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U M S IliU rE UP UCUUPAtiUiMAU AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MONTREAL, CANADA FMSI 07234 July 9, 1981 Hr. Robert P. Gorman, Esquire One Palmer Square Princeton, NJ 08540 Dear Bob: With this letter I am forwarding draft minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting held ctane 17-18, 1981 at the Homestead. Please review these draft minutes and correct as you feel oopropriate. Two copies are enclosed for your review. I will hold these minutes until I have word from you on their release. Sincerely, FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE ElVD/erc Enc: E. IV. Drislane Executive Director FMSI 07235 FRICTION IW.TmiA.LS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC., -210 ROUTE 4, PARAHUS, N.J. 07652 HI1IUTES OP THE ANNUAL MEETING " ' ' ' "....'of'the .................. ... ' ' . v.- : FRICTION.MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INCy- - -- r: Uednesday and Thursday, June 17 and 18, 1981 at 1 1. ' i ~i ~rs~' ;_:l3 r 'rr.'j;- <.-7 The Homestead, Hot Sprln?8ijVjxgijiiavn; ,\\y- Z' MEMBERS PRESENT ' ` M REPRESENTATIVES Abex Corporation!' Z~~ ' r>, Robert . Nelson .- - -/ Bendix Corporation ; y i: ' Francis E..-Messier-, . ; . . . Brassbestos ilanufacturing Corporation jo Hilliam Simon, Treasurer - Carlisle Corporation- * - William E..Harris, Jr.. ; Certified Brakes, A Lear Siegler Company Robert J. Anderson Delco-Moraine Division.; :: vr.'yo,;Donald L. Emrick %jL.j rr. Guardian Corporation Norman Horse Nutum Corporation.: j v-^ ~r. ; - - ; 1.,-Robert H, ;Helson r_~ -r . P. T. Brake Lining Company, Inc. Stuart Comins Raybestos-Hanhattan, Inc. David E. Cunningham Eeddaway Manufacturing Company, Inc-:' 7John" 21.' Moore Thiokol Chemical Corporation ~ JoHhPT Gallagher Virginia Friction Products o -Frederick L. Carreras ;. S..K. Wellman: Corporation : - % Gordon A. Carripen. President Wheeling Brake Block .Mfg. Co., Inc. ; ; - Lee Burgess : - , . OTHERS PRESE !T . . .-C ~ , ... . . ' Abex Corporation Philip R. Grim, Jr. Bendix Corporation' .. . . JamesWv.Armstrong _ : .r. r ;' , Thomas Hernon : / rCertified Erakes, ALear .Siegler Company Robert Highton :. - -. - ' . . Delco-Moraine Division Fred Yost . _: P. T. Brake Lining Comnany Adrian Comins . - - n . . - j,...- . ;. r ; . j . ~0 , . .., Sidney .Comins ,. , . - -v < . - . - . ^ r- v . r -Steve. Doyle r..,, - T~.. Ben Kublin ____ - ... . - _ - Reddaway Manufacturing Company, Inc. ,^-F. Hilliara Barton . : . . .., ... .. ^ T-Jheeling Brake .Block Company , - j > r George Stratton............- i Asbestos; Information Association . f Bob J. Pigg t(Guest) Federation of European 'Manufacturers ' - . of Friction Materials (FEMFM) R.obert Join (Guest) :_ Legal Counsel Robert P. Gorman Counsel ; Frictionllaterials Standards Institute Edward T!. Drislane, Secretary . . Hr. Carrigan, President, called the meeting ;to order at 1:30 P'1, June 17, 1981. As the first order of business. Hr. Carrigan called for a roll call. "j: FMSI 07236 Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting : -7- June 17-13* 1981 three-fourths of the Membership of the Institute to elect a new Member.- At the Board of Directors.meeting preceding the Membership Meeting, the Board,-, had recommended that the Constitution be amended-to permitxthe affirmative votes of a simple majority of the Members casting ballots be required to elect a new Member. As any such amendment was subject to ratlficationrby the-Member ship 5 the Board had recommended this change,. subject to review-bythe Member-- ^rship at this meeting. Sone Members stated that this was .not .sufficient support;, , to elect a new Member. A suggestion was made that a Memberjcasting.a negative ' vote on an application for Membership.be asked to support-the-.vote with reasons for the votei It was then suggested that input of this nature might,be helpful; if presented before the Membership voted on an application. A suggestion was made that the Institute advise the Membership on the filing of an application for Membership, and that comments on the qualifications of the applicant could be sought at the time for later consideration of.the Board and.the Membership. It was recommended that this.subject be returned-to the Board^of Directors-..forM: further consideration; At the subsequent Board meeting, it was resolved thatv: the affirmative votes of two thirds of the Active Members;casting ballots within 30 days