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I SUBJfCT BEFEBtNCt P. R. MALLORY CAPACITOR COMPANY MEETING AT MONSANTO HEADQUARTERS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976 TO : J. C. Weber G. Roush D. Wood R. D. Osland-1740 1. This memo will confirm that a meeting has been scheduled in St. Louis for Wednesday, March 31, with representatives of Mallory and a Mallory consultant. Room E-311 has been reserved for the meeting . 2. I will handle the coordination of transportation, visitor passes, lunch , coffee, etc., for our visitors with regard to the meeting. An agenda is attached. 3. Background information: a. Visitors: Bud Dibble, Mallory Capacitor Div., General Manager Ron Warwick, President - Mallory Capacitor Co. Dr. Shep Wolsky, Director - Mallory Physical Sciences Lab Dp. George Wallis, Mallory Environmental Affairs Robert Ellis, Director of Personnel and Labor Relations - Mallory Dr. Len Goldwater, Consultant to Mallory. b. Visit was originally suggested by Bud Dibble. c. Objective cannot be effectively achieved without a visit to St. Louis. d. Purpose of the visit: 1) While Bud Dibble wants to act responsibly with regard to the recommendations of Dr. Stopford, Bud would like to defuse the situation at Mallory which has resulted from Stopford's recommended course of action. Dr. Stopford has recommended an intensive medical program at the Mallory Waynesboro, TN plant to evaluate whether or not Mallory has a problem with worker exposure to PCBs. BRW 001877 HARTOLDMON0009905 Mr. J. C. Weber 2- - March 19, 1976 Bud Dibble is interested in obtaining Monsanto input to the Mallory situation through discussions with our medical and product acceptability personnel. 2) Field Sales wants to achieve: a) Continued evidence of working with the electrical industry in a responsible manner when PCB problem areas develop. b) Maintain a healthy, cooperative working rela tionship with Mallory. 3) Who does customer want to see: a) Monsanto medical and product acceptability personnel. 4) Who do we want him to see; a) Dr. George Roush b) Dr. Dick Osland c) Mr. Cole Weber e. Criteria for successful visit: Remove some of the emotion from the Mallory situation and move them toward a better understanding of PCBs and Monsanto medical procedures for our personnel. f. What groundwork needs to be laid for the visit: 1) Attached is a March 16 letter from Bud Dibble which provides additional background information and out lines several questions which will likely be raised during our meeting. The questions were submitted to Bud when a conference call was in our plans. BRW 001878 HARTOLDMON0009906 Mr. J. C. Weber March 19, 1976 g. Sales history: Aroclor 1016 1974 1975 1976 YTD 1976 Budget M lbs 1003 608 281 800 $M 295 230 124 396 Currently evaluating MCS-1238. h. Watch outs; . 1) We should not exhibit any prior knowledge of Dr. Stopford's recommendations. 2) Dibble and Wolsky hold opposing positions on what Mallory should do. Wolsky is pushing hard to follow Stopford's recommendations. Dibble wants to take a more deliberate approach, i.e., get all the facts first. mh Enclosures BRW 001879 HARTOLDMON0009907 P. R. MALLORY CAPACITOR COMPANY VISIT TO ST. LOUIS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1976 Visitors: Bud Dibble, Mallory Capacitor Div., General Manager Ron Warwick, President, Mallory Capacitor Co. Dr. Shep Wolsky, Director, Mallory Physical Science Lab. Dr. George Wallis, Mallory Environmental Affairs Robert Ellis, Mallory Director of Personnel and Labor. Relations, Dr. Len Goldwater, Consultant to Mallory. AGENDA March 30th 5:53 P.M. Dibble, Warwick, Ellis arrive TWA 139 Jim Alley meet and drive to The Breckenridge Inn. Wolsky and Wallis to arrive later and taxi to Breckenridge. 7:00 P.M. Jim Alley, Dave Wood to meet Dibble, Warwick, and Ellis for dinner. March 31st 9:30 A.M. Jim Alley meet visitors at^Breckenridge and drive to Monsanto Headquarters. Dave Wood/Dee Brewer meet Mallory party at Bldg. B reception area, issue passes, and escort to meeting room E-311. 