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'!u' u.': ilc.-l *. r.ec provide ;>.r lif-nic i"(c'i..il'ion riS'-.'.'Icd by the? - i: i.iv.i i'-_> t e-phone Companies J o develop, introduce -ad v I ' .i i e t o: ij/rehensive program fpr pr</.'.*: tine t-.vw-i cyees fr...: cccnpui`onal exposure to airborne c.- lx... tor. ib< j.s. The hay.rirus of asbestos are well documented and it .versa Lly recognized. Asbestos has been long known to cause aeboniesis, and is also implicated as a cause of lung ca.cer. In recognition of the serious health hazards . .rr-coiaLod with this substance, the Occupational Safety and J'palth Administration (OSHA) has imposed strict regulations designed to protect employees from exposure to ar.::?stoi in their workplaces and work environments. Issued as Section 29 CFR 1910.1001 of the Code of Federal nogulations, the standard establishes permissible exposure limits for airborne asbestos fibers. It also specifies the methods, work practices, monitoring and recordkeeping procedures, and medical surveillance programs which employers must establish to protect employees from <veessive exposure to this substance. The OFHA Standard for Asbestos requires each employer to cruse every place of employment where asbestos fibers are released to be monitored in such a viay as to determine vhether any employee's exposure to asbestos fibers is f bove permissible exposure limits established by the Standard. If these limits are exceeded, the es-ployer must inc.t.-diately undertake a compliance program to protect employees from exposure. i r. -\, .,Vr-c. * ' .< . In this connection^ each Operating Telephone Co; -pa.:y must .MJort'he a program of visual inspection and po_rond and fuvircnnerttal monitoring to determine whether its rkplr o c~n in compliance with the provic'oe:: of this Ftande.crt. This program r.'.ust include Company-provided v ;rkpl. Cr 5:* Co ,--ny-C'.;*.rd or ' . *;d rvii'.c1:; > c mr.y ai-'.o ' -olutsc specific It ' o co.\-r-.-.iiy vrGt '< c-p.-vations i: cu `to." .r-pcovi.^od wo'I:places acbcstos l.-.s h r-n used t-:.; qcn.-cal f irepreof ii:g and ho c insulation. v.v; , v - , c.-vru t )r. all si ' ',:sr. ro p.- ! ,, "d '. v r-. iir-'ing results indicate tl:.L -Tiploy- c a-..poseros ci: ; I. .* limits established by the Hlar.dard, the 6--*ct.'.ng Telephone Company must -.tely iv;7t .-It a Co:;'*!:,-:" progrui.! to protect e.-jp.'oye'T f 1 .t t b.v.o d PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT LLA 001977