of the mailing of ballots would be required to elect a new Member. Ballots will be sent to the Membership for ratification of this proposed;,amendment of the Constitution. HEALTH AND Ei-TVITIOIT IEHTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Hr. J. U. Armstrong, Chairman of the Health and EnvironmentalvAffairs 'Committee presented his committee report. Refer to EXHIBIT 97 ' Mr. Armstrong addressed the items referred to the Committee at the 1980 Meetings. These had to do with the approaches to assist members who were having difficulties with health and environmental regulations. He covered steps the Institute had taken to advise on the outside help that is available, and noted the series of information bulletins that-were sent to the Membership .on EPA matters, hazardous waste disposalj;and the like: Mr. Armstrong then discussed the possible exchange of information on citations .from regulatory authorities and the corrective^;. - action involved. A questionnaire had been sent to the Membership relating 'to; questions in this area. ,- , ' ; i ; .. _ Mr. Armstrong-then reviewed initiatives from the EPA's Office of Toxic Substances, and the comments the'Institute sent the EPA;as concerns EPA proposals on record keeping and reporting to that agency. His report covered what appeared to be_i a new ' spirit of cooperation" between EPA and industry, and the new liaison ' - between the EPA rulemakers and representatives from industry. Mr. Armstrong's report concluded with comments on OSHA, and the indication that there is a . :; temporary hold on asbestos regulations that could affect the friction materials Industry. , . , . ;' , After delivering his report, the Chairman commented that he had requested comments or input from Members who were haying specific problems, but that comments -or input were not received. After the EPA had made broad proposals on recordkeeping and reports for the asbestos products Industry, comments were solicited :from the Membership but none were received. The comments sent to EPA were i.those of the Committee only, A questionnaire had been sent to.the Membership on areas where FMSI 07237 linutes of the Annual Membership TIeeting -8- June-17.-13, 1981 the Committee might assist the Members, but enly six questionnaires were returned. Ur. Armstrong stated that he felt the Committee had responded to what he felt were the needs of the Members, but that-there-was little input from the Membership when the Committee solicited input.r .: In response' to a question concerning asbestos as a hazardous waste, the Chair- ' man stated that asbestos had he.en temporarily removed from theRCRA definitions of hazardous waste because it is controlled by the national Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (ITESHAPS). There are indications that asbestos will continue to be controlled by HSSIIAPS rather than by ECRA. The Research Triangle Institute Is studying this question under a contract from the EPA.' Comments were made concerning asbestos dust counts and other observations on ' asbestos emissions. It was stated that it would probably be in the hest in terests of the manufacturer that if sampling tests have been made which show that asbestos counts are within regulatory limits, it would be in that manu facturer's best interests to maintain those records. - rIt may be advantageous to have documentation proving that sampling has been done, and that the tests showed compliance with regulations.- - ' ' ' ~ ' -: Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed,-it was: ' '' RESOLVED: To accept the report of the Health and Environmental Affairs Committee as written. . FEDERATION OF - EUROPEAN JIAnUFACTUIiEES OF FEICTIH1J MATERIALS (FEMFM)* 1 Mr. Carrigan Introduced Tlr. Robert Join, Secretary of-the Federation of European Manufacturers of Friction Materials (FEMFI), of Paris, France.' Mr. Join was asked to update the Membership on activities in Europe. Mr. Join indicated that there continue to be two main areas fof concern in~Europe: (1) The approval of replacement brake linings for European vehicles where different from the original equipment linings, and (2) the asbestos health ` -r" ' questions in the.European Economic "Community. -Tlr. Join indicated that there ;are ten European countries in the Community^ but the Commission cannot passlaws. It can only write directives, and then it is up to the member country to-put this directive into effect. The Commission recently drafted a directive on the protection of workers, from exposure to asbestos. `Mr.