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mtz. KBSr\r " : t ,, '140385 Asbesibsl^faces' further restrictions *>, Itvrn :, Federal;Alert--i: 'PXK&Pi1.'. -WJ'*'- . nvmrnvv'.vi lunjs l*il>c< new'regulations heavily reKulatl Vnaleriats iu;l in ' sis). lungcancer; and inwothfliuma (a ninmerce today^snme fwleMl agen- ;rare cancer tif the lining of the chest :iesimaintain'that itoniitihues U* be-f as"l abdomen) -among svi.rkers ex-" This '.listing'.cover* nbteuorthy regulation*^ appearing in the Federal Registerfrom Monk IS to i hazard and tlwy are inakiiiga wiirMpuisieiil to very hrh levels of asbestos April IS: Page number* refer to erted effort to restri^^ use even during the 1930Vand I940's. A par- : . those issue*. 7 i *. :.? - :;.':cticalarly'stnnjr'c6rrelation is found \- *- *f The lateiiftt^t^^mS the1;::? het^n^lung|cancer and asbestos,;: . proposed - ", National Institute'fw}OoSpational;f|ATOrkers u.hdstnoke. t ; 'v Safety & Health.4 Disclosing the re- '.;;iTiQther actions were taken to reduce Environmental Protection Agency--Re quests comments on petition to classify ulis.of a six-month Stiidjfon^^ in October, when ; ammonia and siAiideas convantion4l pollu .laceexposuretoasbcstq NIOSH j .the Consumer Product Safety ComI irector Anthony Robbins has called mission and the Environmental Pro- tants rather than tovicpoBulancs; comments by June 2 (Apri 2. page 2I6SS). n the Labor Department** enforce- .tection Agency both gave notice that lent arm, the Occupational Safety & -they intended to set new, tougher (ealth Administration, tolower thei rules for asbestos exposure to Con orkplac* exposure standard for os-1 sinners and for;the material's release . >estoe to QJL fiber per cc of air from'-iinto the environment. Proposes standards governing testing re- quired lor data needed to register pesuoce products; comments by Jure 16 (Apt 18. I page 26373).' / ' -<** : /` h'.oebcbuirnrsenstasytasndthaardt omf2afnibyearssp&erLbd' ,CPSC already has taken some ac- tide by proposing last month to ban* roducers could meet this standard. all asbestos paper and tape from This level of exposure was chosen consumer products. EPA is still ot because it was found to be a saE* evaluating its data on the issue and mit--indeed, the report says thr probably will not propose rules until m be no safe level ofasbestos ex the end of the year. but because-it is the-low. The need for tougher controls from Council On Environmental OeaSty--Final i revision to plans speUng oul how federal I agencies must respond is 08 and hazardous : chemical spats: effective March 19 (Mvch i 19. jage 17832). Environmental Protection Agency-- Amends riles for deposit otPCirs. permits disposal in landfills WO Msncft 1981. and vel that can be measured accurately./ CPSC. EPA. or 0:>HA. however, 3HA head Eula Bingham says that hotly disputed by industry. In its tency will begin working on the new comments regarding the proposed boats targe and smaB PCS-conUvwig ca pacitors the same: effective March 28 (March 28. page 204731. andard right away, though it may rules, the Asbestos Information As ke six months before a proposed sociation. a group sponsored bv more :le can be presented. than 50 asbestos producers, points Other recommendations in the out that evidence of disease in work 10F.H report call for a ban on all ers who have inhaled high levels of nessential uses of asbestos and the asbestos provides scant in.