To VI HSE Committee, The Vinyl Institute joined the list of 125 trade associations that signed on to the attached letter that urges the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations to continue funding EPA’s implementation of the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act improvements of TSCA. As you know, VI has submitted 6 letters [...]
To VI Eco-Standards Council: Introductions, antitrust statement Green building: USGBC LEED v.4 and Pilot Credits – see attached credits, (Group) – hazard & exposure pilot needs participants; GBI Update ASHRAE 189, GSA GBAC, and FGI topics; (J. Rohde, group); AIA Convention update ( G. Middleton); Other green building topics: i. ACC update (from David Mann [...]
Hello Aine and Shige, It looks like Dick Doyle circulated the link last Friday for the updated VI fire paper. I am attached a pdf version of the paper in case you were not able to download it. Per our discussion, this is a modern version of the latest fire technology thinking and was prepared [...]
To VI HSE Committee and VI Eco-Standards Council, The attached message from Dr. Shreekant Diwan, a vinyl ally from India, is a cogent message about the many benefits of vinyl in our society. This is an important communication for Earth Day, 2017. Regards, Rich Best Regards Shreekant Diwan Additional Resources Coming soon.
The proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Products Regulations and the related publications were released for a 75-day public comment period ending on March 22, 2018. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan/initiatives/asbestos.html
To VI HSE Committee, VI Eco-Standards Council, and PVC MACT Working Group, The email below announces EPA’s open forum call next Monday to listen to public comments on air regulation impacts. EPA is also accepting written comments on this topic as set forth in the attached Federal Register notice. Comments are due by May 15, [...]
To VI HSE Committee, We just learned of Dr. Nancy Beck’s appointment as EPA’s Deputy Assistant Administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. In a recent statement (attached) to a Senate hearing on use of science in the rulemaking process, Ms. Beck advocates for relying upon highest quality peer-reviewed science available, and [...]
To VI HSE Committee, The email below from Greg Clark at Keller and Heckman brings to VI’s attention EPA’s request for comments on evaluation of existing regulations. Comments are due by May 17, 2017. Our attached comments to the Department of Commerce are a good starting point and may not need significant edits. Please review [...]
To VI HSE Committee and VI Eco-Standards Council, I am passing along the recent marketing information for the Vinyl India 2017 conference taking place in Mumbai, India next week. The email below contains some interesting statistics about the rapid growth of vinyl in that region. FYI, Rich To, Mr. Richard Krock, The Vinyl Institute VINYL [...]
Folks, EPA’s Hazard Summary for vinyl chloride is attached. I thought it would be of interest to this group as a reference, especially after reading the news report below. One glaring mis-statement below (see yellow highlight) is the implication that the water smelled funny, supposedly because it contained vinyl chloride. According to EPA, and ATSDR, [...]
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