In response to the Petition for Reconsideration we filed with EPA, the EPA standards-writing staff at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, suggested that a meeting on January 26 of tech nical representatives from the Vinyl Institute and EPA might lead to the resolution of some of the issues in dispute.

Baram is certain that the Ritter bill will lead to more cost effective regulation of health, safety, and environmental risks, and also be a way of resolving the analytical dif ferences that exist in what little risk assessment is being done by federal agencies now.

Fire extin guisher leading into the Secretary's o ff ic e has no tag - th one inside the supervisor's o ffic e was checked in 1985.

Exposure to excessive asbestos is known to lead to asbestosis characterized primarily by pulmonary fibrosis, the formation of pleural plaques, a greatly increased risk of bronchogenic carci noma, pleural mesothelioma, and peritoneal mesothelioma after occupational exposure to inhaled asbestos dust.

. & Recommend Flare Pit-Investigate draining standing water on walkway leading to east stair way into the flare pit.

This is especially important with the increased emphasis on<sJ^itoring employe exposure to hazardous material and all of the new ^I^A occupational health standards now requiring it, e.g. lead, arsenic and hearing conservation.

The Board's determination could lead to the naming of asbestos as a toxic air contam inant (TAC).

Kilgore radioed new unit lead operator David Sprowell and told him that VCM was coming of the RVCM condenser relief valves on the second recovery deck.

The hazardous constituents of concern in these wastes are chromium and lead. <?

November 1, 1983 lead article in "Science" section, "'Plastics Revolution: A Rush of New Uses," based on briefing session and extensive contacts with SPI staff...

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Deferral of the October 1 phase down of lead in gasoline as an octane booster.

Incidence** Numbe As crib 5% 5% 5% 0. 6% 34,000 10,000 10,400 357,600 1,70C Sot 52 C 2,22C 1.2% 412,000 4,94 C * Doll 2nd Peto (1981) estimate ** American Cancer Society (1981) estimate Table 2 Occupational Carcinogens for Lung and Bladder Cancers and Leukemia (From Cole and Goldman, 1975) Lung Cancer Asbestos fibers Coal soot/tar Petroleum Petroleum coke Wax/paraffin Creosote Anthracene Shale Mineral oils Mustard gas Bis (chloromethyl) ether Chloromethyl methyl ether Arsenic Chromium Iron oxide Nickel Ionizing radiation Bladder Cancer Benzidine 0 B-naphthylamine o-naphthylamine Coal soot/tar Auramine Magenta 4-aminodiphenyl 4-nitrodiphenyl Leather dusts Leukemia Benzene Ionizing radiation Males Lung Colon Prostate Pancreas Stomach Rectum All Cancer Females Breast Lung Colon Ovary Pancreas Stomach Cervix Rectum All Cancer Table 3 Leading Causes of Cancer Deaths New York State Less New York City Age-Adjusted to U.S. 1970 Population Deaths/100,000 Population 1950 26-. 6 19.5 22.5 8. 5 25.0 12.1 185.8 1960 43.5 20.7 19.4 10.2 16.7 11.4 199.6 1970 59.8 2Z?

The potential for panic and overreaction is tremendous--leading to wasted resources and possibly higher asbestos exposures if complete removal is un dertaken in schools where modest containment measures are ap propriate.