-ight into r of substitutes wherever possible._ tne ettects on a population exposed to Establishes equipment standards that famit < emissions ol volatile organic compoimds i from liqvid-petroteum storage *an* s: eec- live Aoril 4 (April 4. page 23374). j Fues Ime at which Oean Ar Act regciaiKins -. will be consid-eed promAgated to provvte . laimess in responding*; mue'r -M-olive I April 17 (April 17. page 260*6) j id the report calls for product Concentrations several orders of unufacturers to perform sampling magnitude lower. t* on their prodccts to dctertuirie -The a-sociation also cial/.i., ;nat Eivcutlve Order--Establishes Nuclear i Sa'oty OversigM Cornnn** to advise on t progress ol v .proving s^nty =( nuciew -.at, if any. asbestos exposure could lult from the product's use. n " Abixit 1.4 million workers currently - being exposed to asbestos and .irlv 750.0UO tons of the material are irtg used annually. An estimated 9 CPSC and EPA have overstepped their authority in Irving to propose such wide-ranging rules on asbestos. According to the industry group, both, the toxic substances and consumer t product safety acts require that the federal agency prove an unreasonable power and imptoinent reccr.-vnendations of *. President s Commission on Accident at ' TTveo Mile Island (March 20. page 17939). , Food A Drug Administration--Revokes ^ "man-in-the-pianC' poAcy wvpev wfecn a firm { can claim to bo manoTacturor of Aug by ( placing onty quality control stall person in plant ol subcontractor, effective April to ; If risk is present from asbestos before ; (April IS, page 2S760). j j= that substance can be regulated. Available data, it says, do not show International Trade Administration--Policy denying licenses to eiporT or re-e.port 1 that there is such unreasonable risk. The industry maintains that for many of the 3000 uses of asbestos . phosphate rock, phosphoric acid, or phos- ; phate tertilizer to U S.SJA; effective Feb. 2S - (April 10. page 24458). ! there are no .acceptable substitutes, a contention challenged bv both NIOSH and EPA. NOTICES a; National Institutes ol Msafth--fttyveal * Asbestos, refined from the natu rally incurring mineral, has been used extensively for more than 100 years. Now, with so much confusion about how much asbestos can lead to dis ease, the widely publicized link to cancer may have given the kiss of death to many ashe-tns uses-- rightlv containmem feconimijnC%tiors rssiy?^ f<x * torge-ccalc use of org.v>vr*s contAfT*^ ' comoinant ONA (Aprt 11. t National Ocsantc & Atmospheric Admin istration--Announces avaiiaoiiity of post* doctoral grants of up to $35,000 vearty to coHeges and universit*es for atnx>v>nor*c. \o-:ean*c, and irshories scexes. at'pi*cons by Juno 10 (Apr.l IS. page or wrimglv. One tiling i-. clear- With so many regulations being lui.-u-d on Nuclwar RpguljlOfy Con'ims'Mjn- c*fv*rorrrnen!ai to !e*co'f *fr- n.\non ot VJo.i J wW/ brain right away As I Mol* for COmmMfit ?0c*6S). ihcAi. ' 'niliykct jinvturn demand,highThv xid^Va:|w<;mrnl *;J{Oejr Zinc, ocw icetSio'begia tonfifliXhrkitillr. 'eiwh\Union Miliffc Kii been iillo leave ((H-'.td thc facilily trill he >mpanj^rmimuri. 1 poatftioi* of : prrwN I. TW urw pl.if.1. Mne (Mir MiMi' ltl > year. IALS VOS--Dim Divihas slated a price id la the prices of . ciuaK. elcetiiades of its pheito-i August t es of special purrill rise on a prodmost of the noduto IS percent. In r less-than-truckse from 1c. to 2c. cr said the hikes crial costs occuris increased de mand. Hooker is ilities which will ;nt by late 1977. er than improv ise softened furi. As one pmd'jcstill very much oping 2c. to 4c. e see nothing to ic. near-, future." any list price for He contends - ratty* gums Production (1.000 tbs.) S 1S7S S*i>V iYilS' .-360 r/>'v.55.253 . rI>-[73275. 3 ArSW75.989 V 3 5?. 55.050 . S V*2<c 9.1 T7 0 '. 256.857 * * 170.601 . '' . 320.506 . 1 1*6.37* v 11.0M *. 