American Petroleum lnstitut 2101 L Street Northwest November 11, 1977 TO: Subcommittee on Environmental Law Interdepartmental Committee on Safety and Health OSHA Generic Committee Re: Enclosed Status Report Gentlemen: Enclosed is the first of a series of status reports which we will be issuing in cooperation with Steve Swanson, the staff coordinator of API's Steering Committee for the OSHA Generic Rulemaking Proceeding.

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WILLIAM J.

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oiwclpvc-f (EKIENCE SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY 62-p p~ to CHEMICAL SAT-F.R DISTRICT MANAGERS CLEVELAND EAST ORANGE HOUSTON OA76 FEBRUARY 5, 1975 from CHEMICAL^ALES SERVICES subject VCM ORDER HANDLING The handling of VCM orders seems "to be improving under the revised information/coordination procedure implemented by P* M, Paolucci and myself* Therefore, .ve will continue to operate under the following existing procedures until circumstances indicate a change is desirable* 1.

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VOLUME 7 NO. 2 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PAINESVILLE PLANT Painesville Plant First Half Safety Award Acts On Vinyl Chloride Problem In January, the PVC industry, including our Painesville Plant, was confronted with a new and serious problem that has very much affected our normal mode of operation.

GEORGE E.

MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 1872 A CENTURY OF SERVICE 1972 1825 roNNFCTICUT AVENUE, N.W.

The shift to toxicology tests in vitro URL 05070 Early this month, a House Science and Technology subcommittee heard testi mony on a new bill (H R. 6245) that would encourage a switch in all federal ly funded research from tests in vivo-- those making use of live animals--to in vitro techniques using laboratory appa ratus.

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