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AIA/NA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Association Office
Agenda
25 January 1973
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Welcome
Minutes of last meeting
Review of Federal & State Regulatory Actions and Initiatives
Role of the Technical
Committee
A) Areas of, responsibility B) Membership C) Status of EEH Study and determination of adequacy D) Review of materials available to industry for
control of asbestos dust, monitoring, record . . keeping, personal hygiene, waste disposal,
labeling, material data sheets, employee training program, etc. E) New projects and assignments
Meetings of interest
Adjournment
Hand-out Materials:
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1. AIA/NA Report of State Initiatives for Asbestos Regulation 2. ACGIH TLV pamphlet, 1977 edition 3. Statement of Work for consolidation RTI-CONSAD
studies for OSHA 4. Report of current EPA activities related to asbestos 5. Draft OSHA Labeling Standard 6. Becklake paper, "State of the Art, Asbestos Related
Diseases, Amer. Review of Respiratory Disease, Vol. 114, 1976."
7. 3. S. Rajhans article, "Here's an Update on Asbestos..," Occupational Health and Safety, Nov-Dec 1977
3. P. L. Lowry, ?. R. Hesch et.al. paper, "Performance of Single-use Respirators," Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. Sept. '
?. Misc. articles, Proceedings of 32nd Annual EMSA Meeting
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25 January.1978
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REMARKS
I Review of Federal & State Regulatory Actions' & Initiatives:
A. OSKA's Proposed Revision to Asbestos Standard(s) Consolidation of CONSAD-RTI studies - due end April {copy of work statement in folders)
B. OSHA's Generic Cancer Policy Proposal (1) Dr. Bingham announced on January 24 extension of time period for response - new dates are:
Comments:
public: 2/23/78 (was 1/30/78) OSHA's witnesses: 4/4/78 (was 3/15/78) public supplemental: 4/25/78
(new provision)
Public hearing: 5/18/78 (was 4/4/78)
(2) V7ork of American Industrial Health Council
' (3) Consideration of AIA/NA Response
C. Report on State Initiatives for Asbestos Regulation (copy of report in folders) - refer Rhodes* work ongoing in California.
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D. CPSC
(1) Ban of consumer patching compounds containing
intentionally added resoirable free-form asbestos
issued 12/15/77.
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(2) Proposed carginogen policy drafted by CPSC staff was presented to Commission 1/18/78.
(3) Report on status of A. T. Kearney study, originally expected to be completed 1/15/78.
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(1) Paper on asbestos related programs in folders (Presented by Dr. Breen, SOEH Conference, 12/7/77)
(2) Regulation for Inventory Reporting Under TSCA Issu 12/23/77 - asbestos, as previously reported, will automatically included in inventory as a naturally occurring chemical substanc^^ ^
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Meetings of Interest
(1) P.soort on SOEH Meeting, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. <12/4 - 12/7/77)
(2) Symposium. on Risk/Benefit Decisions and the Public
Health (FDA sponsored) - U.S. Air Force Academy,
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Colorado Springs, Colo., 2/15 - 2/17/78.
(3) m.V. Academy of Sciences International Conference on Asbestos <6/24 - 6/27/73)
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