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TC <4M[ AND LOCAriOKl *As Listed Belov ;M (KAMI AMC LOCATION* J. E. Mercer - Greenway Plaza - Houston nereftCNce no. JEM-009-72 /"t . -A REFERENCE NO. OATE 1/19/72 ^ <2 c vj-5-*. V- *QxrS&:.'\. *W. A. Seime - Bishops M. L. Foxworthy - Pampa J. C. Susil - Bay City L. G. Ogden - Clear Lake . u* -o_r ^ u ^ 'VH V\vJ "v.'-c'O--^ ^ -Cj W*<V. \D y 'vriSS VVi-)Cu..i ,C Sk.U^. ^ + (-7-Jr . RE: Insulation (Asbestos Fibers) -'4-pv.f' , V\ .arJl'^-Cu /.'V_c Enclosed is a copy of an emergency standard issued by OSHA dealing with asbestos fibers. What the impact will be on our existing insulation specifications cannot be ascertained at this time. We are endeavoring to develop more information which will be forwarded to you when it becomes avaiable. 004432 rn NA. f 623 Current Report General Policy The new standard was issued under the Occupational Safely and Health Act and also applies to the Construction GUENTHER REORGANIZES OSHA STAFF; .cdMPUANCE. STANDARDS UNITS AFFECTED Safety Act and Walsh-Healcy Public Contracts Act regula tions. A^organization of the Occupational Safety andifcalth Administration, including the creation of a new Office of Compliance and Standards, was announced by/Assistant Labor Secretary George C. Guenther on December 9. Under the reorganization, the Office of Compliance and the Office\f Safety and Health Stunda/as have been combined into the new Office of Compliance and Stand ards. Fred M. Bishoff, a former special assistant, was named acting director V the new office. He will report to the director of Program Operations, Dr. Preston Farish. Bishoff also was'named to serve as-acting director for the standards office. Gerard F. Scannell, a former special assistant, was .named acting director for the standards office. \j Eugene L. Newman, Termer director of the Office of Compliance, was named acting director of Federal Agency Programs. In that capacity, he will help coordinate the Federal Government's s>afet^ programs for over three million civilian employee!. V A new Special Proeram Staff \vas created, with Harry Verdier named acting chief. The Staff will coordinate the target industry program and other special programs present ly contemplated by OSHA. Verdier will report to Parrish *- / \ A Policy an^ Evaluation Staff was created to replace the Office of Policy Development. Robert Copeland was named acting chief of the new Staff and will report'to Mari Chain Robbins, peputy Assistant Secretary. The adoption was made under Section 6(c) of OSHA following studies conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety ~ari3 Health and recommendations made by the American Conference of Governmental Indus trial Hygienists. NIOSH and ACGIH determined that existing standards constituted a grave danger to employees exposed to the eight-hour time weighted average concentra tion and that an emergency standard was necessary. NIOSH concurred that the change proposed by the ACGIH would provide a substantial base. Action under Section 6(b) of the Act wall begin soon. Any notice of proposed rulemaking under 6(b) will give notice of the emergency standard as a proposed rule of any subsidiary proposals which may be required under subsec tions (S) and (7) of 6(b) relating to toxic substances. The emergency temporary standard had been called for in a letter to the Labor Department from the AFL-CIO. The letter cited evidence front a study conducted by Dr. Irvin J. Selikoff and the staff of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the AFL-CIO, and the Ad Hoc Committee on the. Asbestos Hazard of the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Depart /: ment (Current Report, November 18. p. 581). ^i ` The emergency standard appears in the Full Text section ; \ 5 of this report and will be included in a future Reference File supplement. Toxic Substanos The, Office of Program Management Service was re- name4/the Office of Management Services anil will be headed by Barry J. White. .