Document R2J6n2RXn4eRZBxaEDE58vzd7
FILE NAME DuPont DUP
DATE 1972 Oct 30 DOC DUP078
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Asbestos Dust Law & Interpretation
Retyped copies originals not clear
October 30 1972
TO
C. Lofland
FROM J. C. Warner
ASBESTOS DUST Status
ATTACHMENT B
On Wednesday June 7 1972 the Federal
published the national law on
Register Vol
Labor Chapter XVII
this matter It appears
- Occupational
37 No. 110
as Title 29 -
Department Standards
of Labor
Standard
Part 1910 for Exposure
Safety and Health
Occupational
Administration
to Asbestos DSuasftety and Health
Interpretation
This federal regulation is
certain things to show
interpreted as requiring employers to do
becoming urgent on a timceombpalsiiasnce Some of those things are
1
The initial standard
air became effective Jeuxlpyosu7re 1l9i7m2it of five fibers per c.c. of
2
To determine the degree of
compliance employers are required
Recommendation
It is recommended that each
asbestos
containing
Engineering
materials
division
review
all
uses
of
a potential dust exposure
and report each use for evaluation
hazard
as
Where a potential asbestos dust
monitoring program must be
exposure hazard does
compliance within standard established to determine
exposure limits
exist a the degree
of
:
B
If any excessive
should be establisehxepdosuirmemeadrieaatselayre found a compliance program
An official record
readily
available
keeping
to
system
should
be
established
and
Management for reference on
made
such
visit from OSHA Inspector
occasions as
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