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Dtur 81ra 1 Soptonbor 8,1972 i$teiah,Taxao I wrltlaf to jou la roforwmo to a book on Aobootoo that io publiohod by tho goTomnoat. fHo nano of tho booklot lo Critorla for a ftoocnaondod Standard,Occupational Xxpoooro to Aobootoo. Would 70a ploaoo oon4 no 2 c|0P of tho abovo Motioned not I nood ono fbr oyoalf olaoo X an Safety Suprr. of onr Am,T< eno for tho oapervleer of oar Joint oyotan department,Mr. Sterling Thaako for poor attention of this natter. -*.** r* Bill J. Howard FORM o-e ^ GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION BESTWALL GYPSUM DIVISION QUANNAH, TEXAS SGP 0006495 U.S. Asbestos Standard--The Text Here is the complete text of the new standard for exposure to asbestos dust, as published in the Federal Register, vol. 37, No. 110, pp. 11320-11322, Wednesday, June 7, 1972: 1910.93a Asbestos (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section; (1) "Asbestos" includes chrysotilc, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyliite, and actinolite. bestos fibers longer (2) "Asbestos fibers" means asbes tos fibers longer than 5 micrometers. (b) Permissible exposure to air borne concentrations of asbestos fibers --(1) Standard effective July 7. 1972. The S-hour time-weighted average air borne concentrations of asbestos fibers to which any employee may be ex posed shall not exceed five fibers, longer than 5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of air, as determined by the method prescribed in paragraph (e) of this section. (2) Standard effective July 1,1976. The 8-hour time-weighted average air borne concentrations of asbestos fibers to. which any employee may be ex posed shall not exceed two fibers, longer than 5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of air, as determined by the method prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section. (3) Ceiling concentration. No em ployee shall be exposed at any time to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of 10 fibers, longer than 5 micrometers, per cubic centi meter of air, as determined by the method prescribed in paragraph (e) of this section. (c) Methods of compliance--(1) Engineering methods, (i) Engineering controls. Engineering controls, such as, but cot limited to, isolation, enclosure, exhaust ventilation, and dust collec tion. shall be used to meet the expo sure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section. (ii) Local exhaust ventilation, (a) Local exhaust ventilation and dust col lection systems shall be designed, con structed, installed, and maintained in accordance with the American Na tional Standard Fundamentals Govern ing the Design and Operation of Local Exhaust Systems, ANSI Z9.I-1971, which is incorporated by reference herein. {b) Sec $ ici0.6 concerning the avail:.;).;,ty of ANSI Z9.2-i97i. and the maintenance cf a historic file in connection therewith. The address of the American National Standards In stitute is given in 1910.100. (iii) Particular tools. All hand-op erated and power-operated tools which may produce or release asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion, such as, but uot limited to, saws, scorers, abrasive wheels, and drills, shall be provided with local ex haust ventilation systems, in accord ance with subdivision (ii) of this subparagraph. (2) Work practices--(i) Wet meth ods. Insofar as practicable, asbestos shall be handled, mixed, applied, re moved, cut, scored, or otherwise worked in a wet state sufficient to pre vent the emission of airborne fibers in excess of the exposure limits pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion, unless the usefulness of the product would be diminished thereby. (ii) Particular products and opera tions. No asbestos cement, mortar, coating, grout, plaster, or similar material containing asbestos shall be removed from bags, cartons, or other containers in which they are shipped, without being either wetted, or en closed, or ventilated so as to prevent effectively the release of airborne as bestos fibers in excess of the limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section. (iii) Spraying, demolition, or re moval. Employees engaged in the spraying of asbestos, the removal, or demolition of pipes, structures, or equipment covered or insulated with asbestos, and in the removal or demo lition of asbestos insulation or cover ings shall be provided with respira tory equipment in accordance with paragraph (d) (2) (iii) of this sec tion and with special clothing in ac cordance with paragraph (d) (3) of this section. (d)Personal protective equipment --(1) Compliance with the exposure limits prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section may not be achieved by the use of respirators or shift rotation of employees, except: (i) During the time period neces sary to install the engineering controls and to institute the work practices re quired by paragraph (c) of this sec tion: (ii) In work situations in which the methods prescribed in p:.ragr;;or. (c) of secti.c:'. are e.'her technically no: feasible or feasible to an extent insufficient to reduce the airborne con centrations of asbestos fibers