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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1981 Oct 29 DOC TALC093 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to the Mine Safety & Health Administration from & BABY PRODUCTS COMPANY October 29 1981 FUJ Jef Jef ONE ONE SKILLMAN N. J. 08558 Mrs. Cherie Hutchison Industrial Hygienist Health Division Mine Safety and Health 4015 Wilson Blvd. Arlington VA 22203 Administration Dear Mrs. Hutchison I would like to stop in your office to discuss a couple points on talc I will be in Washington the latter part of next week and would like to visit you on Wednesday afternoon November 5 if you have time available then There are two points I would like to discuss Firstly there has been talk in the talc industry that EPA has some current interest in talc presumably eminating out of their Industrial Standards Emmission Branch I would like to know whether your agency is involved in that work and if so what the objective and scope of it is In the event MSHA is not involved in the EPA talc work then perhaps you could route me to the proper coordinating specialist at the EPA offices at 401 M Street SW DC Secondly I would like to talk to anyone of your staff who is abreast of intended changes in the TLV for talc which ACGIH has under review I will call you on November 5 when I arrive in the Washington area to make sure Wednesday afternoon is convenient for you and if not I could fit into your schedule Thursday or Friday morning Thank you very much Very truly yours WHA atr CC G. Lee William H. Ashton Research Department