Advisory opinion letter

January 31, 1978

Dear ~r. Thomas:

On behalf of the Committee on Resin Statistics of the Society of the PJatics Industry, Inc" we restfuy request tht the Commssion issue an advisory opinon, pursuant to Section 1.1 ofits rules of General Procedures, concerng the statistical program described below which the Commttee contemplates implementing in 1978, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc, (SPI), is the major national trade association of the plastics industry, It is comprised of more than 1200 membe companes which supply raw materials, fabricate manufactured plastics components and products, enginee or construct molds or simar accssory equipment for the plastics industry, and engage in the manufactur of machiery use to mae plastic products or materials of al typ, Its membeship is responsible for an estimate 95% of the tota production of some 27 billon pounds of plastics raw materials in this country, Statistics (CRS) is one of 52 operatig unts of Th Commtte on Re SPL The Commtte is charged with the responsibilty to develop meaningf, timely and accurate statistics concern plastic resins for use by members of the industr, governent agencies and other interested parties, The Commttee also gathers inormation from other trade sources and governent sources and compiles and publishes an annual volume A copy of the 1977 edtion ofof "Fact & Fig of the Platics Industr". Facts and Figures" is associated herewith, Th CRS prently conduct statitica progr for approxitey fort specific plastics materials or groups of plastics materials.'

The followig major materils are included in the cas programs:

Epoxy. polyester, urea engineeri and 8poialty plastics melae, phenolic iBocytLte (footnote continuedl