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- Jfi *1 JUN 2 1980 RECEIVER % Industrial Safety Equipment Association May 29, 1980 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT SAG-52 BULLETIN NO. 80-SW-5 TO THE SAFETY NEAPING APPAPEL GROUP: ASBESTOS SUBSTITUTES WORKSHOP Believing you will find it of interest, we have enclosed an announce ment from the Asbestos Information Association's newsletter, and also an announcement on the same subject from the Federal Register of May 27, 1980, regarding a workshop related to finding substitutes for as bestos in various products. As you will see from the attached, the workshop is sponsored by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency, and will be held in Arlington, Virginia, on'July lU-16. Yours very truly. /af Enclosures Frank E. Wilcher, Jr-. Executive Director 1901 N. Moore Street, Arlington, VA 22209 (703) 525-1695 nKS 210 - * Federal Register / Vol. 45, No. 103 / Tuesday, May 27, 1900 / Notices CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY _ [FRL 1500-7; OPTS-61005B] Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos; Meeting agencies: Consumer Product Safety Commission and Environmental Protection Agency. action: Notice of A Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos. summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will sponsor a Workshop on Substitutes for Asbestos from July 14-16,1980. The workshop will be held at the Sheraton National Hotel, 900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, Virginia. There is no charge for admission to this workshop. FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION contact: John B. Ritch, Jr., Industry Assistance Office (TS-799), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW.t Washington, D.C. 20460, Toll-free: 800424-9065, In Washington, D.C.: 544-1404. FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION CONTACT: Hope Pillsbury, Workshop Coordinator (TS-794), Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection. Agency, 401M Street. SW., Washington, D.C. 20460, 202-755-8023. ' SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the workshop is to help EPA and CPSC gather information on .the current technical and economic issues and potential health hazards relating to substitutes for asbestos and asbestos- containing products. The workshop will be structured so that participants may choose to attend the entire workshop, the technical/economic portion, the health portion, or individual sessions. Participants from industry, academia, government, organized labor, and public interest groups, as well as other interested parties are invited to attend. At the outset of the workshop, overview talks on technical, economic and regulatory aspects of asbestos substitutes will be presented. These talks will include subjects such as factors affecting speed of technological innovation, problems of market * definition, and the regulatory status of asbestos. The main body of the technical/ economic portion of the workshop will consist of talks on substitutes for the approximately ten asbestos product categories, followed by discussion sessions. There also will be opportunities to discuss broader issues such as the ability of substitute products to meet new or currently existing performance standards. The second portion of the workshop will focus on health effects of both fibrous and nonfibrous types of substitutes. An overview talk on routes of exposure will be given, followed by talks on epidemiologic and experimental studies that have been made on the various substances that can be used as substitutes for asbestos. Discussion sessions will be included on the agenda. A session is planned in which manufacturers and other experts on substitutes can inform the two Agencies about the characteristics of products that they make or have studied. Persons who register by early June 1980 will receive a background information packet prior to the ' workshop to help .them prepare for it. . Dated: May 14,1980. Steven . Jellinek, Assistant Administrator Office ofPesticides and Toxic Substances. Environmental Protection Agency. Dated: May 19,1980. Dr. Peter W. Preuss, Deputy Associate Executive Director, Health Sciences. Consumer Product Safety Commission. [FR Doc. BO-1S9M Filed S-ZJ-S& MS imj BILUNG CODE 6560-01-M " DKS 212