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m NORTH AMERICA PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT NEWS > ~ u NOTESMarch 30, 1984 STO175220 OSHA's ETS On Asbestos Is Invalidated By Court On Mar. 7, in response to a legal challenge brought by AIA/NA, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, rendered its deci sion on the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra tion's (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) on asbestos. The Court issued the following ruling: We determine the Emergency Temporary Standard to be invalid because the record, considered as a whole, does not indicate that the risk the ETS seeks to eliminate is "grave," as OSHA itself has defined it, or that the ETS is "necessary," as those terms are used in the ETS statute. OSHA's ETS on asbestos was issued in the Federal Register of Nov. 4, 1983, without prior public hearings, and immediately reduced the permissible level on worker exposure from 2 f/cc to 0.5 f/cc. By order dated Nov. 23, 1983, the Court, however, stayed the effectiveness of the ETS pending judicial review. The Association had challenged the ETS basically for the rea sons that such precipitous action was neither warranted nor necessary and that full public hearings should occur prior to OSHA taking regulatory action. AIA/NA contended that OSHA's declaration of an "emergency" was never necessary because of the significant strides made by asbestos manufacturers and users over the last decade which have reduced most worker as bestos exposures well below the current permanent standard of a 2 f/cc PEL. It is significant to note that the Court held "that OSHA did not properly act pursuant to its ETS enabling statute and that the standard in question, therefore, should not become effective absent notice-and-comment rulemaking." On Mar. 20, the Secretary of Labor filed a motion for exten sion of time to file a petition for rehearing on the ETS case. The Court granted that motion as requested until April 20, 1984. In his motion, the Secretary stated that "full consid- ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION <745 Jefferson Oavis Hignway. Crystal Square 4. Suite 509 Arlington. Virginia 22202 (703) 979-1150 V DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR AIA/NA "NEWS AND NOTES" Route: R. N. Beaver, B -2234 W. H. Caines, A -1230 s. F. Edquist * A-1230 c. E. Golden, B -639 E. C. Kotls, A- 1003 H. McNair, A- 1230 .c. B. Wilson, B -101 D. D . Worman, B -101 Destroy ST0I7522I Route: K. L. Burgess, 1803, Midland R. R. Cook, 1803, Midland S. K. Norwood, 1803, Midland T. R. Torkelson, 1803, Midland Destroy Route: T. D. Hoerger, 2020, Midland F. R. Hettler, 2020, Midland Destroy Rou te: J. Kiggans, 0CD J. J. Leddy, OCD Destroy Copy: L. D. Adcock, 2020, Midland J. H. Culp, Western F.__S. Sabel. 474, Midland HTT^a s kaVJ^trs"! dTl'a--------------F.S. Sabel, 474, Midland RECEIVED APR 19 MM n* <*# i 10-4-83