-Join'indicated'that this most recent`directive was most'negative t6 asbestos, and`while this is a draft ' ; directive at this time, a statement was made' in that draft.to the effect that the truly safe approach would be to Han asbestos; : As regards exposure-to ' asbestos from friction materials, It was recommended in the draft that asbestos use be stopped unless .one could prove that the work environment was totally free from asbestos using electron microscopy. As electron microscopy could detect minute amounts of very fine asbestos, this is a most strict interpretation of an asbestos-free environment. It was stated that European countries are, of course, permitted to promulgate laws and regulations more severe than those proposed by the Commission, and this is now the case in Denmark. ~ In addition, Mr. Join indicated other Commission recommendations, such as 0.25 fiber crocidolite and 1.0 fiber chjrysotile limits for asbestos;exposure, additional medical surveillance rules, and questions as to whether garage workers FMSI 07238 Minutes of the Annual Membership Meeting -9- June 17-18, 1981 should be subject to the medical surveillance requirements of asbestos products : factory workers.' " . ' ' : : Mr. Join was asked about requirements for waste disposal in Europe, and.he replied that plastic bags containing the waste must be buried and covered with' one f 6ot_ of earth, at a site not to be used for subsequent development-.'*!A question was asked concerning Government Inspectors using a*light device to Bean areas near factories for asbestos emissions. Mr. Join replied that this may be inspection with light beam devices (scanning with a beam 3 wide) using the Tyndall Effect to detect fiber emissions in the air. It was stated that the EPA could be looking in three areas of concern:' (1) water contamination,'X2) landfill wastes',1 arid (3) air emissions. In this case the inspectors must be looking for airborne asbestos enissions. Mr. Join indicated that he would-send the Institute a copy of the Commission's -Working Group recommendations. The Institute will send Members copies of these European Commission papers on request. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it -was: RESOLVED: To thank Mr. Join for his presentation - -' 7 on activities of Interest In Europe. MR. B. J. PIGG, ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 7" Mr. Carrigan introduced Mr. Bob Pigg, Executive director of the'Asbestos - Information Association, as the Institute's Guest .'SpeakerTat this Meeting.7 Ur. Pigg had addressed the Institute Membership at the 1980 Meeting, and had been invited back to update the Membership based on the many changes An Washington. Mr. Pigg concentrated his remarks on the Washington climate for asbestos to areas of concern for friction materials -manufacturers. These.areas-are the regulatory: climate. at OSHA and EPA. In his remarks, Mr. Pigg advised that AIA had recommended to OSHA that the HIOSH recommendation of ,0.1'fiber exposure .7 limit be rejected, and that the OSHA proposal for a reduction to 1.0i fiber.7 - .. exposure limit be withdrawn.. Representatives of AIA had sat down with OSHA people, and they had been assured that the new Administration's approachM-o r:; OSHA would be one of ''fairness and objectivity." The main areas of concern with EPA are now those of their Office of Toxic Substancese(0TS)7 Representa tives from AIA have sat down with OTS personnel, who have targeted friction materials as well as asbestos-cement pipe and textiles as areas of principal interest. Hr. Pigg stated that he felt-the prospects are good for resolving : issues affecting labeling and work practices, and that-they will continue to work with the regulatory agencies in attempting tb -resolve-thetissues; - - In concluding", Ur. Pigg invited Institute Members to attend their IndustryGovernment Conference scheduled for September 16-17 this year In Alexandria, - ' Virginia. Mr. Pigg advised that he would provide a copy of his remarks at the Institute meeting to Mr. -Drislane for distribution to the Institute Members. Mr. Pigg had earlier responded to questions'asked.after !lr. Armstrong's and ` Ur. Join's remarks, and there were no additional questions. At the conclusion of Mr. Pigg's remarks, he presented a slide program with aduio on asbestos usage and controls. The program entitled "Asbestos-A Natural Product for FMS\ 07239