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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1970 May 19 DOC#: NG034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the 7th Meeting of Health & Safety Council-ACPA with Attendee List ( ^ A ? L 0il' the s e v e n t h m e e t i n g o f HEALTH & SAFETY COUNCH/ACPA -- 19 , 1970 Of the A r t M t o f t a L S o d u c ^ I I S ' ? ? H#11V Su rety Council t o n o t ic e a t th e B ? S o r e Hotel In Sei YolS T ^ P2 rsuant 1970 a t 8 P .m. The f o l l o w ^ * . S o S T t - S f ^ 1 9 ' J* A. Main A* E. Alpine W. N. Knorr H. R. Mesler, Jr. A* S. Hall ** W, Ingham J- W. Magee F* H. Zimmerman K. Schwarz J. H, Steiner K. F, Netter C* P, Kipp L. A* Tobey M. J, Neville K S*Z*lF Council/ACFA certain-teed Products Coro. ThA F l i n t k o t Company ^ GAP Corporation OAF Corporation Johns-Manville Corp. Johns-Manville Corp. National Gypsum Company sSiJSS Supradur Manufacturing Supradur Manufacturing U. S. Gypsum Company U. S. Gypsum Company B u m s & Van Kirfc v Corporation Corporation Corporation ' The meeting was called to order by the Chairman* Mr. James A. Main. Fpeeborruuaarrvy 1177 , 1i97S0Uwtee8reofsu^bmitMteedetifnogr aonfnwtihwesiCouncil ihtel,d or a correction should be made S thf i a1, Mttin ^ taa The sentence r e a d w ? P "S= 3- million particles pep cubic foot read, v uuolc root. . " .uh^i \ standards are 5 should be corrected to " ^ * * 5? current 1 9 6 9 standards are 1 2 flbers/ml b r J L ^ i f ? 16 1x1 len th (&s counted by the memmillioi3'^i-t??thOCi &t *30X ratification) or 2 + V * ? 1 Particles per cubic foot (as counted bv limits ^ r e * 5 fihiS5eir Jethod) Proposed (ACGIH)^ filter m e t h o d f ^ ^ " 11 determijried hy the membrane The minutes as corrected, were approved. Period February*!?,^ l ^ O ^ t h r o u g h %%?'^ e f o f ^ o l,^I HOcff, - 2- report, &s submitted, ere attached to these minutes and made a part hereof. The Financial Statement was approved as submitted. Hr. Main presented excerpts from a number of recent articles on health hazards relating to asbestos fiber. The $l14olee discussed included; Asbestos and Health in 1Q6q . by Dr. G. W. Wright: Vol. 100, American Review of^espiratory Diseases, 2, Report to the U,S, Public Health Service, Dr. Stoklnger; jjidustHaTT^gTehe Digest; Februti^"T970. ** 3* Fibrous Dust Seminar*, Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc, ^ Many Paces of Asbestos Disease, by Dr, B. 0. Longley, Australian Medical Journal, November 22, 1969. 5. Hazards of Asbestos in the Open Air, Engineer News Record April 2, 197C --- ~ 6. Controlling Construction Pollution, b y Harol SpecTilc^ions'ciinic, February 1970. ** . Rosen? ( 7 * A sbestos Regulations of 1969**. Her Majesty,1s Stationery V, prrice, 1909. 8. Recommended Code of Practice for the Handling and Disposal or Asbestos Waste Material*^ by the AsbestosIs Research Council, 19ir$7 9. Air Pollution Aspects of Asbestos-**, by Drs. J. Sullivan and faais Uw-Athanaseiadis, A Rape ...spared for the National Air Pollution Control Administration; 1909. * Available to members through the Council for $3.00 each. ** To be reproduced and distributed to members. Mr, Zimmerman reported for the Environmental Control Committee that there were no reported results at present of tn stud;, * the health of cement workers in the New Orleans area, being conducted by Tulane University, Mr. Kipp reported for the Legislation Committee. He requested that the Chairman'ask Bradley Walls to serve as its liaison with the Council. He suggested that Mr. Walls receive material from members of the Legislation Committee and reproduce such materials.and in turn, distribute them to *11 members of the Legislation Committee end include these materials f o r 1the I. 3 - agenda of the next Council meeting. would speak to Mr. Walla. Mr. Main said that he Mr. Main summarized the Council's actions regarding the publication of its proposed brochure on Recommended P r a c t i c e for Fabricating, Handling and Applying Asbestos Cement Products in the iuilding and Cdnst^ction industries. ^ 1 He 3aid that as revised, the pamphlet was approved by representatives from Certain-teed, Flintkote, GAP, Johns-Manvillu and National Gypsum, and that votes were deferred by representa tives of Supradur and U.S. Gypsum. Their votes and the votes of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and Philip Carey were sought by special letter. Mr. Main said that he h a d .received the approval of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and that he was informed by Philip Carey that the company was giving up its asbestos product line and, therefore, would not be participating in activities council. Following discussion of four proposed amt - -. + to the motion to adopt the brochure, Mr. Schwarz proposeu that t*o amend-'*tnts to that motion be voted upon. The proposed amendments were: - ' 1. Td amend paragraph 1 on page 3-of the brochure by adding the phrase at the end of that paragraph: "...where dust is created," 2 To amend paragraph 3 on page 3 by adding after the first sentence of that paragraph, the sentence: "The handling and installation of solid pieces of asbestos cement products do not normally present a health risk unless sawing, drilling or other machining of the product-is required." The first amendment was approved by all members voting in iavor of the resolution, with GAP voting against. The Chair man determined that, in accord with the results of the ballot, the brochure would be so amended. The result of the ballot on the second amendment was as follows* _ - '`-In. Favor Johns-Manville Supradur C, S. Gypsum company Against - Certain-teed Fllntkote GAF National Gypsum Company LCf M | bed deC:Ure<i ** second proposed soend- P;Ps-dtftat * vote be taken on the There being no further business to come before the it was adjourned at 4 p .m . Acting Secretary I o 'jji.h J W *>V %91 *EOd3