\ Samuel M. Sharkey was named acting director of-the] Office of Information Services. He will report to Robbins also. Asbestos OSHA PUBLISHES EMERGENCY STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS TO BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR MERCURY, BERYLLIUM, ASBESTOS PUBLISHED BY EPA^ Proposed standards applicable to facilities producing, manufacturing, or using asbestos, mercury, and beryllium were published December 7 by the Environmental Protec tion AgcncyX / Existing plants, new plants, and products containing the substances will Be covered. William Q; Ruckclshaus. EPA Administrator, said. The substances are the first to be identified as hazardobs pollutants under the 1970 Clean Air Art. \ / In many cases informa(ion,t>n possible sources of these An emergency standard limiting the exposure of employ ees to asbeslos dust was published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and made effective December 7. hazardous pollutants is not available in sufficient detail to permit the establishment dt` emission standards covering HI sources, Ruckctshjus said. Investigations are underway to fill these gips in knowledge and the results may require Tltc emergency standard limits (lie cight-lwui time weighted aveuge airborne concentration of asbestos dust to which employees are exposed to no more than five fibers per milliliter ;:teater than five microns in length. Concentra tions above Inc fibers per milliliter.but. not to cxcvcd 10 fibers per milliliter, uuy be permitted up to a total of 1$ 1 minutes in, an lx>ur for up to five Itours in an eight -lur day. modification of die standards aml 'inclusKHi oi additional categories for these pollutants. \ The EPA hj/l80 days in which to ffoid public hearings and set finaf emission standards. unlcs*Nnli>i matUm pre sented a^tiic public heatings dctnonstrattfs'that tlie p*4lu- tants clearly are not hazardous. N A notice of the date. time, and place of the public hearings will be announced witldn 30 days. iii(crested ` \ Ca*ynht cT*7l br IIw-Bum w af National Attain, lac. 004433 iJlfcttingj lEN^THI GUENtHfR TO KEYNOTE OREGON GOVERNORS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONFERENCE The keynote address at the 14th Governor's Industrial Safety Conference February 10-11, in Salem, Ore., will be given by Assistant Secretary of Labor George C. Guenther. Also participating will be^hc American Society of Safety Engineers President Allen C. Guy. The final program is not available, but it is expected to consist of panel programs cove'llng both the federal application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the state's role under that law. v. Exhibits of safety material and equipment, and information covering various methods and ideas for getting plants and operations into dose compliance with both state . and federal standards are likely to be included. -s' State Plant IAGLO CONSIDERS ACTION ON SUGGESTION RELATING TO STATE PLAN ALTERNATIVES No action has been taken with-regard to the suggestion that a committee to examine alternatives to an 18 (b) state plan for job safety and health be created by the Interna tional Association of Government Labor Officials, President of IAGLO Barry Brown, director of the Michigan Depart ment of Labor, tolykOSHR. Robert Duvall, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Labor, thought rt was "a great idea," Brown said. Mosj-states have indicated their intention to develop a state pUii, he added. Those who decide not to have a plan mavy&ant to monitor the federal program (Current Report, ^lovcmber 25, p. 602). A state plan is a very appealing program to Michigan, Brown said. The state may receive SI.5 million in federal money in implementing a plan. General Policy ............ ............... -- /* ASSE MANAGING DIRECTOR RESIGNS POST TO BECOME ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR NIOSH Managing dircctor'and secretary of the American Society of Safety Engineers. A. C. Blackman, has resigned to become assistant .director for safety witli the National Institute'for Occupational Safety and Health, effective in January. . A member of ASSE since 1944, Blackman has been managing director of the Society since February, 195*5, and in that year was elected to his first term as secretary. A registered professional engineer and certified safety professional, he has been working in accident prevention since 1931 when he was a safety engineer witli Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. Blackman was appointed chief of the California Division of Industrial Safety in 1949. He served on the Technical Advisory Committee for the President's Conference on Occupational Safety and was chairman of the program sub-committee for the 1960 conference. A member of the American Industrial Hygiene Associa tion, Blackman served as a consultant to the Joint Congressional Committee oh Atomic Energy in the 1959 hearings on employee radiation hazards and workmen's compensation and as a member of the Safety Advisory Committee of the Illinois Department of Labor. ' Manager of technical services for the Society, Wayne C. Christensen, was appointed acting managing director. ;FUli Texty EMERGENCY STANDARD FOR EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS DUST PUBLISHED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Chapter XVII--Occupational Safety and Health Administration, De partment of Labor PART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS Emergency Standard for Exposure te Asbestos Dust Pursuant to section 6(e) of the WUIlnms-8telcer Occupational Safety end Health Act of 1070 (84 Slat. 1598. 29 tLS.C. C0S>. Tart 1910 of Title 29, Code Of Federal Hei-ulatiom (30 Pit. 10466, May 29, 1971) is hereby amended In the manner indicated below in order to pro vide an emenicney standard deutint with the exposure of employees to ashestoa dust In light of Increasing Information on the results of exposure of employees.to airborne asbestos dust including recent studies by the National Institute for Oc cupations! safety and Health and others, and recommendations by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hyticnists (ACGXU). it is hereby deter mined that (1) exposure under the pres ent standard for asbestos dust in Table 0-3, i 1910.93, of 12 fibers per milliliter ere*ter than 5 mierons In length or 2 million particles per cubic foot of air. wiUch is derived from an established Fed eral standard promulgated under the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act on May 20,19C0. constitutes s crave denser to emptoyeo exposed to this 8-hour Ume-wc*chlcd avetuce concentration: and that Ci) an emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from this excessive exposure. The National Insti tute for Occupational Safety and Health concurs that the proposed change in the asbestos dust standard recommended by the American Conference of Qovc-nmento! Industrial Hygienists should be the substantial base for the emergency standard. Action concerning the standard win be commenced under section cib> in the immediate future. Any notice of pro posed rulemaking under sees io 6(b) will civ* notice of the emerceury rtandard as a proposed rule and also of my ap propriate subsidiary proposals wliim may bertdttlrtdtmdcrettbpMnr.raph^ <S) and (7) of section 6(b) lelaUiu: u> Use ex posure of employees to toxic substances. CapytitM 6 1971 by Tk* Bw at NimI Albiit, Inc. 004434 . ... .uuuidcd *5 loUows: .J. Vui'le 0-3 following I 1910.93 <30 PJJ. 19104, Auk. 13, 1971) 1* hereby intended bydclctJ'.S the following: AabenVs--13 fiber* ro> BtUiiUUr *rtur Up* wv v **UUi 0 up to 5 hours t.t an 0-i.our day. sui-ru in me remaining of this paragraph Id), the cm;no>er swan (br Engineering mctlieds, such os but not limited to, enclosure, vacuum sweep comply with the requirements of these subparagraphs relating to tiic operations ing, and local exhaust ventilation, shall involved. The requirements of tins para $ micron* ta Icu^tn or..