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FILE NAME: Celanese (CEL) DATE: 1971 DOC#: CEL030 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - Bureau of National Affairs - Emergency Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust - Tab I 623 Current Report T Ganeral Policy GUENTHER REORGANIZES OSHA STAFF; COMPLIANCE. STANDARDS UNITS AFFECTED . The new standard was issued under the Occupational Safely and Health Act and also applies to the Construction. Safety Act and Walsh-Hcalcy Public Contracts Act regula tions. Areorganization o f the Occupational Safety ancLfttalth Administration, including the creation of a new Office of Compliance and Standards, was announced by/Assistant Labor Secretary George C. Guenther on December 9. Under the reorganization, the Office o f Compliance and the Office Safety and Health Standards have been combined into the new Office of Compliance and Stand* ards. Fred M. Bishoff, a former special assistant, was named acting director V the new office. He will report to the director of Program Operations, Dr. Preston Fetish. Bishoff also was'named to serve as-acting director for the standards office. Gerard F. Scanned, a former special assistant, was .named, acting director for the standards office. \ / Eugene L. Newman, Termer director o f the Office of Compliance, was named acting director of Federal Agency Programs. In that capacity, he will help coordinate the Federal Government's safety programs for over three million civilian employees. \ A new Special Program StafT was created, with Harry Verdier named acting chief. The Staff will coordinate the target industry program and other special programs present ly contemplated by OSHA. Verdier will report to rarrish 7 \ A Policy an y Evaluation Staff was created to replace the The adoption was made under Section 6(c) o f OSHA following studies conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety ~ari3 Health and recommendations nude by the American Conference of Governmental indus trial Hygienists. NIOSH and ACG1H determined that existing standards constituted a grave danger to employees exposed to the eight-hour time weighted average concentra tion and tiiat an emergency standard was necessary. NIOSH concurred that the change proposed by the ACG1H would provide a substantial base. Action under Section 6(b) of the Act wall begin soon. Any notice o f proposed rulemaking under 6(b) will give notice of the emergency standard as a proposed rule o f any subsidiary proposals which may be required under subsec tions (S) and (7) of 6(b) relating to toxic substances. The emergency temporary standard had been called for in a letter to the Labor Department from the AFL-CIO. The letter cited evidence from a study conducted by Dr. Irvin J. Selikoff and the staff of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, the AFL-CIO, and the Ad Hoc Committee on theAsbestos Hazard of the AFL-CIO industrial Union Depart ment (Current Report, November IS. p. 581). The emergency standard appears in the Full Text section"*1 of this report and will be included in a future Reference File supplement. Office of Policy Development. Robert Copeland was named acting chief o f the new Staff and will report^) Marl Chain Robbins, Deputy Assistant Secretary. \ Toxic Substances The. Office of Program Management Service was re* PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR MERCURY, nam e^/the Office of Management Services anti will be headpd by Barry J. White. Samuel M. Sharkey was named acting director of-thej Office of Information Services. He will report to Robbins also. z BERYLLIUM, ASBESTOS PUBLISHED BY EPA Proposed standards applicable to facilities producing, manufacturing, or using asbestos, mercury, and beryllium were published December 7 by the Enviromriental Protec tion AgcncyX / Existing plants, new plants, and products containing the Asbestos' substances will w covered. William Q.` Ruckclshaus. EPA Administrator, sat'd. The substances are the first to be OSHA PUBLISHES EMERGENCY STANDARD identified as hazardob^ollutants under the 1970 Clean Air FOR ASBESTOS TO BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY In many cases information,-fin possible sources o f these An emergency standard limiting the exposure o f employ hazardous pollutants is no! available in sufficient detail to ees to asbestos dust was published by the Occupational permit the establishment dt` emission standards covering Hi Safety and Health Administration and made effective sources, Ruckclshaus said, investigations are underway to December 7. fill these gaps in knowledge and the results may require Tlw emergency standard limits the eight-how time modification of llte standards