AHI, which hopes results will bo in by Jan. 1, expects the survey to give leads for program improvement.

MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 1825 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W, WASHINGTON, D, C. 20009 (202) 483-6126 December 30, 1977 pjrrpn/jTQ JAN 3 1978 R.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT Six Month Report July through December 1973 TABLE OF CONTENTS SIX MONTH SUMMARY Page Summary............................................................................................................................................ 1 Analysis of Sales & Profits from New Products................................................ 3 Texture Sales & Profits 1972 & 1973........................................................................ 3 MANUFACTURING SERVICES SECTION Wallboard........................................................................................................................................ 4 Rock washing at Grand Rapids..................................................................................... 4 By-product gypsum............................................................................................................... 4 Less expensive 5/8" Type X wallboard................................................................. 5 Bond task group.................................................................................................................... 5 Chopped glass fiber.......................................................................................................... 5 Plant assistance.................................................................................................................. 6 Alternate starch adhesives......................................................................................... 6 New Underwriters procedure for follow-up service.................................... 6 Pre-Dec............................................................................................................................................ 6 Shortage of titanium dioxide.................................................................................... 6 Joint System................................................................................................................................ 7 Grit problem........................................................................................................................... 7 SRA joint compound with Dow resin........................................................................ 7 Polyvinyl acetate emulsion......................................................................................... 7 Limestone sources............................................................................................................... 8 Preservatives......................................................................................................................... 8 Analyses.......................................................................................................................................... 8 Page MARKETING SERVICES SECTION Pre-Dec Shear-Tests.................................................................................................................... 9 Complaint Investigations........................................................................................................ 9 Joint System Market Survey................................................................................................... 9 Fire Tests.................................................................................................................................... 10 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SECTION Firedoor Filler........................................................................................................................ 11 Water Resistant Wallboard..................................................................................................... 11 Non-asbestos Joint System................................................................................................ 11 Improve Dens-Cote Plaster................................................................................................. 12 Houston Ready Mix.................................................................................................................... 13 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION SECTION ASTM...................................................................................................................................................

This may lead to some confusion as to whether sample loss has occurred.

minutes PVC SAFETY GKOUP STEEPING COMMITTED Sheraton Hopkins Hotel Cleveland, OHIO x Friday, June 24, 1977 9:00 A.M._________ SUMMARY: 1 - The committee agreed that a request should be made to EPA requesting a hybrid-type hearing on the proposed Vinyl Chloride Standard with a post ponement on the date from July 19, 2 - Mr.

The industries that provide these services and equipment will most certainly not be able to meet this sudden surge in demand, thus creating shortages and long lead times.

lo00 NOTES which obstruction of the main bronchi cannot be distinguished. a fact also reported by Miller and Hyatt.26 In some patients, the recordiw of the Bowvolume curves were extremely noisy, as noted by Miller and Hyattw; noisy records of the relationship of inspiratory flow to alveolar pmsure also were observed.

FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 1972 Mar 13 DOC#: AIA008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Membership Lists with Cover Letter t - SB ESTOS 131 NORTH YORK ROAO WILLOW GROVE.

This obviously leads to extra polation problems when the sample contains contaminants at the several-thousand ppb level.

f This paper Is the partial report of studies conducted at a chemical manu facturing plant in Louisville, Kentucky.

EPA's apparent determination to proceed under Section 112, rather than a companion section, Section 111, 42 U.S.C. 1857c-6, may lead to substantial difficulties for both industry and EPA.

STOOUSSGi Pleural Plaques and Cigarette Smoking in Asbestos Workers William Weis* MD** Richard Levin, and Lawrence Goodman, MJ>.

TUBERCULOSIS TB is only compensable if there was a loss of earnings by the sufferer during treatment, or if it healed with complications that lead to moderate and severe impairment of lung functions and scarring of the lungs.

Relocation of the lead burning operation to allow the installation of local exhaust ventilation. 3.

He states that the impact is very strong and that during any conversa tion with du Pont employees, the subject or topic always leads to comments of the company's safety awareness.