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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 1971 July 16 DOC#: FMS004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Notice from Asbestos Study Committee with Meeting Minutes from the FMSI Attached ac . E i IN NO, 0 6 Ju ly 16, 197J . ASBESTOS STUDY COMMITTEE This notice is being sent to a ll Active Members concerning the P resid en t's intention to form a new committee within F..V-.S. I. We are considering the establishment o f an "Asbestos Study Committee", to consist o f a chairman and probably four members. BACKGROUND While the ta lk delivered by Ifr. W. 8. R eitze of Jo h n s-fen v ille at the June meeting dwelt mostly on in-plant environment, there was some discussion r e la tin g to asbestos factory environments and brake lin in g p a rtic u la te s in the' a i r . Well before th is ta lk , there had been concern expressed on an 111nois Law which would elim inate the use o f asbestos in brake lin in g s . AS3E5T0S i'nFCRMATION ASSOCIATION OP NORTH AMERICA This asso cia tio n was recen tly formed by the asbestos companies o f ^ r t h America. It would be our intention to work with them through our new committee, and e s s e n tia lly speak for the brake lining~ahd clu tch facin g m anufacturers. Obviously, our committee would review and comment on rules and regulations proposed by the S ta te and the Federal Government. There would be no co sts to the In stitu te in any o f our work with th is association. STAFFING THE COMMITTEE h'e would lik e to s t a f f t h is committee w ith exper i enced and s k ille d personnel, preferably from the manufacturing, or Industrial Hygiene areas. Please give th is b u lle tin your careful review. I f you fe e l there is someone in your-Company with the background necessary to serve as a member o f th is Committee, please advise with a b r ie f description o f th is person's background. MiNir irrti of ins FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUT;. INC. T u * k y and ladnaaday, Juna 22 and 23 1971 a t 9:00 A.U. at fount Airy Lodge, Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania. Aoex Corooratior. American orakeblok Division Auto Friction Corooration Sendix Corooration Friction foter ials Division Brassbestos fonufacturing Corooration C arlisle Corooration folded Materials Division Gatke Corooration General fotors Corporation Delco foraine Division Johns-fonville Corporation Varemont Corooration Grizzly Brake Division r,avoesios-f*annattan, ine. Reacaway Manufacturing Company, me. Aoyal Industries Brake Products Scancura, ine. Stanoco Industries, ine. 'nrieelin Brake Block Manufacturing Company world Bestos Company, Division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Comoany qc?ar;r^rrAy ty-t Cutle" S. A. Comins F. . Messia' V. Simor. E. R. Zacharias F. T. Gatke R. J . Kick C. E. G ill berg J . W. Greener J . L. McGovern, Jr F. L. carton, or. Uf. Osborn A. E. Daly J . M. Dunn L. Burgess R. J . Allemann QTuro; carer^TAoex Corooration American orakeblok D ivision B. K. Dell man Division Auro Friction Corooration Bendix Corporation Friction Materials Division Gatke Corooration General fotors Corporation Deieo Moraine Division uonns-fonville Corporation Maremont Corooration Grizzly Brake Division Raybestos-Manhattan, ine. International Division Royal industries Brake Products Wheeling Brake Block Manufacturing Company R. E. Nel son R. C, Brigleb J . E. Clegg S. Comins J . H. Kelly H. Boyle R. E. Ketter ing M. J . Cowan C. J . De Biase s. V. Lukas p-FMSI- 0C!) tv. w. nugers C. E. Gow R. R. Moall i D. Op il vie W. i; Sleeth G. Stratton jt is not sole unosr r .lL S . I. numoer, O'** msroer fe lt tnat w sneuie s i r - . T Drake lin in g . Another fe lt that uniese tne services of tne in stitu s are ir v ^ v * :, they snouid not be reoorted. The Chairman announced th at the incoming Fee Formula Committee w ill review the Dresent formula and up-date i t so th at it conforms to present marketing p r a c tic e s . HISTORICAL SALES REPORTS The meeting was informed that on the reports file d with Ifershall Granger, sever al problems had arisen which were unforeseen. In studying the reoort released for the year 1970, it is apoarent that the figures were not being correctly reoorted oue to a misunderstanding of the word "u n its*. Unit was maant to indicate a oiece and it is believee that soma members ware reporting a set as a unit whereas the numoer of oieces in the set constitutes the number o f units sold. A conference w ill be held with the auditors and a c la r ific a tio n of the termi nology w ill be prepared. After th is has been done, they w ill be requested to release new instructions to which w ill be attached another form for reporting the sales for 1970 as well as the form for reporting the f ir s t six months o f 1971. A revised report for 1970 w ill then be released. The suggestion that the names o f the contributors f ili n g figures be lis te d on the reoorts met with approval as it is impossible to determine any individual raemoer's figures from the to ta ls released. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT f.V. R. B. R eitzs, Business Manager of the Industrial Hygiene Engineering Servicer of Johns-f&nville Environmental Control Systems Division sooke on the stanoards and regulations of the Occuoational Safety and Health Act signed into law on December 20tl 1970 e ffe c tiv e April 23th 1971. He exslained that the Act governs a ll environmental conditions in the work place and that standards are currently being set for a s tr ic t regulation of dust, fib re, vaoor, fumes,'noise, heat, safety and other in-plant environmental conditions. Since the law governs almost a ll business establishments in the United States, several tnousand irsoectors, Industriad hygienists and adm inistrative personnel w ill be neeaed within the next few years. He recommended that every person, who has produc tion resp o n sib ilities, secure and study: A copy of the Act - Public Law 91-596 dated December 29, 1970. To be secured from the Super intendent o f Documents. 2. A copy of the Threshold Limit Values - ACGIH. Published by the American Confer ence of Governmental H ygienists. The cost is .50 ana cooies are to be obtained oy writing to the Secretary-Treasurer at 101L Broadway, C in cin n ati, Ohio 5202. 3. A copy of the Federal Register o f Afey 29, 1971 which l i s t s the major portion of the existing standards. This is obtained from the Superintendent o f Documents. Under the Act, an employee may f i l e a comolaint of a v io latio n with the union and with the Department o f Labor but his name is never revealed. The comolaint goes to the persons apoointed by a three man council (which council has been appointed by the President of the United S ta te s), who hear such grievances, v io la tio n s, e tc. An insoeetor issues a e ita tie n which must be posted at the s ite of the v io latio n warning tne employees of the hazardous condition. The company must reply within fifte e n (15 pays. If not, it is presumed to be g u ilty and subject to a fin e . I f acknowleoged, the company may decide to have a hearing before the commission which has the right to