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m NORTH AMERICA. ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jeflrrson Davis Hirihwny, Crystal Srjiirr* A Suita 50!) Arlington. Virginia 222Q2 (703) 979-1 150 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETIMG Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel Arlington, VA September 19, 1978 The mcet_ng was convened at 10:00 A.M. at the Marriott 'nw.in Bridges Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. Present were: Thomas A. Dougherty Guy 3. Gabrielson, Jr. John fl. Marsh Dimitry Poutiatine Harrison 3. Rhodes, Dr. Kurt Schwarz Edward R. Zacharies Eng. CertainTeed Core., AIA/NA Pres. Nicolet, Inc. Raybestons-Manhattar., Inc. Johns-Manville Corp. Sc.Union Carbide Corp. Supredur Manufacturing Corp. Molded Materials Company Others: R.H. Mereness B.J. Pigg Monroe Harris Hans Weill, M.D. Richard T. Davis, C.P.A. AIA/?;A Executive Director AIA/KA Administrative Asst. Johns-Manville Corp. Tulane University Frantz and Company Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting, August 8, 1978, were approved except for the following correction: The words "a reduction of" were deleted from the 12th and 13th lines of the 2nd paragraph of page 2. Financial Report The Executive Director reviewed the financial statement fer the period ended August 31, 1978. The Association's accountant, Richard T. Davis, C.P.A., said one member was delinquent in payment cf dues, but that communication with the company indicated PRODUCED JtS 33 ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 17*& jri*ron 0**s Crrttti Sanvm 4. Wt Ml ttwigion. Vttpm 12207 (7021 f7*-U30 ANNUAL MEETING September 20, 1978 Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel Arlington, va The Annual Meeting of the Asbestos Information Association/ North America was convened at 9:52 AM, September 20, 1978, in the Marriott Twin Rri'gen Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. The Living members were present: George Barge W.H. Beasley Frank M. Brown Robert A. Carlson Willian C. Clark Brian Donner Thomas A. Dougherty Guy G. Gabrialson, Jr. Jean Caudry (for K.'P. Carson) Clarence A. Herbst, Sr. H.W. Heunemann (for N. E. DeCandia) A. X. Hooker Edvard Kaufman (for Alfred Shaines) J. s. Keith Donald G. Magi11 John H. Karsh Joieph T. Mooney, Jr. C. C. Morgan Adam Novak Dimitry Poutiatine Richard H. Prigoren (for K. S. Prigozen) j. L. Rainey John Riopelle B. B. Rhodes, Dr. Eng. Sex. Richard H. Rosenberg Walter J. Rosenthal Kurt Schwarz John Sheridan (for J. H. Ciskowski) E. R. Zacharias Atlas Asbestos Company Cement Asbestos Products Co. Connell Bros. Co., Ltd. 5peeial Asbestos Co., Inc. Asten-Hiil, Limited Vermont Asbestos Group CertainTeed Corporation Nicelet, Inc. Asbestos Cos?., Ltd. Resinoid Engineering Corp. Congoieum Industries, Inc. The Flintkote Company p.T. Brake Lining Co., Inc. Rostons Corporation Hollingsworth k Vote Co. Raybestos~Manhattan, Inc. Monsey Produets Company Continental Products Corp. Huxley Development Corp. Johns"Manvilla Corporation Schriber Industries, Inc. Amatex Corporation The Bendix Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Borg-Warner Corporation Glaiweld International, Inc. Supradur Manufacturing Corp. Jim Walter Research Corp. Molded Materials Company j H AA 1405 Pag* 2 Also present; James W. Armstrong, F. . Messier and Ben Wong, The Bondi* Comoratiaa! E. W. Oris lane. Friction Materials Standards Institute; Joseph A. Artahana, Esq., Cadwalader, wXcXarshara and Taft; W. T. Whitley, Cement Asbestos Products Co.; Doris M. Fagan, ASBESTOS Magazine; Richard P. Carter, Edmund M. Fenner, and James-F. Reis, Johns-Manvill* carp.; James G. Heil, CsrtainTeed Corp.; Robert G. Rucker, Congoleua Industries, Ine.? Hans Weill. M.D.. Tulane University; R. U. Mereness, B. J. Pigg and Richard Trachtman, AIA/HA staff. Welcome and Minutes Mr. Dougherty, President of the Association, eallad the meeting to order, welcomed attendees and introduced members attending their initial AXA/NA meeting and Joseph A. Artabane, Esq. who succeeded Adrian May as Association counsel. On motion, minutes of the last Annual Meeting, September 21, 1977, ware approved as submitted. Statement of Finances The Executive Director reviowed the financial statement for the eight-month period ended August 21, 1978. Be invited attention to and explained any negative variances between the budget and actual expenditures for specific line items. As of August 31, total assets of 9161,312 with liabilities of $53,711 resulted in a net worth of $107,601. The Executive Director said the Association's financial condition was solvent and no problems were anticipated for the remainder of the fiscal (calendar) year. On motion, the financial report was accepted. Executive Director's Report OSHA - The The KIX-CONSA0 consolidated report on studies of the construction end manufacturing industries is not available, although It has