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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1971 Nov 8 DOC#: ABX088 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to State of Illinois Pollution Control from Abex Corp. RE Proposed Illinois Asbestos Ban in Brake Lining November 8, 1971 Abex Corporation Research Center M W jm r t CM IB. Mr Samuel X. Lawton State of Illinois Pollution 189 West Madison Street Suite 900 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Control Dear Mr. Lawton: . No * 7 1 ifi ,,*n coa-*anct*0" hearings recently held regarding Regulation C W d ' i L r d * ' est"s,fnd SPrfly Insulation" proposed by the Illinois Pollution ia 2maijoorr manufacturer ofH firi*ctmioUn WmatbeCrihaell.pfUl t0 yOU 1:0 have oar co.mments a, one Of the TT,J5^ _ AbeX pfH'oration, through its American Brakeblok Division is thf n i t ~ h suppliers of friction material for brake and d u t c h use in the Baited States. During 1971, our sales of asbestos containing fricdon " S F S m L 'Z u L r " " op" ati"` la the " " s" " ' i S T " ' V S S . i * 1,7S- " d" ld - * 1. e d " n brde kid ^ co^ OBrac f organic friction material rh! n t ^ A * d clutcn facin*s for vehicles manufactured and used in rtd inf TM f w tb *1? 1 PTM P* f r l M l m U a lo g , i ,, d d iilo n co pro- ; t i r ^ r ,tl" e" " t u i " " fc ** 2. f ^ r , - T re ?f W s t i g a t l o n s nondnoted on the nature of wear products flZ invUS!' *S wel1 as the ldcntIfication of airborne ^articles P ln bfakEE- Air sa*Ple analysis conducted by our Medical "ou r .lwaboratcrory' ddyTMnamcocmevt"errspc"ondfrirtmsp*t"heie1fi"ndi-*ngsof J R tvorh T t h W o S i i ' o f 6!*!! decomposition Prodicw" published December, 1968. 3. Alr Pollutxon Control Association, Vol. IB, No. 12, .. c, wlt investigation work now being carried oet by tfe* ! 'M K Hr. Samuel T. Lawton - 2- Noveaber 8, 1971 Corporation under contract to the Environmental Protection Agency. We understand chat results from this contract research will not be known until the middle of 1972 at the earliest. It is our opinion that the results of this study will verify again that airborne particulate matter from v e h i c l e brakes and clutches does not con stitute a dangerous health factor in Urban air pollution. _ i *>f**eve tb*t proposed ban on manufacture and use of asbestos P ^ i i S ngef^ r i?A?avCrtal iS unuarrantfcd and unnecessary. We recosmend that 202 be -eooved and not made part of regulations proposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board. 7 Very truly yours, C. R. Graham Director ! Friction Materials i Research i GRG: nxnp BC: Messrs.: N. C. Belury C. L. Routine F. B. Herllhy . H. Feierabend E. W. Drislane, FMS1, Inc. W. P. Rainas, AZA/North Am erica.