below the limits prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section; or (iii) In emergencies. (iv) Where both respirators and personnel rotation are allowed by sub divisions (i), (ii), or (iii) of this subparagraph, and both are practica ble. personnel rotation shall be pre ferred and used. (2) Where a respirator is permitted by subparagraph (1) of this para graph it shall be selected from among those approved by the Bureau of Mines. Department of the Interior, or the National Institute for Occupa tional Safety and Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the provision of 30 CFR Part 11 (37 F.R. 6244, Mar. 25, 1972), and shall be used in accordance with subdivisions (i) (ii), and (iv) of this subparagraph. (i) Air purifying respirators. A re usable or single use air purifying respirator, or a respirator described in subdivision (ii) or (iii) of this subparagraph, shall be used to reduce the concentrations of airborne asbestos fi bers in the respirator below the expo sure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, when the ceiling or the 8-hour time-weighted average air borne concentrations of asbestos fibers are reasonably expected to exceed no more than 10 times those limits. (ii) Powered air purifying respira tors. A full facepiece powered air purifying respirator, or a powered air purifying respirator, or a respirator described in subdivision (iii) of this subparagraph, shall be used to reduce the concentrations of airborne asbes tos fibers in the respirator below the exposure limits prescribed in para graph (b) of this section, when the ceiling or the 3-hour time-weighted average concentrations of asbestos fi bers are reasonably expected to exceed 10 times, but not 100 times, those limits. (iii) Type "C" stipplied-air respira tors, continous flow or pressure-de mand class. A type "C" continuous flow or pressure-demand, supplied-air respirator shall be used to reduce the concentrations of airborne asbestos fibers in the respirator below the ex posure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, when the ceiling or the 3-hour time-weighted average airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers are reasonably expected to ex ceed 100 times those limits. (iv) Establishment of a respirator program, (a) The employer shall es- (Continued on sixth page) . SGP 0006496 - (Continued from fifth page) tablish a respirator program in ac cordance with the requirements of the American National Standards Prac tices for Respiratory Protection, ANSI ZSS.2-1969, which is incorporated by reference herein. (b) See 1910.6 concerning the availability of ANSIZ88.2-969 and the. maintenance of an historic file in connection therewith. The address of the American National Standards In stitute is given in 1910.100. (c) No employee shall be assigned to tasks requiring the use of respira tors if, based upon his most recent examination, an examining physician determines that the employee will be unable to function normally wearing a respirator, or that the safety or health of the employee or other em ployees will be impaired by his use of a respirator. Such employee shall be rotated to another job or given the opportunity to transfer to a dif ferent position whose duties he is able to perform with the same em ployer, in the same geographical area and with the same seniority, status, and rate of pay he had just prior to such transfer, if such a different posi tion is available. (3) Special clothing: The employer shall provide, and require the use of special clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for any employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers, which exceed the ceiling level pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion. (4) Change rooms: (i) At any fixed place of employment exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, the employer shall provide change rooms for employees working regularly at the place. (ii) Clothes lockers: The employer shall provide two separate lockers or containers for each employee, so sepa rated or isolated as to prevent con tamination of the employee's street clothes from his work clothes. (iii) Laundering: (a)Laundcring of asbestos contaminated clothing shall be done so as to prevent the release of airborne asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section. (b) Any employer who gives asbes tos-contaminated clothing to another person for laundering shall inform such person of the requirement in (a) of this subdivision to effectively pre vent the release of airborne asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this Section. (c) Contaminated clothing shall be transported in scaled impermeable bags, or other closed, impermeable containers, and labeled in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section. (e) Method of measurement. All determinations of airborne concen trations of asbestos fibers shall be made by the membrane filter method at 400-450 X (magnification) (4 milli meter objective) with phase contrast illumination. (f) Monitoring--(1) Initial deter minations. Within 6 months of the publication of this section, every em ployer shall cause every place