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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 1973 June 1 DOC#: FMS028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Minutes and Attendee List Asbestos Study Committee .-garres or the meeting of the ASBESTOS STDT COMMI1112S F rid ay , June 1, 1973, ac 9:30 A.M. ac eh I n s tit u t e O ffic e , 2. 210 Rouc 4, Paraaua, 1J.J. A S SESS PRESENT 1 . I I . Heaver, Chairman H. Wagner 2. E. Feierabcnd Raybescos-Manhattan, Zac. C arllale Corporacin Abex Corporacin OTHERS PRESENT S. 3. McGinnis (fo r J . C. Henning) H. Jacko (or W. Spurgeon) D. E. Scone R. C. Wyatt W. 2 . G ustafson E. V. D rlslaae world Seseos Company Bendix Corporation Bendlx Corporacin Haremonc Corporadon Karcaont Corporadon F ricd o n M aterials Standards Insciente, Inc. KS3ESS HOT PRESENT J . C. Henning T. 3 e U W. Spurgeon World Beatos Company H. K. P orter Co. Bendix Corporation The meeting was c a lle d to order by Hr. Heaver, Chairman, at 9:30 A.M. MDTGTZS OF PREVI OHS MEETING The Secretary r e a d ' summery o f the Minutes o f the Meeting held February IS, 1973. These minutes had been re le a se d and a modon fo r th e ir acceptance had been obtained. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously p assed , i t was RESOLVED: To accep t the minutes of the February IS, 1973 rneedng as distributed. LABELING Ac the February IS, 1973 meeting, the Secretary was d irecte d to d istrib u te information on ty p ic a l CAUTION la b e ls sow in u se. The purpose of rh-i.? d istrib u tion was so th at the Committee Members could review what i s av ailab le and would be in a p o sitio n to propose la b e l s p e d f ic a d o n e to meet the OSSA requirements. dr.e member suggested that the s iz e of the lab e lin g used should be of su ffic ie n t s it e to be n oticeable on a la rg e carton and should be commensurably smaller but r^ au cu oz ^_e Asbestos Study Committee hsecizg June 1, 1973 s c l H noticeable on a sm aller package. On* member was u sin g an in se r t with a CAUTION la b e l stu ffe d in to the package. The use of im printed CAUTIOH Labels ca the cartca i s d esirab le because i t i s e sse n tia lly a one-time tooling c o st. Ibe use of se p a ra ta la b e ls i s a continuing added d ire c t expense. Host ren ters now using se p arate gunned la b e ls w ill eventually go over to im printing the carton when ordered. In vhac oust be a response or a reactio n by o th ers, many customers are now asking Hereera about how much percentage of asb e sto s i s in the brake lin in g s . could be a re a c tio n on the custom er's p e rt as to whether they would haw to put control p ractices in th eir facto rie s because o f tha asbestos chat l a contained in brake lin in g . Io meet tha erna s p i r i t o f th a OSHA re g u la tio n s, manufacturers doing subsequent d r illin g , or cutting of asbestos contala- in g ~ 8 T lttJTTfting should use the c a n th a t OSSA su g g e sts* One mesiber f e l t chat where he was shipping d r il le d ground lin in g s e t s th at he would not have to im print thesa sm all cartons w ith the OSSA CACTI05 la b e l. Other m etiers are sim ply p u ttin g the 0S3A CAUTION la b e lin g on eve ry th in g . When i t wee- suggested chat the Cosssittee should take a p o sitio n on reqnixenet the meaeeisnof th a Comndetaa ware rafe rz e d back to th a B e s o ls d o a th a t van an February lb , 1973. t h is so lu tio n s a i l , i s e f f e c t , th a t OSSA la b e lin g p ra c tic e s should ba sdhered to where eab e st os / m a te r ia ls do not have asbestos fib e r com pletely locked in or where subsequent o p eratio n s may be p e r * formed. The question concerning the d r ille d and ground s e t i s : While I t l a unlikely that subsequent operations w ill be performed, i s i t p o ssib le then they may be performed? A fter e lengthy d isc u ssio n i t wes decided th at no r e so lu tio n concerning r e com mended~CAUIIUiJ la b e ls would be proposed. R ather, the S e c re ta ry I s d ire c te d to send to the Ileadership copies of ty p ic a l la b e ls