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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 1978 Aug 3 DOC#: FMS056 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Minutes - Asbestos Study Committee :r .z Z z a ;.`c*T c:.2 'c: r?.v. . j - - 1=>.-.>. -!.. AS3ZST0S STUDY COllilTTZS.y f Thursday,*. Ali p i c 3 ," 1978 aV _9':30 . 7? t . z: : \ r ... . '"A'! ..-ui - :r . ... . - t :.-. ; s : I n s t i t u t e O f fic e , -210 Haute 4, Paramus, u '.jV .W -.zir_s p .z s i : ' "agner, Chairman-;i I'icholsoa , .--li '-3 E. S e o a v ;-rr.' r t:-;- b .- r._ W. Arastroa 3 ;-: . .-? - 0- \ZIP.5 ABSENT ' : " J D underdale ;/ . a. Weaver ~-z:z ppzsr.r: . ^ P '"om an, A ttorney islan e, Secretary _ C a rlisle Corporation " Abex C orporation Seadix Corporation _.3en d ix C orp.oratioe " _ , i t i r i c r 'i r v ** [ ti.. '-i o f-v . K L e a r-S ie g e r," 'I n c . TT* r-aybestos-ilaahactan j' Inc : ; .... . .. ... cl .. ..Goman' 6 Cole ..'? ! "* t _ * F ric tio n 'M aterials S tandards I n s t i t u t e . - m eetin g was c a lle d to o r d e r by U r . _Wagner, Chairman, *a t 9:30 A.II. " 7" * - 1T.IUTZS OF PSEVIQCS iZETING 6 m in u tes of th e a e e tin g b a ld January 19, 1978 had been d i s t r i b u t e d . These c u te s were review ed by th e S e c re ta ry and a motion f o r t h e i r acceptance was de. on m otion duly made, seconded and unanim ously p asse d , i t was; . IZSOLVED: To accep t th e m inutes meeting as w ritte n . * of the January < . i M A .... _ . c ^ 19, ' 1978 ( ? : z 'ZEi-sr.i? of cjt. httze . 2 O e c re ta ry . ad v ised t h a t h r . G. iTicholson was r e p la c in g I 'r . B. J . Iw a rsso n .. . . :m Aucx C o rp o ratio n on th e C o n r ltte e . O ther t h a n 't h i s change', the Committee . ' c b e rs h ip rem ains th e sane a s in th e .p ast f i s c a l y e a r . In a d d itio n to Meafcers. c.- C o i a l t t e e , .lr . J i n lla is o f.J o h n s-tfa n Y ilie has been in v ite d to serv e la ] . ' i a t e o f tlia Com m ittee. AC t h i s August 3 , "157C m eetin g Ur. D underdale". _ /eaver were not p re s e n t. ; . I r . le a v e r c a lle d on August 2 , 1978 to 'a d v isa h e c o u ld n o t a tte n d b ecau se o f a l a s t m inute s c h e d u lin g "problem tc h is home a re . In cue meanwhile, he had phonad Cha' S ec re ta ry to su g g est s e v e ra l anges to the work p ra c tic e s b o o k le t...H a had asked th a t C hase.suggested changes c o n s id e re d a t t h i s m e e tin g -. .. C. .= :; : cs sttdy co-i.iTTzr -2- Augusc 3 , 197 3 p ia c t ic c s doohlzt ,, . p e r , Chairman of cae Coraiiccee and Chairman of che Task Force chac worked n cue work ; r a c c i c e s b o o k le t e x p la in e d to t h e - Conni crea cue mejor ruano*, f o r h i s 'm e e t i n g . He a p o lo g iz e d to th e C o n m i c t e e f o r c h e T a s k F o r c e 's a c c e s t i t o em piete th e work p r a c t i c e s b o o k le t'v ith o u c J lia v ia g -iin a l-C o m m itte e approval a f o r e b e i n g s e a t to th e Board o f D i r e c t o r s . . __ The S e c r e ta r y read f r o n ' th e u in u te s f the Board of D i r e c t o r s m e e tin g , v a i ch* vas h e ld n" June 2 7 , 1 9 7 3 , c o n c e rn a he work p r a c t i c e s b o o k le t.; At th e Board n e e t i n g , _the. D ir e c to r s reviewed t h e 3 ext of th e suggested vori: p r a c tic e s booklet which had been completed by the Task o rc e . The D irecto rs asked s e v e ra l q u estio n s concerning the booklet in clu d in g uck item s as the d i s c l a i n e r a t the fro n t of the booklet and they questioned nether the disclaim er vas strong enough. A D irector had also c ritic iz e d the! ppeneix where the FllS vas L isted as a source. fo r inform ation concerning items uch as t h e CSIIA r e g u l a t i o n s , EPA r e g u l a t i o n , e t c . There were some item s i n t h e - ' ax t v i t h which th e D i r e c t o r s d id u c t 'a eree .' At the Board n e e tin g i t was asked f the Committee had revieved_ t h i s work a f t e r _the Task Force bed completed - the : r i t e - u p . The