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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1971 Oct 28 DOC#: ABX087 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Bulletin - Proposed Illinois Ban on Asbestos in Brake Lining BULLET..! N N O. i i j6 October 2 8 , 1971 PROPOSED ILLINOIS BAM ON AS3CST0S IN BRAKE LINING ,, - There has been c o n sid e ra b le a c t i v i t y by members o f th e A sbestos S tudy Con*nittee a s reg ard s tho proposed I l l i n o i s r e g u la tio n s o n '"A sb esto s an d Spray I n s u la tio n * . To - quote from P a r t V II, S ectio n 702 o f th e r e g u la tio n s proposed by th e I l l i n o i s P ol-- - lu tio n Control Board: . "The use o f asb e sto s in th e brak e ljn jn p o f v e h i c l e s `m anufactured a f te r January 1, 1975, and so ld for use in I l l i n o i s is p ro h ib ite d ." In the B oard's explanation i t notes th a t the p ro h ib itio n is worded to avoid th e n e c e ss ity o f f i t t i n g v e h ic le s m anufactured p r io r to 1975 w ith "non--a s b e s to s " b rak es. However, th e re is no q u estio n b u t th a t .the ban in c lu d e s o r ig in a l equipment lin in g s , and th e re can be l i t t l e doubt but th a t replacem ent Kxningsr on th e s e 'v e h ic le s ' ^ . a ls o .be.of a "non"3 sbestos"-type. F u rth er, in te rp re ta tio n o f th e proposed reg u la tio n s in d ic a te s th a t a l l .v eh icles a re included: Passenger C a rs, T iucxs, 0 7 f High way Equipment, Farra_Tractors and th e l i k e . A lso, th e Board a p p a r e n tly c o n s id e r s c lu tc h facin g s to be th e same a s brake li n i n g s " . K bile th e im m ediate e f f e c t would be on those su p p ly in g o r ig in a l equipm ent li n in g s , th e seco n d ary e f f e c t w ould bo fe lt* by a l l fric tio n m aterial m anufacturers. * the Boa'r d 's explana!ion__they s t a t e : "These p ro h ib itio n s have been made with fu ll consideration given toJthe available' "altern ativ e mate rja Is ." ' . from_the ,,111 i no i s h e arin g s^ th is p a s t month, the-lnsti.tute*has T e c o iv e d 's e v e ra l a r t {iC ^ s . o f ^ n t e r e s t : . . ( l ) Johns-M anvi1le memorandum, O ctober 20, 1971 b y Mr Sw otontc summa-- . r iz i n g th e Ch icago'-h ear intp on October ..15, 1971. " (2) VVi t te n p re s e n ta tio n by Dr. F. Pundsack o f Jdfohs-anvirie s eiven a t th Chicagb"hearings. * (3) Dr. W. J . Nicholson^ Mt. S inai H o sp ital, a p re s e n ta tio n in support o f the 8 o a rd 's're g u la tio n s, a t the Chicago h earin g s. (} Chicago Sun--Times O ctober -18, 1971 re p o r t on t h e Chicago h e a rin g s . ' " (5) Waukegan newspaper r e p o r t o f O ctober 20, 1971 co n cern in g th o hearings in Waukegan. ' . (6) Johns-W anville memorandum, O ctober 20, 1971, by W. R ain es summarizing th e Waukegan h earin g jo n O ctober 19, 1971. Attached to the delegates copies only of th is B u lle tin a re ex cerp ts: . (1 ) E ntire^J-M summary o f th e Chicago H earin g s. ' -- Continued -- ^ t (it) I j SCF-ALLF-03650 g u lle t in ..16 2- Octobef 28, 1971 (2) E / tiiro <J~M suamary o f th e Waukegan H e a rin g s. (3) Pages 20, 21 o f Dr. Pundsack's p re s e n ta tio n a t th e Chicago H earin g s. A ll those who have ap p eared a t th e h earin g s fe e l t i s most urgent t h a t the .brake lin in g m anufacturers ad v ise th e Control Beard o f th e ir , p o s itio n on t h i s pro posed b an . I t has been le a rn e d th a t th e Control* Board was s u r p r is e d over th e la c k of response to th e brake lin in g ban from f r ic tio n m a teria l m anufacturers. . R ea liz in g th e -unreaso nab le ddadHnervotrrmust-work--a ^ a -in st." comments sh o u ld be J n th e hands o f th e P o llu t ion "Control-Board*bv~November-lQj- 1971. P lease ~wr i t e : Mr. Samuel T. Lawton . . S tate of Illin o is P ollution C ontrol Board ' ' 189 West Madison S tr e e t , . . * S uite 900 * Chicago, I llin o is f0602 The comments must be your own. We suggest th a t th e p rim ary force o f th e s e comments might be th e la c k o f a v a i l a b i l i t y o f known s u b s t i t u t e s a t th is tim e . A secondary p o in t might be t h a t th e F ed eral EPA (Environm ental P ro te c tio n Agency) is c u rre n tly having s tu d ie s made concerning th e ex ten t of em issio n s in the g en era l en vironm ent From brake lin -in g s , and th e se r e s u lt s w ill not bo known t i l l mid 1972. U nless you have s p e c if ic m edical background, we su g g est you n o t q u estio n th e proposed, safety standards on ^asbestos concentrations. Further, as i s the case w ith m ost * government b u reau s, any p le a d in g on c o s t o r economics s h o u ld be avoided. P le a s e note th a t th e p o rtio n o f \ h e proposed re g u la tio n s th a t we a re co n cern ed w ith a t t h i s tim e ~ is tho general environment from brake lin in g em issions on v e h ic le s in u se . While the in -p la n t environm ent i s a ls o covered in the proposed r e g u la tio n s , we a r e a d v is in g our members p rim a rily on th e proposed ban on brake lin in g on v e h ic le s . ' Should you w rite Mr. Lawton, i t would be a p p re c ia te d i f you would sen d a copy to tho I n s t i t u t e . I f th e r e a r e any q u e s tio n s, p le a se g iv e roe a c a l l , E. W. D ris la n e Executive Secretary