now In u se . I t was ca lle d to the S e c re ta r y 's atten tio n th at h is yellow B u lle tin of March 30, 1973 was in e r r o r . In th a t n o tice i t a ta te d , "Avoid b rearh in g d u st". The words ing should have been, "Avoid creatin g d u st". This e rro r w i l l be c a lle d to th e .. attention of the tkaberahip. The Chairman brought up another point aa regard s l a b e l s . There i s a sign that can be posted in the factory where there are r e s t r i c t io n s concerning asbestos dust in the atmosphere. This i s s standard sig n fo r placing in the factory which s a y s : "CAUTION - Asbestos dust h azard; avoid b reath in g d u st; wearassigned p ro te ctiv e equipment; do not remain in a re a u n less your work require i t ; breathing asb e sto s d u st nay be hazardous to your h e a lth " . Inform ation on the a v a ila b ilit y of these sign s w ill be sen t to the Membership. EPA EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR ASBESTOS ^ h iia the rev EPA evasion s standards appear to be re a so n a b le , there is some d iffic u lty i t in te r p r e ta tio n . For example, the stan d ard s are not simply "No v is ib le e c ssio n s", but (1) i f the con trol equipment does not meet the a i r clean ing requirements in the r e c it a t io n s , no v is i b l e em issions a re p e rrc issib le , or (2) cue could even have v is i b l e em issions i f they v ere u sin g a c o lle c to r with the specifications-recommended by the EPA. In other w ords, i f you have the E?A's recommended c o lle c to r you could p o ssib ly have v i s i b l e em issions and s t i l l be complying with th e. EPA1requirem ents. I t goes w ithout sa y in g , that in terp re ta tio n of the requirements by in d iv id u als in the d iff e r e n t EPA regions may var7 quite a b it. 2 3 Cbe - .- b a g c o lle c to r. - on EPA Enforcement O ffic e r se e * a v ap o r from eh scack where a wee c o lle c to r i s used, the-source beat be able to prove there ia t asb e sto s being discharged. Ia ocher words, i t can be in fe rre d ch at i f a source haa wet c o lle c t o r s tney say core lik e ly be cited fo r v is i b l e em issio n s. V oile i t i s apparent chat the EPA's e o ls s lo c s standarda promote th e dry c o lle c tion of asbeatoe In bags, many problems have been in d ic a te d v it h these c o lle c to r One o f the prob le a s was repeated f ir e s in the c o lle c tio n system . Another mesfcex s ta te d chat he coo had th is problem u n til c ig a re tte smoking was banned in the fa c to ry . Since discontinuing smoking in the fa c to ry , he claim s they have not had more chan one or too f i r e s in the l a s t 22 y e a rs. Another menfaer sa id th ar cay b e , but they have bad a Ho Smoking ru le fo r many y ears and they s t i l l have f i r e s . This p a rty blames the f ir e s on the in cen tive program where the workers receive a bonus fo r exceeding c e rta in work standards. This promotes the o f h e a v ie r-c u ts with grinding wheels and creates sp ark s which apparen tly promote the f i r e s in th e system. The operation th at has not had any firm s fo r the p a st 22 y ears does n ot have an in cen tive system and does not permit smoking In the work p la c e . Where the wet c o lle c to r s a r t now in u se , apparen tly the EPA i s perm ittin g t h e i r use as complying with Che requirements I f tM t p a in t, the d isp o sa l o f tha m a te ria ls pickad up by the c o l l e c t o r * mate.' brought up. 0n s member se n t the dust to a p e lle t iz in g machine, l a to la process they add 2Z-10Z cement to the p e l l e t i z e r . A volume redu ction l a th e order o f 3 to 1 was developed. The p e l l e t s are taken by truck and dumped a s land f i l l , r.?hlle the p e l l e t s could be broken down in to a powder, i f they r e c e iv e reasonable handling they can be re ad ily moved from the p e lle t iz in g machine Co th e lan d f i l l o p eratio n . I t I s th is nesber's in ten tio n to i n s t a l l a vacuum symtem from the c o lle c tin g a r e a s to go to a c e n tra l p e lle