--*----3 _iUppet. SOmgyW '* %OlO, be used to meet the exjiosure limits pro graph arc in addition to those pi escribed scribed tr. paragraph tai of this section. in paragraph (bi of this section. Where such engineering methods arc not (2) All hand- or power-operated tools As amended, Table 0-3 reads u follows: feasible, or do not otherwise reduce the which produce asbestos dust such as. but concentrations below those prescribed in not limited to. saws, scorers, abrasive paragraph (a) of this section, respira wheels, and drills shall be provided nth Tails O-S-Mikxsal Dvra tory protective devices shall be provided local exhaust ventilation and dust col and used in accordance with paragraph lectors in accordance with the American ^ lobsUnfit Uppers Mt/M> (c) of this section. National Standard Fundamentals Gov (c)(1) (1) When the limits of ex erning the Design and Operation of Local sum: Crystalline: quarts (rasplrabfc)....... .... . SW> Idssc.'M*- posure to asbestos dust prescribed In Exhaust Systems; ANSI ZD.2--197,. paragraph <a) of this section are ex (3> Employees exposed to tiie spraying ceeded ar.d when engineering controls of asbestos or the demolition of pipes, %SlOrH ?VStOr4-2 quails (total dusi)......... . required by paragraph (b) of tills section structures, or equipment covered or in are not feasible or do not otherwise re sulated with asbestos shall be provided Crlsloballla: Um K Ih* Vnlut calculated Irani Oi touui or (Biss ionaulat let QU..TU. Tnrtymlte: Um K the rslu* caluisted Irom me lortutor lor quarts. AoKiqMiOUt, lucUxlinc natural * JOint'(Wm tb 1% cry* tlli us tUKft): Miri.................................. Sodptiom,............... . PurUaiut crotrnt................. erudite {utttBfttl)................. %StOr+J StascAh ftOi 90 90 90 m u duce the concentration of asbestos dust with respiratory protective devices in below those prescribed in paragraph (a) accordance with paragraph <o (4) of of this section, the employer shall re this section. quire the use of respiratory protective de (e) Asbestos cement, mortar, coatings, vices. The selection of respiratory protective devices shall be limited to those specified in the remaining subparagraphs of tills paragraph <c>. (U> The employer shall*require that each employee test his respiratory pro tective device before each use in order grout, and plaster shall be mixed in closed bags or other containers. (f) Asbestos waste and scrap shall be collected and disposed of in sealed bags or other containers. (g) All cleanup of asbestos dust and to insure a proper fit .according to the blowing shall be performed by vacuum manufacturer's instructions. The em cleaners. No dry sweeping shall be per ployer shall further provide for cilectivc formed. Cool Oust (h-s;iuable (. action lew Utanl% SiUi)................ tin/)P training or supervision of employees in 3. Section 1910.12 Is amended by the testing of respiratory protective de clianging paragraph (a) in order to appiv 7k mar* than t% SiOi................___ _ WatAO vices for fit before their use. the emergency standard prescribed in tiie JfVft or Nui9ftiKt Thm: HritpfritbU fr*ci*n......... . Tata) dust........................... %SiOr+J (2) For an atmosphere containing not new i 1910.93a, which is publ.shcd in this suo sms uaspu* more than 25 fibers per milliliter greater document, to construction work wmch is than 5 microns in length over an 3-hour subject to the Act. The amendment is ~ltverage. or more than 50 fibers per milli necessary in light of the rule uf regula Norf Co.irminn (v:.>rv~ iwikvs per ruble melrr -panicles prr ce. Miltons loijtliifof of ru4 ffolkuWnitwrl<bryfuivlrtMo -lfoiroirtt ot *xr, baaed ifrtifDtu. *n *11)0 ivirfMAC* of civtt.u.uir i.U** tn (he faramta fc ttlf ItfIMHIIll llflFfAiUi-tl from fUr*iiq)f)lA MJDpb*. fl* (tpi in U.iv* nKt.tnr*- u> with h other smltoUi bore been liter over any period uf 15 minutes, a tory construction set forth in J 1910.5'cf. reusable or smgie-usc filter tyi>e respira As amended. {1910.12 reads as follows: tor, operating with negative pressure during the inhalation phase of brcatliing, {1910.12 Construction work, approved by the U.S. Bureau of Mines <a)<l) Adoption and extension ot es under the provisions of 30 CFR Part 14 tablished talctv and health standards (Bureau of Mines Schedule 2fB), or a lor construction. The standards pre boWU 14) l* t As UftfrimiasHl i>y n.