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Eaton Corporation Inter-Office Correspondence SALES DEPARTMENT LETTER #84-01 Data y0 January 3, 1984 All Field Sales Offices s Distributors Division & Plant Airflex Division From Robert W. Rosenow . Division & Plant Airflex Division Copy to Subject EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD FOR ASBESTOS % :;:v m\; XA <ZT . A,r iaa 'A . .- .OSHA has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard-- (ETSl* to >reduce the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for asbestos ^fiom>2 fibers (longer than 5 micrometers) per cubic centimeter ijof ir as an eight-hour time-weighted average to 0. ^ ^Iper^, pefvCubic centi meter of air. The effective date of .this ETS is'November '4, 1983. - f'i *-?' ' This emergency standard consists.ofprevisions' to the existing standard covering occupational ejjposurer to asbestos. The ETS permits employers Jho reduce/the permissible exposure limit from the current of Sir-to the 0.5 f/cc of air by any feasible combination of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection. 4A OSHA has determined that ..continued employee exposure to asbestos under conditions that.,xceed the 0.5 f/cc level presents a grave danger of developing asbestos induced cancer and asbestosis to exposed en^loyees. ' This is the basis for the ETS. . OSHA .int^hds tq'publish a separate notice of proposed rulemaking to fuftfter explain issues currently under consideration for a new pernane'ntfslt^hdard. 4's i " Sales. Department Letter #76-46 dated November 4, 1976, outlined .i! thqJ^|^|l|tos -standard listed in the Federal Register under Subpart 'C.4 Section 1910.1001, which had an effective date of July 1, 1976. - c%The-rtew ETS is the first amendment to this 7h year old standard. V Continued For inler-oltice and inler-planl correspondence only SCF-EC-2615 FAW 17154 .Page Two Sales Department Letter #84-01 January 3, 1984 The last paragraph of Sales Department Letter #76-46 still it up. There is no measurable amount, of airborne asbestos fiber liberated to atmosphere during clutch or brake engagement, so there is no cause for concern that a health hazard exists. a _P .S\ ' 'is.. . F:TN (2<k R. W. Rosenow RWR/kw <; .p 0 A" CPW:CprJ - #:; rlJi g .0" o i.;Iv G . p.\.P. %c:r ,pr rV C P ...w ^ 5* S%\ . X\* .5*-* * **' .(> 'V\. O' <0' O' . P ' CT #'.. FAW 17155