t iz in g machine. One member described h is handling' o f dust from (1) a cen tral c o lle c to r , to (2) a s e n se convey o r, to (3) a truck, and to (A) the land f i l l . The workers in th is cases use re sp ir a to r s. The p e lle t iz in g operation not only reduces the tran sp o rtatio n c o s t by three d o es b a t elim in ates the need fo r a watering truck and an in d iv id u a l t s v e t down Che land f i l l . However, the coats o f th is p e lle tiz in g equipment a z s s u b s t a n t ia l. A manufacturer o f p e lle tiz in g equipment i s Terro Tech I n c ., 1231 'Sankw i l l s Road, P ittsb u rg h , P a. 15216. Sev eral members mentioned th at in dealin g with the EPA Regional. O ffic e s they were having d i f f i c u l t i e s deciding what was a "new source" and what was an "e x istin g so u rc e ". A lso , where one manufacturer adds one machine to an e x is t in g c o lle c t!o r system he may n o t be in compliance without gettin g a Waiver o f Compliance. Appar en tly the EPA w i l l not give a Waiver of Compliance th at w ill ta k e more than 12 months to com plete. An ap p lican t must give the ste p s to be taken and the scheduJ to be met. When each dace a r r iv e s , the ap plican t muse ad v ise EPA concerning cotyled on of th at stage of the schedule. One member f e l t that we should review the EPA source rep o rt form to get a . understanding o f what they *rere c a llin g fo r . Page one or the re p o rt would be us fe r each fa c to r y , ,-s there would most lik e ly be s e v e r a l poin ts o f em ission, pag< 2 would be completed for each stack_or c o lle c to r chat emits a s b e s to s . I f a nanufacturer wished to cake an addition or m od ification i a h is p lan t with equipment chat might put asb e sto s into the atmosphere, he must f i l e with the EPA On page 1 of the report he would cross o f f the words "Source Report" and type ia e ith e r "A p p lication to Construct a Hew Source", or "A p p licatio n to Modify E x ist ing Source". I a reviewing page 2 of the report under "Process D escrip tion ", -some question s <~ar^ up as to how to complete th is s e c t io n . One meober who had worked on th is reoort with the EPA sa id you should e a te r here the type of machinery vised without quan tifyin g. Another member in dicated th at the EPA in siste d th at he l i s t the type of equipment and the numbers of each piece o f equipr e n t. I f the CA s p e c ific a lly sa id to l i s t the nunbers and types of equip- aenc I s t h i s se c tio n i t was suggested th at they would have sa id so on page 2 of the rep o rt- The question of puttin g dm the nunbers and types o f equipment cou become very cumbersome where a canuiaccurer wished to move a grinding machine from a lo c a tio n with one c o lle c to r to another lo catio n where i t would be hooked into another c o lle c to r . The member who f i le d with the EPA worked on re p o rts in 2 d iffe r e n t ju r is d ic t io n s : Hew York and Tennessee. He in d icated th at a t aeith e: location did he enter the aunder o f p ie c e s of equipment on th is form. (Sin ce th< nesting he c a lle d to advise that the ap p licatio n file d in Tennessee without q u a n titie s was accepted by the EPA. His a p p lic a tio n in Hew York S ta te had n o t been e ith e r accepted or rejected as o f June 4, 1973.) I t would appear th at Regional O ffic e s are not in agreement as regards q u an tificatio n o f the equipment under the "P ro c e ss'D e sc rip tio n ." . . The question c a se up concerning In te rp re ta tio n of question 3, the "Amount o f P o llu ta n t." In many fa c to rie s a s e t o f dry mix brake blocks could emit in to s c o lle c tio n sy ste a a t the n ix e r , a t the b riq u ette p r e s s , a t the c u t- o ff wheels, a t rin d in g , a t d r illin g , and a t In sp ectio n and boxing. Hie p ro b lea I s that th is I s th e same o rig in a l a sb e sto s which entered the p rocess sad might, be counted 6-8 tim es. So. in e f f e c t , a fa c to ry taking l a one m illio n pounds o f asbestos/^oiaaJfaJp^irdn