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Page 2376 1 A The regulatory agency in the Department of 2 Labor that was formed in 1969, 1970 with the passage 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and 4 essentially took over the job of enforcing health and 5 safety regulations in the workplace throughout the 6 entire country. 7 There have been states that had good 8 programs before that. Maryland had a pretty good 9 program for many years. California, we had a good 10 program for many years. There are many states, 11 though, that did not. 12 And this regularized and evened the 13 enforcement of these regulations across the country. 14 Q In 1986 was -- in 1986 was there an OSHA 15 regulation for governing allowable -- I don't know if 16 that is the right word, but governing exposure of 17 asbestos that would not be against the law? 18 A Yes, sir. 19 Q What was that? 20 A In 19 -21 Q '86.