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FILE NAME: Riverside Cement (RVC) DATE: 1976 Nov 5 DOC#: RVC017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Riverside Cement from Johns Manville NOVEMBER 5, 1076 xtmm- MR. GEORGE BORG DIRECTOR OF SAFETY RIVERSIDE CEMENT p .o . eox 832 RIVERSIDE, CA 92502 DEAR GEORGE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CALL REGARDING YOUR MEMBERSHIP 01! THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASBESTOS REVIEW COMMITTEE. ATTACHED IS OUR SUMMATION DOCUMENT TO OSHA IN ANSWER TO THEIR PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FEDERAL ASBESTOS REGULATIONS. YOU WILL MOTE THERE IS QUITE A SECTION REGARDING SPUTUM CYTOLOGY. TO SUM IT UP. WE CAN SAY THAT WE APE OPPOSED TO CYTOLOGY VfHEN USED AS A ROUTINE SCREENING TOOL. HOWEVER, IN THE INTEREST OF FURTHERING RESEARCH, WE HAVE EMBARKED UPON A SPUTUM CYTOLOGY PROGRAM AT OUR ASBESTOS-USING LOCATIONS. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THIS IN-HOUSE PROGPAM, WE SHOULD HAVE CONSIDERABLY MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE AND ITS USEFULNESS IN SCREENING PROGRAMS. THIS DOCUMENT ALSO CONTAINS OUR ARGUMENTS OPPOSING THE PROPOSED FEDERAL STANDARD OF C.5 F/CC. I HOPE YOU FIND THIS USEFUL IN YOUR COMMITTEE DELIBLtiATIO IS. INCIDENTALLY, SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I DISCUSSED THESF TWO POINTS WITH DR. CLARK COOPER, AND I ALSO FURNISHED HIM WITH A COPY CF THE DOCUMENT.'^ GETTING DOWN 70 THE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES AT OUR ASBESTOS-USING LOCATIONS, I CAM GIVE AN ESTIMATE, AND THIS IS ONLY AN ESTIMATE IN OUR CALIFORNIA. PLANTS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT 670 PEOPLE HANDLING ASBESTOS. AFTER DISCUSSING TMF "CSSIOILITY OF FURNISHING ESTIMATES OF OUR CUSTOMERS' EMPLOY CCS VMQ MAY BE INVOLVED WITH ASBESTOS HANDLING, JIM PEIS A'*n I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SUPPLY THESE FIGURES WITH ANY DEGREE OF ACCURACY. UNDER SEPARATE COVER, JIM IS FURNISHING YOU WITH A CUSTOMER LISTING. FROM THIS YOU SHOULD SE ABLE TO MAKE A ROUGH ESTIMATE. CRMC-RiversideCement-000012 MR. GEORGE BORG NOVEMBER 5, 1976 PAGE 2 PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON YOUR ACTIVITIES WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE COMMITTEE, AND WE WILL DO THE SAME REGARDING OUR ACTIVITIES V/ITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. '| W ~ BEST REGARDS, W. B. REITZE DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND QUALITY VICE PRESIDENT, JOHNS-MAHVILLE SALES CORPORATION ATTACH. j-jC p/fcr/tv. /'VO \ P (Vf/rd/f ' - T. A V CRMC-RiversideCement-000013