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Copy to
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R. E. Byrne, Jr. G. L. Dickson E. J. Kleber J. L. Myers T. P. Norris / W. C. Thurber*^
J. E. Walsh
P.0. BOX 579 - 4525 ROYAL AVE., NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK 142C2
Date Originating Dept.
February 16, 1977 "Calidria" Asbestos
Answering letter date
Subject
Health Standards for Amorphous and Crystalline Silica
The attached report on the status af OSHA^tealth Standards for amorphous and crystalline silica was discussed-brfefly at our meeting in Washington. A summary of NIOSH recommendations for an appropriate regula tion for crystalline silica is also provided for your information. Note that it sets a very low exposure level and is quite similar to the present asbestos health standard regarding the difficult monitoring and medical examination requirements.
For your added information, the bad news is that pyrogenic silica is amorphous and does not contain any crystalline material that we have been able to detect. To the best of my knowledge, neither have been implicated as a carcinogen.
^H. B. Rhodes '
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ASBESTOS INFORMATION. ASSOCIATION
NORTH AMERICA 1835 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 223-4885
7 February 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Subject:
Status of Silica Standards
The current status of OSHA silica standards is as follows:
a. Amorphous Silica - An advance notice of proposed rulemaking was issued in the Federal Register, December 28, 1976 (copy enclosed).
b. Crystalline Silica - An advance notice of proposed rulemaking was issued in the Federal Register, December 27, 1974 (copy enclosed).
Inflationary Impact Statements are currently under preparation by an OSHA contractor. Best estimate is issuance of proposed crystal line standard July 1, 1977, and amorphous silica standard to follow later this year.
Current silica standard appears in Table Z-3, 29 CFR 1910.100 (copy enclosed). OSHA Project Officer is: Ms. Patty Waugh, (202) 523 7151.
Administrative Assistant
CURRENT REPORT
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING FOR A STANDARD FOR AMORPHOUS SILICA
[41 FR 56336, December 28, 1976]
DEPARTMENT OF. LABOR
standard and suggested requirements to
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
be Included within it. Interested persons will also be entitled to participate in the rulemaking process after the publica
129 CFR Part 1910]
tion of any proposed standard on amor
[Docket No. H-104]
phous silica through written comments
AMORPHOUS SILICA
and participation at a hearing if requested.
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Accordingly, interested persons are in
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor is studying the general.health implications, safe exposure levels, and methods of sampling and measurement for amorphous silica. It is considering preparing a new proposed standard
which will be complete and tfill better protect employees exposed to amorphous silica in the diatomaceous earth process
vited to submit by March 1,1977, written data, views and comments concerning a
standard on amorphous silica for em ployees to the Docket Officer, Docket No. H-104, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-3620, 200 Constitution Ave.. NW. Washington, D.C. 20210 (Tel ephone (202) 523-8076). Comments are specifically requested concerning:
ing industry, refractory brick industry, vine and liquor production Industry, and other industries which use amor phous silica or diatomaceous earth for cleaning, polishing, filtering, calcining or other processes. There is now no com plete standard for amorphous silica but
an exposure limit is set by Table Z-3
(1) Health effects of amorphous silica;
(2) Data useful for setting a safe ex posure level and also data of current exposure levels;
(3) The use of respirable mass of dust as a measure of risk;.
of 29 CFR 1910.1000 (formerly Table G-3 (4) Workplaces, processes, occupa
Of 29 CFR 1910.93).
tions or Jobs where exposures to amor
This advance notice of proposed rule phous silica can occur;
making is being published to permit In (5) Appropriate engineering controls,
terested persons to submit information work practices and personal protective
useful in the preparation'of a proposed equipment to reduceJeyeis of exposure;
(6) Appropriate provisions for em ployee exposure monitoring, methods of compliance, signs and labels, medical surveillance, training and recordkeeping;
(7) The application of recordkeeping and similar requirements to small busi nesses and those with highly transient workforces;
(8) The feasibility of complybig with a complete amorphous-silica standard at the current or a reduced level of ex posure;
(9) The environmental, economic and inflationary impact of a complete amor phous silica standard at the current or a reduced level of exposure; and
(10) Any other information pertinent in preparing an amorphous silica stand ard.