S e c r e t a r y i n d i c a t e d u b a r the Task Force d id no t submit i t ' t o the- o n m itte e because o f th e le n g th y tim e i t bad ta k e n to get i t i n t o th e form shown, he Beard of l i r e c t o r s th e n r e s o lv e d t o have t h i s ' b o o k l e t s u b m itte d t o t h e . f u l l s b e s to s Study/Committee f o r t h e i r recom m endations. When th e Committee has in ish ed reviewing th e .b o o k le t they v ere to re-subm it i t to the Board o f-- ire c to rs . ...... . .............. tiv.s *. o rd e r t o review th e b o o k l e t t e x t , th e S e c r e t a r y read from comments he h a d ' " ' ved from .lr. l e a v e r . H r. Heaver suggested th a t the a r t work should be d. _ There v a s an i n d i c a t i o n t h a t t h i s m ight be p o s s i b l e based on th e ~ ~ -veiung l e t t e r received from Hr. Cooper of Jo h a s -.'a n v ille . 'Hr. Armstrong e ric - cized the i l l u s t r a t i o n shotting the mechanic blowing dust from a set of brakes, s f e l t t h a t Caere ' sh o u ld be som ething to i n d i c a t e th a t th e mechanic was u sin g ye p r o t e c t i o n d u rin g t h i s o p e r a t i o n . Another q u e stio n concerned th e r e s p i r a t o r i l u s c r a c e d towards t h e end of t h e . b o o k l e t . I t was s t a t e d t h a t i t '.rauld be s t e e r i f t h i s r e s p i r a t o r h a d "A pproved"-stam ped o n . i t u . A member i n d i c a t e d t h a t n i s was n o t a w id e ly u sed r e s p i r a t o r end c h a t i t would be p r e f e r a b l e i f th e I l u s t r a c i n showed a w o rk e r w i t h che r e s p ira to ru B s c com m only'used-in th ia '--2*-'--eviratimene. A member s t a t e d t h a t t h e most -widely "used approved'T e s p 'i r a t o r - f o r n i s use would be th e 311--S710 d i s p o s a b l e r e s p i r a t o r . Tbe S e c r e ta r y asked i f -.vote had i l l u s t r a t i o n s o f - t h e 311--710 r e s p i r a t o r , t h a t could be used t o show -.e a r t i s t . I f n o t a v a i l a b l e , t h e S e c r e t a r y s t a t e d ch at he would w r i t e 3H t o - -- quest su c h an i l l u s t r a t i o n . _It was agreed t h a t i f the b o o k le t were p u b lis h e d .-.at t h i s i l l u s t r a t i o n w ould b e changed t o ; shov"che 3H-87 1 0 'r e s p i r a t o r . * r . H eaver had s u g g e s te d a d i f f e r e n t t i t l e f o r th e b o o k l e t . The t i t l e shown on ne Task F o r e s 's b o o k l e t wan " F r i c t i o n Hate r i a l s H andling lle th o d s ." H r. Weaver uggested "Jiecoisnended Uork P r a c tic e s fo r lb e s e o s F r ic tio n Hat t r i a l s . During rake and C lu tc h S e r v i c i n g . " H r. Weaver had I n d i c a t e d t h a t Che "A sb e sto s r i c t i c n I l a t e r i i l s " p e r t o f t h i s t i t t l e could b e shown i n b o ld e r type w i t h ' t h e t h e r w o r d s 'i n s m a l l e r t y p e . T h is s u g g e s te d t i t l e was c o n s id e re d to o l o n g by ne Committee members. ' I t w as s t a t e d t h a t an l a s t i m e b o o k le t sh o u ld b e % e n e r l c -n eral in Items and should not be tie d s p e c ific a lly to asbestos* There are" elem ents in the dust th e e should-be c o n tro lle d . Perhaps eh* p re c au tio n s a i ad would ap p ly t o d u s t i r o n o t h e r m a t e r i a l e as w e l l "as a s b e s to s d u j t ; incera was expressed th a t-o th e r-fib e rs 'n a y create problems sim ilar to those exi r i e n c e d w i t h - a s b e s to s T I t -wes 's u g g e s te d c h e t i n a d d itio n to b ein g to o lo n g , ne s u g g e s t e d . t i t l e was coo s p e c i f i c . A m em ber-suggested t h a t th e a p p r o p r i a t e ' Lele c o u l d be " F r i c t i o n M a t e r i a l s Work P r a c t i c e s M e th o d s." 'I t was s u g g e s te d -- ecause o f cl:a many d e c i s i o n s to be r a c e a t t.