22 04, 2017

International Mother Earth Day

2025-12-23T17:53:34-05:00Eco Standards, Health and Safety|

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.

19 04, 2017

Invitation: EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation Regulatory Reform Public Teleconference

2025-12-23T17:53:35-05:00Eco Standards, Health and Safety, Relevant News|

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, [...]

17 04, 2017

Appointment of ACC’s Nancy Beck to EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

2025-12-23T17:53:40-05:00Health and Safety|

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 [...]

13 04, 2017

7th Vinyl India 20th – 21st April 2017, Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India

2025-12-23T17:53:46-05:00Eco Standards, Health and Safety|

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 [...]

3 04, 2017

NIOSH Draft Occupational Exposure Banding Process

2025-12-23T17:53:49-05:00Health and Safety, VI Technical - Washington, D.C.|

To VI HSE Committee, Attached for your review and reference is information related to NIOSH Occupational Exposure Banding Process being proposed to modernize the criteria for OEL and to update those OEL’s considered to be out of date. This is an important process which has potential to impact our industry. Thank you to Larry Halprin [...]

1 04, 2017

VI Comments to DOC on Impacts of Federal Regulations

2025-12-23T17:53:49-05:00Health and Safety|

To VI HSE Committee, Attached are VI’s comments to the Department of Commerce in response to their request for information about regulatory burdens and streamlining Federal agency regulations on manufacturing. Also attached is the DOC Federal Register notice in response to the President’s memo on streamlining Federal regulations. VI filed two sets of comments. The [...]

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