of em ployment where asbestos fibers are released to be monitored in such a way as to determine whether every employee's exposure to asbestos fibers is below the limits prescribed in para graph (b) of this section. If the limits are exceeded, the employer shall im mediately undertake a compliance program in accordance with para graph (c) of this section. (2) Personal monitoring--(i) Sam ples shall be collected from within the breathing zone of the employees, on membrane filters of 0.8 micrometer porosity mounted in an open-face fil ter holder. Samples shall be taken for the determination of the 8-hour timeweighted average airborne concentra tions and of the ceiling concentrations of asbestos fibers. (ii) Sampling frequency and pat terns. After the initial determinations required by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, samples shall be of such frequency and pattern as to represent with reasonable accuracy the jevels of exposure of employees. In no case shall the sampling be done at intervals greater than 6 months for employees whose exposure to asbestos may rea sonably be foreseen to exceed the limits prescribed by paragraph (b) of this section. (3) Environmental monitoring -- (i) samples shall be collected from areas of a work environment which are representative of the airborne con centrations of asbestos fibers which may reach the breathing zone of em ployees. Samples shaii be collected on a membrane filter of 0.8 micrometer porosity mounted in an open-face niter holder. Samples shall be taken for the determination of the 8-hour timeweighted average airborne concentra tions and of the ceiling concentrations of asbestos fibers. (ii) Sampling frequency and pat terns. After the initial determinations required by subparagraph (1) of this paragraph, samples shall be of. such frequency and pattern as to represent with reasonable accuracy the levels of exposure of the employees. In no case shall sampling be at intervals greater than 6 months for employees whose exposures to asbestos may rea sonably be foreseen to exceed the exposure limits prescribed in para graph (b) of this section. (4) Employee observation of moni toring. Affected employees, or their representatives, shall be given a rea sonable opportunity to observe any monitoring required by this paragraph and shall have access to the records thereof. (g) Caution signs and labels. (1) Caution signs, (i) Posting. Caution signs shall be provided and displayed at each location where airborne con centrations of asbestos fibers may be in excess of the exposure limits pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion. Signs shall be posted at such a distance from such a location so that an employee may read the signs and take necessary protective steps before entering the area marked by the signs. Signs shall be posted at all approaches to areas containing excessive concen trations of airborne asbestos fibers. (ii) Sign specifications. The warn ing signs required by subdivision (i) of this subparagraph shall conform to the requirements of 20" x 14" vertical format signs specified in 1910.145 (d) (4), and to this subdivision. The signs shall display the following legend in the lower panel, with letter sizes and styles of a visibility at least equal to that specified in this subdivision. Legend Notation Asbestos............... 1" Sans Serif, Gothic or Block. Dust Hazard .... V* " Sans Serif, Avoid Breathing Gothic or Block. Dust ................... 14" Gothic. Wear Assigned Protective Equip ment ................. 14" Gothic. Do Not Remain In Area Unless Your Works Recuires It ...........1.......... 14" Gothic. Breathing Asbestos Dust May Be Hazardous To Your Health ... 14 point Gothic. (Continued on seventh page) SGP 0006497 -(Continued from sixth page) Spacing between line? shall be at least equal to the height of the upper of any two lines. (2) Caution labels--(i) Labeling. Caution labels shall be affixed to all raw materials, mixtures, scrap, waste, debris, and other products containing asbestos fibers, or to their containers, except that no label is required where asbestos libers have been modified by a bonding agent, coating, binder, or other material so that during any rea sonably foreseeable use, handling, storage, disposal, processing, or trans portation, no airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section will be released. (ii) Label specifications. The cau tion labels required by subdivision (i) of this subparagraph shall be printed in letters of sufficient size and contrast as to be readily visible and legible. The label shall state: Caution Contains Asbestos Fibers Avoid Creating Dust Breathing Asbestos Dust May Cause Serious Bodily Harm (h) Housekeeping--(1) Cleaning. All external surfaces in any place of employment shall be maintained free of accumulations of asbestos fibers if, with their dispersion, there would be an excessive concentration. (2) Waste disposal. Asbestos waste, scrap, debris, bags, containers, equip ment, and asbestos-contaminated clothing, consigned for disposal, which may produce in any reasonably fore seeable use, handling, storage, proc essing, disposal, or transportation air