Document e77vJ9YzyMz1kLERYNDREeZXy

`a;;*: . '* n INTERDEPARTMENTAL: COMMUNICATiONV^i- date: ... . April 4, 1974 TO. FROM: f.r-* . F; * Fink-**. .. -.. . . ' 7 .. sv-;- r- i: - location: . \ Wilmington Sales "... u LOCATION:Tigard . : -- ' ' .V #*" ? T* |?,.P*3P*%fTP>*T .*- *,T*--TT* **?*.* - .** -- "* SUBJECT^#;rochester?Accoustical asbestos- problem V 'r" . , < Dusb:^oirect6rsj:to. be^installed'in work area to. - r-'^tonta'inc.rugitive' particles;tr/r . IV''.. J'ZiT - " * .......... ............ areasdaily -'sweeping not accepted.v with- IV' ' x^l?" x-ray.,' :b*;v'c'j|Cfd^Se varid$f/*are' raandatoryrinour CJoint System plants when the .Threshold Value Limit exceeds 5 fibers longer than ~`v 5 microns per., cubic centimeter ;of air. At the present time all of our plants have been accredited to conform with OSHA standards.;. PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT GP-2 1B Mr . RrXC'.- -Hartman - V. V-- 2- 2 - April 4,' 1974 I. informed Jerry that in my opinion the inspector erred, however-, ,;it would require a diplomatic approach as we did not waht' tdvrilefCpmpliance personnel. . - . ,v /'Vy'."-. **"* *!V 7^jdrry.;iexpl'ained?:the program.'that we. .follow in our plants -and . "? "whihn,>has7been:rffppr.bved .by'/OSHA; i .e ; , FederalvOccupational 04Safetygandx-Heal^tlfeAct-, ^c.Tne .^hazard.could be controlled by ^reqdirihg^dustvmasks that .-have been approved fornon-toxic^dusts^^Th^-^MiS^O^is^certified ;and used in ;our ."plants not Vjr.>'rdiily^fbV*uasbestbs.xbut -alsb^for'other^dusts. The field officer #^Ori*'Er`i;da.y-^ April5Til974T, X* contacted^D^, Barone; and-we had a :^^ather^lengthyg.discussion. of.icodesboth-.:Federal and;.-Statev^;.:.lj-;-..^vlt-ijnus^-be^note^thiat^' there -- is-'considerable conflict. existing * ^^''betweeht^the'-two.-a'gencies'and-'heither will agree with the other,r: ^Vwhich*vdevelops, considerable4, static in New .York.-..;.'.- ' : misinformed:Barone that'.I. was not speaking as a representative ;of. Georgia-Pacific butlfrom my professional background, which J:: goessback^to :.1939"'/ I will say:.that :he was very receptive and-cooperati-vecahiiremarked, that there has been- a lot of - 1% pre ssure'-applied by asbestos workers and other concerned '*parties' -v-v. , . * ` -V. Incidentally I had~been ""involved in a similar incident about" four:1 years, ago. .whenvonej-mof. o\ir competitors had been cited for ,; .; ..-r permittingrunprotected: workmen-to-work with an asbestos product. ' This .was joint ^-system .retailed by Johns-Manville and the ---operation'-was sanding-.^. Dr. Irving-Selikoff respiratory -staff-'*-5 physician at Mount .Sinai Clinic was the party making the charge. " I met with Mr. SelikoffTand explained that the product contained . about,--5?5-.asbestos,-;.noti.all of. 5 .micron, in length, also that when -the product-was;mixed and set , the hazard depreciated. In., addition--I - added .-that-^qAone. -rshould- do-any _sanding- -unless- .- "l '"- he-wore7 air approved ~dust'mask." :~He" "did agree that the" asbestos hazard was minimized and that other dusts classified as huisance--dusts: exceededvtheTTLV-and dust masks should.be ' worn.-- This was, the last-I've.heard of this subject.:. Dr. Selikoff.`;is associated with Ralph Nader and we-can-expect more criticism?of*asbestos products. I explained part of the above-to D. Barone.; X v- . . Fianlly, Barone-did agree that if Rochester Accoustical talked to him he would permit the present job to continue provided the employees wore the approved 3M 8710 dust mask. As soon as possible he would have a state hygienist conduct a study of the sanding operation to determine what controls would be required if a determination was made that a hazard exists. This study would take approximately 6-8 hours and includes .%* Mr * ;.RV.?,C, Hartman .. -3- April 4, 1974 --. ,, . . ' .r. . : *' *' A-r;*-r >:z-i^:is. %'*v- *--v.'r . * * . .. . .. gatherinjg* dust;,samples.;on the job ancL'.laboratory analysis. ,, It is*:our,;opinion that .this is a very reasonable approach ,,to solving-rthe*problem. the hazard does exist all parties should ;be .informed andvcontrols adopted. "quest ior^iias beenasked, why-are--the .feags and containers 'JlV,*"`>'iabdie,d%J!,Asbestos"- etc.7 This 'Is1-defined in~the- Federal -Register''?.', ;we .^arer:abidingiwith :.the '-regulations Insertingft/'whentsanding1' was added when legal counsel: advised ^^-us thlft^this^wovild fbe^neCessary^VV.-.vl'J"".-' ': ... - #*% .-* v.> JBarbne Vsj.decision, he 'in^turn i ^^^'Wi^bl^advise^Rbcnester-.A'ccoustical to; contact Barone for further :7^73^inst .'....7iv 7; vr; v 7- ':...''.. 7 7'7' MFFrjgv>..' ***' :-;0 1 V -V>,V-. ... . ; . r-' v.; ' *