-.is s e a t i n g i t uas decided chat ' esolucions would c o t be n e c e s sa ry for every e d i t i n g change to the booklet, but' changes would be i n d i c a t e d when members approved c e r t a i n wording." Ac* t h i s d ie Committee .'d eb a rs approved the v o r d i n g A . F r i c t i o n l ^ t e r i a l s :;ark >. wU4/B ^ u i d e :i as t h e t i t l e f o r t h e b o o k l e t . r . In _a d d i t i o n , i t was secd" - a t " T r i e di o n I m p e r i a l s S t a n d a r d s ; I n s t i t u t e , - . I n c . 11 be. shown "in s c a l l e ^ t T p e * a e ^ ' : .e bottom of the f r o cover.- l a suggestion vas.nade t h a t 'T .o il* be. inserted! '* " 1 iav the copy, iron Johnsrl.lanvilie. that'.''F riction "aterala1 la n ia rd s I n s t i t u t e n been put a t the to? of. th e f r o n t ' cover b u t ' i t did aotV. ' :or i n t h e s t e n c i l l e d cop-iiees nadue ifaor othne uCo mmn iit t ee. Mn senmhbcerrss.. ' Ti nhiis " F r i c t i o n * a t e r a i s Standards I n s t i t u t e ' should be dropped to the b o tto m 'of the fro n t " : v e r . .z a 1. a t a r p o i n t i n t h e n e e t i n g i t was s t a t e d t h a t th e month and year f p u b l i c a t i o n s h o u l d ' a l s o be shown on the f r o n t cov er. I t was s u gge s te d_th at *.e conch and y e a r o f p u b l i c a t i o n be shown a t t h e top of the f r o n t cover. h'eaver had r e i t e r a t e d t h a t Raybes cos-'.Manhattan. did n o t a gre e w it h the d i s - -uer shown in the t h i r d p a r a g r a p h under t h e I n t r o d u c t i o n . . The .Lechers read n s d i s c l a i m e r wording and a g r e e d t h a t i t ua s a p p r o p r i a t e as w r i t t e n . ' One ''I a r i n d i c a t e d t h a t h i s company would a c t p r o c e e d width d i s t r i b u t i o n " of th e 3 I . ' ci: l e t wit.-.out a d i s c l a i m e r approved by. C o u n s e l. -- .The embers 'a cce pted the word- as shown in tue t e x t . ...57- - 7 b-v,,- b- - , the bo tto m 6 f t h i s f i r s t page under "Asbestos and F r i c t i o n a t e r i a l s ' i i t was Sge st ed t h a t th e words " F r o p e r T'orh P r a c t i c e s . . . . . " be u n d e r l i n e d . This was emphasize t h i s p o i n t . C ounsel s t a t e d t h a t _ i t h i s s e n t e n c e was u n d e r l i n e d he uld i n s i s t t h a t the d is c la im e r language b e-u nderlined. "Counsel stated th a t i t uid be inappropriate i f o th er wording vas emphasised nore than the disclaimer, decided not to underline th is wording. th e page cummarising t h e OSEA A sb esto s S ta n d a rd , ' ! r . Weaver had su g g este d th a t e smscary be noved to th e r e a r of the b o o k le t along w ith th e re fe re n c e sources r a d d itio n a l inform ation, suer, as the Asbestos Inform ation A ssociation, Lotion M aterials Standards I n s titu te o r.th e u s e rs ' fr ic tio n m aterials supplier, .-.amber s u g g e s te d Chet t h e b la n k a r e a over, th e summary o f th e "'OSSA Asbestos" 1. m d a rd have a prom inent iTIY. 'j ; I n e s s e n c e , th e ."WET" i s q u e s t i o n i n g ' the i l l u s i o n c a l l i n g a s e e h a n ic n o t to u se an a i r h o s e ,, and che OSEA A sbestos Standard one an sw er. I t was s t a t e d t h a t u se of t h i s . s p a c e on t h i s page would help T .asize the im portance o f t h e s e p ro c e d u re s . The llemhers ag reed t h a t the s u a-y of che 0S111 A sb e s to s S ta n d a rd sh o u ld s t a y where o r i g i n a l l y s e t and t h a t ' should be placed i s larg e l e t t e r s over the te x t. uescioa uaa raised about th e use of the word ""ceiling" co n cen tratio n s. ' This ding was used i s th e OSEA. S ta n d a r d . I t was s u g g e s te d t h a t a u s e r i s a b rak e 0 s i g h t m is u n d e rs ta n d t h e t e r a " c e i l i n g . " One m ight t h i n k t h a t measurements to be nade a t the c e il in g in the workplace r a th e r than in the immediate uorkce a r e a , j i t vas f e l t that- t h i s ""sailing" usage could be confusing to .the d e b a t e d . - -It vas su g g e ste d t h a t a word such as "maxiaua" or "peal;".be added, word "m axisun" co u ld e l s o be c o n fu s in g end i t v a s s u g g e s te d t h a t th a word .. ak`; be shown i n p a