220.232 *$&&&TM "ct# rose ei^1 iilicate* tor*29 f-wete, tei>v APllE-riccS^ _ . fOP f viscosity control end stabilization in Pigment Slurries Coating Colors Features: prevents viscosity build-up with time :TRIBUTYt-TIN - M*T Chemicals Cben-; ical Division will boost the prices of select-' cd tributyltin chemicals on July 20-The In-' creases, ranging from 10c. to - SOc. per pound, are necessary to recover costs to-' curred in testing for registration required by EPA as weir as rising raw materials costs-and the installation of equipment for pollution abatement, according to the com pany. " hn-IV niw schedule. "biol'd 1 bib" i* up 40c. to $4-75 per pound; tributyltin fluo ride is 10c. higher at $6.00 per pound: tri-o- butyltin chloride is 40c. more at $4.80 per pound; TBI* sulfide is up SOc. to $5.60 per pound; TBT linoleate rises SOc. to $4.SQ per pound, as does TBT benzoate; TBT resinate jumps 44c. to $3.40 per pound; TBT acetate moves up 46c. to $5.63 per pound; and TBT adipate is up 45c. to $4.P7 per pound. Prices are for one to four drum shipments. In addition. MiT will begin charging a $200 deposit on all shipments of chemicals in tote bins on AugustJ to spur return-of the . 300-gallon .containers---=--- -- .. -" - ALUS provides thermal Consumer Groups AslO stability ' minimizes blade scratching , compatible with > inorganic addr lives for auxili use * -* T*'u For Asbestos Product Ban A barton the marketing of patching com pounds containing asbestos was proposed in a petition filed last week with the Consumer Products Safety Commission by .the Natu-_ rat Resources Defense Council and the Coo-* sumers Union. A substantial risk of cancer', from 'inhaling -the asbestes fibers- was tbe : basis.of .proposal.**?', s >>.^i-i Patching compounds are taping.-spack-J Su stable overwi ling, and joint scaling compounds used .in' drywall repair.:. The petition'said that ap? . PH range > non-polluting proximately ' one-tliird 'to one-half of the patching compounds sold in the US contain asbestos.-and reach more than one million ' -`.{f-: |> $`An>' ? - i?,dl for additional Information coota g consumers a year.! The petition proposed a recall ol.such compounds-on the'market, and In'the hands of consumers.'-'; :r-,>v fc CPSC.was also advised" that hundreds of. I ;< other.;.consumer* products including fake, Aquanesa Cherrtic. -- A OrVTSlON OF MAGNA COftPOKAhC 2434 Holmes Rd. Houston. Teras 77051 fire-place'ash and paper mache contain as;\ bestos which may be released into the air.' The agency was asked to examine these products and determine the extent of the asbestos content and to ban those products eterinined to present a significant health - - s 1/W'?WX -- ....... ..................._.. Attached is a copy of final mandatory health standards pertaining to , exposure to asbestos in,surface work areas of underground coal mines andj* surface coal mines; These*regulations were published in the Federal Register * -V *" March 10, 1976, making them effective cs of that date. '" Proposed standards were published in the Federal Register November 7, 1S72 and a public hearing was held June 5, 1974. On the basis of the comments received and testimony given at the public hearing, a definition of "asbestos" was added to clarify that nonfibrous or nonasbestiform minerals are not intended ? to be Included within the scope of the standard. ; In addition to the "asbestos" definition, the regulations provide that: <$o surface worker^jf an underground coal mine or surface,.coal. mine worker can be exposed fo airborne contaminants.(other than ^f^Fibers^ror-exposure' purposesifshail.be^.thoseTfifeerffBongerttKan^P^^^j^i^g* ' -;Srnlcrometers *witff a*lengthvfa tlo^ofvat least 3 to41 ' " ;---- ---- ------------- ------------- ---j/aM'f'sw* ? ?;'V j Attachment t&j-I#' REGULATIONS fi 7l^t00 iv InU.UiMm l/r<].; illrr.UU f DEPART- f an underground , Hmounn o--coai uua: mcualti/hiaMnoiw- ' coal mine and no operator of a surface coal mine may permit any persop work- l-^-^IRFACE WORtC..' WtSis'tbiF^AV^L''*- *tlrface Installation or surface >5?;UNDERGROUND?' COAl' mines :ANO. worksite to be exposed to alrborne.con- v^.sv.i.r-nfVaucw. e.;,,,coa'l1aj.m../-ii n.- .e. .*s...5.::.;7..i;O.; tamtmmU; coUxr than respirable coal stf-i*-kP,.gr:,J.tI,fV,j;^t*w.S-r.