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A/C Pipe Producers Association
Internal Correspondence
Board of Directors
TO ternational Affairs Committee
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a.F. Welch, Vice President
DATE. August 17, 1984
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SOP-01-061 (OSHA-EPA Rulemakings) - Municipal Intervention Tactic
REF: (1) JFW correspondence, same title, August 7,1984 (2) JFW correspondence, same title, July 6, 1984
ACTION REQUIRED: Review for information
Current Status
Enclosed is a letter from the California Water Service Company to the CJ.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator opposing the Agency's consideration of an A/C pipe ban. Congratulations are in order for John Himmelberger (CertainTeed Corp.).
Member companies should continue their effort to have additional letters sent to EPA. If Staff can be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to call.
JFW/lk
cc: A.J. Kahn, Esq. Timothy S. Hardy, Esq. w/out end.
copies to:
Board of Directors
L. Ambler L. Cejudo J. M. Couture B. Layton L. Taylor
0172081702 Chrono
International Affairs Committee
R. Dorner A. Junes G. Zaviezo M. A. Elola A. Llueh R. Hobbs R. Jalan H. Hudson S. Al-Tarkait M. Delcourt B. Dubois
E. van der Rest E. Costa J. Schmaus F. Mansour P. Hart A. Saoulis V. Pattabhi C. Barton C.Saeng-Xuto B. Giboin J. Bryant
CAPCO JEN 0032660
California Water Service Gompany
1720 Nokth Fimst Stbket * P.O.Box 1150 San Jose, CA 93108 (406)296-1414 .August 3, 1984
Mr. William D. Ruckelshaus Administrator Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, S. VJ.
Washington, D. C. 20460
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Dear Mr. Ruckelshaus:
The California Water Service Company is concerned about the Environmental Protection Agency's announced plans to ban asbestos-cement pipe. California Water Service Company is an investor-owned water utility providing service to some 35 cities throughout the State of California with a total of 322,000 service connections and a water system with over 22,000,000 feet of mains. This system includes over 13,000,000 feet of installed asbestos-cement pipe. The decision to use asbestos-cement pipe, which began in the 1930's, has been carefully made in view of the corrosive characteristics of the areas in which our water systems are installed.
The undersigned writer is currently Chairman of the Engineering and Construction Division of the American Water Works Association and also Chairman of its Committee on The Use of Asbestos in Water Utility Construction. In connection with these, activities, I recently testified on July 10 at the rule making proceedings of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Washington. My testimony was given on the conviction that the use of A/C pipe in the construction of water distribution systems in our area is in the best interest of our customers from the water quality, safety and health and economic reasons. .
As you know, asbestos fibers are one of the most inert materials in common use.
There has been no demonstrated health risk from exposure to asbestos properly
bound into the cement matrix. The only identified health risks associated with
asbestos has been with respirable fibers. The thrust of our testimony at 0SHA was
to the effect that asbestos cement pipe represents no health risk to our customers
nor to the construction forces installing the pipe in the field. Voluminous
testimony has been presented establishing that manufacturers easily comply with
OSHA's tolerance limits in the manufacture of asbestos pipe.
We, therefore,
conclude that it would not be in the public interest to ban the manufacture or use
of asbestos pipe for drinking water distribution systems.
We are not attracted to the alternative materials available for the construction of water distribution systems as we believe that soil conditions in our area are severely destructive to ductile iron and steel pipes and are not satisfied that plastic pipe has a sufficiently demonstrated track record to make it a completely satisfactory substitution either from a cost or health point of view.
We believe that the manufacture of asbestos pipe is properly controlled and that the installation and use of this material presents no health hazard to the nation and that EPA would be doing a disservice in proposing a ban on its use.
Very truly yours,
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY
Vice President and Chief Engineer
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