r e n t h e s i s f o l l o w i n g th e word " c e l l i n g " f o r th e exposure i t s . T h ere were a d d i t i o n a l c o m e n t a made c o n c e r n in g t h t "two f i b e r s " and th e e c u a c i n t h a t a p p ea re d a f t e r I t . By r e f e r e n c e t o che OSEA S ta n d a rd a t w r i t t e n 'ding vas l e f t as shows. Ia fu rth er reading, the wording "All external machinery and equipment suae be m aintained fre e of asbestos fib e r. u___io n ',1 u a s re v ie w e d . R e fe re n c e i s n o t made t o m achinery and equipment in OCHA t e x t . Those words were t h e r e f o r e removed. Ac t h e b o tto m o f t h i s page irence to the Appendix vas removed, because the. Appendix was to be dropped in >r o f new w ording. r. "sever liad suggested recording of the caption over the i l l u s t r a t i o n o f a o rle r vacuuming a brake drum.'- re had suggested th a t the words ''brake assemblies" **cs th e word ''b ra k e s;" -" ' Members f e l t c h at t h i s a p p lie d to c l u t c h ' housings'*' * " i to b ra k e ' a s s e m b l i e s ' and c h a t ' t h e w arding " b ra k e s " sh o u ld be d ro p p e d .___"IT! . csl d i s c u s s i o n , - t h ;H n b rs exceed t h a t th e wording would re a d as fo llo w s : ~Use -- acuua o r 'u c 'm e th d s f o r c l e a n i n g , l e a v e r had cade s u g g e s tio n s fo r. w cn sid -"~t a b l e 'r e w o r d i n g * u a d r f ^ t h e "heading "H andling New F r i c t i o n M a t e r i a l s . 11 S u g g e stio n s'" e ra nade f o r * a r a t h e r camp l a t e ^ r e v i s i o n o f th e second p a ra g ra p h . Els s u g g e s tio n s ' n the next s e c tio n Hr. (leaver's' su g g estio n s were considered, and changes were -'j ade to 'b o th che^'text and the suggestions'. =la ^ p a r tic u la r , th e l a s t sentences were ' hanged to re a d a s f o l l o w s : ' "Heat a n d 'a b r a s i o n d u rin g normal u se may g e n e r a te ' - u st c o n ta in in g a s b e s t o s . Son d u st w i l l accum ulate in brake and c l u t c h : seme l i e s . " The Members f e l t t h a t i t ' w a s n o t n e c e s s a r y to i n d i c a t e '-''drum" brake r " d r y " 'c lu tc h " a s s e m b l i e s : O th er s u g g e s tio n s i n t h i s s e c t i o n by h r . Weaver were- c c e p te d . ' He i n d i c a t e d t h a c "d u s t '"can " be removed.' Another s u g g e s t i o n accepted as t o s e p a r a t e t h e ' p a r a g r a p h s ' in_ the_ n e x t ' s e c t i o n . '.T h e .o th e r was t o renove the.l. .... ords " d r p u r i f y i n g " b e f o r e 1r e s p i r a t o r . 7--Under ^ c h i n i n g F r i c t i o n tU t e r i a l a , s a v e r 's s u g g e s t i o n t o remove th e words " o r p r e s s b ra k e " was -accepted.-.! 4 e r Hr. H eaver's su g g estio n , the "D ust-C o llectio n Methods" "heading should be a l l a p s. At t h e end of th e second p a ra g ra p h u n d er t h i s ' s e c t i o n "below p e r m i s s i b l e a v a l s " was changed t o _ " v i t h i n p e r m i s s i b l e l e v e l s . "1 The e n t i r e n e x t p a ra g ra p h was . e --v e d .' I t was f e l t i n a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t th e I n s t i t u t e recommend a d a p ti n g o r ' . in o t h e r p e o p l e s ' eq u ip m e n t. -In o r d e r to g e t t h i s message i n t h e t e x t i t . j e s t e d c h a t t h e IIIOSH recom m endations t h a t a hose o f a h ig h e f f i c i e n c y .-.dustrial vacuum be attached to the arcin g nachine exhaust be worded exactly as IGSH h ad worded I t . I n ' t h i s f a s h i o n , - - t h i s w i l l be a NIOSH reco m m en d atio n ,. In ..r - d d i t i o n , ' th e r e f e r e n c e t o -the Apjpendix wes r e m o v e d .--'- :r *. s.