afid`'iflcluskxt oi additional weighted average airborne concentration o f asbesios dust to categories for these pollutants. \ which employees are exposed to no more than five fibers The EPA h j / 180 days in which to field public hearings per milliliter ;;ieater than five microns in length. Concentra and set final emission standards. imlcs*\uf<ii illation pre tions above live fibers per milliliter.but. not to exceed 10 fibers per milliliter, may be permitted up to a total of 15 minutes in, an hour for up to five (tours in an eight-Itour day. sented aitalic pub)vo heatings deinoRstmtcsHlut the pollu . tants clearly are not hazardous. N / A notice o f the date, time, and place of the public hearings will be announced witldn 30 days. Interested 1\ / 004433 Capyriaht C liTI k)> Tlw B itv *f National Affairs, lac VW Iti I lib! VIM l o tting* GUlENN^TTHifR TO KEYNOTE OREGON g o v e r n o r s INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CONFERENCE A state plan is a very appealing program to Michigan, Brown said. The state may receive S I.5 million in federal money in implementing a plan. The keynote i^drcss at the 14th Governor's Industrial Safety Conference February 10-11, in Salem, Ore., will be given by Assistant Secretary o f Labor George C. Guenther. Also participating will e^hc American Society of Safety Engineers President Allen C. Guy. The final program is not available, but it is expected to consist of panel programs covc'hng both the federal application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the state's role under that law. v . Exhibits o f safety material and equipment, and information covering various methods and ideas for getting plants and operations into close compliance with both state .< and federal standards are likely to be included. -s' r V State Plans 1AGLO CONSIDERS ACTION ON SUGGESTION RELATING TO STATE PLAN ALTERNATIVES No action has been taken with.rcgard to the suggestion that a committee to examine alternatives to an 18 (b) state plan for job safety and health be created by the Interna tiona) Association of Government Labor Officials, President o f IAGLO Barry Brown, director o f the Michigan Departmenl of Labor, toUK&SHR. Robert Duvall, commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Labor, thought it was " a great idea," Brown said. Mosj- s'tatcs have indicated their intention to develop a state pU'n, he added. Those who decide not to have a plan mavy&ant to monitor the federal program (Current Report, ^lovcmber 25, p. 602). General Policy ASSE MANAGING DIRECTOR RESIGNS POST TO BECOME ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR NIOSH Managing dircctor'and secretary of the American Society of Safety Engineers. A. C. Blackman, has resigned to become assistant .director for safety with the National Institut*'for Occupational Safety and Health, effective in January. ." A member o f ASSE since 1944, Blackman has been managing director of the Society since February, 1959, and in that year was elected to his first term as secretary. A registered professional engineer and certified safety professional, he has been working in accident prevention since 1931 when he was a safety engineer with Liberty Mutualtnsurance Company. Blackman was appointed chief of the California Division o f Industrial Safety in 1949. He served on the Technical Advisory Committee for the President's Conference on Occupational Safety and was chairman of the program sub-committee for the 1960 conference. A member of the American Industrial Hygiene Associa tion, Blackman served as a consultant to the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy in the 1959 hearings on employee radiation hazatds and workmen's compensation and as a member of the Safety Advisory Committee o f the Illinois Department o f Labor. Manager o f technical services for the Society, Wayne C. Christensen, was appointed acting managing director. ----------- 'Filli T e xty EMERGENCY STANDARD FOR EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS DUST PUBLISHED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Chapter XVII-- Occupational Softly and Health Administration, De partment of Labor FART 1910--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS Emergency Standard for Exposure le Asbestos Dust Pursuant to section 6(e) of the Wil liams-8telcer Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 <84 S ta t 1596, 39 V.S.C. C55>. P art 1910 or Title 29. Code of Federal Kreulations (30 PH . 10466. May 29. 