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FILE NAME: Avondale (AVD) DATE: 197: DOC#: AVD DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WZ ii! +a& 1l U. S. DEPARTMENT O.f. LABO.~ ~ 0fFl CE Of IN FD RM ATION, WASHlrtG.tOMA D. C. 2021: .Ou7.J.2 wee &ii AJNPCNkittRhta W 116& USDL -- 72-62 (202) 961-3914 FOR RELEASE: A.H. Editions . Mondayt January 31 1972 LABOR DEPARTMENT NAMES ASBESTOS HEALTH ADVISORY PANEL The appointment of a five-member Advisory Committee on Asbestos to study health standards for that .substance was announced today by the Occupational Safety and H1:1alth Administration (OSHA). George C, Guenther, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health who heads OSHA, said the committee will assist him in setting permanent health standards to protect workers from excessive exposure to asbestos dust. Guenther said the Advisory- Committee will hold several preliminary hearings on proposed permanent standards. Toe first such meeting will take place February 3, at 9 A.M. 1 in Conference Room 107C, Department of Labor, 14ch Street and Constitution Avenue. Hearigs on the proposed permanenc standards begin March 14 in Conference Room B of the. Departmental Auditorium in Washington. An emergency temporary sta1dard issued December 7 i:1 the basis of the proposed permanent standards, Related p !r:nanent standards dealin :. with monitoring, sampling, / ,t.. medical examinations and the us:~ of signs also are propo ed. The emergency temporary st mdard set permissible le:els at 5 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns long foY an eight-hour time-weighed average airborne concentration. "In its preliminary meetir 5s," Gu~nther explained, 1the _Advinory Committee will review the proposed standards, ~stablish operating rules. discuss pertinent sections of the Act, and review asbestos eAposure criteria ueveloped by the N.1cional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). All the meetings and hearings will be open to the public. - WiRE - r 2 Guenther said the Advisory Committee consisted of: Edwin C. Hyatt, Industrial Hygiene Group Leader, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., chairman. Jack Baliff, industrial hygienist, New York State Department of Labor, New York City. Dr. Joseph K, Wagon~r, Director, Division of Field Study and Clinical Investigation, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati. Isaac Weaver, Director of Environmental Controls, Raybestos-Manhattan Corporation, Manheim, Pa. Andy Haas, Safety Director, Asbestos Workers International Union, Washington. /) fl II \