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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1971 DOC#: UC215 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Emergency Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust d : RiBUIio.' I PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Union Caxbide-187 W. C. HiU 515 D. D. Stephens C. Wright * J . W. H u n t e r A U, Yelton J* F . Schul tz R. E. Corkream'" D* E . Dec se W. B. Watkins 510 Sam Griffith Ji H. B r e w e r R> M. J o r d a n U. W. K r a m e r K- G. B r i n k M. G. Collins H. W. Ka c y W. E. W a r r e n I H. B. Coons 526 G. W. Junem an *T. O. Blum J. L. Friedel D. L . Wiley 519 *W. J. Dugan J. M. Fallon ` B. G. P e rry F. E. Hand L. F. Doyle * L e tte r and attachment. All others, letter only UCTC 10948 --C >"^:3CC S ' C * . 2 E VCE . -::Ar ':s ok tribut.o.v attached 9 Decer-Ofr 1971 COPy TO Gentlemen sua^cr Em ergency Standards ?or Exposure to Asbestos Dust ruriu A c t of 1970 , The A u u a tgi ! r i ^ ^ - d Health stan d i m * S ecretary of Labor published an emergency No. 234, D e cem b er"? % T $C o ^ ReglSter' Vol` be ava ila ble i n ,, c h oUnV7 P" * , the CUed F e d e r a l should codv of th<* r i P r your r e ^e r e n c e . I a m e nc los ing at l e a s t one egulations to a recipien t m each of the Gulf Coast P la nts. A review of the new standard reveals the following pertinent items- f. y LV f r a s b c s t o s d u s t ls cha ng ed f r o m 12 f i b e r s p e r m illiliter greater than 3 m icrons in length, to 5 fibers I per m illilite r g re a te r than 5 m icrons in length. Concen t r a t i o n s b e t w e e n 5 and 10 f i b e r s p e r m i l l i l i t e r a r e p e r m i t t e d under certain limited conditions. (2) Specific r e s p ir a t o r y protective devices are designated for variable exposure levels. (3) Specific r e s p i r a t o r p r o g r a m s m u s t be p r o v id e d m ac co rd a nce with the American National Standard Practice for Resp iratory I Protection, Z88. 2-1969. (4) All hand or power operated tools which produce asbestos dust m ust be provided with local exhaust ventilation and dust collectors m accordance with ANSI Z9. 2-1971. (5) A sbestos cem ent, m o r t a r , coatings, grout, and plaster m ust be mixed m closed bags o r other containers. (b) A s b e s t o s waste and s c r a p m u s t be sealed in b a g s o r oth er containe rs. UCTC1949 I I Page 2 i 2 9 De cer -o er 1971 Ail cleanup of a s o e s t o s dust m u s t oe p e r f o r m e d by v .uum l e a n e r s . No dry sweeping shall be p erfo rm ed . If there a r e any specific questions you would like to discuss regarding this emergency standard, please contact either me or Mr. Donald Deese. Either Of us wi ll be g l ad to p r o v i d e w h a t e v e r a s s i s t a n c e we c a n to i m p l e m e n t t hes e standards. Very truly yours, R j/e b R. E. Joyner, M.D. Medical Director, Gulf Coast Area V. l 'CTC 0950