of the research project conducted by industrial Bio-Test, a motion was made, duly seconded and passed to immediately conduct further pathologic analysis of all remaining brain tissue salvageable from the study. CMA 016023 4.0 Following discussion of CMA' s efforts to terminate the Industrial BID-Test contract and to seek reimbursement of funds, it was the consensus of the Panel that no additional efforts were required at this time and that the CMA Legal Department would handle the remaining aspects of the matter. JTS:md Record Subject to Approval March 20, 1980 J. T. Seawall Project Administrator Vinyl Chloride CMA 01602