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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 Apr 10 DOC NMA045 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - City Swears in Two to Act on Asbestos CITY SWEARS IN TWO TO ACT ON ASBESTOS NewYork Times Currentfile Apr 10 1970 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg CITY SWEARS IN TWO TO ACT ON ASBESTOS Two new officials of the Environmental Protection Admin- istration were sworn in at City Hall yesterday to enable the city to take swift action against a growing pollution dangerinsulating asbestos that is sprayed in the construction of new buildings The officials are Robert Rickles Commissioner of Air Resources and Neal Fabricant legal counsel for the Environmental Protection Administra- tion Both had been working in their posts and were hurriedly sworn in so the city could legally promulgate new regulations requiring the contain- ment of asbestos dust The new regulations - the first of their kind in the nation officials said to be delivered today to construc- tion sites and will become ef- fective at 7 A.M. Monday They require that tarpaulins cover areas where asbestos is being sprayed on waste building structures that waste asbestos be vacuumed and swept into closed containers and that the containers be buried in designated disposal areas Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission