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i i i'- i i-\ ' IN TER-O FFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n M a n u f a c t u r in g D e p a r t m e n t MAI L A D D R ES S : BO X 6 8 8 .W I LM I N G T O N .D EL. F R E I G H T A D D R E S S : C A R N E Y 'S P O I N T . N . O , T E L E P H O N E : PEN N S GROV E,N .< J. 2 8 0 . E X T E N S I O N 2* 3. Dr. R obert A. Kehoe, December 19, 1934 Dear D r. Kehoe: I ap o lo g ize f o r n o t re p ly in g more prom ptly to your l e t t e r o f December 3 reg a rd in g th e re v is e d re g u la tio n s fo r th e h an d lin g o f h u lk m ixing eq u ip m en t. About th e tim e I re c e iv e d your l e t t e r Mr. M ittn a c h t had me g e t t i n g some s p e c i a l in f o r m a tio n f o r him and I j u s t d id n ' t g e t a ch an ce to g e t i n t o y o u r r e q u e s t . T h en , I had to go t o New York and when I came home I was s i c k w ith th e g rip p e f o r a b o u t a week so I am noW j u s t g e t t i n g my f e e t on th e g ro u n d a g a i n . * T h e re i s now i n c i r c u l a t i o n a R u le s and R e g u la tio n s Handbook fo r tank c a r equipm ent, dated February_1, 1931. R eference to th is w ill g iv e u s some s o r t o f a b a ck g ro u n d upon w hich we can make o u r com m ents. I th in k th a t th e g en era l r u le s on pages 1 and 2 o f th is book a re . s a t i s f a c t o r y e x c e p tin g we may w ant to in c lu d e th e word "Q," F lu id a s w e ll a s ETHYL F l u i d , i n o r d e r t h a t t h e r e w ould be no c o n fu s io n t h a t th e r u l e s apply to a l l flu id s re g a rd le ss o f trad e m ark. The g e n e ra l r u l e s on pag es 3 and 4 a ls o seem to. go w ith o u t f u r t h e r comment. S p ecial ru le s however fo r unloading tank cars should probably be re-w orded so th a t th e y in c lu d e tan k tru c k s a s w e ll. The same p ro ced u re should be used in unloading F lu id and w ashing out the re sid u e fo r both tank c a r s sind ta n k t r u c k s . P ag e 5 , Ite m 5 i n th e b o o k le t m e n tio n s th e word "re d s ta i n " . S in ce F lu id i s now made in many c o lo rs s p e c if ic m ention o f one c o lo r should be o m itted to make th e ru lin g s g e n e ra l. A few a d d itio n a l thoughts to be in co rp o rated in th e unloading phase are as follow s; When th e dome i s opened t h e r e s h o u ld b e no e v id e n c e o f an y s t a i n . In hooking up a c a r o r tru c k , none of th e v alv es should be opened u n t i l th e swing li n e and v en t lin e have been connected. ' A fte r th e F lu id has been removed, bo th cars and tru c k s a re to he flu sh ed w ith g a so lin e , as o u tlin e d ' i n R u le B on p a g e 5 . We m ig h t ad d a t t h i s p o i n t t h a t th e o p e r a t o r be a b so lu te ly su re th a t th e flu sh in g g a so lin e i s a lso com pletely w ithdraw n. To d e te rm in e t h a t t h i s h as been d o n e, a f t e r th e vacuum dro p s open th e v e n t v a lv e w hich i s n o t i n o p e r a t io n and- eow noct j-fe and i f t h e r e i s a good vacuum HE 0000731 N 5551 Dr. Robert A. Kehoe -2- December 19, 1934 evidenced by the rush of a ir through the v alv e, i t i s c e rta in th a t the car is empty. On each ta n k tr u c k on th e c a t w alk we h av e a b r a c k e t w hich c o n ta in s a s ta n d p ip e a b o u t 6* lo n g . T h is s h o u ld b e p u t i n t o one o f th e v e n t v a lv e connections so th a t th e tank tru c k v en tin g w ill take p lace co n sid erab ly above th e o p e ra to r's head. R ule S o f S ectio n 2, page 6 s ta te s th a t under no co n d itio n s should any STHYX F lu id ta n k c a r be, u se d f o r any, o th e r p u rp o s e th a n f o r th e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o f M otor F u e l A n ti-K n o ck Compound (HEHYL B ra n d ). T h is sh o u ld b e m o d ified to re a d , " fo r no o th e r purpose th an fo r th e tr a n s p o r ta tio n o f Motor F u el A nti-K nock Compounds". When you come t o th e q u e s ti o n o f r e v i s i o n o f r e g u l a t i o n s f o r h a n d lin g drum m ixing i n s t a l l a t i o n s , I would lik e a r u le p u t in th a t would em phasize th a t a l l drums should be flu s h e d w ith g a s o lin e b e fo re th e ed u cto r stan d p ip e i s r e moved and seco n d ly , th a t a l l o f th e flu s h in g g a so lin e should be com pletely removed b e fo re th e drum i s r e - s e a le d , b e in g s u re th a t b o th th e in n e r and o u te r p lu g s a r e screw ed down t i g h t l y . A ls o , i t m ig h t b e w e ll to m e n tio n t h a t Y/hen drums a re empty th e y should alw ays be re tu rn e d to o u rs e lv e s a t C a th e y 's P o in t, Kew J e r s e y , f r e i g h t c o l l e c t , I sh o u ld l i k e v e ry much to go o v e r th e new r e g u la tio n s a f t e r th e y have been d ra fte d . JHS:S KE 0080732