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# OAR Box 1878 Prepped by Charmelle Mathews



## Document

Number: 

# 64 ) 11-1-4 3
Docket Number: 

# A-90-1 9

Printed 11/28/2008 11:47:27AM Sheet 64 of 68P. 2 

# CHEMICA L PROFIL E POLYBUTADIEN E „,,« '
SUPPL Y PRODUCE R CAPACITY * America n Synthetic , Louisville , K y 70,00 0 Firestone , Orange , Tex . » 110,00 0 Goodyear , Beaumont , Te x 160,00 0 Poiysar , Orange , Te x 03,00 0 Pol y sar , Samia , Ontario , Canad a 63,00 0 

### Tota l 466,00 0 'Metri c ton s pe r year , ne t rubbe r basis , solution-polymerize d poly-butadien e basis . Fireston e als o run s a flexibl e SBR/P B productio n uni t a t Lak e Charles , La . Goodyear 1 s an d America n Synthetic' s total s includ e som e multi-purpos e SB R ca pacity . Goodyea r wil l ad d anothe r 11,34 0 metri c ton s o f capacit y b y eart y nex t year . America n syntheti c wil l expan d it s capacit y a t Louisvill e b y th e en d o f nex t year . Profil e las t published , 5/20/85 ; thi s revision , 5/23/86 . 

### DEMAN D (US ) 1987:454,80 0 metri c tons ; 1988:461,60 0 metri c tons ; 1992:490,00 0 metri c tons . Includes imports , whic h satisfie d 2 1 percen t o f U S deman d last year , a s we M a s exports , 16. 5 percen t of domesti c productio n i n 1987 . 

### GROWT H Historica l (1978-1987) : 1. 9 percen t pe r year , future : 1 t o 2 percen t pe r yea r throug h 1992 . 

### JfttO E Historica l (1961-1987) : High , 75c . pe r pound , dear , solutio n polymerized , cl. , f.o.b. , works ; low , 22c . pe r pound , sam e basis . Curren t 67.75c . pe r pound , rubbe r grade ; 69.75c . pe r pound , plasti c grade , sam e basis . Sellin g prices rang e fro m 54c . t o 64c . pe r pound . 

### USE S Automobile , truck , bu s trie s an d treads , 6 9 percent ; hig h impact resi n modifi catio n (primaril y polystyrene) , 1 5 percent , export s 1 3 percent ; industria l prod ucts (conveyo r belts , hoses , seal s an d gaskets ) an d other , 3 percen t 

### STRENGT H Export s o

f US-produce d materia l sho t u p 15 6 percen t last year , t o 61,00 0 metri c tons . Despite downsizin g an d imports , tire sale s have remaine d stabl e wit h specialt

y grad e sale s strong . Th e industr y i s runnin g a t 9 8 percen t name plate . 

# I 1 WEAKNESS Althoug h runnin g stron g th e marketJia s reache d te growt h limr t i n ccrrw«xft y segments . Market prices remai n significantl y belowlis t i n th e mi d t o uppe r 50 a pe r poun d range . 

### OUTLOO K Whil e averag e overal l market growt h i s unlikel y t o excee d 2 percen t pe r yea r throug h 1992 , deman d fo r newspecialt y materials , includin g blend s of solutio n P B wit h SBR , ma

y growb y a s muc h a s 4 t o 6 percen t pe r year , an d eventuat y Jominat e th e tire marke t S 

# A-90-1 9 II-I-4 3

Whil e negotiate d rulemakin g i s suit abl e fo ronl y a fe w regulator y proposals , "negotiatio n ca n achiev e dramati c im provement s i n th e substanc e an d effi cienc y o f

a n agenc y rule, " a chemica l industr y officia l tol d th e Senat e Govern menta l Affair s Committee , las tweek . David F . Zoll , vice-presidentan d genera l counse l o f Chemica l Manufacturer

s Associa tion , told th e committe e his organization ha s participate d in fiv e regulator y negotiations . Tw o were wit

h Occupationa

l Safet y & Healt h Administratio n regarding MD A an d benzene . Thre e were wit

h Environmenta

l Protectio n Agenc y regardin g undergroun d injection , PCB' s an d RCRA . Mr . Zol l gav e the committe e th e industry' s view s o n a bil l propose d b y Sen. Car

l Levi n (D. Mich.) tha

twoul d establis h a framewor

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to f negotiated rulemaking an d encourag e agencie s t

o us e th e proces s wheneveri twil l enhance th e informa l rule making process . Agencie s woul d b e authorized t o establis h negotiate d rulemaking com mittee s to develo p propose d rules . Althoug h man y agencie s already have th e authorit y to establis h suc

h committees , th e proces s ha

s no tbee n employed ver

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industria l chemica l shipper s tol d a Hous e subcommitte e las t wee ktha thazardou s materia l trans portatio n i s a national issu e tha tshoul d b e regulate d a tth e Federal level, an d no tb y variou s stat e an d loca l govern ments . Paul M . Donova n testifie d o

n behal f o f Chlorin e Institute , B.F . Goodrich, CI L Corp. , Do w Chemica

l US A an d Occidenta

l Chemica l Corporatio

n befor e th e Hous

e surface trans portation subcommittee , whic h i s consider ing a n overhaul o

f the Hazardou

s Material s Transportation Act. Th

e lastauthorization o

f the statute expire d i

n 1986. Mr . Donova n say s tha

twhil e shippers wil l no ttolerat e unsaf

e transportatio n condi tions , i ti s no

ti n th e industry' s o

rth e nation' s bes tinteres tto impos e a variet y o f "multi ple , unnecessar

y orconflicting hazma

tregu lations. " "Thi s nation' s economi c an

d socia l future i s directl y tie d to a

n efficient , workable haz ma ttransportatio n system . Safet y i s the firs t priority , bu

tregulation s a

tth e Federal , stat e an d local leve l mustbe consistentan d rea sonably relate d to actua

l safet y needs, " Mr

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