borne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of the exposure limits pre scribed in paragraph (b) of this sec tion shall be collected and disposed of in sealed impermeable bags, or other closed, impermeable containers. (i) Recordkeeping--(1) Exposure records. Every employer shall main tain records of any personal or en vironmental monitoring required by this section. Records shall be main tained for a period of at least 3 years and shall be made available upon re quest to the Assistant Secretary of Labor fer Occupational Safety and Health, the Director of the National Institute tar Occupational Safety and Health, and to authorized representa tives o; either. '-) /./:;-ioycc access. Every emee and former employee shall have reasonable access to any record required to be maintained by sub paragraph (1) of this paragraph, which indicates the employee's own exposure to asbestos fibers. (3) Employee notification. Any employee found to have been exposed at any time to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of the limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section shall be notified in writing of the exposure as soon as practicable but not later than 5 days of the find ing. The employee shall also be timely notified of the corrective action being taken. (j) Medical examinations -- (1) General. The employer shall provide or make available at his cost, medical examinations relative to exposure to asbestos required by this paragraph. (2) Preplacement. The employer shall provide or make available to each of his employees, within 30 calendar days following his first em ployment in an occupation exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers, a comprehensive medical exam ination, which shall include, as a mini mum, a chest roentgenogram (poste rior-anterior 14 x 17 inches), a history to elicit symptomatology of respiratory disease, and pulmonary function tests to include forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEVx.o). (3) Annual examinations. On or before January 31, 1973, and at least annually thereafter, every employer shall provide, or make available, com prehensive medical examinations to each of his employees engaged in oc cupations exposed to airborne con centrations of asbestos fibers. Such annual examination shall include, as a minimum, a chest roentgenogram (posterior-anterior 14 x 17 inches), a history to elicit symptomatology of respiratory disease, and pulmonary function tests to include forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEVj.o). (4) Termination of employment. The employer shall provide, or make available, within 30 calendar days before or after the termination of employment of any employee engaged in an occupation exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers, a comprehensive medical examination which shall include, as a minimum, a chest roentgenogram (posterioranterior 14 x 17 inches), a history to elicit symptomatology of respiratory' disease, and pulmonary function tests to include forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEVx.o). (5) Recent examinations. No medi cal examination is required of any employee, if adequate records show that the employee has been examined in accordance with this paragraph within the past 1-ycar period. (6) Medical records--(i) Main* tenance. Employers of employees examined pursuant to this paragraph shall cause to be maintained complete and accurate records of all such medi cal examinations. Records shall be re tained by employers for at least 20 years. t (ii) Access. The contents of the records of the medical examinations required by this paragraph shall be made available, for inspection and copying, to the Assistant Secretary' of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, the Director of NIOSH. to authorized physicians and medical consultants of either of them, and, upon the request of an employee or former employee, to his physician. Any physician who conducts a medi cal examination required by this para graph shall furnish to the employer of the examined employee all the in formation specifically required by this paragraph, and any other medical in formation related to occupational exposure to asbestos fibers. 3. A new 1910.19 is added to Subpart B of Part 1910, reading as follows: 1910.19 Asbestos dust. Section 1910.93a shall apply to the exposure of every employee to as bestos dust in every employment and place of employment covered by 1910.12, 1910.13, 1910.14, 1910.15, or 1910.16, in lieu of any different standard on exposure to asbestos dust which would otherwise be applicable by virtue of any of those sections. Effective date. Paragraph (b) (2) of 1910.93a shall become effective July 1, 1976. All other provisions of 1919.93a, 1910.93, and 1910.19 shall become effective July 7, 1972. The current emergency temporary standard remains in effect until July 7, 1972. (Secs. 6, 8. 84 Stat. 1593, 1593: 29 U.S.C. 655, 657; 29 CFR. 1910.4; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71, 36 F.R. 3754) Signed at Washington, D.C., this 2d day of June 1972. G. C. Guenther, Assistant Secretary of Labor [FR. Doc. 72-S574 Filed 6-6-72:8:4S am] SGP 0006498