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Page 2376 1 A The regulatory agency in the Department of 2 Labor that was formed in 1969, 1970 with the passage 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and 4 essentially took over the job of enforcing health and 5 safety regulations in the workplace throughout the 6 entire country. 7 There have been states that had good 8 programs before that. Maryland had a pretty good 9 program for many years. California, we had a good 10 program for many years. There are many states / 11 though, that did not. 12 And this regularized and evened the 13 enforcement of these regulations across the country 14 Q In 1986 was -- in 1986 was there an OSHA 15 regulation for governing allowable -- I don't know 16 that is the right word, but governing exposure of 17 asbestos that would not be against the law? 18 A Yes, sir. 19 Q What was that? 20 A In 19 -21 Q '86.