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22666 Federal Register / Vol. 51. No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 1986 / Rules and Regulations presented in Table 24. OSHA estimates . Table 25 --Excess Cancer Deaths Avoided have a negative impact on the revenues that by reducing the PEL from the Due to Reducing the Permissible Expo of producers. Asbestos-consuming current 0.2 f/cc level to 0.5 f/cc. sure Limit to 0.2 f/cc for 1 Year sectors, including construction and . approximately 33 cancer deaths per year will be prevented, and by reducing the PEL to 0.2 f/cc, approximately 75 cancer deaths per year'will be prevented. industry Total cancer deaths avoided secondary fabricators.' will incur higher operating costs both because they must comply with the standard, and because they must pay higher prices to purchase Estimates of the number of cancer Primary manufacturing: inputs produced by other sectors that deaths avoidable by reducing exposures to the 0.2 f/cc PEL in each major industry sector are presented in Table 25. These estimates were based on the. revised employment and exposure . estimates presented in Tables 22 and 23. The estimated 75 cancer deaths avoided A/C pipeTM............ ......................-........ -........ A/C sheet-....-.......... --............... :.... ........ Friction products................................ ............ Textiles................ ..... ...........:..................... . Floor tile........:__a.__................. ..... ............ ' Gaskets end packings..................... -.............. Paper........ Coalings and sealants..................................... Plastics..... ........................................... _........ Secondary manufacturing: 0.06 also must comply with the standard. 3.14 3.39 Some sectors may face lower prices for 3.16 certain goods (e.g., asbestos Fiber), .01 .12 because of declines in demand that are . .04 expected to occur as a result of the .39 .09 standard; OSHA estimated the costs associated by reducing the PEL from 2.0 f/cc to 0.2 f/cc understates the true benefits of the A/C sheet--............. -................ -................... .16 with these effects in three ways. First, .46 .70 the compliance cost for each industry revised standard because these benefits sector was estimated without do not include the reduced incidences of considering the impact from other asbestosis-related disabilities nor the Services: sectors. Second, the.resultant cost reduced incidence of asbestos-related increases were then entered into a diseases in groups indirecty exposed in Construction: multimarket economic model, which the workplace. simultaneously estimated the new Based on the analysis of existing equilibrium price and output levels studies, which are summarized in the Health Effects Section of this Notice, OSHA estimates that reducing the PEL Routine maintenance in commercial and res idential buildings.......................................... Routine maintenance in general industry........ across sectors. Third, the cost increases 9.80 on affected producers and consumers .34 were identified. to 0.2 f/cc would prevent 30 cases of disabling asbestosis. As these cases represent disabilities and not deaths, they were not included in the total estimated benefits. As such cases would result in potential costs to society (e.g., health care, lost worker productivity, and a decline in the quality of life to the affected individual), their prevention does have a positive value. Table 24.--Expected Deaths Attributable to 1 Year op Occupational asbestos Exposures at 1964 Levels Industry Total cancer deaths Primary manufacturing: 0.0? Gaskets snd packings........ ............................. Paper____ __ ____ .............. -.... -.....--.... Coatings and sealants..................................... Plastics...:........................-....................... --..... Secondary manufacturing: A/C aheel------------- ---------------------- -------- Ffictioo materials..... .... -- .................... Gaskets and packings................. ............. .02 13 .06 .46 .to .65 .88 Total.......................................... 74.72 Source: U-S. Department of labor. OSHA, Office Regutotory Analysis. Similarly, OSHA's analysis-does riot quantify benefits among those incidentally exposed. Many construction workers, for example, can be exposed to asbestos while present at sites where asbestos work is being done. Since OSHA's revised asbestos standard will reduce ambient asbestos levels at these sites, exposure among these workers will also be reduced. In addition. OSHA's analysis does not take into account any reductions in the exposures to the families of asbestos workers. For example, there have been reports of family members contracting asbestosrelated diseases by laundering workers' clothing (Exhibit. 608X, pp. 5-10; 606X, p. 40], These types of exposures among family members would.be reduced as a result of the Final rule. Summary of Estimated Costs Associated With the Revised Standard Compliance Costs (Assuming No Price or Quantity Changes) . OSHA estimated that the total annual compliance costs for all affected industries will be approximately $460 million. The'compliance costs for each of the major industry groups are $27.8 million for primary manufacturers; $30.8 . million for secondary manufacturers; . $44.7 million for automotive, repair, $3.9 million for ship repair, and $352.0 million for construction. The preponderance (i.e., over 95 percent) of the compliance costs for general industry result from engineering ' controls (ventilation and solvent spray). In fact, the cost of engineering controls . is the major cost item for all sectors except A/C pipe manufacturing and ship repair. Over 60 percent of the compliance costs for construction result from * vacuums and respirators. The respirators will be used to protect those' employees performing the work, and the . Textiles................................ .. Plastics....-......-....................... ...................... Automotive remanufacturing............................ Services: .Automottro repair.......... ............... --............ Construction: New construction..TM'........................................ Demolition..TM............. .............. -.................... Building renovation-....-___ _______ __ _____ - Routine maintenance in commercial and resktenltal buildings-..TM........................... Routine maintenance in general industry.TM--. .12 .29 Introduction .90 The revised OSHA asbestos standard 39.25 4.61 will result in increased costs to society due to a number of factors. Suppliers of .61 asbestos products (i.e., primary and .23 secondary manufacturers) will generally 22.49 experience increased costs to comply 11.23 with the new regulation and they will .39 attempt to pass on these higher costs in vacuum will be used to clean the work area so that others are not exposed after the job is completed; The speciFic methodology used to calculate these estimates is presented below. Primary Manufacturing. Secondary Manufacturing, and Service Sectors OSHA estimated the compliance-costs for general industry and service sectors , Total.....TM........................... .........._............ 67.60 the form of higher product prices. using a model plant approach. The Consumers should respond to the price models were developed by RTi for each Source: U S. Department of Labor. OSHA. Office of RageIftiory Analysis. increases by demanding fewer asbestos- major product line in primary and related products which, in turn, will secondary manufacturing, automotive GLEASON-000914