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------------------- T* . *?' >. * Dr. Smith sent to me yesterday a copy of his connents to OSHA under "Identification, Classification and Regulation of Toxic Substances Posing a Potential Occupational Carcinogenic Risk" outlined in Federal Register of October 4, 1977. A copy is attached for your edification. HCO-.mlr attachment H. C. Duecker 22 i973 I \ 15174323 Attached are tha 3 11ata of cconents on file In Washington. The first (index #1-53) is of thoae who filed written comments at the original December deadline. The second (index #54-97) la of those who filed written consents at-the February extended deadline. The third (index '#98-135) la of those-who filed written comments at the April extended deadline. ----- ` Some partleg^iled consents on all thrjee deadllnea (such aa W. R. Grace & Co.)* Othera filed coasenta only on one or two deadlines (such aa Johna-Manville Corp., filing in December and April, but not in February). I? We txwdarrmicopies of.-the coesenta fros Hooeatake Mining Coepany, Cypreas Industrial Minerals, the Asbestos Information Association, the American Mining- Congress, and tha ASTME. Z-. intend to alao^get comment copies--, from Vanderbilt Co. and Johna-Manville. *. If there are any cosaMnts you (baaed on process, products, etc.) feel might contain information helpful for us, would you please tell me which ones by Friday, May 7, and I'll request them with mine. RHL:cj attachment R. H. Locke -- > 5 1976 15 174324 Enclosed for your'Information Is a listing of those comments filed > meet the April 9* 1976 deadline for comments on the proposed revision to the asbestos standard. These comments are numbered sequentially to comments filed previous to such date. I believe I gave you a listing of the comments which have been pre viously filed. If you don't have such, please let me know and I will provide the same to you. Also attached are copies of comments filed by Homestake Mining Company and Cypress Industrial Minerals Company. My information is that the Government's Inflationary Impact Statement in respect of the proposed revision to the OSHA standard will not b* ready for at least three months. Therefore, no tenta tive date has been set for a hearing. Optimistically, a target date for a hearing would be late summer, 1976. j ! i j OMF:sel Attachments 0. M; Favorito 1517^325 J laroe of The Chronicle of Two Hwbora, Minnesota, under the bead ing "Beserre Coaments on Hboestake Study". Ton will see that Dr. Wright's comments on the 5I0SH study at Eomestake are somewhat similar to the points we already made. It appears that the final paper may have already been accepted for publication by the Hew fork Academy of Science. I will see if we can get a preprint of the article. The second article is on the dismissal of Judge Lord and makes for interesting reading as well. BCD:mix attachment K. C. Duecter JAN c t> 15 17^*326 M g*s,\d rJ *:' *-' .. * * >.- I," *' ''''' " ' / > j'n .' * ' ''> ' ' : *.;'': 'S i ':* - - > - i- ; , .-> `-''k "* ' ' *' '' ' '' ' ' '* ' *' hfcfc 0613433a p:V;v^v.v: >: bfc'f.fy' V ; ' <^25 &SH-A . \P* \ 15174327