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t\ fAi asbestos information association 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway. Crystal Square 4. Suite S09 Arlinaton. Virginia 22202 (70S) 979-1150 AIA-109 8 November 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Subject: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Forwarding of Annual, Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Please find enclosed the following meeting minutes: (1) Annual Meeting, September 20, 1978 (2) Board of Directors, September 20, 1978 (3) Executive Committee, October 6, 1978 The next regular meeting of the Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, November 29, 1978, in the Association office commencing at 9:00 AM- A block of rooms has been reserved at Stouffer's National Center Hotel, Arlington, VA. , for Tuesday, November 28. It will be recalled that a dinner meeting is planned for Tuesday evening. Time and location will be orovided. B. J. Pigg Executive Director Enclosures JHM' 14051 AIA-109 ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION (7*3 ' Otvit t*a*wav. Crystal Sou*> a. Swta SO* Af*nflwn. Vrprta 22203 (f03) */*( ISO ANNUAL MEETING Sopteat*r 20, 1978 Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel Arlington, VA The Annual Heating of the Asbestos Information Association/ North America was convened at 9:52 Art, September 20, 1978, In the Marriott Twin nri 'ger. Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. . The 'n) living members wu>re present: ' Ceorge Barge Atlas Asbestos Company W.H. Beasley . ' Cement Asbestos Products Co. Frank M. Brown Connell Bros. Co., ltd. Robert A. Carlson Special Asbestos Co., Inc. Killian C. Clark , Asten-Hill, Limited Brian Donner ` Vermont Asbestos Group Thomas A. Dougherty CertainTeed Corporation Guy G. Gabrielsotv, Jr. Hicolet, Xnc. Jean Caudry Asbestos Dorp., Ltd. (for K.*P. Carson) / Clarence A. Kerbst, Sr, Resinoid Engineering Cor?. H.W. Heunemann CongoIsum Industries, Inc. (for N. E. DeCandia) A. R. Hooker % The Fiintkota Company Edward Kaufman * P,T. Brake Lining Co., Inc. (for Alfred Shaines) J. 3. Keith Rostone Corporation Donald G. Magi11. Hollingsworth & Vose Co. John H. Karsh Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Joseph T. Mooney, Jr. ' Monsey Products Company C. G. Morgan - Continental Products Corp. Adam Novak Huxley Development Carp. Dimitry Poutiatine Johns-Manville Corporation Richard H. Prigoxen Schriber Industries, Inc. (for K. S. Frigoxen) J. L. Rainey Amatfix Corporation John Riooelle The Bendix Corporation -a. S. Rhodes, Dr. Eng. Sci. Union Carbide Corporation Richard H. Rosenberg Borg-Marnor Corporation Walter J. Rosenthal Glasw*ld International, Inc. Kurt Schwarr ' Supradur Manufacturing Corp. John Sheridan . Jim Walter Research Corp. ' (for J. M. Ciskowski) E. R. Zacharias Molded Materiel* Company J HMad 1~ 4I 0- 5_ AIA-109 Pago 2 Also present: James W. Armstrong, F.'E. Messier end Sen Hang, The Bendix Corpora, tion; E. K. Oris lane. Friction Materials Standards Institute; Joseph A. Artabane, Esq., Cadwalader, wlckershara and Taft; H. T. Whitley, Cement Asbestos Products Co.; Doris M. Fagan, ASBESTOS Magazine; Richard P. Carter, Edmund M. Fenner, and James-F. Reis, Johns-Manville Carp.j James G. Heil, CartainTeed Corp.; Robert G. Rucker,-Congoleun Industries, Inc.; Hans Weill. M.D.. Tulane University; R. H. Hareness, B. J. Pigg and Richard Tracht^jan, AZA/NA staff. Welcome and Minutes Mr. Dougherty, President of the Association, called the meeting to order, welcomed attendees and introduced members attending their initial AZA/NA meeting and Joseph A. Artabane, Esq. who succeeded Adrian May as Association counsel. On motion, minutes of the last Annual Meeting, September 21, 1977, were approved as submitted. * Statement of Finances The Executive Director seviowed.the financial statement for the eight-month period ended August 31, 1973. Ha invited attention -to and explained any negative variances between the budget and actual expenditures for specific, line items. As of August 31, total assets of $161,312 with liabilities of $53,711 resulted in a net worth of $107,601. The Executive Director said the Association's financial condition was solvent and no problems were anticipated for the remainder of the fiscal (calendar) year. On motion, the financial report was accepted. . Executive Director's Reoort OS HA - The The RXX-CONSAD consolidated report on studies of the" construction and manufacturing industries is not available, although