To VI HSE Committee, and PVC MACT Working Group, Thank you to those members that have provided input for the attached updated letter to EPA on regulatory reform and thank you to JC Walker and Greg Clark at Keller and Heckman for the quick aggregation and turnaround on these drafts. There are still a couple [...]

To VI HSE Committee, Per the email below from Greg Clark at Keller and Heckman, Dow Europe has filed the requisite TSCA Section 8e filing with respect to the new health information made available on Ethylene Dichloride. As soon as the document becomes available to circulate, I will provide a copy to this Committee. Please [...]

To VI Eco-Standards Council: This is a reminder for our May 31 monthly conference call scheduled for 10:30 am to 12:00 noon EDT which is one day earlier start than our normal time – (please note the call in coordinates: 1-888-204-5987, code 7932039#). Here is the tentative agenda that we will follow to organize the [...]

To VI HSE Committee: The VI presented the attached verbal comments at NIOSH’s public meeting on its proposed Occupational Exposure Banding (OEB) process. The Federal Register notice and NIOSH’s draft guidance are attached as a reference. NIOSH had several good slide presentations about their proposal, and I will forward those as they become available. My [...]

To VI HSE Committee, As you know, EPA delayed the effective date of its changes to the Agency’s Risk Management Program (RMP) until February 19, 2019. EPA asked for comments on this delay per the attached Federal Register notification. The VI filed comments on Friday, May 19, 2017 to EPA’s docket on the subject. VI’s [...]

To VI HSE Committee, At the request of VI member ExxonMobil, VI filed the brief comments below to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in response to their request to the public for information on uses and health effects of DINP plasticizers. Since some end products such as appliances that would contain power cords plasticized with [...]

Folks, The latest draft is attached for your review. Unless we hear of any last minute edits, we will be submitting the comments by the end of today. Regards, Rich To VI HSE Committee, and PVC MACT Working Group, Thank you to those members that have provided input for the attached updated letter to EPA [...]

To VI HSE Committee and PVC MACT Working Group, Attached are VI’s comments on regulatory reform submitted to EPA today. The comments highlight the accumulation of regulatory burden on our industry, which hopefully will begin to be understood by the new administration once the overall benefits are scrutinized. Thank you for the effort to submit [...]

To VI HSE Committee, Attached is the agenda and attachments for our 2nd quarter 2017 conference call. Due to time constraints for several participants, the call has been shortened to 1 hour. I hope to provide the latest draft of our comments to EPA on regulatory reform shortly before the call; VI’s comments must be [...]

To VI HSE Committee, and PVC MACT Working Group, Greg Clark of Keller and Heckman has prepared the attached draft of comments to submit with respect to EPA’s Office of Policy request for comments on regulatory improvement (FR notice attached). Greg has requested the members provide information to augment the comments, and his suggested information [...]