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/ I U4. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INOI AMO MPOttt MNVICa AOMINISTftATION Washington, ae. aoao" February 3, 1969 r i Hr. D. A. Woodard Acting Director jV3f';"" Marketing t Technical Services Division ' Property Hanrgeoent & Disposal Services General Services Administration Washington, D.C. 20405 ! Deer Ur. Woodard: Attached are two copies each of the survey letter, list of companies contacted end company replies regarding the updating of Purchase Specification P-3-114, for Chrysotile and P-4-115, for .Amosite Asbestos. W propose that After your staff has an opportunity to re view these documents, we discuss the subject of asbestos handling and protective measures to be taken to insure safety precautions in stockpile handling and storage of the material. Sincerely yours, Enclosures (2) 'i/ b % B. K. Slaughter Assistant Director Office of Industrial Materials Industrial Mobilization I BB 0018438 IS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF G INDUSTRIES. INC. DID.NOT COME FROM 'S FILES AND CANNOT BE AUTHEN'flCAl ED t PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. P 0439. I t ^Iv. \ / r ^ Attschsmnt C-20 _,,, pr>_od TZZ C 1389 Brigadier General Gears* A. Lincoln Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness Msahington, D.C. 20504 JV- Seer General Lincolni Hu - fodosad for your approval is a revision of* the Strategic and Critical Materials Storage Manual concerning asbestos, giving rare emphasis to "precautions to be taken" on health haasrds under Paragraph 6a. These changes have been coordinated with members i of the Departments of the Interior, Coomerce, and Defense. * Sincerely, . fWaltar C. tjrelsad ras 0. KARUUf. JR.. Comalas loner Enclosure cc : JOfficial File - DMOO Commissioner - D (2) DSAF DM CONCUR: DSM JJLb*r j BB 0018439 J dmi da*) DM00:IlR0akcy:dmro 2/4/69 -#BL *33932 THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF . PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. OID NOT COME FROM ' IT'S FILES AND CANNOVBE AUTHE'NTlCAi'ED ' BY PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. ^ - LFredkin r~'t ( r Such pers anal shall vtir a respiratory protective device in first class condition approved by the Bureau of Mines for asbestos^ particles. - - ---- . Such personnel shall wear a respiratory protective device in first class condition which will provide at least the protection afforded by a dlspcrsold (dust, funs and adst) respirator approved under schednlea __ 21, 21A and slB of the Boreas of Mines for asbestosls particles. ^They shall also vear outer work clothes that will not be worn outside the * area In which the work la being performed. ____ , ( /-, -v`- w . .. . 7 * >c i. f L *y V / 7^*1\r/ \ ocument ,NCSon>NOAT come^som K&BEAUTHE;mCAVED ET INDUSTRIES. me. | BB 0018440 |i ['. 0441 *>**1 F bmrf 13, 1949 Attachment C- 2ft Information for Health Hazards of Asbestos DM1 DMO Tbs matter of a proper respirator was taken up with Mr. Shoub of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, patent!on 5393. Ha said that the USBM had a continuing program testing and evaluating new and old respirators for any required application. He suggested that our manual should not carry any specific type of respirator for say given application bat xdy the latest recommended by the Bureau at the time a need should arise, because recommendations are changing as new respirators are Introduced and/or changing conditions such as variations in environment. RUSSELL L. RICHARDS CC: Official File - DSM Reading File - DSM Mnr m DSM:RLRicharde:md 2-13-69