1971) is hereby amended In the manner indicated belo In order to pro vide an emergency standard dealing with the exposure of employee* to athsstot dust In light of increasing information on the results of exposure of employees.to airborne asbestos d u st including recent studies by the National institute for Oc cupational safety and Health and others, and recommendations by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). it is hereby deter mined th a t (1) exposure under the pres en t standard for asbestos dust in Table 0 - 3 , 1 1910.33, of 12 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length or 2 million particles per cubic foot of sir. witich is derived from an established Fed eral standard promulKutcd under the Walsh-Hcaley Public Contracts Act on May 2 0 ,19C9. constitutes a crave dancer to employees exposed to this a-hoar time-weighted atrerueo concentration: and th a t ) an emergency standard is necessary to protect employees from this excessive exposure. The National Insti tute for Occupational Safety and Health concur* th a t the proposed change in the asbestos dust standard recommended by the American Conference of Govo-nmentot Industrial Hygienist* should be the substantial base for the emergency standard. Action concerning the standard will be commenced under section Gib) in the immediate future. Any notice of pro posed rulemaking under sct-iicm 6fb> will civs notice of the emerecury standard as a proposed rulo and also of rnv ap propriate subsidiary proposes wiiteh may be repaired trader subparru-.runh . t$> and (7) of section ((b ) elaluiu to Use ex posure of em p iem a to toxic substance. Cspyrigtd C 1971 by Thv Swim 1 N iiiw nl A lb n , ine. 004434 . x u ... xU u*.ldCd fcS io lio w s : MfJ --J VU.W*. XXO'UXlUl su i. ru in mu remaining -). Vui'l# 0 -3 following I 1910.83 (30 up to S hours tn an 1-i.our day. of this paragraph (d>, the cm,iioier man FSl. 13104. Auk. 13. 1971) 1 hereby <b> Engineering methods, such as but comply with the requirements of these mended by deleting the following: not limited to, enclosure, vacuum sweep subparagraphs relating to the operations /shiloi--13 Oberi (='r BUUUlWr jrc tu r then ing, and local exhaust ventilation, shall involved. The requirements oi this para C micron* In length o r ...------ 3 MPP*y be used to meet the ex;>oeure limits pre graph arc in addition to those proscribed _______________________ 5 M p p cI. 20m g V W scribed in paragraph iaj of this section. in paragraph (b> of this section. %* ft0, Where such onr.r.ooring methods ore not 12) AU hand- or power-operated tools As mended. Table 0 - 3 reads as feasible, or do not otherwise reduce the which produce asbestos dust such ns. but concentrations below those prescribed in not limited to. saws, scorers, abrasive follows: paragraph (a) of tills section, respira wheels, and drills shall be provided with Tails O-J-Mjkixai D orn tory protective devices shall be provided local exhaust ventilation mil dust col and used in accordance with paragraph lectors in accordance with the American ^ jtlbftWrff Upped M|/M> (e) of this section. National Standard Fundamentals Gov ( 0 ( 1 ) (i) When the limits of ex erning the Design and Operation of Local SiiCler*x:C-IIInc: quwu (w*plrUk)..... .... CM' rirntW- posure to asbestos dust prescribed in Exhaust Systems; ANSI Z9.2--1971. paragraph ta) of this section are ex (3) Employees exposed to the spraying ceeded and when engineering controls of asbestos or the demolition of pipes, %m<h+* V J> 0 * 7 required by paragraph (b) of this section structures, or equipment covered or in are not feasible or do not otherwise re sulated with asbestos shall be provided CrvisntloubtoclNUlsc;uUlitsmeiKfrothm*ths % *tO rH duce the concentration of asbestos dust with respiratory protective devices in below those prescribed in paragraph (a) accordance with paragraph <c;(4) of countornut fenauUefee qii.ru. of this section, the employer shall re this section. Ttrtymlte: Un Kthsvslus quire the use of respiratory protective de (e) Asbestos cement, mortar, coatings, Meftukt'uaUt ltocrdGfruoammu. s he* AavoqMiOV*.including n u n ! vices. H ie selection of respiratory grout, and plaster shall be mixed ui protective devices shall be limited to closed bags or other containers. Stac/u* those specified in the remaining sub- (f) Asbestos waste and scrap shall be A %0| paragraphs of this paragraph (c). collected and disposed of in sealed bags u* iOfrst'<km thsa 1%er>> <U> The employer shall'require each employee test his respiratory that pro or other containers. olirne tUtea): ao tective device before each use in order (g) All cleanup of asbestos dust and Smpuom**> 9 to insure a proper fit .according to Uie blowing shall be performed by vacuum Purlinxt ecurnt............ 9 m Orai'inlc (muoriti)............ u m anufacturer's instructions. The em cleaners. No dry sweeping shall be per ployer shall further provide for effective formed. CoJarldthuflltn|%*iUi).