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REGULATORY HISTORY OF ASBESTOS (Chronology) ! May 29, 1971 -- OSHA adopts a permissible exposure level (PEL) of~12 fibers per cubic centemetar averaged oyer an eight-hour day (12 f/cc). The PEL for asbestos was among the consensus standards then adopted in accordance with the OSH Act. Dec. 7, 1971 -- OSHA issues an emergency tenporary standard with a PEL of 5 f/cc and a peak exposure of 10 f/cc in response to a petition from the AFL-CIO. j June 7,1972 -- OSHA promulgates a new final standard with a PEL of 5 f/cc and a ceiling limit of 10 f/cc.! This was the agency's first comprehensive health standard. Oct. 9, 1975 -- OSHA publishes proposal to revise the standard for general industry, lowering the PEL to 0.5 f/cc with a ceiling limit of 5 f/cc for 15 minutes. The PEL was proposed as the lowest technologically and economically feasible level then achievable. The Supreme Court decision on benzene caused the agency to withdraw the proposal. July 1, 1976 -- The PEL was reduced to 2 f/cc as called for in the 1972 standard. I May 24, 1983 -- The Advisory Carmittee for Construction Safety and Health endorsed OSHA's position that any new PEL adopted for "V. general industry should also apply to the construction * industry. ! Nov. 4, 1983 -- OSHA publishes an Emergency Temporary Standard lowering the PEL to 0.2 f/cc. The ETS, however, was held invalid by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Apr. 10, 1994 -- OSHA publishes a proposed rule covering occupational exposure to asbestos in all industries governed by the OSH Act (maritime, construction and general industry). Sep. 28, 1985 -- OSHA announces plans at a meeting of the Advisory Conmittee for Construction Safety and Health that it would be issuing a separate standard to cover asbestos exposure in the construction industry. ; ********** DUP 0808466 DU 009272