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hooker RUCO CHVlSON To: B. Harrison / H. H. Raster Copies to: D. A. Bloomfield R. A. Katherine A. W. Tybus W. J. Wetzel 1 ___ :\ - Subject: SPE RETEC ON VCM/PVC INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM File Ref.: RJA:347-74M Date: September 12, 1974 From: R. J.*Abramowitz Div./Dep't: RUCO/Administration Location: Burlington An important two day conference on VCM/PVC will be sponsored by the SPE in New York City on October 31st, November 1st. Note the attachment which appeared in today's Journal of Commerce announcing the meeting. The content of the program is very pertinent to our PVC operations and you may wish to designate appropriate attendees from your departments. I expect to attend. RJA/dmc Attachment R. J*. Abramowitz i \ ORM NO* 90*050 OCC 1627 V I Plastics . ;.-t Comer Two-Day SPE Confercnro In New York City \\ ill Discuss \ Or-PVC Problems All arpecb. cif ihe knotty n.'co Chemicals will talk on VCM-PVC pro.iii-m w,!! bo ciis- vnyl chloride analysis m PVC cuisod a-t a ".vo-diy , or.,ci- cnce in Now York C 'y. 1` wii! bo hold on Oct. 31-Xov. 1 at the Ainoriearn, Hoick under the ctxyK'n,-01 of 'ho Pali sades Section the V:ti> 1 I' 1 a, s I ics Da ' -ion of the Society of rushes Engineers. The det.nd'd program, which lias just ivv>n Psticrl. la bels it as "The most .impor tant RETEC ever sponsoied by SPE". A larger than usual attendance and coveiage by tlie press are expected. As is well-known, the De partment of Labor's Occupa tional Safety and Health Ad ministration (03HA) has pro posed new standards to 1-irml worker exposure to VCM, which is suspected of being a carcinogen. The proposed regulations are also of con cern to manufacturers of PVC, and fabricators who pro cess PVC. The Environmental Protection Agency lEPA) and the Food and Drug Adminis tration (.FPA) are also in volved. The SPE has arranged educational displays to com plement the technical papers. These consist at equipment lor the detection of VCM, protec tive equipment as well as coo- suiting, engineering and analytical services, John H. Myers, president of pro; c.'A.t'.g plants. Dis; us5,on of analytical de crees and met hod-, is to follow. l)r Robert H. II. 11, ,Tr.. chemir.r of We National InsUute for Oi ; uoniional Safety & Health tNTGSHJ at Cincinnati, Ohio, will speak on ''Determination of V-nyl Chlorine m Workplace Air." Dr. Fran M. Zado and Dr. J O. Ra--.mu.son of the Western Eiectue Research Center have pit-pared a paper on monitoring methods. Ivor L. Simmons. M & T Chem icals, wiil talk an "Analysis for VOM in PVC Resins, Com pounds. ar.d Extractants." On Friday, Nov. 1 the topic of analytical devices and methods will be pursued1 fu,ther, and Otto White, Jr., regional industrial hygienist from OSIIA will talk about what one can expect during an inspection for VCM. Protective devices and pro cess optimization is the topic for, Friday afternoon, Karl Oelfke, Dow Chemical U-S.A. will talk on respiratory protec tive devices and protective cloth'ng, while Ronald Adams, chief engineer,, Werner &. P/leidercr Corp. will speak on controlling and reducing monomer ccntc.it in PVC lormulations through advanced 'compounding techniques. SPE, and general manager, Chairman of the RETEC is research X development, Alva E. Whitney, Jr., Chem Delaware Plastics Division, ical Division, Goodyear Tire Container Corp. of America, & Rubber Co., 31 Alexander' will be the luncheon speaker Ave., Nutley, N.J. Registra- * an the opening day. The president of the Pali sades Section, Avron B. Magram, of Hatco Chemical Divi sion, W. R. Grace & Co., will preside over the first session at 8:45 a.m. Oct. 31. Richard Fleming, vice president, tion chairman is Philip G. Whitney, Surf Chemical, Inc., 105 Maple Ave., Hackettstown, N.J. 0T34O. Advance registra tion is S60 for society mem bers and S70 for nonmembers; on-site registration, is $10 additional. chemicals group, Air Products & Chemicals., Inc., will deliv er the keynote address. Dr. Paul Lobo, of Tenneco ceil OH ffSP^to Meet * Chemicals, will deliver a pa f The ktary Section of the per on "VCM and PVC Resin ciety of Bfastics Engineers Manufacture". A paper on asoriaf a resnnal tech- "VOM From Resin Shipment icajfc'onfofence (METEGflon Through Fabrication" by Rod E/f-Ativ/Qualitv/Contro/ ney P. Becker, and Frederick th/ Places Industry" uythe A, Sacks, of the Plastics Divi- /el, at tip In- s i o n , Diamond Shamrock tfraatidhul Airfjfcrt in T/'on.to, Chemical Co. is next on the ion Oct/17. program. The government side of the question will- be presented on Thuisdav afternoon. Glenn E. Schweitzer, director, Ortice or Toxic Substances, EPA, will lead off and Gerard L. McCowin o! FDA will cover current involvement of his Reastratioi/ includ mentfr'.y dinrter meettfig < Sect*>n at /lie prince Torf:;to. Subject/for] moving ij "lnject/in A, of Thormpcis." / The iairmnjyifor tie con ference is Mic/ael d Bur- II OCC 1628