(Secs. 4(b), 6(b) and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Slat. 1599, 1593, 1599; 29 TJ.S.C. 653(b), 655(b), 657) end Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-76 (41 FR 25059, June 22, 1973).)
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 17th day of December 1976.
Morton Corn,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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Finally, copies of the NIOSH document
will be available for purchase from the
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Gov
ernment Printing Office, Washington,
D.C.20402.
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This advance notice of proposed rule-
making is Issued under section 6 of the
Wllllams-Steiger Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 <84 Stat. 1593;
29 TJS.C. 655) and Secretary of Labor's'
Order No. 12-71 (36 PR 8754).
' Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd
dayofDecember, 1974.
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r ` John Stenszr,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
US Department of Labor
and they will be available for inspection
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Occupational Safety and Health, at the
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[FR Doc.74-30233 Filed 13-28-74:8:45 am]_
[ 29 CFR Part 1910]
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Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The National Institute for Occupa tional Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has submitted to the Secretary of Labor, pursuant to the - Williams-. Steiger- Occupational Safety and Health' Act of 1970, criteria for a recommended standard on the occupational exposure to crystalline silica. The Office of Stand- . ards Development, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Depart ment of Labor is studying the criteria and would appreciate public participa tion on the issues of whether a new standard for crystalline silica should be issued on the basis of the criteria or anyother information, and, if so, what should be the contents of a proposed standard for crystalline silica. The Issues
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are set forth with greater particularity below.
Accordingly, interested persons are In vited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning a standard on oc cupational exposure to crystalline silica. Comments are specifically requested concerning:
(1) Whether a new standard on oc cupational exposure to crystalline silica should be Issued;
(2) Each section of the standard rec
TJ.S. Department of Labor
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ommended by NIOSH; (3) Suitable alternatives to the rec
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with crystalline silica; (5) Supported cost data of the esti
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NIOSH: (6) Supported data on any possible
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(7) Any other related issues.
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educational agencies (or other eligible In the auditorium Regional Office
50 Foul ton Street San Francisco, California 94102
* U.S. Department of HEW-
'_
National Institute fer Occupational Safety
and Health 300 South Wacker DrlTe
Chicago, Illinois 60907 -
applicarlts) so that j they may train and provide technical assistance and infor mation to school administrators respon sible for the development and carrying out of reading prog ams In local educa tional agencies and < ther elementary and
Building Three (RO: 3). 7th and D Streets, SW,, Washing n. D.C. beginning at 10 am.
The purpose of the Tearing is to receive comments and sibggestions on tbe published materials.
Finally, copies of the NIOSH docu ment will be available for purchase from tbe Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing ton, D.C. 20402.
This advance notice of proposed rule making is issued under section 6 of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 15931
29 U.S.C. 655) and Secretary of .Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FS 8754).
secondary schools. - 2. Section 503 prxedures and effect.
Section 503 of the Education Amend ments of 1972 requires the Commissioner to study all rules, re rulatlons, guidelines, or other published 1 iterpretations or or ders issued by him lor by the Secretary after June 30. 1965| in connection with, or affecting, the administration of Office of Education programs; to report to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate and the Committee on Ed
Parties interested lb attending the hearing should notify the Chairman, Of fice of Education Task {Force on Section 503, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 2085, Federal Office 3uilding Six (F036), Washington, D.C. 120202, and are urged to submit a written copy of their comments with such notification. Each party planning to make oral comments at the hearing is urged I to limit his pre sentation to a maximum of-, .fifteen minutes. ...
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd ucation and Labor of the House of Repre Interested parties nr ay also submit
day of December, 1974.
sentatives concerning such study; and to written comments and r scommendations
John Stender.
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
publish in the Federal Register such to the Chairman of the Education Task rules, regulations^ guidelines, interpre Force on Section 503 at the above ad tations, and orders, with an opportunity dress. All relevant mater Lai received prior
[FP. Dec.74-34224 Filed 12-26-74:8:45 am] - for public hearing Ion the matters so pub to the date of the hearings will be con
lished. The regulations proposed below sidered. Comments and suggestions sub
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
reflect the results |of this study as it per- mitted in writing wfil be available for re tains to the High to Read Etatea Pro view in the above office b: tween the hours gram. Once thes^ regulations are pub- of 8:30 am. and 4 pm, Monday through
. Office of Education
lished in final for and become effective Friday of each week.
