Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Section 5 Notice Requirements: Appendix, Volume 2U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, 1980 - Chemical industry |
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accounted adhesives alkyl Aluminum ammonium Bureau of Census calcium carbon catalysts cellulosic Census Census of Manufactures Charles Kline Chemical Industry Chemical Industry 3rd chlorine companies compounds costs cyclic intermediates Department of Commerce developed elastomers esters estimated ethylene Fairfield fatty acids fertilizer firms fuel glycerin Government Printing Office growth gum and wood important industrial gases innovation inorganic pigments International Trade Commission Kline Guide major man-made fibers Manufactures Washington Meegan metal millions of dollars N/A N/A natural nitrogen non-cellulosic oxide paints percent of total phosphate phthalate phthalic anhydride pigments plastics and resins polymers Potassium raw materials rubber-processing chemicals sealants soaps soda ash Sodium sodium carbonate solvents Source sulfate sulfonates sulfuric acid surfactants synthetic detergents Synthetic Organic Chemicals synthetic rubber TABLE tall oil textile U.S. Department U.S. Exports U.S. Industrial Outlook U.S. International Trade U.S. production value added value of shipments volume wood chemicals
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Page 317 - cosmetic" means (1) articles to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof intended for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance...
Page 317 - cosmetic" means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles; except that such term shall not include soap. (j) The term "official compendium...
Page 13 - Excludes amounts vented, used as fuel, etc., and amounts produced and consumed in the manufacture of synthetic ammonia and methanol, but includes an unspecified amount produced for sale or interplant transfer to plants consuming this gas In the production of ammonia. Also excludes amounts produced by the ammonia dissociation process (cracking of ammonia) and Includes quantities of hydrogen produced by some, but not all, petroleum refineries producing hydrogen from catalytic reforming operations.
Page 173 - Establishments primarily engaged in producing gasoline, kerosene distillate fuel oils, residual fuel oils, lubricants and other products from crude petroleum, and its fractionation products either through straight distillation of crude oil, redistillation of unfinished petroleum derivatives, cracking or other processes.
Page 198 - Bureau of the Census, Census of Manufactures and Annual Survey of Manufactures (various years).
Page 84 - Plastics and resin materials are high molecular weight polymers which, at some stage in their manufacture, exist in such physical condition that they can be shaped or otherwise processed by the application of heat and pressure. The terms "plastics," "resin," and "polymers," can be (and often are) used interchangeably by the trade.
Page 118 - Calculated from data in US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1977 Census of Manufactures, (Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1979).
Page 13 - ... ^Excludes amounts produced and consumed in the manufacture of synthetic ammonia or ammonia derivatives. "Value of shipments of lower purity oxygen included with "Other gases, nec" 20Excludes hydrocarbon gases such as propane, butane and propylene or halogenated hydrocarbons and cyclopropane, which are reported to the United States Tariff Commission. Also excludes sulfur dioxide and chlorine. Footnotes...
Page 96 - Since most foreign plastics do not compete with domestic plastics in the US market, imports are usually sought for one of three reasons: (1) a shortage of a particular resin exists in the United States; (2) the imported plastic is a new product not yet made domestically; or (3) foreign firms are supplying their US affiliates or subsidiaries to make up for a short-fall for a given plastic or resin.