-.: h e rs th e e n t r a n c e 'w a m i n 2 r s ig n i s : shown in ' a l l : c a p i t a l l e t t e r s , - C o u n s e l in d ic a te d hat t h i s a p p lie s more em phasis'to" th e s i g n ' than'-the d is c la im e r w ording. ' . If.w as-'- uggested th a t e ith e r the disclaim er* wording' be put in "caps,';'or th a t th is le tte rin g , e put i n th e same t y p e 's i z e * ana s t y le * e s 't h a t u s e d ' i n 'th e re m a in d er o f- c h e t e x t ; : was d e c id e d t h a t th a s b e s t o s " d u s t w a rn in g s ig n f o r th e e n tr a n c e be sec in th e ane type s iz e as used in th e balance of the t e x t . c x. (leaver had suggested th a t the words "m ultiple stage high e ffic ie n c y f ilte r s " , e used in che wording at the top of th is fin a l page. This suggested wording ppecred a p p ro p ria te and wad accepted"by che Committee.' Reference to the Appendix . as e lim in a te d . The one se n te n c e w hich had che smoking, washing and showering e f e r r e d t o was changed t o t h r e e s e p a r a t e s e n t e n c e s : "Do n o t smoke.'"' - 'H ash b e f o r e * a tin g ." ' Shower a f t e r w o rk ." The l a s t p a r t of th e paragraph concerned th e la u n - .. arin o f 'a s b e s to s - e x p o s e d c l o t h i n g by ah i n d u s t r i a l la u n d ry .! I t was p o in te d ou t h a t some shops u s e d i s p o s a b l e c l o t h i n g . I t was f e l t t h a t w ording f o r t h i s s e c t i o n s s e n s i t i v e and t h a t w ording d i r e c t l y from th e OSSA Standard be u s e d co n cern in g . he la u n d e r in g o f a s b e s to s c o n tam in ated c l o t h i n g . - The wording from t h e s ta n d a rd . as used as the f in a l sen te n c e. -- :- * - - f i n a l two p arag rap h s of th e b o o k le t," e x te n s iv e changes had been su g g ested . -. .. ...aver suggested th a t the l a s t sentence 'in the f i r s t paragraph be elim in ated , he w o rd in g v as changed s u b s t a n t i a l l y b u t i t was n o t e l i m i n a t e d . T h e re was a., uggescion th a t "in the f in a l paragraph, th a t the words "requirem ents of applicable avs': be changed to "in accordance w ith applicable re g u la tio n s." This wording Asbestos Study Conni:cea -5- August 3, 197Q was changed c o n p ia c e ly . a r t of che wording vas adoptad as su 3 g este d and the i l p a ra g ra p h was c a d e t t o read a s ' f o l i o : : * : ` . T- ? *- ': ' . . . . : ; i . o - . - . . *:. - - .1. . A s b e s t o s - c o n t a i n i n g waste (m a t e r i a l s ."must :b e " c o l l e c t e d , p ro c e s s e d ..." ' .I "packaged, t r a n s p o r t e d 'and d e p o s ite d - in * su ch V fashion* th a t n o :y d a * c - v i s i b l e 'em issio n s^ re^ g e n e r a te d ] t o t t h e 'taspfirT-' A ll was te sla '* su aunt be disposed of ^at^ s i t e s 'o p e r a t e d ia accordance"with a p p lic a b le -to V 1*7 and r e v e la ti o n s ', " y * * ' I ' " ' - w , . v '*" ^f J *i ; * i 4 1 m * * . * . . - .. . . '.Jh ile t h i s had been n o t e d ' e a r l i e r t h e words " a i r p u r i f y i n g " b e f o r e r e s p i r a t o r j 3 . * * * * -are t o be reao v ed w h erev er shown i n th e t e x t . 'T h e Connie t e e r e c o n s id e r e d th e s u g g e s tio n c h at th e summary of_ th e OSEA A sbestos Standard, b e 'n o v e d t o th e r e a r ** of book. However, i t was decided t h a t i t was' a p p ro p ria te to leav e t h i s a f t e r th e I n t r o d u c t i o n p a g e,, .w ith emphasis, on ' 'WHY"" o v e r th e t e x t . ' _. - - As r e g a r d s the s u g g e s tio n s by U r. Cooper o f J o h n s - U a n v ille , i t was f e l t t h a t t h e : t e x t sh o u ld be on o n e . c o l o r .paper. _ L a th e r _th an d e b a te t h i s i t was s u g g e s te d th a t the color b e'a lig h t blue,' with black "printing .'thereon. I t night be p o ssib le .to ; c o n s id e r a second c o lo r f o r .the JL1 l u s t r a t i o n s ,: 'but i t . was s u g g e s te d t h a t i f - a r s t : second c o l o r i s c o n s id e r e d , ' t h a t ' c o s t 'be ; a 'g o v e r n in g facto r.'"