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W* 236-5847 2k November 13, 1979 &r.i ASBESTOS IBFORMATION 2 PLAINTIFFS | ; EXHIBIT 1 WH-8 7 7 Mr. M. V. Bryant, Diractor Property 6 Casualty Insurance Dapt. v) Gateway - . In response to your request concerning information on the use and elInination of aabeatoa in tha corporation, the attached docunents are as follows: Attachment 1 Announcement of an aabeatoa awareness seninar on 3/5/76 2 List of 42 Westlnghouse locations who were identified by Corporate Standards in March 1976, as having the potential for using asbestos _ 3 Roster of Westlnghouse attendees at March 5, 1976 seninar. 4 Sunnsry of questionnaire on aebestos products used In Westlnghouse 5 Letter identifying asbestos substitutes, and a Westlnghouse contact at RAD Center to coordinate this activity 6 A history of ths air nonitorlng for asbestos exposure within Westlnghouse According to the Corporate Standards Departnent, there is still a significant nunber of Westlnghouss plants that have the potential for using asbestos sccording to their naterial and PDS cards. This is substantiated by the nunber of Westlnghouse plants that hava uonitored ths anployee airborne asbestos exposure. i-.s-KC U-H*- M. W. Bryant Pag* 2 The OSHA regulation atatea, in effect, that pcreonnel monitoring must be parforned in all areas where eaployeea can be exposed to airborne asbesto* fibers. Bi-anuual Monitoring aust than be performed at each location where the aabestos exposure nay reasonably be foreseen to exceed the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL). If you compare the list of Westinghouse plants on attachment 2 with the list of plants chat have monitored for airborne asbestos (attachment 6), there is considerable overlap. The reason for tills Is not all Westlnghouse plants participate In the Corporate Standards Material and PDS program but have monitored while other plants that are llated as using asbestos have not monitored. C. Wayne Bickerstaff. Manager Corporate Industrial Hygiene Attachments (6) ^4000^5*7