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FILE NAME: AZs DATE: & DOC#: As DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: DZt,Z, ^^ WW 7 .YM.WMN"E j1W1fittM'f-wtwttn~-liiA~:'&f:iiiiffiUf-i'f""~~ 19 ..,....' 0049.1 SHIPBUILCERS COUNCIL CF AMERICA February 7, 196 9 TO: SHIPYARD MEMBERS AND SAFETY COMMITTEE SUBJECT: Walsh-Healey Act, Revised H-ealth and Safety Standards You will recall that the Safety Conunittee of the Council met in November and agreed on views that would be submitted to the Department of Labor on Revised Health and Safety Standards for Federal Supply Contracts unde~ the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act. The statement of th~ Council subsequently made available to the Bureau of Labor Standards dealt principally with occupational noise exposure limitations proposed to the Bureau~ radiation exposure; exposure to harmful gases; vapor fumes; dusts and mists; materials handling; safety guards on machines; compressed gases and several of-the consensus standards-incorporated by reference such as those on welding, traffic, safety, etc. The day before the Johnson Administration left office Labor &ecretary Willard Wirtz approved revised Walsh-Healey Safety and Health Standards which made a number of changes in the previous draft and included some new material. The full text of the Department of Labor press release with a print of the revised regulations as published in the FEDERAL REGISTER is attached. We understand the consensus of the Safety Committee to be that a letter objecting to certain of the new material incorporated in this revision should be filed with newly appointed 't----~:_ - -:-&XHIBIT ! . et;A,JNTIFF'S E .. ..".C-C.. ..-( . .......S.....-...A.......J..-Q-al- t 3 -2- Labor Secretary George Shultz before the effective date of the revised regulationst February 17, 1969. Such a letter has been drafted for review and conunent by the members of the Council's . Safety Committee, and will go to the Secretary in due course. As a matter of information there is also attached copies of letters from the NAM and MAP! to Secretary Shultz asking -that the regulations not become effective on February 17. We will keep you informed. Enclosure Edward P. Secretary