JerSt^cpSiectlo^systeM . fruni, would make 1 appear th a t e ig h t m illion pounds o f a sb e sto s i s going in to th s op eratio n . From the wording o f the fo ra , i t would appear th a t t h is i s exactly vhmz the EPA wants However, another member was to ld th at th is in not what the EPA w ants. He suggest that i f a fa c to ry takes In one m illio n pounds o f asbestos in to the process th a t : should not reporc in t o t a l more than one m illio n pounds o f a sb e sto s. I f h a had 10 d iffe r e n t em ission p o in ts, he would divid e the one m illion pounds o f asb e sto s by 10 to give the '' amount of p o llu t a n t." Again, th eir apparently has been e d ifferen ce in in te rp re tatio n from d iffe r e n t Hegional O ffice s o f the EPA. On page 3 c f the report, under "Waiver o f Compliance,'' i t was sta te d Chat Sectloi 2a and 2b d id not have to be completed un less EPA s p e c ific a lly req u ests t h i s in form ation . KSTITUTE SEMINAR OH SAFETY AND HEALTH At the February 16, 1973 meeting, suggestions were made chat the In stitu te consider the sponsoring of a seminar for members associated with plant-operation The In stitu te indicated i t would be w illin g to sponsor such a seminar i f s u f f i cient in te re st developed. A question was raised as to whether this seminar would apply only to asb estos. The Secretary indicated chat such a seminar would apply co any fie ld of Interest but i t should be related co problems chat can be tied into State and Federal regulations. Among the topics suggested for a seminar were the following: Air sampling ar.c aso estos concentration determination. The pulmonary function te st and X-Ray. Possible extension to include noise and heat s tr e s s . Cooperation between management and workers in meeting the regulations. Asbestos bag opening machinery. The Secretary was d irected :c make up a l i s t of su b je c ts which d z h c in te r e st 3 3 Q m canvass cns retrjers as xe^arda t *.e ir - n te r e s t. in a d d itic To the agenda i c e a to su ggest to the M-embershio, i t was su ggested chat the canvassing l e t t e r ask i f a individual from that oember company would atten d, where the m eeting should be held, and when the meeting should be held. I t v a s Indicated th at a meeting in the lace f a l l would be d e sira b le and such lo c a tio n s Chicago, D e tro it, P ittsburgh and Paraaus were su g g e sted . When the S e c re tary has prepared a questionnaire i t w ill be submitted to iir. Teierabend fo r h is review p rio r to d istrib u tio n to Che ilembership. The a c t u a l . agenda w ill be d rafte d a f t e r the* metabera have in d icated th e ir preference. Tha question was r a is e d as to whether ou tside speakers would be involved and i t v a s suggested th at ve were not in terested in a commercial pitch am the c e e tia g . Jchns-M anvilln had in d icated an in te r e st In approaching such a seminar with th a id ea of promoting th e ir HEAP (digh Energy Air F i l t e r ) p o llu tio n control equip ment. I t v a s su gge sted th a t perhaps I t might be worthwhile t o have o u tsid e rs make p rese n tatio n s concerning asbestos bag opening equipment, p e lle tiz in g , c o lle c tio n , e t c . This w i l l have to be worked out a t a fu tu re Cocoictee m eeting. Drake and Clutch Emissions Generated During V ehicle Operation This p a r tic u la r study was n o by Bendlx Research L a b o ra to rie s under sponsorship of the E?A. 