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FILE NAME: Sherwin Williams (SW) DATE: 1976 Jan 20 DOC#: SW007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE NPCA Action on OSHA Requirements for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos - Rule-making K S i Jtohns-ManviMa Internal C m fm pm ^ m m mans to F U e A. a . boiberg b*8 oa January N , l it # See lielow BPCA ACTIOS m OSSA K W ItCfiW ES f0 OCCUFATlOnAI. m&mrn to a sb esto s- m ixm tt m O ctober 9 . i t t S MKBE The K atie**1 etna C oating *%!##*&%*i i , 4 h l* 3 ? " S, R. C . . ta s k totem to dev elo p doeuawnta o f eosaumta to osba on ta lw S iiii M w ia te d to tbo intius**y. Tins task (M W wished in p u t Cro th e soMbera o f th e s te e rin g coonst te e cm caof c o a tin g s and a e e la n ta n a n o fa c tu re i **ber* re U tim j la p a rtic u la r to , "nation of Proposed auleMakiog, O ccupational Kspeesei to A abastoe", d ated October 9 , 1975, Oepastment o f tabor, i ionuoawt i s 9. A draft to ba M W r f t t W* os w U l ha sent to aoatacts of tbs stearin? m t M be f o r a , th en f o r e c a b e n ts. Primacy aoaciuaiens m * e M by the i * si ra p reaen t, including rep resen tativ e* I n s K W i uibaon-bva*;.*, Treaco, T ro p ical f a i n t . M b C aaik and c o lo n ia l M in t were* U> Thera i s so known a v a ila b le s u b s titu te foe o i l a t s o lv e n t boms c o a tin g * , m alm am* o s i . T o * h as bona found to bo tw o ow n i f th e coat of the oafeestos a u b s tlte to t r i a d OSS 4 to 20 t i n e s h ig h e r. f si **n co n sid ered --snbist a f f e c t i v e . 1 (21 OSUA knowledge o f th a in d u s try i n v ery lin s e e d . (31t The a h r av erage proposed s ta n d a r d o f two f ib o r a p e r SB would seen t o b s a c c e p ta b le . F u rth e r low ering a a proposed tCoM . 'i i w fMC ce WCMid few * e c w tA le to the in d u stry faaaauso o f h ig h o o a t o f w w * M it foe com pliance. (41 Tha n a o a s s ity o f `low ering even t o two fib e r* in t h i s p a rtic u la r in dustry was thought unnecessary. M a p ira to rs ***A l i s t i n g o t a i t w i l l su p p lie d mpca. Hsiao t e f i l e * January M i cemMfiiy * i* were d u ring th e u n i t e d t i n s o* pamkl%* e*l i o w n * N | fo r 1# in p s r 8 h r b atch t i n e . (M I t o proposed i t M d t n l m ee way W * * > end p n A H t A pplication and usage, b at only to p o ssib le esposure to esbeetee in naaefacture. BlacMoaloa b r hanbars th e d isc u ssio n was lod by Bichard Iturrey, A ssista n t Technical D irector. Ths tin e fo r ca--winto t o OSHA ha# boon t m M to pebruary 9, C onsents Of WCA w ill toko th o fe rn o f th o se prepared fo r OSMA on Docket S C b-l, "Proposed Esposux* 8tan d ard s fe* i r S ubstances end K etones", see copy o f pope o f co n ten t# a t tached. Th d r a f t fro e MPCA should m consented. on as * aa p o ssib le Of th * p o s s ib le w t a t i t u t n M ineral w*i was m o tio n e d . hut w eald th e sane problem a r i s e w ith OSA i f such a fin e fib e r aoald bo used? Cibeon-Bensns re p re s e n ta tiv e , E ric Wernssr s ta te d they bad t r i e d t o fin d a b a b a tita to fo r a t io a a t 15 yr th e ir f i r s baa n a ritated b itu e in o u * based roof c o a tin g s over SO y r i . t h e i r d ev e lo p m a t work th e l a s t i yr Am bees #*t * * u .-s,v c . Dm u aoKtt id e e e tiiw is g . Mis e s t m s t * was th a t ISO m l lio n p a l o f roof se a tin g i s aoad an n ually. {*0,000 tons asb esto s, ay M t b a t s . ) O ther ateihe r s g e n e ra lly e o n fim ^ d t h e ir fin d in g # . O n B oshst s t a t e d he knew o f re tu rn e d tra c k -lo a d s w ith a sb e sto s s u b s titu te s boose s .. o f 5 -t . l . f 4 The ssc d rss attributed t e a sb e sto s in so lv e n t o r o i l b ases c o ifin g # o r s e a la n ts wss th e "t i g h t bond", and web e f f e c t in c o n trib u tin g t e a e e lie e tie n p ro p e rtie s, and to I f f tso e d u ra b ility and in teg rity of protection. f h e re p ly doeusent o f WCA th u s , would be based on uniqueness s h o r t tarw esposure t i a t , ae o f r e s p ir a to r s , ."sportanee of in d u s try , and knowladga o f n o d ic a l prefelesn in the in d u stry . Cibeew hcsaans s ta te d th a t o u t o f l e s t *5 t e s t a th e two f ib.-r S tandard was a n t < tin e s : and th e 0 .5 stan d ard n et U t i a o s . 1DU was based on a 59 sun sa e p le tie . The 8 hr ti<* i s considered ia p ra e tiM l with present equipnrnt. t h e len e ti n e M edical re c o rd proposed by O Stt was considered in p raetieel. 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