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) J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. Rocky Mountain Sales Representatives OCT 111S83 Internal Correspondence oaie. October 6, 1983 Har.k J. Jones .1 < A. Verploeah, Stockton W. G/"Burnett/ Stockton ...-^File Chrono A/C PIPE The attached article appeared in the Kali Street Journa 10/4/83. As the article states, the EPA plans to propose a ban or phase out of asbestos containing products over the next few years. The position of J-M Manufacturing and ACPPA has not changed. That is; we feel there is no problem with the use of A/C pipe for the transmission of potable water. We feel the recommenced work practices ` for the handling of A/C pipe are sufficient to create a safe work environment. HJJ:jd H- -3f|POMtf 0 002178 SC-JMM-2524 EPA to Propose, in Next Few Months, Ban Or Phase-Out of Remmning Asbestos Uses 3y .-.SDi pASZTCf. And Rii NWS? A. JOSETH S-.c.'-'S.p- ncrio.' Tut W*u. St*H7. Jt.vunm. Washington--Te Env;r:r.r.er.tai Pro tection Agency Intends xo prcpcse in the -ex: few mirths a ban or phase-out of as dics ir, the few produra that sdll use It. T?A AdrrirJstrAtor '.ViEisrt Euckelshaus _g-red ir. prir.cipie with a package of pro posed regulations against tie carcinogen ina: g..s beyond asyattior. the Eeigar. adir.irJsrr'iSoa -as "-rsiierirg only a few ~-?rihs ago. agency cfli-cials said. Ne-.eriheles. any such tar would come or.g after Ihe asbestos bi----y-battered bj ih-w.sazds of suits ircm aster. s workers the material would be too costly in most in stances. and they wanted voluntary action by industry to reduce public exposure to as bestos. Bar Edward Klein, director of the office that is drafting the proposals, said me EPA aow consiaers asbsstrs to be a "proven car cinogen^ that saouid be phased oat qucidy. vHe notec that inaustry uas aeveiopec a vary ety of substrates. " Senver-based ManviUe Corn., the major asbestos-products maker, saic the EPA ac tios probably would have "very little impact on us" because the company has been re- with such materials as 5- and- users-has shrunk severely. About 300 Mar-ISe Sled ior protection under Cfcap- cf.~3wr.5es once ore asbestos La their prod ter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code last ucts. but lae has decreased as the danger year to ward off :f resands of lawsuits from ous effects of asbestos have JT-b.T*f known -laintins who claimed injury or death of rel The U.S. Surest: of Mires said V-S * eras- > atives from asbestos. The material can sumption reached a high of U-o.NO metric * cause caifcer and nsVstosis, an emphy toys in iet3: according u the EPA. current sema like disease that gradually impair annual 'cn.-zm; ti2n is about EhP.vpG metric .breathing through scarring of the 1-ur.gs. The EPA Is.ettds to ban iT: user tain ccrrmRitca products rod: as pipes. r:-:rng materiais and Zxt coverings that centals : abates, a sbrous mineral used r. greptoof materials, fa addition, the Mar-ilie. -it-ce known as the largest as- bestss company in the Western world, re cently sold its large Canadian asbestos-rain ing operations. . * In Danbury. Conn.. Union Carbide Carp. agency is writing preprsed rer-anons that; place a cap :?. the amc-an; of ast-est-s used ' for all other products and set ar a timetable , for phasing out all but a few minor uses ' ever the next few years. i In the past, senror Reagar, sdnilaistratior. appointees at the EPA have_argued that 'there wasn't adequate scientiSe evidence to; warrant'tough action against asbestos. They: also asserted that banning or phasing out said it didn't know how any EPA aair-r. would affect its mining operations in Colo rado. where St operates a small asbestos mine. Moreover. Union Carbide said, it "probably won't hav- much of ar. effect or. us because our kind of asbestos is of high parity.' 3u: the company said its asbestos is used in floor riles and corkutg m'-stertais. usages trial EPa apparent!} will bar.. Bay-mark Ct-rp.. Trjr.bi!;. Conn.. assra that its use of asbestos rronably wouldn't at affected immediately.. The company said ns asbestos is used mainly ui fncucr. mater.ais. like car brakes and clutches. Ir, a related development. the Labor Dr pariraent said its Ocrupatir.r.al Safety t:.r Health Administrator. will er.panc work place inspections see'-'ing possible ''loiatj-r.s of is asber-os-expesure rules Toe job-safety agency rrlmated it wit- mc~ such Lnst-ecti-.sns u- about raft over the next year in the OT-stnirius: 3.nd mar-jiartarrag iricustrias. fwesing os demolltior sites anc rasncfarlurers *i:h re.-ords ;c--:.s rie- lations. / OSHA said it will inspuct dt-raohibr sites that have nc-rified thr EPA thst asbes*os de molition or removal will occur. Prc'.-;--jsr\. CSH-i impecti-rs often didn-'t know ahoin possible aabestosTjle riclstions at suer, sites trecause the work was c-n-r.cl?^d quickly, me coeperitive effort wi& the EPA is to last six months. In the I97fs. the government banned cer tain sprays containing asbestos used lor in- sulatior. and decoration of new t-uilcir.gs. Ana the EPA ordered schools to perform safety checks to determine if fibers from as bestos insulation posed a health threat ir. student. Recently, the EPa has been under increasing pressure from lawmakers, err-ri r.'nn;rnta; groups and cancer experts at other federal agencies to crack down on fu ture use of the material. - 0 002AT9