it has been submitted to OSKA. Grover Wrenn, OSHA's Director of Health Standards Division, recently advised that public hearing on the asbestos standard most likely would not be held before the first quarter of next year. EPA - Phase I of the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Review has been completed by the project officer and is undergoing in-house review. The report will ultimately be considered by EFA's Priorities Committee (Phase II) for possible further studies or regulatory initiatives. JHM A*05 \ 22:28 FAX 14104482368 AIA-109 Page 3 The study, "Chemical Market Xnput/Output Analysis of Selected Chemical Substances to Assess Sources of Environmental Contam ination: Task XX2, Asbestos," has been completed by Syracuse Research Corp. for EPA. The study is not expected to be used as basis for any specific agency action. Copies are available on request. Miscellaneous - A brief reference was made to recent state . initiatives impacting on the asbestos industry. Appreciation was expressed to Or. Rhodes and Messrs. Tenner and Carter for their assistance to the Association in this area. A written statement by the Executive Director regarding Association activities for the preceding year was distributed (copy enclosed). . Membership '. Mr. Dougherty said membership in the Association now stands at 37 regular members and IS associate members. A request from the Richard Klinger Company for change in category from asso ciate to regular was received earlier this month. Contributions by nonmembers to AZA/NA's work thus far in 197B tot*l*"$ J',575i Standards Advisory Committee Report . Dr. Rhodes said that the committee felt it was not necessary to submit any additional information for the record on OSKA's generic cancer proposal. Deadline for additional written comments is October 10. (Note: Date was subsequently extended to October 24.) * Dr. Rhodes commented on the EEH study. He said'that, as pre viously reported, the report has major deficiencies. The Association's EEH study review group (James Hell, Edmund Fenner, and Dr. Rhodes) are pursuing this task consistent with them demands on their time.. . . . Or. Rhodes reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's < hazardous waste program pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). He,said considerable effort had been expended by the Johns-Hanville Corp. to persuade EPA that asbestos should not be included in the RCRA regulations sines it is already covered under National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutanta-_lHaBh^- It now appears that p asbestos will not be regulated under RCRA. i . 14054 04/06/99 22:28 FAX 14104482368 AIA-109 @008 f Page 4 Air Sampling and Analysis Program I* * Dc. Rhodes said this program continues to enjoy outstanding Participation. Thus far, data has been received on 2,414 filtars, A printout will bo distributod which will show asch program participant the rosults of all samples with which that participant was associated. Dr. Rhodes observed that the num bers generated by the sampling program showed some variances which were greater than expected. * Dr. Rhodes reported on response to data regarding attendance at tha Second International Colloquium on Dust Measuring Tech** niqua and Strategy scheduled for October 11-13 at the Dulles Marriott Hotel. Approximately 25 non-U.S. attendees have advised of their plans to be present. Legal Research Committee Mr. Gabrielson said that this, committee met September 18 and reviewed the State--of-the-Medical Art Memorandum prepared by special counsel. He said that .this document covers the legal issues involved in the presentation of the state-of-the-medical art defense. The document incorporates the work of Dr. En&erline in his review of medical literature on asbestos-related disease. The document, is now baing revised following the eowaittee's review end should be available to members and their trial counsel in the near future. Mr. Gabrielson said that the document would be available to non-members as previously agreed. The fee will be 52000. Mr. Gabrielson added that the procedure here would involve a direct billing to the non-member by Cadwalader, wickarsham and Taft while the AIA/HA would receive appropriate follow-on credit. Mr. Gabrielson reported that the cost of maintaining the data bank by special counsel on a monthly basis would be about * 51500 which is considerably more than the earlier estimate of 5700. He said the Executive Committee had agreed that no change in this procedure