10:00 A.M.2:30 P.M.- Medical session with Monsanto Medical, Pro duct Acceptability and Marketing personnel- George Roush, Dick Osland, Cole Weber, Dave Wood, Jim Alley (Dave Wood will kick-off meeting.) 10:27 A.M. - Jim Alley will meet Eastern Flight 94 and drive Dr. Goldwater to Monsanto Headquarters (We should arrive at Room E 3-11 about 11:00 A.M. 12:30 P.M. - Lunch Monsanto Dining Room-Round Table RoomTable reserved for visitors and available Monsanto personnel. 3:00 P.M. - Mallory representatives depart for airport. BRW 001880 HARTOLDMON0009908 Topics To Be Discussed Physical exams for personnel exposed to PCBs. Frequency of physical exams. Peak versus average exposure to PCBs. Dioxanes formed on heating PCBs, medical effects from, what limits of dioxanes should be of concern. Hygiene measures to prevent physical contact of personnel with PCBs. Monsanto Medical procedures, i.e., physical exams, medical records, communication with workers exposed to PCBs, etc. There may be additional questions related to PCB exposure which our visitors will raise. I BRW 001881 HARTOLDMON0009909 MALLORY CAPACITOR COMPANY a <liv|Nj<m of l\ H. MAI.I.OHV A: CO. INC*. nOi>l> K. WuhIi lotion Mt- I ncllaiiO|Mil Ih. I nil (ana 4(J2tXJ: Tulophonot 317*630 530.*J / Ywxt 3i7-0.*M- i -:l PLEASE REPLY TO: Poh Office Box 372. Indlannpolln. Indiana 46200 March 16, 1976 Mr. Dave Wood Monsanto Chemical Company 800 North Lindenbergh Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63166 Dear Dave: Enclosed find three groups of questions which we pro pose for discussion during our pending conference telephone call. 1. Three questions presented by Dr. S. P. Wolsky, Mallory Vice President in charge of our Labora tory for Physical Science located at Burlington, Mass, as well as Vice President for Environmental Affairs. * 2. Four questions regarding employee physicals pre sented by Suzanne Bellamy, a member of the Mallory Legal Staff. 3. A description of our impregnation cycles md lour miscellaneous questions presented by the writer. Will phone you in a few days to set up conference call. Sincerely C. P. Dibble General Manager CPD/pld P.S. Just received call from James Alley stating-that Mon santo personnel involved now request Mallory personnel plan to have meeting at St. Louis. Will advise after contacting Dr. Wolsky. BRW 001882 HARTOLDMONOOQ9910 it\V/ HU MALLORY CAPACITOR COMPANY n (llvlulon of P. n. MALU)HY At CO. INC. noyo 15. Wu^hlnuton 8c, IndlnnapoIlM. Indiana 40200s Toluphonoi 317-BOO.G363/Twxt 'J17 (VJ4. | it . PLEASE REPLY TOi Post Office Boh 372, Indtanapottn, Indiana 46200 Personnel exposure to PCB's in our plant is confined to the impregnation room. Presently, exposure is either one of two forms: A. Liquid Capacitors, after completion of the impregnation cycle, are removed from the tank by use of a lift truck, with all external surfaces of capacitors, as well as metal baskets containing capacitors and inner walls of impregnation tanks, covered with oil. They are transported to and transferred from the lift truck to a roller conveyor where operators wear rubber gloves and aprons. The lift truck and conveyor is equipped so that practically all spillage or drippings of Aroclor is contained. B. Vapors The fill hole is solder-closed on the roller con veyor. The capacitors are then transferred to other baskets which are attached to an overhead conveyor, which travels through a trichlorethelene wash, and then through a gas fired oven to test . for leakers. The overhead conveyor is continuous and later presents finished units to the final test. - The station at the "solder-fill hole" closing oper ation is ventilated so that operators do not inhale an excessive amount of fumes. Operators wear rubber gloves and aprons at every station where wet capacitors are handled prior to trichlorethelene cleaning. Recent air sampling indicates atmosphere to be less than .5 mg/m3 with most samples reading approximately .2 mg/m3. , A new proprietary process, scheduled