\ [ 45 CFK Part 151J : RIGHTyrO READ STATE GRANTS .
after comments id hearing, all pre ceding rules, regulations, guidelines, and
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Pro gram Number 13.533; Right to Read--Elimi
other published interpretations and or nation oi Illiteracy)
i
`
Notice of Proposed Rule Making '
In accordance with section 503 of the Education Amendments ot 1972 CPub. L. 92-318) andi pursuant to the authority contained in Section 2(a) of the Coopera tive Research Act, Pub. L. 83-531, "as amended (20 -d-SC. 331a), the Commis sioner of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, proposes to amend Part 151.. of Title 45 of tiie Code of Federal Regu
ders issued in connection with or affect ing the program | (except the Office of Education's general provisions regula tions) will be superseded. At present there will me no guidelines for the pro gram. If guidelines should be Issued in the future, they will be limited to recom mendations and suggestions for program operation and management. . .
3. Citations of legal authority: As re quired by section 431(a) of the General Education Provisions Act and section 503
. Dated: November 13,1974. . l. . ^ j
- IT. EL Beil, "r U.S. Commissioner \of Education, -
Approved: December l|, 1974. , ' /;
- Caspar W. WeinsercEr,
--_j.
. .v. Secretary of Health.
:
Education, and V?elfare. rr
As proposed, 45 CFR ;Part 151. Sub
part D would read as follows; :
?
lations by adding a new Subpart D,;to
read as set fortdbelow. -
/;Wv
of the Education Amendments of 1972; a citation of statutory or other legal au
1. Right to Reed Program. Section 2 thority for each iection of the regula
Subpart D--Rigbtlo Read State Grants * 151.40 Scope and purpose.
(a) (1) of the Cooperative Research Act tions has been placed in parentheses on (a) This subpart governs applications
authorizes the Commissioner of Educa tbe line following the text of the section. - from State educational agencies, (and
tion to award grants for^ surveys, dis On occasion, a citation appears at-the other eligible applicants) for the purpose
semination of information, and exem-- end of a subdivision, of the section. In of carrying out statewide reading activi
plary projects in the field of education. that case, the citation applies to all that ties designed to assist school administra
Funds which are appropriated pursuant appears in that section between the ci tors responsible for the development and
to this authority carry out the Right tation and the next! preceding citation. carrying out of reading programs in local
to Read Program ,re utilized to make When the citation appears only at the educational agencies. -1
grants to, and cont: ts with, eligible-ap end of the section it applies to the entire (b) (1) Although it is expected that
plicants for the pi se of increasing section.
\
grants pursuant to this subpart will or-
functional literacy thin the United 4. General provisions regulations. The .dinarily be awarded toStat^ educational
States.
proposed regulations do not contain pro agencies because they are uniquely sit
Apart from a limittfe number of speci visions relating to general fiscal and ad uated to carry out the activities described
fically focused procurements, the Right to ministrative matters. (Requirements of in this subpart, other eligible applicants
Read enact is carried out through grant this nature are covered by the Office of under section 2 of the Act may also ap
awards pursuant to th^ provisions of this Education general provisions regulations ply, and their applications yill be re
part. Grants are made within the follow (38 FR 30654, November 6. 1973). (Ref viewed on the basis of the funding re
ing competitions or slip-programs: (1) erence is made in particular to 45 CFR. quirements and criteria In thl^ subpart.
FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL 39, NO. 23i
IIDAV, DECEMBER 27, 1974
214 6-24-75
Occupational Softly Ad Health Act
3825-9
U17600.7]
( TABLE Z-3-MInerl Dusts - -
Substanc**
Mppct * Mg/M*
Aerodynamic dUmeWr (unit density sphere)
2XB
5-8
160.0
Percent passing selector
00
76
S2035
BlUca:
Crystalline Quarts (respirable)
250f Wag/M
Tbe measurements under this note refer to the use of an A EC Instrument, II tbe respirable fraction of coal
( Quarts (total dost)
%SlO+6 %SlO*+2 .................. 30nsg/M
dust U determined with all RE tbe figure corresponding to tbat of 2.4 Mg/M* In tbe table tor coal dust Is 4.6 Mg/M*.
