Part 960—CHLORINE

[General Preference Order M-19 as Amended
Dec: 1, 1942]

Part 960 is hereby amended to read
Part 960—Chlorine.

Section 960,1 (General Preference Or-
der M-19) is hereby amended to read as
follows:

The fulfillment of requirements for
the defense of the United States has cre-
ated a shortage in the supply of chlorine
for defense, for private account, and for
export; and the following order is deemed
necessary and appropriate in the public
interest and to promote the national
defense:

§ 960.1 General Preference Order
M-19—(a) Definitions. For the purposes
of this order:

(1) “Chlorine”
liquid chlorine.

(2) “Producer” means any person en-
gaged in the production of chlorine and
includes any person who has chlorine
produced for him pursuant to toll agree-
ment.

(3) “Distributor” means any person
who has purchased or purchases chlorine
for resale.

(b) Restrictions on use and delivery of
chlorine. (1) On and after January 1,
1943, subject to the provisions of para-
graph (c) hereof, no producer or dis-
tributor shall use or deliver chlorine, and
no person shall accept delivery thereof
from a producer or distributor, except as
Specifically authorized by the Director
General for Cperations upon application
pursuant to paragraph (f) hereof.

(2) During the period commencing De-
cember 1, 1942, and ending December 31,
1942, no person shall, subject to the pro-
visions of paragraph (c) hereof, deliver,
accept delivery of or use chlorine or
“products containing available chlorine”
as defined in General Preference Order
No. M-19 as in effect prior to the date
of this amendment, except in accordance
with the provisions of such order.

(3) Each person affected by this order
shall comply with such directions as may
be given from time to time by the Di-
rector General for Operations with re-
spect to the use or delivery of chlorine.

(c) Exemptions. The restrictions
provided for in paragraphs (b) (1) and
(b) (2) hereof, shall not apply to the
following:

(1) Use by any producer or distributor
of not to exceed 2,000 pounds of chlorine
during any one month.

(2) Delivery by any supplier of not to
exceed 2,000 pounds of chlorine to any
One person in any one month and the
acceptance thereof by any such person:

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Provided, however, That each person
seeking delivery of 2,000 pounds or less of
chlorine during any one month shall file
with his supplier at the time of placing
his order a certificate in substantially the
following form:

The undersigned hereby certifies that if
delivery of the quantity of chlorine covered by
the acccmpanying order is made, the under-
signed will not have received, during the
month in which such delivéry is to be made,
in excess of 2,000 pounds of chlorine; that
such chlorine is to be used for the following
purpose:
and that the amount of chlorine used for
such purpose during the month of 1941 cor-
responding to the month in which such de-
livery is to be made was pounds.

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Such certificate shall constitute a rep-
resentation to, but shall not be filed with,
the War Production Board.

(3) Use by any person of chlorine for
potable water treatment, industrial water
treatment, swimming pool sanitation or
sewage treatment.

(4) Delivery of chlorine by any sup-
plier to any person for use, or for resale
for use, for potable water treatment, in-
dustrial water treatment, swimming pool
sanitation or sewage treatment, or to the
acceptance of any such delivery by any
such person: Provided, however, That no
person shall accept delivery of any chlo-
rine under this paragraph (e) (4) if the
chlorine inventory of the deliveree is, or
will by virtue of the acceptance of deliv-
ery of the chlorine ordered, become, in
excess of a 30 days’ supply on the basis
of his current method and rate of opera-
tion, except to the extent that such excess
may be occasioned by the fact that the
amount ordered is the smallest practical
delivery unit.

(d) Placing of orders. Each person
ordering chlorine from any supplier, in-
cluding persons ordering chlorine under
paragraph (c) hereof, shall place his or-
der for chlorine on or before the 5th
day of the month preceding the month
for which delivery is requested if such
supplier is a distributor, or on or before
the 10th day of such month if such sup-
plier is a producer, and no supplier shall
be required to fill any order for chlorine
unless the person ordering the same shall
nave complied with the provisions of this
Naragraph (d).

(e) Production of chlorine. Each pro
ducer shall comply with such directions
as may be given from time to time by
che Director General for Operations with
respect to the production of chlorine.

 

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DEC. 1, 1942

(f{) Applications and reports. In ad-
dition to such other reports as may from
time to time be required by the Director
General for Operations:

(1) Each producer and each distrib-
utor seeking authorization to use, and
each person seeking authorization to ac-
cept delivery of, chlorine, pursuant to
paragraph (b) (1) hereof, shall apply to
the War Production Board for such au-
thorization on Form PD-190 (Rev.),
which form shall be prepared and filed in
the manner prescribed therein.

(2) Each producer and each distrib-
utor seeking authorization to deliver
chlorine pursuant to paragraph (b) (1)
hereof, shall apply to the War Produc-
tion Board for such authorization on
Form PD-191 (Rev.), which form shal]!
be prepared and filed in the manner pre-
scribed therein.

(g) Notification of customers. Pro-
ducers and distributors shall, as soon as
practicable, notify each of their regular
customers of the requirements of this or-
der, but failure to give such notice shall
not excuse any such person from com-
plying with the terms hereof.

(h) Miscellaneous provisions—(1) Ap-
plicability of priorities regulations. This
order and all transactions affected here-
by are subject to all applicable provi-
sions of War Production Board Priorities
Regulations, as amended from time to
time.

(2) Violations. Any person who wi-
fully violates any provision of this order,
or who, in connection with this order,
wilfully conceals a matgrial fact, or fur-
nishes false information to any depart-
ment or agency of the United States is
guilty of a crime, and upon conviction
may be punished by fine or imprison-
ment. In addition, any such person may
be prohibited from making or obtaining
further deliveries of, or from processing
or using, material under priority control
and may be deprived of priorities assist-
ance.

(3) Communications to War Produc-
tion Board. All reports required to be
filed hereunder, and all communications
concerning this order, shall unless other-
wise directed, be addressed to: War Pro-
duction Board, Chemicals Division,
Washington, D. C., Ref.: M-19.

(P.D. Reg. 1, as amended, 6 F.R. 6680;
WP.B. Reg. 1, 7 F.R. 561; E.O. 9024,
7 F.R. 329; E.O. 9040, 7 F.R. 527; E.O.
9125, 7 F.R. 2719; sec. 2 (a), Pub. Law
671, 76th Cong., as amended by Pub. Laws
89 and 507, 77th Cong.)

Issued this Ist day of December 1942.

ERNEST KANZLER,
Director General for Operations.

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