- 1I r ; Cooper had in d ic a te d th a : as fa r as the b a sic papYr "cost was Concerned, ''a co lo r would not: c cost th a t such core chan w hite" the D irectors "concur-in proceeding'w ith . . r r ; v p u u lic a tio n of t h i s b o o l.la t, i t was suggested c h a t 'd e c is io n s " a s re g a rd s the use . of a second color would be le f t to t h e ,d is c r e tio n of the Committee Chaiman working w ith the I n s t i t u t e 's S e c re ta ry . This was decided to e x p e d ite -th e b o o k le t s ' 1 to p re v e n t th e .s e l e c t i o n . cf c o lo r s fro n becoming an o b s t a c l e .t o com pleting ^ 3SiC* t* Ir. cooper's recommendation, that the I n s titu te have the illu s tr a tio n s in the b o o k le t made i n t o p o s t e r s was c o n s i d e r e d . I t was f e l t t h a t t h i s could be a w orthw hile su g g estio n b y t t h a t i t i s more im p o rtan t to have th e b o o k le t approved by the Board of D irectors than i t i s to reso lv e a question concerning p o s te rs. I t vas suggested th at i f the Board o f D irectors concur in proceeding w ith the b o o k le t t h a t th e A sbestos Study Committee w i l l t h e n c o n s id e r -the s u g g e s tio n on pesters. ..... .... ^ Upon n o t i o n duly made, seconded land unan im o u sly p a s s e d , ' i t was: --- T2SQLVZD: That the'C oxocietM recommends p u b lic a tio n of ehe 'T ric tio n M aterials Uorks P ractices Guide' w ith the r e v is io n s adopted by the Committee at t h i s August 3, 1973 m eeting. [c was s u g g este d t h a t - t h e S e c re ta r y p re o a re a double spaced d r a f t of th e te x t aa.. approved by the C o o tie te e f o r subm ission to th e Board of D ir e c to r s . The S e c re ta r y I n d i c a t e d - t h a t he did n o t know w h e th e r th e Board o f D ir e c to r s would c a l l a m eeting : r would h andle t h i s "by m a i l ' b a l l o t , b u t t h a t - h e would d is c u s s t h i s v i t h . t h a " ' 'r e s id e n t of th a I n s t i t u t e . * *' . . - ..... _ .. - : . CONSTEIS. PRODUCT SAFETY CuiUSSICN . nt n e t a ry r e v i s e d t h e r e s o l u t i o n p a s s e d * t t h e iie a b e rs h ip H e a tin g on June 29, .973. T his r e s o lu tio n had been in tro d u c e d by H r. Adrian Comins and passed the embership by a vote of 6 i n fa v o r, 2 opposed, w ith 3 a b s ta in in g . The r e s o lu tio n /as "'That th e F r ic t io n H a t e r i a l s S ta n d a rd s I n s t i t u t s taka an a c ti v e r o l e w ith the Albeseos Scuiy C e r = i ; ; aa Augus t 3, Zz d i s c u s s i n g im p le m e n ta tio n o f t h i s r e s o l u t i o n w ith C ounsel and th e P r e s id e n t _ r e t u r n from th e Anneal M eeting, i t was su g g este d t h a t th is be subm itted a A s b e s to s S tu d y TC o t a u . t t e e ^ f o r t i e s c o n s i d e r a t i o n . Copies of th e r e s o l u t ' .aa i t s background y e r t..s e a t. to_Asbestcs Study-Comnittee Members'prior 'to -th is n e stin g . In a d d itio n ,;c o p ie s-,o f. the^Kearney, rep o rt f o r the'Consuoer Prodiic't' S a fe ty Co a n is s i on 4op th e u s e s o f ' a s b e s t o s i n , consumer" p r o d u c ts ' y a s ' a l s o i s t r i b u t e d to the Menbers. Legal Counsel advised- that'the"C onsum er Product*1 afecy Commission had no j u r i s d i c t i o n , under e i t h e r th e F ederal Hazardous ubstances Act (brake lin in g s, not being a "banned hazardous substance" as. e f i n e d t h e r e ) o r th e Consumer P ro d u c t S a f e ty Act", to " r e c a l l ' b rak e .lininas".----' ' - "Motor v e h i c l e equipm ent" e x p r e s s l y i s n o t a "consumer 'p ro d u c t" under t h e ' * cr ' T. Consumer Product Safety. A ct, and s p e c i f i c a l l y is governed by the Department*' or T r a n s p o r t a t i o n under t h e N a t i o n a l Motor V e h ic le S a f e t y Standards Act' of -N-' 1966. Copies o f a l e t t e r by Legal Counsel on th is m a tte r had been distribute*!! i : to Committee Members.'' The C hairm an had s t u d i e d t h i s . r e s o l u t i o n e n d .b a s e d on the. remarks' in C o u n se l' s" l e t t e r and the Kearney r e p o r t,, he d ra fte d ^ th e .follow ing: ''Eased upon the Kearney r e p o r t to CSC w hich e x c lu d e s ,, b r a k e b a n d " c l u t c h e s from th e Commission's j u r i s d i c t i o n , and a d v ice f r o m . I n s t i t u t e ! C ounsel o p in io n t h a t we a re r a t h e r governed by the M o tor.V ehicle.S afety-S tandards Act*,'we'do not recotraend any i : present re p re se n ta tio n to ehe Consumer'Product Safety 'Commission."