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SM-32 (PrV 5-78i Shell Oil Company Interoffice Memorandum AUGUST 18, 1987 7PA / ENYIHEMD. JIYSIENE. TflR Return Document to r - X Record Coov in File ! Information Copy i Record Copy in c Copy: Circulate: FROM: SR. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, HEALTH & SAFETY, MFG. & TECH. TO: SEE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST SUBJECT: FEDERAL OSHA ASBESTOS STANDARD PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT SH-2009 The attached correspondence is for your information. PJS:bjd Attachment cc: K. C. Crawford 0. D. Long J. D. Ransdell A. F. Schmitt BT8723003 ABS-003951 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE REPRESENTATIVES ANACORTES REFINERY F. J. KING GEISMAR PLANT M. T. BARCLAY MARIETTA PLANT M. W-. HERSHMAN MARTINEZ MANUFACTURING COMPLEX M. B. KOVACEVICH ' NORCO MANUFACTURING COMPLEX A. K. MENARD ODESSA REFINERY S. C. HENDRICKSEN TAFT PLANT J. J. DELAUNE WILMINGTON MANUFACTURING COMPLEX S. V. SEVER WOODBURY PLANT R. A. NOCCO WOOD RIVER MANUFACTURING COMPLEX W. M. CUNNINGHAM BT8723003 ABS-003952 Shell Oil Company* Interoffice Memorandum Shell Chemical Company THADD KCC JHB PJW HEALTH & SAFETY MANUFACTURING & XECHNICAL AUG'17 1987 AUGUST 14, 1987 CU For: pw: Flk Hoi FROM: A. F. SCHMIT, STAFF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, HEALTH & SAFETY DEER PARK MANUFACTURING COMPLEX TO: P. J. SNYDER, SENIOR INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST, HEALTH & SAFETY MANUFACTURING & TECHNICAL SUBJECT: "COMPETENT PERSON" UNDER OSHA ASBESTOS STANDARD The attached memo indicates that the "competent person" under the OSHA Asbestos standard must have attended an EPA-approved training course or be State certified in those States with asbestos abatement certification and training programs. This information may be useful to share with Shell location personnel. A. F. Schmit Attachment cc: DPMC T. E. Gillespie B. T. Waggoner AFS Chron ECB Satellite OSP H. L. Kusnetz J. L. Rivard CHBT8722601 ABS-003953 U S. Department of Labor MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: - THROUGH: SUBJECT: Occupational Safely and Health Administration Washington, D.C. 20210 Reply lo the Allenlion of: This is in response to your memo of July 25 requesting clarification as to the minimum qualifications a "competent person" must possess and for clarification as to what constitutes a method equivalent to the OSHA Reference Method (Appendix A) for asbestos sampling and analysis. A "competent person* must have academic credentials and/or field experience in asbestos abatement. By virtue of his or her back ground, this individual will be capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and will be a person who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them, as specified in 51926.32(f). The "competent person" will be knowledgeable of the contents of the new asbestos standard (29 CFR 1926.58), the identification of asbestos and its removal procedures, and other practices for reducing the hazard. This individual must also have attended an EPA-approved training course or be State certified in those States with asbestos abate ment certification and training programs. (States with certi fication and training programs are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Oklahoma/ Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington.) In regard to your second question, methods equivalent to the OSHA Reference Method are the NIOSH 7400 method (Revision 12) and the OSHA ID 160 method developed by the OSHA Salt Lake City Laboratory. Any other method would have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis by our laboratory. j, ( V FE8 16 1987 ABS-003954