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.
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 [...]
To VI HSE Committee, The attached summary from Keller and Heckman indicates that Cal-OSHA has lowered the priority of classifying PVC dust from priority 1 down to priority 2 on the advice of its Health Effects Advisory Committee. This is positive news and will put off for an indefinite period the review of PVC dust [...]
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Exposure Banding Process being proposed to modernize the criteria for OEL and to update those OEL’s considered to be out of date.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 [...]
To VI HSE Committee, In case you are not already aware, EPA’s delay of the effective date of its RMP rule until February 2019 will be published in Monday’s Federal Register. I will provide additional information as it becomes available. Also attached as a courtesy from American Chemistry Council are two Petitions for Reconsideration on [...]
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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