-- . . , '* -- - - ...........Ci`-'C ic. jpon m o tio n d u ly made, sec o n d e d and u n a n im o u s ly .p a s s e d , i t ' v a a * . , ,- . 2 r?~ ' ^ f , RESOLVED: - That t h e A sb e s to s Study Committee recommends 't h a t ' ** '* 7 " : th e I n s t i t u t e n o t make r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s to th e "* Consumer Product Safety Commission concerning possible re c a lls of asbestos-bearing fric tio n ' " " m aterials. - "03 * -**" T <c NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAJTT? ADMINISTRATION The S e c re ta ry c ir c u la te d a memo concerning th e N ational-H ighw ay T r a f f ic S afety A d m in istra tio n and an in q u ir y .th a y had made concerning n o n -asb esto s f r i c t i o n m a t e r i a l s . This in q u iry had b e ta made by a Mr. Manny Lorenco of NHTSA during*- the S e c r e ta r y 's absenca a f t e r th e Annual M eeting. Miss C o llin s had receiv ed t h i s c a l l from NETSA and t a l k e d w ith th e S e c re ta ry who t r i e d to .an sw er some pf th e q u e stio n s concerning n o n -sab esto s f r i c t i o n m a te ria ls . ' While the s u b je c t of th e memo concerned in q u iry as. to th e "type* of n o n -asb esto s f r i c t i o n m a t e r i a l s and th e c o sta t h a r e o f , th e S e c re ta ry in d ic a te d t h a t he was concerned bout th e f e e t t h a t th e q u e s tio n had been r a is e d by NHTSA. Perhaps t h i s q u e s tio n may have been asked w ith th e id e a o f a p o s s ib le banning of a s b e s t o s - - _ s e a rin g f r i c t i o n m a te ria ls by th e Department of T ra n s p o rta tio n . I t was asked \ i f an y o n e'-else had in fo rm a tio n on t h i s p a r t i c u l a r i t e n . I t was su g g ested ' - th a t this*- could be sim ply a random q u e stio n prompted by some in q u iry made pf th e NHTSA. ' *' ' " ' I t was s t a t e d t h a t soma E u ro p ean s, n o ta b ly th e Swedes, have considered th e of b aiming asbestos p ro d u c ts." However, th is has n o t been taken too s ly to dace. There haa been, no word from anyone e ls e in the Membership .onw etning NHTSA a c t i v i t y r e l a t i v e to a s b e s to s f r e e f r i c t i o n m e c e r a is .' I r ; U s u g g e ste d t h a t Committee Members m onitor any in q u ir ie s in t h i s a re a , me S e c re ta ry in d ic a te d th a t he would probably b e going to Washington Ln Septem ber and could oaka in q u ir y of NHTSA a t chat t i n a . I t waa ' ^ ` suggested t h a t th e r e would be no purpose in such an in q u ir y u n less s j as ucy -7- August 3, 137C ----> were more in fcmw iri cn ^ con c o m i n g cbe Department of__Trar.sport3 t i o n 's c i n t h i s a r e a . <Cne " ember s u g g e s te d t h a t i f irdTSA did have such a __ on u n d e r study t h a t d i e A s b e s to s I n f o r m a ti o n A ss oc ia tio n, would have picked - r t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n by now. ' Counsel s ug ges te d t h a t . `a s e a r c h co uld be.made'on lavs*-"'-" r.d r e g u l a t i o n s c o n c e j a i n g " r e c a l l s ' o f automotive equipment u n d e r . t h e Motor' Vehcila *1 a f a t y and Stan da rds A c t . -' l f _a s"earch_on t h i s 'sub j e c t and a r e p o r t t o the jC _ t. ' _" i r e c t o r s was d e s i r e d ' i t c o u l d be d o n e . ' The S e c r e t a r y - i n d i c a t e d . - t h a t .he. would, ask-**.' he 3 o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s c o n c e r n i n g wh ether a s e a r c h and r e p o r t conce rning . DOT r e - a l l procedures should be made.-' - i . i, <.1 " '" .' 