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Miautu of Kwrlag of Asbestos study Cosdtt**-* -6- r^WKy lfi. IS73 r>aipmm advises that report was to have.restricted circulation and 'that tiie International Agency'-for 'Research on Cancer'had not officially released * the report. .--As ve nay have been prematuretin .distributing the report^tlt-la ;** suggested, that .the Members :Aes trletvthelrrdrculatlcu rofaoiy. Information.contained - -..-si- -' -- ~ VtsotsSv* -t ;;C: THE EPA STnOT-OF--PAanCDLAl,B~ErSSl(aiS^ ' T -Vv5^ -. PROM BRarv T.rwTHGS AKD CLUTCH PACINGS ' j - ' The Bendlx Corporation has been running testa on vehicles and on dynamometers. to entrap the vear debris of brake linings and clutch facings. This study Is under contract to the Environmental Protection Agency. * Originally, the "report'was to have been nade In 1972.' ' Dr. Spurgeon, of the Bendlx Besearch laboratories,'advises that a.~f1 nal^report should he published on these particulate emissions sometine vlthln the next-.six weeks. There la no indication as-to what-these results show,..as the work (at this stage) la not for publication. * STATISTICAL ~EVALPAT10H OP THE MEMBRANE -FILTER METHOD ' The Chairman distributed to the Committee the conclusions and recommendations In a report made for the Asbestos Information Association on the precision and accuracy of the Membrane Pilter Method for measuring concentrations of asbestos fiber. This report was dona by the LPE Corporation under contract for the . Asbestos Information Association. The evaluation was not reviewed by the Count.tree Berbers at the meeting. HIOSH RBCOteiEKDAXIOMS AS REGARDS HEAT STRESS This particular area does not. pertain specifically to asbestos. However, nost of the brake lining and clutch faring manufacturers work with hot presses and various ovens. The recommendations as regards heat stress will affect most of the Members. A Member's work In the area of heat stress measurements waa distributed for their review, along with a copy of the HIOSH recommendations. Again, as this Information was new to some of the Committee Menbera the data waa distributed and not discussed. ******** There being no further business brought before the Committee, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, At was RESOLVED: To adjourn. Adjourned at 1:00 p.m. E* H. Drlslane Secretary -.'t-.