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Amer ic a n Pet r ol eum In s t it u t e SO WEST SOt h STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. CENTRAL COMMITTEE ON TANKER AND BARGE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR TANK VESSELS . . New York 2, N. Y. Jan u ary 19, 19^ S u b je c t:' C leaning Tank V essels h ieh Have Contained Leaded G asolines To Members o f th e Committee . G entlem en: For your consideration in advance of the next m eeting of the committee, I enclose copy of le tte r.d a te d January 13 1 9 ^ from 0 , B,- L ew is, S a fe ty D ep artm en t, E th y l C o rp o ra tio n . I t i s my u n d e rs ta n d in g t h a t th e s e p ro p o sed re g u la tio n s have been in itia te d by tan k er operators in Great B rita in who a r e a n t i c i p a t i n g h e a lt h h a z a rd s r e s u l t i n g from th e t r a n s p o r t a tio n o f a v ia tio n grades o f g a so lin e which d i f f e r s u b s ta n tia lly from re g u la r grades o f g a so lin e . In th e absence o f prompt o b je c tio n from members, i t w i l l be my p la n to i n v i t e D o cto r Kehoe t o a tte n d th e n ex t m eeting o f th e Committee on Rules fo r Tank V e ss e ls. Very tr u ly y o u rs, DVS : f E n c lo su re s D, V, S troop t<? 000C4 N 7634 y COPY from D. V. STROOP f o r In fo rm a tio n o f Members o f COMMITTEE ON RULES FOR TANK " VESSELS ' DVS: f __________________________________________ _________Jan u a ry l g , 19UU SAFETY DEPARTMENT ETHYL CORPORATION C hrysler B uilding U05 L ex in g to n Avenue New York 17 J a n u a ry I 3, I 9UU Mr, D. V, S tro o p , ' American Petroleum I n s titu te 50 West 5 0 th S t r e e t New Y ork, New York Dear Dave : D r. R obert A. K ehoe, M ed ical C o n su lta n t f o r E th y l C o rp o ratio n , has re tu rn e d from an extended t r i p to G reat B rita in and s e v e ra l o th e r c o u n trie s . C ertain m atters were c a lle d to h is a tte n tio n th a t would concern the R u le s. Committee o f th e companies o p e ra tin g tank sh ip s, and I b e lie v e A .P .I. extends f a c i l i t i e s fo r th e m eeting of th is Committee. I f , a t th e next m eeting o f th e Committee you could allow D r. Kehoe to be p re s e n t, he would lik e to d isc u ss th e p o te n tia l hazards of cleaning and rep airin g gasoline tankers and barges. A set o f regulatio n s* has been under co n sid eratio n in Great B rita in . I t is d e sired th a t any program of th is type be uniform in i t s a p p lic a tio n throughout th e in d u stry , and th a t the s itu a tio n be handled w ithin the in d u stry ra th e r than by governm ental a u t h o r i t y . The re g u la tio n s as d r a f te d w i l l be a v a ila b le and should be discussed and re je c te d , m odified, or adopted in accordance w ith th e judgment o f co n ferees. May I h e a r from you a t y o u r con v en ien ce re g a rd in g th is suggestion? Thanking you, I am, Yoxirs v e ry t r u l y , (Signed) 0. B. Lewis 0 . B. LEWIS Manager WB *Copy o f t e n t a t i v e d r a f t i s a tta c h e d . DVS ^ ?634.0l