<* tontnaU nwr..itrai)on, AUrf metbed *l valvelcss respirator providing equivalent scribed by Part 1518 of this title ami in protection, shall be used. cflect on April 28. 1971, arc adopted as Uoili ciMkTiitruUon ai4 ps-rtrot nuorts nr the MipU* C*tnn ot Uu4 Unui oro.to (Wwmmrii irom tto (racucn pttOKnc * tac-mketot vua (Me foUwviuc durctiMiio: (3) For an atmosphere containing not occupational safety or health standards more than 250 fibers per miliiitcr greater under section 6<s) of the Act and shall than 5 microns in length over an 8-hour apply, according to the provisions average, or more than 500 fibers per thereof, to every employment and place Awsdjnuunlr dtamrirr luull dcualtr spbrre) rasrtntpaMtac milliliter over any period of 15 minutes, of employment of every employee en a powered filter positive pressure res gaged in construction work. Each em pirator approved by the U.S. Bureau of ployer shall protect the employment and S * IS Mines under the provisions of 30 CFR places of employment of each of his as aass n s Part 14 <Bureau of Mines Schedule 21B) employees encaged in construction work shall be used. by complying with the appropriate 19 (4) For an atmosphere containing standards prescribed by this paragraph. more than 250 fibers per milliliter (2* The standards prescribed in The mraatuamattu wtOer UtU Ma rHrr la Um w tt * AKC iustrMtwHU. U in* rrviHraWr fragilem #f ftol iust with n.MHF. ihr MsW*c*ir*4V*toi* It Um el <U4 w ur tiOAr Iof cval Utttt la U Mc'M, greater than 5 microns in length over { 151tA5(c> .of tilts title shall apply tn an l-hour average a type C positive pres the ease of tiie exposure of any em sure supplied-air respirator approved by ployee in construction work to airborne 2. A new 11910.93a is added to Part 1910. The new 11910.93a reads as follows: f 1910.93a AWtuk dual. (a> The l-hour time-weighted averace airborne concentration of asbestos dust to which employees are exposed shall not exceed 5 libers per milliliter erealer than 5 microns in length, as de termined by tiie uiemonmcc Otter the C.S. Bureau ot Mines under the pro asbestos dust. visions of 30 CFR Part 12 (Bureau of Mines Schedule 19B> shall be used. (5) The employer shall establish a respirator program in accordance with the requirements of Amencun National * gffeettv* date. These amendments shall become cilectivc immediately upon publication in the Frees/a Recistu Standard Practice for lhwpiratory Pro (12-7-11). tection ZM.2--1909. (Me. <s). S4 SUL UM. 39 t).s.c. U; lee- <6) The respirators provided each em ntsryw Order Bo. U-71,9S FJk S7M> ployee shall be properly inspected, denned, repaired and stored. Signed at Washington. D.C., this 2d method at 400--*.30x magnificatton <4 <d> (1) When an employer has em millimeter objective) phase contrast illumination. Cm.rcntmuoo* above 5 fibers per milUliurbut. not to execad 10 fibers per milliliter, may be permitted ployees who are exposed to asbestos dust rrreatling the limits prescribed in para graph 4a) at this section and the ex posure results from the operations de- ,, _ O.C.Gvomu*. ilkCrsl leeretary o/ Labor. Jim tiac.71-17833 MM ia-S-71;S;i7 am] Oceupstisasl Safety A KmIiK Raporlar 004435 uV-'' MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 102* CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N. W. WASHINGTON, O. C. 20001 (202) 412-1120 January 29, 1971 TO: Air Quality Cocomittaa SUBJECT: Minutas of the Maating of September 22-23, 1970 Gentleman: Enclosed herewith are the subject minutas. Sincerely $ / jL Kenneth D. Johnson Secretary Air Quality Committee KDJ/swb Enclosure cc: Board Liaison - Environment Distribution "A" 004436 I7 Preliminary indications are that no existing set of regulations currently in use in the country will achieve the ambient air standards adopted for the Cincinnati Air Quality Control Region this January. There has been seme talk (rumor) of emission standards on.combustion like .05 gr/ft3 and of .sulfur in fuel limits like less than .3%. Wyoming - E. P, Spencer Although the state adopted tight regulations last December, enforcement has been spotty because of limited manpower and money (2 man staff). * 004455