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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1939 May 22 DOC QAMA094 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Minutes of the 81st Meeting of the Committee on Uniform Classification and Grading of Asbestos Mines Products MINUTES OF THE st MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFICATION AND GRADING OF ASBESTOS MINES PRODUCTS AND THE 55th MERRING OF THE QUEBEC ASBESTOS PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION HELD ON MONDAY MAY 22nd 1939 AT THE NEW SHERBROOKE HOUSE SHERBROOKE P.Q. AT 10:00 O'CLOCK A.M. Present Capt.J.G. Rosa Meners.J.G.MoCallum 0.0.Smith 0.0.Smith L.C.Pharo Woloohow H.K.Sherry G.K.Foster N.A.Nelson R.A.Denovan Ltd. Asbestos Corporation * ~ Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. " " a e Johnson's Company Nicolet Asbestos Mines National Research Council Council Canadian Manville Co.Ltd a " It e M fi " A " * Ls] a Lf a The President Capt.J.G.Rosa was in the chair The minutes of the previous meeting were presented by the Secretary and adopted as oiroulated GRANT TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL The Secretary presented am read a letter from the National Research Council acknowledging receipt of the Secretary's letter of April 6th reporting action taken at the Q.A.P.A. Meeting of of March 27th by which a grant to the N1a9t39i.onaTlheRelseetatrecrhwa Cs ounncoitled $ 2750.00 was authorized for the year and pssed for filing FIBRE INSPECTION COMMITTEE'S REPORT FIBRE INSPECTION INSPECTION INSPECTION INSPECTION INSPECTION COMMITTEE'S COMMITTEE'S REPORT Chairman The Mr.H.A.Smith presented report by for March had been circulated Fibre Inspector for April The report and was discussed Overweight by mail Overgrading was in evidence of bags was discussed but no action was decided on In comection with the two items namely overgrading and overweights referred to the Montreal Executive Meeting a , that copies of the Fibre memorandum was submitted requesting be sent to the and of the Minutes of the Q.A.P.A. Inspector's Reports This was agreed to and chief executives of all member companies sent arrangements made to have the necessary copies WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND SAFETY SERVICE COMMITTEE'S REPORT reports These The Chairman Mr.O.C.Smith were duly accepted presented the monthly Continued It was duly moved seconded and carried that the Chairman Mr. O. C. Smith and the Thetford members of the Committee be authorized to act in preparing and presenting a brief or such other action as they decide on to further the interests of the Association with respect to Asbestosis These were Mr. Woloshow presented reports No. C432-38S and No. discussed briefly and taken for study C434-389 It was duly moved Sampling & Technique of Testing Fibre Committee seconded Fibre be and carried referred to that the reports on the Technical and It was duly Crudy and Open Fibre be report with reference to moved seconded and carried that the Value of referred to The Technical Committee for study and N.R.C. report No. C344-38S No report SPECIAL COMMITTEE No report NKW BUSINESS Mr. Wolochow presented a request from the Eternit Co. for in- formation re testing asbestos fibre for Portland Cement products agreed that Mr. Wolochow reply stating that the Q.S. Machine test It was in the only recognized test for asbestos fibre The Secretary presented and read a letter from Asbestos asking for news items - no action was taken Asbestos Mill products in groups 8 and 9 were discussed Method of determining weight per cu ft was shown to be given in the minutes of the Meeting of April 4th 1932. It was duly agreed that companies shipping these products would report shipments as separated into the above two groups ADJOURNMENT May 22nd There being no further business 1939 at the same time and place the meeting adjourned to meet Secretary President NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S COUNCIL'S : It was duly agreed that the subject All Metal Testing kachine should be closed The thanks of the Q.A.P.A. was tendered the National Research Council for their assistance in the development of this machine Report No. C39-398 an appendix to report No. 0408-385 was presented and read ' report was presented and read on the Z process for treatment of sewage water This report was a translation from German of a letter from Mr. Paul Zigerli who developed this proCESS Copies were given to each Company and Mr. Woloshow advised that he would supply by mail a list of references relative to the Z process A letter from the Union of South Africa Geological Dept. was presented and read requesting copies of reports on Asbestos Fibre from the National Research Council It was agreed that no reports should be submitted until they had been released and published first in this country The subject was referred to the Technical Committee with power to select reports for publication and magazines in which they should be published and to authorize publication These publications could than be referred to the Union of South Afrios Geological Dept. Mr. Woloshow exhibited samples in both and states of 7R fibre which had been split by a wet process into two fractions fractions one of which contained a large amount of the gramlar material and crudy pencils of the original fibre The other fraction contained the more fibrous material kr samples of the member company 7R fibre Woloshow advised that he would make up a report and material and would submit these to member compani to supply Mr. Woloshow with two bags 100 lbs each Kach of SPECIAL COM IT ER t No report NEWS ITERS FOR ASBESTOS Karanine : The Secretary presented and read a letter from the editor Asbestos drawing attention to the fact that no news items had as been submitted After some discussion it was agreed that each company would submit any news items direct The Secretary was instructed write Asbestos to this effect of yet to Bill No. 29 as passed by the Legislative Assembly of Quebec March 30th 1959 was discussed briefly as to some ambiguity of statements and possibility of amendment Te Chairmn July There being no further business adjourned to meet at the same time and place the meeting 24th 1939 Secretary President