THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT OF

1971 AND AMENDMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1478

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT,
AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

71-179 O

AUGUST 3, 4, 5; OCTOBER 4, AND NOVEMBER 5, 1971

PART 1 OF 3 PARTS
TOXIC SUBSTANCES

Serial No. 92-50

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Klein, Dr. David, professor of chemistry, Hope College, Holland, Mich____

Prepared statement

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Letter of August 9, 1971__

Train, Hon. Russell, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; accom-
panied by Alvin L. Alm, staff director, program development_

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AUGUST 4, 1971

Billings, Linda, Sierra Club..

Dunlap, Louise C., assistant legislative director, Friends of the Earth__.

Fri, Robert, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency;

accompanied by Dr. John Buckley, Office of the Assistant Administrator

for Research and Monitoring_.

Love, Sam, Environmental Action___

Questions and the answers thereto...

Pickelner, Joel, National Wildlife Federation__

Risebrough, Robert, associate research ecologist, Bodega Marine Labora-

tory, University of California__

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Prepared statement

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Wellford, Harrison, associate for the Center for the Study of Responsive

Law

Hallman, Robert Marshall, Center for Law and Social Policy.
Proposed suggestions to amendment 338_.

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228

Nicholson, Dr. William, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York.

123

Rodgers, William, Jr., associate professor of law, University of Washington

Prepared statement

Strohbehn, Edward, staff attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council---

Proposed suggestions to amendment 338_.

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228

OCTOBER 4, 1971

Mazzocchi, Anthony, citizenship-legislative director, Oil Chemical &

Atomic Workers International Union, Washington, D.C.; accompanied

by Fred Linde, presidential assistant for Health and Safety, Oil, Chem-

ical & Atomic Workers International Union; and Steven Wodka, re-

search assistant

Samuels, Sheldon W., Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO, Washing-

ton, D.C.

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258

NOVEMBER 5, 1971

Shaffer, Dr. C. Boyd, Manufacturing Chemists Association; accompanied

by Dr. William Sutton; Taylor Hanavan; Dr. Myron V. Anthony; and

Harry Buchanan

Prepared statement

Bissinger, Frederick L., president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufac-

turers Association; accompanied by Roland Derby, president, Nyanza,

Inc.; and Douglas Kliever, counsel

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS

Aishton, Preston K., on behalf of Sears, Roebuck & Co., statement.

Aldrich, Dr. Samuel R., member, Pollution Control Board, State of

Illinois, letter of April 15, 1971....

Aldworth, John G., general manager, Power Transformer Department,

Westinghouse Electric Corp., letter of October 14, 1971-

"Algae and Phosphorus," article in the Chemical and Engineering News..

Alpert, Dr. Joel J., Massachusetts Department of Public Health, letters

of April 1, 1971.

Article from the New England Journal of Medicine_

Amour-Dial, Inc., letter of August 16, 1971.

Anderson, Raymond E., secretary and general manager, Lake Michigan,

statement_

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265

278

297

698

721

1040

973

788, 789

789

699

746

Anderson, Richard J., on behalf of DeSoto, Inc. and Sears, Roebuck &

Co., statement_

695

Black, S. A., and W. Lewandowski, article..

Borchardt, Dr. Jack A., statement.

991

723

Borg, Grant K., professor, University of Utah, letter of April 7, 1971.

Boyle, Thomas E., president, International Chemical Workers Union,

letter of October 13, 1971...

726

1039

Cadieux, M., Ambassador, Canadian Embassy, letter of September 29,

1971_.

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Callahan, Edward W., general manager, Environmental Services, Allied

Chemical Corp., letters of:

"Child's Death Key to Move,” article in the Cincinnati Post-

957

Coleman, Dr. Allan B., chairman, Committee on Accident Prevention,

American Academy of Pediatrics, letter of April 16, 1971.

790

Commoner, Barry, director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems,

Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., article_

798

Deer, Paul F., assistant director, Research and Development Department,

FMC Corp.:

Diamond, Henry L., Commissioner, Department of Environmental Con-

servation, New York, letter of October 4, 1971.