to be fully in operation by April 30, 1976, will result in having all external surfaces, including capacitors, baskets and inner walls of impregnation tank, completely free of Aroclor liquid prior to opening impregnation tanks. This process has been successfully implemented and is in operation on 207, of our impregnation tanks presently. BRW 001883 HARTOLDMONOOQ9911 Page Two When completely implemented (April 30) , all external sur faces of capacitors, baskets and inner walls of the impregna tion tanks will be completely free of Aroclor liquid and vapors should approach "0." Plant management is particularly apprehensive toward announcing an employee physical program. They argue that such a program in a community the size of Waynesboro, Tennessee (population 1,700-1,800) by its complexity requires a longer implementation time. That the new process, scheduled for compltclon on April 30, results in a closed system with minute ar.y.r-nts of vapor They further argue that time' required to implement an employee physical program may approximate date of withdrawal of Aroclor from the marketplace by Monsanto. Questions: 1. With the above knowledge and description of today's pro cess under which the TLV atmosphere readings are under .5 mg PCB/m^ as compared to OSHA TLV of 1.0 mg PCB/m^, and anticipating that under the new process, which will be implemented by April 30,,. 1976, that the concentration of PCB's will be .1 mg/m3 or less, do you feel that employee physical exams arc warranted? * 2. NIOSH is currently surveying Aerovox, examining their employee health records over the past 25 years. Our Waynesboro plant has been in. cpt-ration approximately six years. Should a decision regarding the instituting of physicals be delayed until the NIOSH-Aerovox investigation is avail able? 3. Concern regarding dioxanes has been raised, on heating PCB's. ' Under what conditions are they formed? Is air and oxygen also required? If so, are dioxanes a concern under Mallory's present impregnation process? Under Mallory's new impregnation process. ' 3/16/76 CPD/pld BRW 00188^ HARTOLDMONOOQ9912 inter/office memo c.to: Dibble date: March 9 , 1976 COPIES: s.from: P. Wolsky SUBJECT: We have the following questions for Dr. Roush of Monsanto. 1. Does he agree with the recommendation of the Industrial Hygiene Association that "Persons who are regularly or repeatedly exposed to chlorodiphenyls should be examined periodically to detect early evidence of Skin irritation and/or liver damage" ? Should we be concerned about peak as well as average exposures? 2. Is he concerned over dioxanes which might be formed on heating PCB's? What types of medical effects might we expect from di oxanes? What limits of dioxanes should be a concern? 3. What type of hygiene measures should be taken to prevent physical contact of personnel with PCB's? Does he recommend the use of gloves, overalls, head covers, goggles, shoes, etc.? What is the best method of cleaning PCB from the hands? I am sure there will be other questions which will arise during our conversation, however, I am certain they will be within the context of the above. I have spoken to Stopiord and he is available next week for a discussion. It would fit his schedule best to have it on some morning. Give me a telephone call to arrange the exact time. SPW:md BRW 001885 HARTOLDMONOOQ9913 Mpoiaf] inter/office memo TO : C. P. Dibble date: March 11, 1976 COPIES; FROM: subject: Suzanne S. Bellamy Monsanto Conference Call The following are questions which we have for Monsanto regard ing employee physicals: 1. What procedure is suggested when a health problem which is not work-related is discovered? 2. What information is given the employees concern ing the reasons for and results of the medical examinations? 3. What kinds of medical records are kept for each employee and who has access to them? 4. Are physicals given before the employees commence employment as a basis for comparison with later examinations? BRW 001886 HARTOLDMONOOQ9914