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FILE NAME: Drywall Spackling Compounds (DWSC) DATE: 1977 Aug 19 DOC#: DWSC059 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from the EPA to the US Consumer Products Safety Commission ^OUMAi ^ tDsr^ ( / ~ / / ts> *1 P R & UNITED STA TES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY W A SH IN G TO N , D.C. 20460 August 19, 1977 33 cr. C'.' OFT^TCE OF < GENERAL COUn ML Secretary Consumer Products Safety Commission Washington, D.C. 20207 ro m -o Re: August 15, 1977, Public Hearing on Proposed Ban of Patching Compounds and Artifical Emberizing Materials Dear Sir: This will confirm the oral statement I presented at the August 15, 1977, CPSC Hearing on patching compounds and artificial emberizing materials. In 1973, EPA identified asbestos as a hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act (April 6, 1973, 38 FR 8820) Since then, EPA has evidenced concern for low-level or short-term exposures to asbestos in addition to high-level or long-term exposures to this substance. For example, in the preamble to amendments promulgated on October 14, 1975, at 40 FR 48295, it was noted that there is "new biological evidence supporting the significance of single short-term exposures to asbestos." The nature of asbestos is such that there are no known safe levels of exposure. In short, EPA is concerned that low-level or short-term exposures may be just as harmful to public health as high-level or long-term exposures. Sincerely, Ron Naveen, Attorney Air, Noise, and Solid Waste Division (A-133)