1034

Done, Dr. Alan K., University of Utah Medical Center, letter of

April 20, 1971__

791

Donovan, Jerome J., Deputy Director, Division of Hazardous Substances

and Poison Control, Food and Drug Administration, letter of Octo-

ber 28, 1971.

424

Dow Chemical Co., statement.

767

Driver, W. J., Manufacturing Chemists Association, letter of January 5,

1972.

273

Eagan, John E., president, Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater

Chicago, statement

714

"Effect of Carbohydrates on the Symbiotic Growth of Planktonic Blue-

Green Algae with Bacteria," article from Nature_

958

Elliker, P. R., Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University,

statement_

777

Ellis, Virginia, article in the St. Petersburg Times.

748

"Emancipation of the American Homemaker," article.

Epstein, Dr. Samuel S., swetland professor of environmental health and

human ecology, Case Western Reserve University, letter of Octo-

ber 14, 1971..

"Agronomist Clears Phosphates Of Causing Algae in Waters," article from

the Pennsylvania Mirror-

"Eutrophication Is The Nutrient Enrichment of Water Which Stimulates

Excessive Growth of Aquatic Life," article.

"Excessive Emotion About Detergents," article from Science

FDA press release on 39 detergents.

Gilbert, Frederick A., FMC Corp., statement

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1057

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886

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842, 850

Grosselin, Dr. Robert E., Ph. D., professor, Department of Pharmacology

and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, letter of April 23, 1971-

Hall, George O., Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa.,

and Charles Schwartz, Hall Laboratories, Pittsburgh, Pa., article

Handler, Philip, president, National Academy of Sciences, article.

Hartke, Hon. Vance, U.S. Senator from Indiana, statement.

HEW-EPA news release, September 15, 1971.

Hillmer, Harold E., R.S. deputy health officer, Health Department, Fond

du Lac, Wis., letter of April 20, 1971----

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726

1024

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780

Horiszny, Mrs. University of Notre Dame, letter of January 5, 1970.

Ikard, Frank N., American Petroleum Institute, letter of November 8,

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1971.

1059

James, Betty, article in the Washington Evening Star.

770

Kappe, Stanley E., P.E., Kappe Associates, Inc., letter and statement of

October 5, 1971

1034

Kerr, Pat C., Doris F. Paris, and D. L. Brockway, article

966

Key, Dr. Marcus M., Director, Assistant Surgeon General, Department

of Health, Education, and Welfare, letters of:

November 26, 1971.

256

November 11, 1971.

256

King, Darrell L., Ph. D., associate professor of Civil Engineering, Uni-

versity of Missouri, statement..

726

Article

967

Kinney, John E., sanitary engineering consultant, statement.

728

Kramer, J. R., H. E. Allen, G. W. Bauline and Ñ. M. Burns, article_

Kuentzel, Lester E., article.

989

963

Lange, Willy, Tanner's Council Laboratory, University of Cincinnati,

article..

959

Legge, Robert F., and Douglas Dingeldein, article.

1000

Lightfoot, Edward S., P.E., chief engineer, Missouri Water Pollution

Board, letter of April 21, 1971.

732

Lohmann, Lawrence C., article in the Milwaukee Journal.

Morris, J. Carrell, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard

University, April 16, 1971..

733

Nelson, Hon. Gaylord, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, statement, and addi-

tional material_

339-417

Nesbitt, Dr. John B., professor of civil engineering, Pennsylvania State

University, statement..

750

"Of Causing Algae in Water-Agronomist Clears Phosphates," article in

the Pennsylvania Mirror...

973

Okun, Daniel A., professor, environmental engineering, University of

North Carolina, statement__

754

Olson, Ann., “Speed Queen economist," article in the Speed Queen Dealer. 769

Oswald, William J., Ph. D., statements....

735, 756

Pfeffer, John T., professor of sanitary engineering, University of Illinois

at Urbana-Champaign, letter of April 21, 1971

739

"Phosphate Content of Detergents," press releases, Department of the

Interior's Federal Water Quality Administration___

Pomeroy, Lawrence R., letter of April 17, 1971_.

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