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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT
Work Environment
CBY 3102515
C 000174 LAM022084
Substance SILICA, S1O2
DUSTS
TLV
Crystalline
{Quartz 114808-60-7]
TLV in mppcf *1 300"
% quartz +10 TLV for respirable dust in
mg/m3: 10 mg/m31'________
% Respirable quartz + 2 TLV for "total dust," respirable
and nonrespirable: 30 mg/m3
% quartz + 3 {Cristobalite.......... Use one-half the value calculated
(14464-46-1 ] from the count or mass formulae for quartz.
{Tridymite.............Use one-half the value calculated
115468-32-3 ] from formulae for quartz. {Tripoli................. Use respirable1'' mass quartz for-
[1317-95-91
mula
{Amorphous (7631-86-9) .................... (20 mppcf'")
{Silica, fused [60676-86-0]....... Use quartz formulae.
SILICATES and OTHER DUSTS (<1% quartz]
Asbestos" Amosite.................. [12172-73-5] Chrysotile................
[12001-29-5] Crocidolite..............
[12001-28-4] Other forms............
c. 0-5 fiber/cc > 5 m01 1(1
length,Ala 2 fibers/cc > 5 ^m in
length,Ala 0.2 fiber/cc > 5 ixm in
length,Ala 2 fibers/cc > 5 |im in
length, Ala
{Graphite (natural) [7782-42-51............ 15 mppcf
{Mica [12001-26-2]....... 20 mppcf Mineral wool fiber........ 10 mg/m3 {Perlite........................ 30 mppcf {Portland Cement.......... 30 mppcf
{Soapstone.................. 20 mppcf
Talc (containing no asbestos fibers) [14807-96-6]........... 2 mg/m3, Respirable dust
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{Talc (fibrous), (use Asbestos limit.) Nuisance particles (see Appendix 0)
{(30 mppcf) or 10 mg/m3"" of total dust < 1 % quartz, or, {(5 mg/m3 respirable dust.) Conversion factors. mppcf x 35.3 = Million particles per cubic meter = particles per cc
COAL DUST
2 mg/m3 (respirable dust fraction < 5% quartz). {(If > 5% quartz, use respirable mass formula.)
h) Millions of particles per cubic foot of air. based on
impinger samples counted by light-field technics.
i) The percentage of quartz in the formula is the
amount determined from airborne samples, except
in those instances in which other methods have
been shown to be applicable.
j) Both concentration and percent quartz for the appli
cation of this limit are to be determined from the
fraction passing a size-selector with the following
characteristics:
Aerodynamic
Diameter (^m)
% passing
(unit density sphere)
selector
^ 2 90
2.5 75 3.5 50
5.0 25
10 0
k) "Respirable" dust as defined by the British Medical
Research Council Criteria,"' and as sampled by a
device producing equivalent results.1-'
(1) Hatch, T. E. and Gross: Pulmonary Deposition
and Retention of Inhaled Aerosols, p. 149. Ac
ademic Press, New York, (1964).
(2) AIHA Aerosol Technology Committee: Interim
Guide for Respirable Mass Sampling. Am. Ind.
Hyg. Assoc. J. 31(2):133 (1970).
l) As determined by the membrane filter method at 400-4 50X magnification (4 mm objective) phase
contrast illumination.
{m) containing < 1% quartz: (if quartz content > 1 %,
use formulae for quartz.)
(See Notice of Intended Ctianges.
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CBY 3102516
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