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up by issuing, that to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(CSHA) a sampling data sheet No. 2. This goes into a little more detail
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about the method of sampling, of course, this is available from the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The NI06H Criteria Document goes into much greater detail on methods
of air sampling and analysis and I would recommend that each of you who
has some responsibility with respect to complying with this Act, send
for a copy of the NIOSH Criteria Document. It has & lot of valuable
information in it. Even if it should turn out that the Secretary of
Labor does not accept their proposed standard, it still is a very valuable
review of the whole situation with respect to causation of disease, and
prevention of disease.
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The emergency standard, after stating what the allowable concentration
shall be and `the method, that shall he used to determine It, goes on to
discuss methods of compliance. Of course, engineering methods come first.
It doesn't go into any detail and it does not even attempt- to mention
all the engineering methods that are available for control of asbestos in
the air. Notably it leaves out altogether wetting down your material
during handling. This is more or less a simple preface to discussing
another means of compliance which is the use of personal protective equip
ment. In this approach, the proposed rule of the Secretary of Labor seems
to be much more liberal in his approach than the HIOSH Criteria Document.
The Secretary of Labor simply states, "When the limits of exposure to
asbestos dust, described in paragraph a of this section, are exceeded,
and engineering controls, required by sub-paragraph 1 of this paragraph
are not feasible, or do not reduce the concentration of asbestos dust
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