been submitted to OSHA. Grover Wrenn, OSKA's Director of Health Standards Division, recently advised that public hearing on the asbestos standard most likely would not be held before the first quarter of next year. EPA - Phase I of the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Review has been completed by the project officer and is undergoing in-house review. The report will ultimately be considered by EPA's Priorities Committee (Phase ID for possible further studies or regulatory initiatives. \ JHM l405 04/08/99 22:28 FAX 14104482368 @008 Page 4 Air Sampling and Analysis Program Dr. Rhodes said this program continues to enjoy outstanding participation. Thus far, data has been received on 2,414 filters. A printout will b distributed which will show each program participant the results of all samples with which that participant was associated. Dr. Rhodes observed that the num bers generated by the sampling program showed sene variances which were greater than expected. Dr. Rhodes reported on response to data regarding attandance at the Second International Colloquium on Dust Measuring Tech nique and Strategy scheduled for October 11-13 at the Dullsa Marriott Hotel. Approximately 25 hon-U.S. attendees have advised of their plans to be present. Legal Research Committee Mr. Gabrielson said that this committee met September 18 and reviewed the State-of-the-rMedical Art Memorandum prepared by special counsel. He said that this document covers the legal issues involved in the presentation of the stata-of-the-medical art defense. The document incorporates the work of Dr. Enterline in his review of medical literature on asbestos-related disease. The document, is now being revised following the committee's review and should be available to members and their trial eounsal in the near futura. Mr. Gabrielson said that the document would be available to non-members as previously agreed. The fee will be $3000. Mr. Gabrielson added that the procedure here would involve a direct billing to the non-member by Cadwalader, wickersham and Taft while the AIA/NA would receive appropriate follow-on credit. Mr. Gabrielson reported that the cost of maintaining the data bank by special counsel on a monthly basis would ba about * $1500 which is considerably more than the earlier estimate of $700. He said the Executive Committee had agreed that no change in this procedure should be made for six months. Medical Consultant's Report Dr. Weill reported on the AIA/NA sponsored Plant Physicians Conference to be held in Hew Orleans, November 9-10, under the auspices of Tulane's continuing education program. The purpose of this conference is to provide physicians whose responsibility it is to perform medical surveillance on asbestos exposed work* ers with an update on the methodology of health surveillance. 'IHV 1405E 04/06/99 22:28 FAX 14104482368 @0" Page S Also covered will be 'the state of the medical art:. This will prepare the plant physician to serve as a witness during litigation. Or. Weill said that official AMA credit would be made available to participants. Response to date has been encouraging - about 30 attendees are expected. ' Dr. Weill reviewed the present state of asbestos-health literature with specific reference to the United Kingdom* A study dealing with average exposure and mortality baa recently been published. Or. Weill noted that this work does have scientific merit. There will soon be published an update of a ten-year old British Study on asbestosis. This is the study on which the current. British asbestos standard is based. Or. Weill mentioned a further study conducted at McGill Univer sity which is based on total particulates rather than fibers. There is a Tulane University study of asbestos-cement manufac turing industry workers which showed the existence of a level of exposure below which excess mortality was not detectable. Dr. Weill next mentioned the occurrence of mesothelioma in a Turkish village where there is no asbestos. Dr. Weill referred to HEW Secretary Califano's speech on September 11 before the AFL-CIO National Conference on Occu pational Safety and Health and ralated study. He expressed confidence that the study would be discredited and stated further that this was an example of the anti-scientific approach of releasing this kind of Information generally to a public which cannot' evaluate it prior to the time for scientific peer review. Dr. Weill then addressed soma specific problems with the study. He concluded by saying that the scientific basis for the study is weak. Technical Cownittee Report Mr. Fenner said that the major task facing the committee at this time is tha provision of technical support for the Standards Advisory Committee relative to their preparation of an AIA/NA alternative standard for occupational exposure to asbestos in the construction Industry. This work is principally in two areas. The first Is in connection with JHM