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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT
DATE 1975 Dec 12
DOC PAINT104
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Ed Fenner at Johns Manville from
Lawyer for Textured Coatings of America Re California Code Changes
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RICHARD RICHARDS
BORCATO BORCATO BEVERLY GILBERT GILBERT cruss HARRY L. GEASHON
WANGUE DOUGLAS WANGUE
JAMES . MERCAT
JAMES J. COON
MARK L. L'AMMEN
ARNOLD SIMON
PATRICK C. COUGHLAN DAROLO O. PIEPER
PRED & FENSTER
STEPHEN A. LENSKE GEORGE A. FURST
ALLEN E. RENNETT
STEVEN L. DORSEY
JEFFREY N. GARLAND ROBERT M. GOLDFRIED MARGARET & SPENCER
SPENCER
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RONALO M. GREENECRO OF COUNSEL
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RICHARDS WATSON DREYFUSS & GERSHON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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Calif
December 12 1975
THIRTY EIGHTH FLOOP 333 SOUTH HOPE STREET LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90071
12131 626-8404
CAGLE ADDRESS RICKWAT
Mr. Edmund M. Fenner Johns Mansville Co. Greenwood Plaza Denver Colorado 80216
Re Asbestos Legislation
Dear Mr. Fenner
We have been asked by Textured
Inc. to represent their interests in
Coatings of America
amended legislation
achieving new or
the manufacture and affecting the use of asbestos products
problems
application of which present no health
As you know Section 25910 of the
and Safety Code in its
California Health
by
the
1974
current
Legislature
form
per AB
2419
adopted
copy enclosed has because of its
for industry labor and the
been to
general public
potentially limit the
The result has
intended
to be covered
by
use
this
of products
not
initially
demonstrably
safe
and
Act desirable
and
which
are
themselves
In the closing days of the 1975
Legislature an effort to obtain
Session of the
of an Amendment to Section
relief through the adoption
25910 was nearly successful but
failed because of a failure in
coordination between the
communication and a lack of
fying the effect of this vlaarwious parties concerned in clari-
Accordingly it is
effort be now made to
respectfully suggested that an
all
of
the
coordinate
interested
the
efforts
of
many
if
not
ment
in
parties the early part of
looking
to a
successful
Amend-
the upcoming 1976 Legislative Session
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Mr. Edmund M. Fenner
December 12 1975 Page 2
With your permission and hopefully your
we
are
per
TCA request
undertaking
that
cooperation
coordination
and the industry which Administration of this
require protection Section
within
the
proper
that an early effort be
It is particularly important
made to determine the thinking of the
mpurtiunaclipal parties of interest and to be sure that there is
to
agreement prior to asking members of the
take specific steps on our behalf
Legislature
Accordingly Mr. Fenner we request that
reply
to
this
communication
indicating
your
you promptly reactions
you agree with our effort to
If
coordinate we would then
request
that you inform us
concerning what current legislative
contacts
On our part we offer to
ment for legislative introduction you the wording and the supportive initiate
develop a satisfactory Amend-
and to clear with each of steps which we intend to
conflicting efforts claims or legislative
be
made
thus
hopefully
strengthening
contacts rather
will
not
the next united legislative effort
than confusing
Since we intend to initiate an
have
the
effect of
exempting only
those
Amendment which will
products containing
orfelwahtiicvhely small amounts of asbestos the manufacture and
demonstrably result in no health
use
coordinated legislative
It is however equally
effort should apparent
not
hazard we feel a be extremely difficult
if the effort is not
that if no effort is made or
to
achieve
any
properly directed significant
and
coordinated
a
failure
direct detriment to
amendment could result in substantial
the businesses and industries involved and
indirect detriment to labor and the general public
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Mr. Edmund M. Fenner
December 12 1975 Page 3
Reply to this communication
financial obligation by you to
involves of course no
attorneys for TCA in this
our office We are serving as
welcome
Project It is assumed
the
any support
industry
which may be
offered
by
those
they would
portions
desiring to cooperate with them
of
We look forward to your early reply
Sincerely
Rechand Richard Richards
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CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
Chapter 10.3 SPRAYING OF ASBESTOS NEW
Sec 25910 Prohibition exemption
$ 25910. Prohibition exemption
on No person
or after July 1
1975
shall cause or
permit the spraying of any substance containing more than
half of 1 percent asbestos in
or upon a building or
during other structure
its
construction alteration or
repair No person on or after July 1 1976 shall cause
or permit the
spraying of any substance containing any
amount of asbestos in or
upon a building or other structure
during its construction alteration or
repair
Cold process cutback asphalt roof
coatings shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter
The above was
enacted
Legislative Session
into
( G We propose to initiate
law at the end of the 1974
appropriate Amendments to the
above
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