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ww i fcKa+KKHUb 17575942951 NO.596 P052 jj Xt| (i.un<ltjJ f | CoU Industries PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT g G-J<oek ic PseVinq PuSv'Kiltm,,; l\*liyrn N.w t(H% 31* Gentlemen: This -is in regard to the-handling of Carlock products containing asbestos in general and compressed asbestos sheet in particular. .. * ' 1 ` The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSKA).ha* pub lished a regulation covering $he safe handling of asbestos and asbestos products (29CFR 1910,1001}. .A portion of this regulation states that "Caution labels shall be affixed to'all raw materials# mixtures, scrap,, waste, debr'is-aad-other products containing asbestos fibers, or to their containers, except that no label is required where asbestos fibers have been modified1 by a bonding agent, coating, binder or other material so that durifar any reason* jihiy foreseeable use# handling, storage*, disposal, processing or " transportation, no airborne concentrations of asbestos-fibers in excess a< lunacy prescribed in pag^eraphi <b> of this section wiii be released," - . y 7- " "* r/jf- . * . All -of our asbestos containing products are currently carrying the OSHA. warning label so that our customers will be -alerted to the faet that *the products they are receiving do contain {asbestos. This is being done, even though produets like compressed asbestos' sheet i-^wrt-a^a binder which performs `a bonding function and tends to inhibit--the'generation of free asbestos, fiber* We consider the possi bility of release of fibers in the cajse of.products 4ifce compressed asbestos* sheet Teaote under - normal handling and use. It is, of course,. impossible for us to know of. all ujges our customers (or'the customers of our customers) may make of our products, 'If, for. instance, a customer was to perform certain unusual operations The user should, therefore* refer to 29CFR 1910*1001 for information on handling asbestos and monitoring the release of- asbestos fibers. OSHA Regulation 29CFR 1910,1001 is contained in .Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations - tabor (Farts 1900*1919)* This publica tion is available trom: " ... i . ' Superintendent of Documents U.S, Government Printing Offijce Washington, D. C, 20402 We hope that this information win be helpful to you. very truly yours, Harold 'R. Hughes Senior Chemist --- . [j - PLAINTIFF'S * .EXHIBIT UAH;mop