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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1989 Feb 16 DOC ASB103 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Health Dept Seeks Test of Bendix Asbestos Emissions PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 737 B THE TIMES UNION Albany N.Y. Thursday Feb 1989 Health Department seeks testtest of Bendix By Phil Brown enviromentalis have permits but the permits would be reviewed again if something significant is discovered Though Bendix plans to environmentalists have called Staff water She noted that Bendix now emits about 6,800 reject the permits and GREEN ISLAND The state Health Department wants the emissions of asbestos at the Bendix Friction Materials plant studied to see if they endanger public health pounds of asbestos annually : - I don't hear the Health Department saying Don't issue that permit " Magee said I hear them saying something perfectly reasonable . approovf athils permit aware the situation The agency's recommendation comes a month after the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued a preliminary ruling that the emissions are safe ~ But Jane Magee EnCon's Region 4 director said there is no contradiction She said EnCon ruled only that Bendix need not prepare an environmental statement a broad lengthy study - as part of its application for permits to discharge 5,300 pounds of causing asbestos into the air each year EnCon still can require Bendix to do the studies requested by the Health Depart- ment Those studies need not delay issuance of the aIn letter to Magee on Friday the Health Department said the studies should determine the type of asbestos fibers emitted from the lining plant and the concentration of asbestos at ground level in village To our knowledge there has been no the attempt to evaluate the potential impact of emissions on the community We believe that light evaluation such an necessary in of the emissions proximity quantity of the the of proximity Hawley residences wrote John Hawley director the department's Bureau of Toxic As- sessment Hawley said that he was not recommending ~ that the permits be delayed or denied ment involved Magee required studies have required thethe studies sought by Health that however EnCon than its sister publichealth the as don't concerned think it's question Health concerned as Health " think it's a questionexpertise different federal nor the amount of asbestos regulations byindustry Ratherregulations Bendix asbestos emissions ~ ries control such canissions with the best available technology EnCon as a regulatory agency has found Bendix in compliance with . . - the law ae ; his Hawley however concerned the department is . concerned about the emissions regardlesosf whether they are legal a Asbestos mineral can reach the brbakreas kes Breath- The Environmental Conservaatnailyosins of be based on a review of control appears to saidviewpoint is technology Hawleyin that we're concerned just somewhat different with what levels of asbestos there are in the William Clarke EnCon's regional permit possible However he said might . A administrator said the agency will require Bendix to perform the studies If they're : it be difficult distinguish the from Bendix already in asbestos already the air We're going to have to sit down and see . what's doable and what isn't Clarke said mental analyst department hold emissions bearing public bearing bearing the We have two contradictorfyeel Kruszewski Kruszewski said That's evaluations why I the hearing } : . will necessary Clarke however said he didn't know if he will go along with such a recommendation with i