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7 items. Memoranda from state interagency Kepone Task Force, Governor and other agencies detailing chronology of Kepone problem and responses to it. See also Toxic Substance Act, Series 198.

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23 items. Copies of emergency orders (with supplementary data, maps and chronologies), 1976, 1980, prohibiting fishing and crabbing in James River, copy of (undated) Kepone mitigation feasibility project, and 1980 report on control of toxic substances in Virginia.

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4 items. Transcripts of testimony of Governor Mills Godwin and Otis L. Brown, Head of Kepone Task Force, before US Senate subcommittee, 22 January 1976, transcript of (anonymous) speech before US Senate on the Kepone problem, and published copy of hearings before Senate Committee on Kepone Contamination.

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13 items. Synopses of proceedings of interagency Kepone Task Force, 1976, and synopses of costs of task force.

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54 items. Most important (and voluminous) correspondence was with Otis L. Brown, state Secretary of Human Affairs and head of Interagency Kepone Task Force, Governor Mills Godwin, State Health Commissioner James B. Kenley, and with several toxicologists.

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66 items. Most important and voluminous correspondence was with Otis L. Brown, Governor Mills Godwin, Virginia Marine Resources Commissioner James E. Douglas, Jr., and Dr. William Hargis, of the Kepone Task Force.

Scope and Contents 106 item. Bateman's correspondence with Virginia's congressional delegation. Bateman wrote each of Virginia's representatives and senators on 4 October 1976, 21 October 1976, and 3 November 1976 and 2 December 1976 briefing them on the impact of Kepone on Virginia's seafood industry and requesting their assistance in convincing the F.P.A. to raise allowable "action levels" of Kepone in seafood products. File consists of Bateman's letters, the congressmen's replies and attached replies to...

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Box-folder 8:8 7 items. Handwritten drafts of Bateman's letter and questionnaire sent to independent toxicologists regarding Kepone "action levels," along with working notes and persons to be contacted.

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25 items. Correspondence and reports pertaining to report on Kepone action levels by Dr. William D. Deichmann, toxicologist from University of Miami, including copy of 10 November 1976 report and background material on Deichmann.

Scope and Contents Regarding seafood industry's campaign to have permissible "action levels" of Kepone raised, and Bateman's work on its behalf 74 items. Items consist of correspondence, July 1976-January 1977, between Bateman and officials of the Virginia Seafood Council and the National Fisheries Institute, lists of members of these organizations, handwritten notes from meetings, notes for preparation of Bateman's presentation, newspaper clippings on seafood industry's reports, and 1978 report on public...

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Relating to Bateman's solicitation of contribution for the Save Our Seafood (SOS) fund from Allied Chemical Corporation, makers of Kepone

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Relating to Bateman's service on behalf of the seafood industry. 85 items. Items include lists on contributions and expenditures from the Save Our Seafood fund, bill to seafood industry from a law firm, and bill, receipts,, long-distance telephone records, and time records from Bateman' s work for Virginia Seafood Council.

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Multiple copies of three undated addresses by Bateman on the impact of the Kepone crisis on the seafood industry, including remarks at a briefing of Virginia General Assembly members and address outlining a strategy for marketing Virginia seafood

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40 items. Miscellaneous notes handwritten on legal paper, most undated, pertaining to Bateman's meetings or conversations with James Douglas, Otis Brown, Dr. Joseph Borzelleca, and representatives of Virginia seafood industry regarding Kepone action levels.

Scope and Contents 18 items. Correspondence, news releases, statements, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Bateman's public criticism of presidential nominee Jimmy Carter for his statements on Virginia's Kepone problem. File includes letter of Bateman to Carter, 7 September 1976, in which Bateman calls Carter's remarks "a cheap shot born of ignorance," multiple copies of Bateman's remarks at a press conference, draft of statement from seafood industry representative affirming Bateman's opinion, letter and...

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3 items. Three copies of Bateman's presentation on behalf of Virginia seafood industry regarding Kepone action level at EPA public hearing, 26 January 1977.

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8 items. Memoranda and transcripts of statements on Kepone action levels by Lee J. Weddig, of National Fisheries Institute of Marine Science, Dr. James B. Kenley, State Health Commissioner, an official of Allied Chemical Corporation, and others.

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16 items. Legislative papers, January 1977, involving proposed amendment of Poisoned Food Provisions of Virginia Code, including copies of HR 1971 and amendment in the nature of a substitute for it.

Scope and Contents 30 items. Correspondence and notes relating to efforts to ease or lift fishing ban on James River, including Bateman's 2 July 1980 statement at public hearing in which he denied that Kepone posed a health threat to humans, 1 August 1980 letter from State Marine Resources Commissioner to State Health Commissioner urging reconsideration of fishing ban, Baternan's handwritten notes of 2 July 1980 hearing, and Bateman's 27 June 1980 letter to official of Virginia Seafood Council in which Bateman...

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11 items. Reports on impact of Kepone on Virginia economy, including 16 January 1976 report and February 1976 EPA report, and several 1976 repots on economic impact of Kepone and on Kepone-related state agency costs by Philip Gabel, staff economist for State Health Department.

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3 items. Legal memoranda on Kepone action levels, including 15 September 1976 memo from law firm (Truitt, Fabrikant, Bucklin, and Lenzner) retained by Virginia seafood industry, and 21 October 1976 memo, The Legal Effects of the Kepone 'Action Levels'prepared by firm representing Allied Chemical.

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30 items. Memoranda and correspondence from officials of environmental Protection Agency, 1975-1976, regarding Kepone action levels and the health effects of Kepone.

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August-October 1976, by EPA and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detailing procedures and methods for testing for Kepone, including 29 October 1976 EPA report

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23 items. Including EPA's 10 January report several drafts of (undated) seafood industry Kepone monitoring plan, and technical articles on Kepone testing.

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16 items. Memoranda and reports on carcinogenicity of Kepone, 1976-1979, including reports from National Cancer Institute and Environmental Protection Agency, and membership list of Society of Toxicology.