7 , OSKA GI'.TZillC STANDARD he GS3LA G eneric S ta n d a rd i n e s s e n c e would c l a s s i f y v a rio u s n a t e r i a l s as to w hether hey are knoim c a rc in o g e n ic , c a rc in o g e n ic su sp e c ts or o th e r. In the case of s b e s t o s , i t w o uld`be a Type I o r a known c a r c in o g e n .. .In .th is c a s e , according to he CSTJu G eneric S t a n d a r d s , t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n s o f a s b e s to s i n th e .v o rk p L a c e n u s t *.* a held to the lowest fe a s ib le le v e l. I t has not been decided at th is tine whether ' h i s QZ7J. G eneric S ta n d a rd would r e p l a c e the /.sb e sto s S ta n d a rd now i n p la c e -h earin g s have bean held in Washington over the p a st several months concerning t h is e n e r i c S ta n d a rd but i t w i l l be sometime b e f o r e a d d i t i o n a l rulem ak in g i s made. INSTITUTE SPONSORSPI? OF AS3EST0S SETJAR ' S t a t u t e sp o n so re d an A s b e s to s Seminar in December 1975 a t which s e v e r a l made p r e s e n t a t i o n s . One o f th e h i g h l i g h t s was th e t a l k by U r. Byung Kvon : t h e O c cu p a tio n a l S a f e t y end h e a l t h A d m in is tr a tio n . I t was been s u g g este d and -ecomnended -7 she P r e s id e n t th a t the I n s t i t u t e consider sponsoring another em inar- At th e J a n u a r y 1978 Committee m eeting i t was v o te d t h a t t h e Committee .id rN t f e e l i t a p p r o p r i a t e t o h ave a sem inar u n t i l such tim e as t h e work p r a c t i c e s oohlec had been com pleted. I t might be a p p ro p ria te i f the work p r a c tic e s booklet s f in is h e d and ready f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n th a t a seminar be coupled w ith i t s i n i t i a l i s t r i b u t i o n . The C o t z i i t t e e f e l t t h a t t h i s c o n d itio n has n o t changed and t h a t a t i i su ch time t h a t t h e r e i s a b o o k le t to d i s t r i b u t e . t h a t th e r e would be no urpose in holding a sem inar. - he S e c r e t a r y a d v is e d t h a t on A ugust 2, 1978 Dr. W ilia m N icholson o f Mount S in a i ad come t o tn e O f f i c e t o tall*. v rith U r. Wagner and th e S e c r e t a r y . Q u e stio n s by r. N icholson concerned th a fo r m in which asbestos-bearing brake lin in g s had been sed o v e r th e p a s t many y e a r s . Sa was lo o k in g f o r in f o r m a tio n as t o when molded in in g n r e p l a c e d woven l i n i n g s , and when bonded u n d r i l l e d l i n i n g s came onto th e a r k e t p l a c e . Ha was a l s o c o n c e rn e d w ith th e amount of work done i n b ra k e sh o p s, r.d w h e th e r, th e y c u t , d r i l l and o th e r w is e machine f r i c t i o n m a t e r i a l s o r w hether hey j u 3t i n s t a l l an assem bly. Hr. Uagner and th e Secretary had as b e st they ould f i l l e d Er. N icholson in on th is type inform ation at th is inform al meeting, e f o r e D r. N ic h o lso n d e p a r t e d , t h e S e c r e t a r y asked w hether he o r o t h e r s a t Mount in a i would be w illin g to addre3S a seminar i f th e I n s titu te were to sponsor such r. a f f a i r . The S e c r e t a r y i n d i c a t e d c h a t Dr. N ich o lso n s t a t e d t h a t h e would be z- t o a ccep t such an i n v i t a t i o n . I t was s u g g e s te d t h a t i f a sem in ar ia h e l d , ' 'ratio n be g iv e n t o i n v i t i n g e i t h e r Dr. N icholson o r someone from Mount cr a presentation. Iiucy August 3 , 157: A.Z:.ICAI? T~wC.:HC ASSOCIATION ?S-CGrAli C . i t i s p o s s i b l e that, a s b e s t o s v a s t a na y .h av e been c o n si d e r e d , ' i t has'gene-a'' " the policy th a t the I n s titu te w ill not.send.out nailing U se s 'to " those n e s t i n g , b e c a u s e of che o v e r abundance of maii r e c e i v e d 'b y lie -b a rs ' fr ee . '' -- o l i c i t e d s o u r c e s . I t was- s u g g e s t e d t h a t th e I n s t i t u t e co nti nue t h i s * p r a c t i c e ' no n a i l i n g be made of t h e ATA program. ft ' re being no o th e r business brought to the a tte n tio n of the Committee, t n o tio n duly made, seconded and una ninously passed, i t yas; ,1 "" SOLVED: To Adjourn v ( r t u r n e d : 2 : 2 0/ ? .11. * . r Z. 17. Drislane Secretary `iI X