-i^s v.''mlne;ydut.'-,te8plraMe dust containing j; ^T?e*,0^^@.%'--',iuartt .and-asbestos dusti In txccs?^ot..<rJ\.% . V J Pursuant theauthority vested' In the^oa the basis' of a time-weighted average. v '. Secretaryi'of|the} Interior.under secUoa^the threshold limit values adopted by the j^V 101 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and - American Conference of Governmental- 8afctyi'Act^4)f.11969 (30 U.S.C. 811. to* Ihdmtrfal-Hygienists In t -Threshold health standards; - Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants" ^**^ tHraenasf^mfEitdton&ea'.tUoohnlmf-*abnydthWe eSlfeacrere.*tathryeoref * <re1f9e7re21n:cwehaicnhd misahdeereabpyaIrntchoerrpeoorfa. te*d*by* -:Vi.. was published In the from --v ' foe November T. 1973 (37 FR 23843) a 2. in subpart C. a new 171302 U proposed standard for occupational ex- added to read as follows: iqfgjf fj. / . .. ^.r., surfacewu* areas of underground: S71-202 dr sumUnl; | - - -*='----- -- - - -- ---------- - " - --.................................. ......................................... .. ..... Interested persons were afforded a pe-^;%<a>,;The 6-hour average airborne eon- rlod o/ 45 day* within which to gubmtt.'centratioa of asbestos dust to which written comments, suggestions, or ohJec-V miners are exposed shall not exceed two tfcms .t.o..the p. rop. osed standard and a libers per coble centimeter of air. Ex" number of comments were received by posure to o concentration greater than r*hc Bureau of Mines (now the Mining . two fibers per cubic centimeter of air. - Enforcement' and Safety Admbtbtra- but not to -cceed 10 fibers per cubic cen t. ttonl and transmuted to the Department timeter oi air. may be permitted for a -..of Health. Education, and Welfare for total of 1 hour each 6-hour day. As used ' consideration. On April I*. 1971. the Act- fa this Subpart, the term asbestos means --'tag Deputy Assistant Secretary of the chrysotlJe. amoslte. crocldollte. antho. Interior. In accordance with section tot phytlte asbestos, tremollte asbestos, and CO of the Act, published a notice (39 FR actlnollte asbestos but does not Include 13003) that objections to the proposed nonfibrous or nonasbesttform minerals. asbeatoa standard had been filed sisting the grounds for such objections with suf ficient particularity and that a public bearing had been requested. The Depart ment of Health. Education, and Welfare notice of bearing (39 FR 16913) afforded Interested persons an opportunity to be heard at the bearing which was con ducted by the National Institute for Oc : <b) The determination of fiber con centration shall be mc-ds by counting all fibers longer than S micrometers In length and with a Icngth-to-width ratio of at least 3 to 1 In at least 20 randomly selected fields using phase contrast microscopy at (00-450 magnification. |TO Doc7S*13 ru*d 3-9-76;8:43 un| cupational Safety and Health at that Department on June 5.1974. On the basis of the evidence presented at the hearing and on other information . armliable to the Department of Health. Education, and Welfare concerning the asbestos standard, findings of fact were made public In accordance with section 101(g) of ths Act 00 August 5. 1974 (39 FR 23176) with the result that the only change in the standard as proposed has been the addition of a definition for "as- . bestos** to clarify that nonfibrous or nonashestlform minerals are not Intended to be within the scope of the standard.' In accordance with section t01<h) of the Act. the amendments to Part 71 as set forth bdow are effective on March distributed o\ another membership service by the American Alining Congress 10.1976. V. - ' : -v ` Dated: March 4.1976. ` ~' WnuiM L. Fisiics. Deputy Assistant Secretary 0/ the Inttrior. riOttAl ItCISUI, VOC. 41, NO. 44--VII DNl SO AT, MAICH 10, I97S 10223 l *i'( ' - ' ..-"-/.v.i:;.