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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1970 May 19 DOC#: NG034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the 7th Meeting of Health & Safety Council-ACPA with Attendee List ( MINUTES OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF HEALTH & SAFJ2T COUNCIL/ACPA ^ , May 19, 1970 A meeting of the members of the Health & Safety Council of the Asbestos Cement Products Association was held pursuant to notice at the Biltmore Hotel in New York, N. Y. on May 19, 1970 at 2 P.M, The following persons were present; J. A. Main A. E. Alpine W. N. Knorr H. R. Metier, Jr. A 5. Hall F, W. Ingham J. W. Magee F. H. Zimmerman K. Schwarz J. H* Steiner K. F. Netter C. P. Kipp L. A. Tobey M. J. Neville _ Health & Safety Council/ACPA - Certain-teed Products Corp. - Thft PUntkofc Company - GAP Corporation - GAF Corporation Johns-Manville Corp, Johns-Manville Corp, National Gypsum Company - Supradur Manufacturing Corporation - Supradur Manufacturing Corporation - Supradur Manufacturing Corporation - U. S. Gypsum Company - U. S, Gypsum Company - B u m s & Van Kirk The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr. James A. Main* The minutes of the meeting of the Council held on February 17, 1970 were submitted for approval, Mr, Main stated a correction should be made to the last paragraph on page 3. The sentence reading "Whereas the current 19S9 standards are 5 million particles per cubic foot. . should be corrected to read, "Whereas current 1969 standards are 12 flbers/ml of 5 microns in length [as counted by the mem brane filter method at 430X magnification) or 2 million particles per cubic foot (as counted by the standard impinger method) proposed (ACGIH) limits are 5 fibaVml determined by the membrane filter method." The minutes as corrected, were approved, Mr. Main presented the Financial Statement for the period February 17, 1970 through May 19, 1970. Copies of unit if r s i H O d r, - 2- / "A report, as submitted, are attached to these minutes end made a p A H hereof. The Financial Statement was approved as submitted. Mr. Main presented excerpts from a number of recent articles on health hazards relating to asbestos fiber. The 43l&les discussed included; 1* Asbestos and Health In 19&9. by Dr. G. W. Wright; Vol. 100, American Review of'Sesplratory Diseases. 2. Report to the U .S. Public Health Service, Dr. Stoklnger; "Industrial" Hygiene Digest^ February 1970. ** 3* Fibrous Dust Seminar*, Industrial Hygiene Foundation of "America, inc. 4. The Many Paces of Asbestos Disease, by Dr. E. 0. Langley, "Australian Medical' Journal, November 22, 19&9. 5 THazpaardrsaorfidAswbe-s-to-s- in-t-h-e--Op-e-n--A-ir, Engineer News Record 6. Controlling Construetion Pollution, by H a r d ""Specifications "clinic, February 170.** Rosen; 7. Asbestos Regulations of 1969**, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 19&9" 8. Recommended Code of Practice for the Handling and Disposal of Asbestos Waste Material*, by the Aabestosls Research" Council, 19b$T 9. Air Pollution Aspects of Asbestos**, by Drs. J. Sullivan and fakis d-Athanassladis, A Repo . .epared for the National Air Pollution Control Administration; 1909 * Available to members through the Council for $3*00 each. ** To be reproduced and distributed to members. Mr. Zimmerman reported for the Environmental Cwatrol Committee that there were no reported results at present of tn stud;, * the health of cement workers in the New Orleans area, being conducted by Tulane University. Mr. Kipp reported for the Legislation Committee. He requested that the Chairman'ask Bradley Walls to serve as its liaison with the Council. He suggested that Mr. Walls receive material from.members of the Legislation Committee and reproduce such materials .and in turn, distribute them to all members of the Legislation Committee arid include these materials for the - 3- agenda of the next Council meeting. Mr. Main said. that he would speak to Mr. Walls. Mr. Main summarized the Council's actions regarding the publication of Its proposed brochure on Recommended Practices for Fabricating. Handling and Applying Asbestos Cement Products in the Building and Construction Industries. He 3aid that as revised, the pamphlet was approved by representatives from Certain-teed, Flintkote, GAP, Johns-Manvillu and National Gypsum, and that votes were deferred by representa tives of Supradur and U.S. Gypsum. Their votes and the votes of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and Philip Carey were sought by special letter. Mr. Main said that he had >received the approval of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and that he was informed by Philip Carey that the company was giving up its asbestos product line and, therefore, would not be participating in activltiep *-f council. Following discussion of four proposed amt - - ... to the motion to adopt the brochure, Mr* Schwarz proposeu that; two amen^'^-nte to that motion be voted upon. The proposed amendments were: 1. Tb amend paragraph 1 on page 3-of the brochure by adding the phrase at the end of that paragraph: "...where dust is created." 2. To amend paragraph 3 on page 3 by adding after the first sentence of that paragraph, the sentence: "The handling and installation of solid pieces of asbestos cement products do not normally present a health risk unless sawing, drilling or other machining of the product-is required." The first amendment was approved by all members voting in ravor of the resolution, with GAP voting against. The Chair man determined that, in accord with the results of the ballot, the brochure would be so amended. The result of the ballot on the second amendment was as f o l l o w s _ ` Ifl FfrVQr Johns-Manville Supradur V. S. Gypsum Company Against Certain-teed Flintkote GAF National Gypsum Company ICc The Chairman declared that the second proposed emend- *|t few* feid. . The Chairman then proposed that a vote he taken on the d|i|3?ihUtloh end funding of the brochure as amended. The motion passed by all members voting. There being no further business to come before the it was adjourned at k P.M. Martin Jy Neville Acting Secretary '"k *S9l