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RVC Said Handling Asbestos Properly ALBANY -- At Rondout Veil* Kick fcfci doom ctaaad Mday W'sJlow wartee* o stray ilinc esbeeto* tllse with flxatlv*, a Affinal af tha New Yak Suu Department f Health jaaattained that sir Cvintoaiaatien from th# tila it Teett ihewtd a ccr.centrs tionof .15 to .17 tabaotoa fibers par milliliter of tir at tha hifh ' tehool. O'Conntli uid that th* Environmental Protection `Agency lunntid minimum is no mart tnan .1 fiben .par The Ulster County Depart ment of Hulth dote sat hava env minimum tir eonumina-- tion eundarde for tebattoe. a epoatsman referred inquiriu to state officials. A survey of Ulster' County if indicated. McCarthy uidJ Leuis A. ki~ eton euparintendent. aaiddis- trict buildlnfs had been checked after Savin* Uleviead reports of e school elcain* in New Jtriey.. Only two boiler tot haaardout public health "TVe* It as eviduea that it iaaaa atna peableu. tad I vnnk it k beiit* haadlad la tppN^rUu ftthiea," uid Of. Niehalae Vienne of tha 4spafnunt` Bureau of food and tttcitutional Saaitation. Rondeut Vallay High School -nil matla dated Friday u allow a New Jersey firm. KACAiinUef, to ipray about tt.OOQ efuai* fat of tailing*' with a eiaat poiyaar coating milliliter, while the Bureau cf Labor recommends not more than .5 par milliliter. Naw York State hat no min imum itandard for contamina tion by aabeetot pertielet. Dr. Vienna uid. "Our only nptnenea hu been with peepie tueh u ubattot mlnert, mduetrial worker*, and pipefit ter*, work*?* who inhale larft emounu of ubeetoe." he uid. "R*t*rdinf minimal emounta in th* air. it rtmeini to be eaen." eenool edminittritore dier.oted that til were ewer* of tne problem end that ell had loom ceiling* :n the entire dietnct contain usestot. h* said.. e-necked up on thaix own diatriete after' Dr. James . Saugertiu Supviataadeat Daniai La* uid that David O'Connell, the Rondout Valley eupermundent of eehook, diaeloeed hie district's plane at superintendent's conferanee last weak. Robert McCarthy, tha Naw* Put: superintendent, uid 'hat about 14,000 epuar* feet of ctiunc i the middle Hildebrand, superintendent of buildin** and (round*, had boon aaada aww* of th* prob-' lam about three year* s*o and had cheeked out all dlatnct. buildings. All teata wart negative and ' that* an no- ubeetrn matariala in any of th* building!, Lee uid. echool contained ubeetoe. He Dr. Jack Keough, Ontaora they dtvtlapad especially for Jit parpgu. Tha ipray rcaeta rhtaitally with atbattst, woiecula to farm t touch Iar iact eaatinc that pmtnu flak* >af wheel tha mtttntl define to dieuttagriU. Handout Superintendent Or. Repeated txpoture in larf* amounu over lone period! of time can eauee chrome dieeuee. ineiudinf cancer! he uid. Aaked for hie definition of e lone time, he replied: ' Somethin* like 15 or 20 year*.'' hat bind Roaen*|tl and As- kusinau man*r, uid tk* ocutes of Cherry Hill, SJ., district had also hired' to conduct,tteu which were Resananl and Anoaiataa to do scheduled to bafin today. Ra- sariu of tasto.Tho Anal tast, sulu of air contamination to dotermino if. dattriontion measurtmenu will be avail. * and flakinc of the ube*tea hu sale early next week end tp- .ooeumd. 'la tot for nest propneu action will be taken Wednesday. Junta O'Connell had etilinc MturSajt tostad after htar.nc a telawiaad rnpeei of a tehool. elesrng in Naw Jana/ for', paruelt eonuaina-' Wdwy, Jsmu*y'2l,"l*T7 *h "IMES w P*A C D~ Contamination Closes Rondout High School KYSEHIXS-- Rondout Valley declared an emerjency.'' Hifh School will be doted Thun- t . Further tests day and Friday while repain are showed concentration of .15 to made to eliminate air contamina .17 tebesto* fibers per milliliter oi tion by tabastoa particle* is th* air at the hifh school. ceiling matariala.. O'Connell said that the Environ, Th# work will b* performed by' mental Protection Agency suggest* tha KRC Research Corporation at no greater then 1 fiber* per Morrutown, New Jersey, who will milliliter of eir, while the Bureau pray tha ceiling* with an epoty of Labor recommend* not more poiyaar coating developed especially for the purpoa*. Rondout Valley School Superin than .5 fiber* per milliliter. "We thought anything that ex ceeded the most esutiou* recom tendent Dr. James O'Connell said he 'ordered ail district buildinfs inspected efter hearing of a New Jersey school t.let had to be closed mendation should be corrected iramedistly,'' O'Connell said. O'Connell aiO that the material used in (he high school ceilings we* because of hifh esseito* fiber con commonly used during the time tent in tha air. when the Rcndout Valley High Sprtyin* of approximately School we* built. Th* . school 50,000 square feet will cost an opened in 1960. The material w** estimated 133.000, with up In 50 ' inexpensive end he* excellent heat par cant of th* coat bein* refun end acoustical properties. dable by th* State Education De partment, accordin* to O' Connell. Th* school board, advised by the superintendent that asbeato* fiber concentration wet higher than soma recommended minimum#, O'Connell said that the two day* used to repair the ceiling* will be made up with enow dayt. The district he* used two of it* six scheduled snow dsys so far. !| i|tf -o -s ifinIM oo _C o ws _C cr i3;a!lif|nl5*1* Z3 8` O ~o ipmt c o O' DUP 1110917 DU 054911