73aOj+2
Crlstobaltta: Use M tbe value calculated from the
[117600.8]
count or mass formula* tor quarts
1910.1001 Asbestos.
Tndymita: UseHthavalue calculated from the fore mulae for quarts.
Amorphous, Including natural dlatomaceous eertb...........
20 80mg/M*
(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, (1) "Asbestos" Includes chrysotlle, amoslte, crocldollte, tremo
7>S10
llte, anthophyllite, and actinollte.
8Ulcates (less than 1% cty>
talllne silica): Mica............................................... Soapstone................................. Talcfnon-asbestos-form)...
20 20
20*
(2) "Asbestos fibers" means asbestos fibers longer than 5 micrometers.
(b) Permissible exposure to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers--(1)
Talc (fibrous). Use asbestos limit ..................................
Tremollte (see tale, fibrous) Portland cement............
60
Standard effective July 7, 1972. The 8-hour time-weighted average airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers to
Oraphlte (natural)...........
16
Coal dust (respirable fraction
less than 6% SlOj).................................... 2.4rag/M
which any employee may be exposed shall not exceed five fibers, longer than
or 5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of
For more tban 6% SlOj............................ . lOxng/M*
air, as determined by the method pre
( Inert or Nuisance Dust: Respirable fraction......... Total dust.................
%S10t+2
15 firag/M* 60 IStng/M*
scribed in paragraph (e) of this section.
(2) Standard effective July 1. 197S. The 8-hour time-weighted average air
borne concentrations of asbestos fibers
to which any employee may be exposed
shall not exceed two fibers, longer than
5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of air, as determined by the method pre
scribed in paragraph (e) of this section.
[ 117600.9]
(3) Ceiling concentration. No em ployee shall be exposed at any time to airborne concentrations of. asbestos fibers in excess of 10 fibers, longer than
5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of air. as determined by the method pre scribed In paragraph (e> of this section.
( Note: Conversion factors--
[1(7601] .
mppcfX35.3-million partleto' ptr cubic mttef
--particles par e.e.
Millions of particles per cubic foot of -air, based on. lmplnger samples counted by light-field technics.
The percentage of crysuUloo silica In tha formula
Cc) Methods of compliance--(1) En gineering methods. (1) Engineering con
b tha amount determined from alreborne samples, ex
trols. Engineering controls, such as, but
cept in those instances In which other methods have been shown to be applicable.
As determined by the membrane filter method at
not limited to. Isolation, enclosure, ex haust ventilation, and dust collection,
( *30xphase contrast magnification. Both concentration and Percent quarts for the appUcetlon of th Li limit are to be aetermined from the fraction passing a site-selector with Che following characteristics: Containing < 1% quartz; If > 1% quartz, use quarts
limit.
shall be used to meet the exposure limits prescribed In paragraph (b) of this section.
(11) Local exhaust ventilation, (a) Local exhaust ventilation and dust col-
Employment Safety and Health Guide
1910.1001 (c) (1) (ii) 1(7601
NIOSH RECOMMENDED STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CRYSTALLINE SILICA
On November 11, 1974, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) transmitted their recommended standard for occupational exposure to crystalline silica to OSHA. OSHA will now consider these recommendations and the supporting evidence in the Criteria Document and publish a proposed standard in the Federal Register. Written and oral testimony onthe proposed regulations will be received by OSHA and a final version of the regulation will then be promulgated.
The proposed standard is intended to protect the worker from "adverse effects of silica exposure for up to a 10-hour workday, 40-hour workweek, over a working lifetime." Crystalline silica includes the common minerals, quartz, tridymite, and Cristobalite, plus microcrystalline silica and also materials containing minute grams of free silica cemented together with amorphous silica. These include tripoli, flint, chalcedony, agate, onyx, and silica flour. Amorphous silica itself is not included.
An allowable limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter for a full shift time-weighted average is set. This is approximately one half of the limit presently in force.
"Exposure to free silica" is clearly defined as exposure to levels more than 25 micrograms per cubic meter. The regulations do not apply below this level.
Medical examinations, including X-rays and breathing function tests, are required before exposure to free silica and at least every three years thereafter. Records must be kept for 30 years after termination of employment.