'A paper was presented to the S.A .Z . by Dr. M. Ja c k o and Ur. Z. DuCharua o f B e ad ix , and Mr. J . Somers o f the ?A. The a c t u a l rep o rt to the E?A i s a c a ssiv e document explain in g every t e s t procedure and every method of co lle c tio n used in the study. A technical paper was presented by these 3 gentlemen a t the SA Meeting in D etroit in May, 1973. The stu d y e sse n ia lly centers on how. much asb e sto s i s being put in to the atmosphere from brake Utrfwg and clutch fa c in g s . As Dr. Jacko was in charge o f th is in v e stig a tio n he d isc u ss, che paper a t ou r m eeting. He advised th a t a condensed v e rsio n appears in the magazine AUTOMOTIVE EUGIrlEEZING. Among the poin ts th a t Dr. Jack o cade was th a t there were problems where a brake on one sid e was en closed sa d the other brake vas open to the reg u lar atmosphere. M odifications had to be nade involving cooling of the o u tsid e of the shroud so th at there would not b e too great a temperature d iffe re n c e from the l e f t s id e to the rigjat s i d e . This was more o f a problem with the d is c brakes on the fr o n ts . A ctually with th e necessary coolin g there vas h ard ly any d ifferen ce between the drum brake re a rs s id e to sid e . Among the item s d iscu sse d in the paper were how much a sb e sto s i s used in fr ic tio n n e c e z ia ls . I t i s indicated th at there are about 133 m illion pounds of asbestos in che fr ic tio n m aterials which are used in the United States each r e a r . There apparen tly are some d ifferen ces o f opinion as regards how much asb estos i s in volved but i t generally f a l l s in the 90-120 m illio n pound range. A ctually, che amount su b ject to wear i s abcue 66-2/3Z o f the actu a l lin in g that gets on to.Che brake ( a fte r grin d in g). '..Tien a sb e sto s i s being used in brake lin in g s i t I s d iscarded in one of three ways: I t gets deposited on che su rfaces of che brake, such as on the c a lip e r , and around che wheel c y lin d e rs. (This is su rfa c e d e b r is). Additional m a te ria l i s c o lle c te d on che lin in g su rfaces, in the riv e t holes, and on che brake arum. (This i s called sump debri A aditicn al m a te ria l becomes airborne and i s c o lle c te d on membrane f i l t e r s . (This is called airb orn e d e b r is). It i s th is l a t t e r airborn e d eb ris chat the research ers are seekin g to q uan tify. Based cn the sam ples th at were c o lle c te d , che con clusions were that more than 99.72 c the asb e sto s in the brake lin in g i s converted to o th er produces. By .e x tra p o la tin g the data th at they were a b le to develop on a passenger car the researchers in d ic a te chat a to ta l of 5060 pounds of a sb e sto s i s put in to the a so m c c s :u a r u o t a c ; e neecing WWW 4* atmosphere. This airborne asbestos emission i s 3.21 of th e -to ta l asbestos eznctec ; r m -all automotive brake Linings and clutch fa c in g s in the U.S. A question arose as to what happens to the asb e stse d eb ris th at drops out. Does i t eventually gee in to the atmosphere? I t was in d icated thac based on the study of other s a e e r ia ls that apparently there have been build-ups such as lead along the sid es of tu rn pik es. This m aterial apparently goes in to the e a r th 's su rface and whether i t I s picked up again i s dependent on ocher fa c to r s such as the ? resets! cy to se re a s s , e t c . A gentleman, from Ford Motor Coopany vas a ls o to present a paper to the SAE aee tln concerning asb e sto s p a rtic u la te etsiselons In to the atmosphere. No paper was av ailab le at th is cin e. There were some question s concerning procedures and a source of data on cha Ford paper, but in any event the paper in d ic a te d a lower coca! asbestos em ission than the Sendlx paper. Ihese two papers should t e r s e as source Inform ation when' others arm attem pting to q u an tify the asb esto s e v ic t s in to the atmosphere from brake lin in g s and d u tc h fa c in g s. CTSES I T 5 S Ihn topic 'if OSHA in sp ectio n ? red enforrvect v a s brought up b r i e f l y and th e members in d icated Chat no nev actio n s had been taken by OSHA as regard s en force* sent concerning the asb estos standards. The Asbestos Inform ation A sso ciatio n (AIA) i s to put out a Compliance Manual concerning co n tro l p r a c tic e . This i s s t i l l prelim inary and th ere i s no advance copy av ailab le a t th is tim a. ****** There being no fu rth er b u sin ess brought to the atten tio n o f the Cossxietee upon notion duly made and unanimously passed, i t was RESOLVED: to adjourn. Adjourned: at 2:30 P.M. E. tf. Orislane Secretary