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Eaton Corporation Inter-Office Correspondence SALES DEPARTMENT LETTER #84-01 Dgie January 3, 1984 To A11 Field Sales Offices s Distributors Division & Plant Airflex Division prom Robert W. Rosenow Division & Plant Airflex Division Copyto Subiact EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS F:T*N .OSHA has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard-.fETsV.toJreduce the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for asbestos Jromj.i' fibers (longer than 5 micrometers) per cubic centimeter vpif ;Sir as an eight-hour time-weighted average to 0.S f ibers, pervdubic centi meter of air. The effective date of this ET ifs* November'4, 1983. This emergency standard consists ..of "revisj.onsf:'to the existing standard covering occupational e)$ppsure tpasbestos. The ETS permits employers to reduce/the permissible exposure limit from the current 2 f/cc of aiir to the 0.5 f/cc of air by any feasible combination of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection. OSHA has determined, that ..continued employee exposure to asbestos under conditions. that,.exceed the 0.5 f/cc level presents a grave danger of deyeigplng asbestos induced cancer and asbestosis to exposed emp-ioyees. This is the basis for the ETS. OSHA ..intbjids tq*publish a separate notice of proposed rulemaking to further ejEpJnin issues currently under consideration for a new permanent/st^h^ard. . * % .- ' w* Sales Department Letter #76-46 dated November 4, 1976, outlined the,asbestos standard listed in the Federal Register Under Subpart "E" S.ection 1910.1001, which had an effective date of July 1, 1976. The-nfew ETS is the first amendment to this 7h year old standard. y Continued . . . . For inler-oltice and inter-planl correspondence only SCF-EC-2615 FAW 17154