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------------------- E-dw-a.rd--Si-----Dxi.slane_=_Ry Mr npi.nna____________ 2 1 A Can you point out what line you are on? i e I can't follow you. 1 5 Q It's the first line. 2 1 A Okay. Go ahead. Yes. 0 9 Q Okay. And did you tell him that at the 1 5 time, and remember this is in 1978, there were two 2 5 basic materials being used to replace asbestos, 1 2 one was steel or steel wool, and the other was a 1 5 synthetic fiber, such as fiberglass? 2 4 A Uh-huh. 2 4 Q Did -2 4 A That's what I thought were being used in 1 3 place. I was trying to give him an answer. 0 0 Q As it says here, sir, isn't it true that 1 5 those substitutes cost two to three times as much 0 0 as asbestos? 0 9 A I estimated the costs for the metal fiber 0 0 approach to be two to thee times the asbestos 1 2 based on a ballpark thing. I have no idea. I was 2 7 working at FMSI at the time. I had no idea what 1 8 the material costs were that the members had to 1 8 pay for cuts. 2 4 Q You go on to say that fiberglass might be 1 2 100 percent more than asbestos? P.O.Box 12459 Albany. NY 12212-2459 Alliance M m REPORTING SERVICE. LLC Albany (518) 438-0126 Troy (518) 283-5064 Schenectady (518) 355-9216 Clifton Park (518) 383-1241 Fax (518) 446-0582