EXHIBIT 24.1
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"),
proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration
statements with respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 
depositary units representing common limited partner interests in the Company; 
and

           WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of
the Company; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David
A. Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in
his name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a
director, an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and
file such registration statement, or registration statements, including the
related prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described
underwritten public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter
to execute and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect
thereto and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use
or transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the
undersigned by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                       /s/ David A. Kelly
                                       --------------------------
                                       David A. Kelly
                                       Director, Treasurer and
                                       Principal Financial Officer

 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"),
proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration
statements with respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000
depositary units representing common limited partner interests in the Company;
and

       WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of
the Company; and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David
A. Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in
his name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a
director, an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and
file such registration statement, or registration statements, including the
related prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described
underwritten public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter
to execute and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect
thereto and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use
or transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the
undersigned by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                    /s/ Joseph M. Saggese
                                    -----------------------------
                                    Joseph M. Saggese
                                    Chairman of the Board of
                                    Directors, President and Chief
                                    Executive Officer and Director

 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration statements with
respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 depositary units
representing common limited partner interests in the the Company; and

       WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of the
Company;and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A.
Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a director,
an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and file such
registration statement, or registration statements, including the related
prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described underwritten
public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter to execute
and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect thereto
and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any
of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use or
transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the undersigned
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                /s/ James O. Stevning
                                --------------------------- 
                                James O. Stevning
                                Controller and Principal
                                Accounting Officer
  

 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"),
proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration
statements with respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 
depositary units representing common limited partner interests in the Company; 
and

           WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of
the Company; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David
A. Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in
his name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a
director, an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and
file such registration statement, or registration statements, including the
related prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described
underwritten public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter
to execute and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect
thereto and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements
to any of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use
or transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the
undersigned by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents
and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                       /s/ Edward H. Jennings
                                       -----------------------
                                       Edward H. Jennings
                                       Director

 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a
Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"),
proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration
statements with respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 
depositary units representing common limited partner interests in the Company;
and

       WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of the
Company; and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A.
Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a director,
an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and file such
registration statement, or registration statements, including the related
prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described underwritten
public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter to execute
and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect thereto
and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any
of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use or
transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the undersigned
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                      /s/ George W. Koch
                                      ---------------------      
                                      George W. Koch            
                                      Director
                                      

 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration statements with
respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 depositary units
representing common limited partner interests in the the Company; and

       WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of the
Company;and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A.
Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a director,
an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and file such
registration statement, or registration statements, including the related
prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described underwritten
public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter to execute
and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect thereto
and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any
of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use or
transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the undersigned
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                /s/ John P. Stapleton
                                --------------------------- 
                                John P.Stapleton
                                Director


  


 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

       WHEREAS, Borden Chemicals and Plastics Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, one or more registration statements with
respect to an underwritten public offering of up to 5,000,000 depositary units
representing common limited partner interests in the Company; and

       WHEREAS, BCP Management, Inc. ("BCP") is the sole general partner of the
Company; and

       WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director, an officer, or both an officer
and a director of BCP, as indicated below under his name:

       NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David A.
Kelly and Lawrence L. Dieker, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in his
name, place and stead, and in each of his offices and capacities as a director,
an officer, or both an officer and a director of BCP, to execute and file such
registration statement, or registration statements, including the related
prospectus or prospectuses, with respect to the above-described underwritten
public offering of common limited partner interests, and thereafter to execute
and file an amended registration statement or statements with respect thereto
and an amended prospectus and prospectuses or amendments or supplements to any
of the foregoing, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, including the use or
transmission of any personal identification numbers assigned to the undersigned
by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as the undersigned might or could do if personally present at the
doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or
shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 6th day of October, 1994.

                                      /s/ Ronald P. Wiles
                                      -----------------------
                                      Ronald P. Wiles 
                                      Director