{...A..c.t.i.o.n. training or supervision of employees m 3. Section 1910.12 is amended by the testing of respiratory protective de clumging paragraph (a) inorder toappiv vices for fit before their use. the emergency standard precriihcd m the %*>ri-5 <21 For an atmosphere containing not new i 1910.93a, which is publ.shcd in this IneHrrAt oWrrihYutintrImrucefnOonu.s.t.:...... U so more than 23 fibers per milliliter greater document, to construction work winch is u ti li 1 ,, t h a n 5 micro. in length over an 8-hour subject to the Act. The amendment is average, or more than 50 fibers per milli necessary in light of the rule of regula Noie Cen-rrMin (w:.u*-- liter over any period uf 15 minutes, a tory construction set forth in S 1910.5tc>. IVdxii.J-npilwl.uKcnkoitptreirwemx. percubicBelie reusable or single-use filter tyjie respira As amended, i 1910.12 reads as follows: tor, operating with negative pressure MUitomof rurtkki T<r cubic loot of sir. Used on during the inhalation phase of brcattiing, 1910.12 C o n M ru clio u w o rk . lB*UTtibngycfivsnai-nrMt*tocdrouowficvmltb.iyi.wlctrlit*itriuri'Adlienrtinthne**.formula k the sfumini di*i#rnlt-l from aif*U*nir sif)Hu ** approved by the U.S, Bureau of Mines (a) (1) Adoption and extension ot es under the provisions of 30 CFR F art 14 tablished safety and health standards tfttbpsiwMnt(Uo.iItttsrfHtpKinfK.tu'Ar.h-tkm'. whichothermrUtodihavebeen I As Ufirrm.i^d by lur fila* method ftt (Bureau of Mutes Schedule 2iB>, or a for construction. The standards pre valveless respirator providing equivalent scribed by P art 1518 of this title anti in dVMtO.uMcotitrwUmvri.hrauou. io t protection, shall be used. effect on April 28. 1071, arc adopted as cottofnroollfiUciiMkkiiumtriumu.ovn>*n**diMPfKmrmntuqMuafrnotmfaUrh(*hferascnupoUn- (3) For an atmosphere containing not occupational safety or health standards P*mhc*tto-Kfrciof with the fafrowuigetwtctsmUes: more th an 250 fibers per miliiitcr greater under section 6(a) of the Act and shall th a n S micron* in length over on 8-hour apply, according to tlio provisions average, or more than 500 fibers per thereof, to every employment and place Aieuruoldlydnesnmsiiteydslpshmercei)rr Pwctetpewlec milliliter over any period of 15 minutes, of employment of every employee en a powered filter positive pressure res gaged in construction work. Each em pirator approved by the V S . Bureau of ployer shall protect the employment and ta s ' 1 Mines under the provisions of 30 CFR places of employment of each of his P a rt 14 (Bureau of Mines Schedule 21B) employees encaged in construction work aa si m shall be used. by complying with the appropriate (4) Por an atmosphere containing standards prescribed by this paragraph. more than 350 fiber* per milliliter (2* The standards prescribed in TW n r u iu tu m u n0rr UU M t iHrr u Um d m I m AKC timruuusu. It lue m i - n U t bacliMi *i M l greater than 5 microns in length over 115t8J5<c) .of tilts title shall apply in *IM hilrlrruiliM l uh n.MKF. ilirli-mrc rirtt.Hiiliiis an l-h o u r average a type C positive pres the cos of tlte exposure of any em I* lhl e( IMU|tfM> We IxW (of r a u l t t u U U MtfW, sure supplicd-air respirator approved by ployee in construction work to airborne 3. A new i 1910.93a U added to P art the V S . Bureau ot Mines under the pro asbestos dust. 1910. The new 1 1910.93 reads as visions of 30 CFR Part 12 (Bureau of follows: Mines Schedule 19B) shall be used. (5) The employer shall establish a Effective date. These amendments 1910.93* Axboiuk dut. respirator program in accordance with shall become effective immediately upon 1) H ie l-hour lime-weighted avarace airborne concentrallon of asbestos th e requirement* of Amcncun National publication in the Peers ai Rccistes Standard Practice lor Respiratory Pro- (12-7-11). dust to which employees are exposed toeuon Z38~--I9CS. (Me. etc), m sul use. c.s.c. est; mc- shall n e t exceed 5 fibers per milliliter (6) The respirators provided each em ntaryw OMsrBe. il-71, M FJL 87M) crraler than 5 microns in length, as de ployee shall be properly inspected, Signed a t Washington, D.C,, this 3d termined by tiie uiemoRUice filter cleaned, repaired and ktored. day of December J*7l, method a t 400--130X magnification 14 (d> (l) Wi en on employer has em millimeter objective) phase contrast ployees who a n exposed to aabeetoe dust . . O.C.Crom u. Illumination. C u ^ entrauans above I f t reeding the limits pracn b v d in para fibers per miUlbu-rbut. not to exceed >0 graph 4a) af th is section and tha ex ******** Secretary of la b o r. fibers per milliliter, may be permitted posure resulu I r a n the operations de- I** O^-Ti-ITOJ nied X9*4-7i:8i<7 am] Occupati**) S*f*tr A Hm IHi R tp tr ttt 004435