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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 July 2 DOC NMA164 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Engineering News - State CA Curbs Asbestos hs { f i - NEW YORK NEW YORK W. 87,852 JUL 2 1370 CALIF . State curbs asbestos California contractors protest sprayed fireproofing guidelines A fight between California sprayed bestos contractors and the State Divi- sion of Industrial Safety is on because of the state's recent insuoafngucidee lines on the use of the sprayed fireproofing material Two weeks ago CW Farmer supervising engineer for the State Division of Industrial Safety's construction section circulated among his construction safety engineers an interoffice memo setting forth the proposed guidelines The guidelines similar to New York Under California law the guidelines safety are the ministratively same as regulations ad- ministratively adopted and are cn- forceable as law Farmer who met with contractors and manufacturers manufacturers and dis- tributors of safety equipment last week is determined to go ahead with full en- forcement of the guidelines by the end by ofJuly After the end of July any guideline violation not corrected in a week could shut down a spraved oper ation Farmer says Contractors can appeal an order for a shutdown but work must be stomped until a hearing is held by the State Division of Industrial Cary's recent regulations ENK 4/16 p.12 provide for effective enclosure of spray areas define cleanup and dis posal procedures for wanie mimus ma kish and call for fresh air supplied hoods for all workers in an asbenos Safely Farmer says that the state will try to be reasonable and if a contractor j pens in he must of step with the guide lines on a current job and is to finish up in the next few weeks it will be told the contaminated spraying area This last provision goes further than New York City's regulations Let Farmer says the hoods are available at a cost of 70 to 30 each and the air can be supplied by compressors normally available on , building project Soine contractors who read the orders will be effective on its next job After concluding his meeting with the contractors Farmer asked them to con- tinue talks with his engineers and said that further information developed to indicate that the guidelines can be changed without increasing hazards he will consider it memo complained the guidelines we.e being sprung on them so suddenly that they were not prepared to meet the re- quirements , eS =. Sa =. tt Mf co. &