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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1983 Oct 4 DOC NMA179 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Wall Street Journal Article - EPA to Propose in Next Few Months Ban or Phase of Remaining Asbestos Uses aan j - M Manufacturing Company Inc. ,, Rocky Mountain Sales Representatives Woe tow OCT 11 1983 Internal Correspondence Date October , 1983 jeri jeri < Hank J. Jones jeri 24 A. Verploegh Stockton S A PIPE W. Burnett Stockton File |... & Chrono The attached article appeared in the Wall Street Journal 10/4/83 As the article states the EPA plans to propose a ban or phase out of asbestos containing products over the next few years The position of M Manufacturing and ACPPA has not changed That is we feel there is no problem with the use of / pipe for the transmission of potable for the water We feel handling of A the recommended work practices pipe are sufficient to create a safe work environment HJJ ja Attachments o 4 | e ee ** 9 Losma D 002178 JMM ee ene said it didn't know how operations EPA Colt- EPA to Propose in Next Few Months Ban would affect its mining operations in Colt- rado where its operates a smal Coltmine Moreover Union Carbide said of Or Phase of Remaining Asbestos Uses probably won't have much of an effect of us because our kind of asbestos is of high purity But the company said its asbasins BY ANDI PASZIYW and PayMost A. Joszen j Sia Reporters of THE WALL JOURJOURN NAL JA OURL NAL i WASHINGTON Eptronmental Pro- section Agency intends to propose in the ~ox. section s a ban or phastour of 25- tos in the few products the stili use it Aistrator Wiser PA Aistrator Wiser Ruckelshaus posed in prizelpie with a package of pro i posed regulations against the same 1 Shai j beyond any action the Reagan ad- gas misty misty a few , | oficals misty orths misty ago agency officials said the material would be too restly in must instances and they wanted voluntary action by industry to reduce public exposure to 25- bestos But Edward Hein director of the office considers the proposals Now considers Isbestos be Lia | Shogen Lia should a presen car | queky queky van- ety of subsistes . asbestos gesed Mervile Corp. the major | products maker said the EPA ar tion probably would have very little parency m cs because the company has been re- Flag asbestos with such materials as 5- is used in floor tiles and corking m usages that EPA apparently wil bar Psymark Corp Trumbili Coan RACONTE wouldn't that its use of asbaszoe probably affected immediately The companycompany said 15 asbestos is used mainly in Instici mater pis pis likle ike car ttrrakes aand nd cclluuiicchheess In related development the Labor Dr partment sald tis Occupational Safery Health Admins * expan work Place inspections seeking Sun Wspetihins to mated mated over the con year in the costruttion and manufactura Mantle Med for protection under Step asberics companies proter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code last vualy theproter proter thousands ddecreeasedcreased acts has 23 the danger year to ward off thousands of lawsults from ous effects of asbestos have Seume Ehown year comes who claimed injury or death of rel- industries using 04 demolir ser ant Manfacturers with records of astenus astenus vic- of lations A said it all inspect demotier sites E.G comceoms es from starts The rozierial can that have noted the EPA that stats de comes = 0 metric comes cause career and stasis an emphy molition or removal will occur Previousty metric centrale disease that gravly Impairs OSHA inspecties often didid know abor centcentrale rceantlraele finalistic finalistic finalistic finalistic finalistic centrale Lens bands The SPA bands bands bands bands to bands bands bands of car ( izin SPA podspods such as cement beating harring harring of the lungs Maddie not known as the largest as testos comcopmpanyacomnpayny in in the Western world re- cently sold is large Canadian asbestos possible stations stations at such sites because the work was completed quickly The cooperative effort with the EPA is to last six months ( pipes ry ngmater and for covering covering covering * operations In the 1970s the government banned cer- that Chien ~fi used in sais t a brous mineral In Danbury Conn Greproof materials La addition the l - Chien CarbideCarbiCdeorp. tain sprays containing asbestos used for in- Agency is writing proposed regulations that | sulation and decoration of new indicings place cap the amrum of asbesutsoeds| * for all other products and set up a finstable . And the EPA ordered schools to perform safety checks in determine if fibers from as- for phasing wat all br z few minor uses over the nex zw years : bestos insulation posed a health threat in students Recently the EPA has been under In the past senior Reagen n^ministrator appoinizes at the EPA have argued that there wasn't adequate scientist evidence to warrant tough action agains asbestos They | boteasing pressure from lawmakers envi ronmental groups and cancer expers a other federal agencies to crack down on fu- ture use of the material . also asserted that banting or phasing out - 0 002179 002179