should be made for eix months. Medical Consultant's Report . -- Dr. Weill reported on the AIA/HA sponsored Plant Physicians 'Conference to be held in Hew Orleans, November 9-10, under the auspices of Tulane's continuing education program. Tha purpose of thisconference is to provide physicians whose responsibility . it isto perform medical surveillance on asbestos exposed work- ers with an update on the methodology of health surveillance. ., ; i : i j j j * 'JHV 1405 E 04/06/99 22:28 FAX 14104482368 t> AIA-109 00 . Page S Also covered will be 'the state of the medical art. This will prepare the plant physician to serve as a witness during litigation. Or. Weill said that official AKA credit would be made available to participants. Response to date has been encouraging - about 30 attendees are expected. .^ > Dr. Weill reviewed the present state of asbestos-health literature with^specific reference to the United Kingdom, A study dealing with average exposure andi mortality baa recently been published. Or. Weill noted that this work does have scientific merit. . '' !. , * There will soon be published an update of a ten-year old British study on asbestosis. This is the study.on which the current. British asbestos standard is based. Dr. Weill mentioned a further study conducted at McGill Univer sity which is based on total particulates rather than fibers. _ There is a Tulane University study of asbestos-cement manufac- ' turing industry workers which showed the existence of s level ' of exposure below which excess mortality was not detectable. Dr. Weill next mentioned the occurrence of mesothelioma in a Turkish village where there is no asbestos. Dr. Weill referred to HEW Secretary Califano's speech on September 11 before the AFL-CIO National Conference on Occu pational' Safety and Health and related study. He expressed confidence that the study would be discredited and stated further that this was an example of the anti-scientific approach of releasing this kind of information generally to a public which cannot' evaluate it prior to the time for . scientific peer review. Dr. Weill then addressed some specific problems with the study. He concluded by saying that the scientific basis for the study is weak. . Technical Conmittee Report Mr. Fenner said that the major task facing the committee at this time is the .provision of technical support for the . Standards Advisory Committee relative to their preparation of an AIA/NA alternative standard for occupational exposure to asbestos in. the construction Industry. This work i* principally in two areas. ' The first is in connection with JHM 1.4056 04/06/89 22:28 FAX 14104482388 A1A-tO90on N. E. DeCandia Frank H.' Brown C. G- Morgan , A. R. Hookar John W. Cuff/ , Donald C. Magill Adam Hovak Joseph Ciskowski' Dimitry Poutiatina B. Ramundo W M. Sleeth S. Masuda Edward .R. Zacharias ' Joseph T. Mooney#"Jr. George P. Vogel William S. Hoffman Cuy G. Cabrialson, Jr. John H. Marsh - Clarence A. Herbst, Sr. Derek Coamber ' Howard J. Tomlinson Robert A. Carlson Kurt Schwarz H. B. Rhodes, or,Eng*. sc William K Clark Brian Conner ' " f : Page 7 * ' ' ** *" >'**' * l u ;i * Congoleuin Industries '. Connell Bros. Co. '' Continental Produces Carp. The Flintkote Company Garlock, Inc. ` Hollingsworth s Voas Co. .Huxley Development Corn. Jim Welter Research Carp. JohnsWlanvilla Corporation Kentile Floors Laar-Siegler, Xne.: Mitsubishi Canada Ltd'. Molded Materials Company Monsey Products Company National Assoc, of Filter Hfg. Xnc. National Gypsum Company Nicolat, Xnc. - Raybeatos-Manhattan, Inc. Resinoid Engineering Corp. Richard Klinger, Inc. Safeguard Automotive Corp. Special Asbestos Co., Xnc. Supradur Manufacturing Corp. . Union Carbide Corporation Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. Vermont Asbestos Group * ' The list, as read by the Secretary, was approved by vote without objection. .. Association Officers Mr. Dougherty said, in keeping with AXA/NA Bylaws, terms of office for current officers will not expire until September 1979. Miscellaneous In conjunction with the Annual Meeting, Mr. John A. McKinnhy, President, Johns-Manville Corp. was speaker following dinner . on September 19, and Congressman James G. Martin was speaker following breakfast on September 20. Mr. Dougherty said he wished the record to note the appreciation of the Association for their participation. Adjournment .There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11131 AH. B. J. Pigg ^ Secretary . Enclosure I U kA 4 I A e m NORTH AMERICA. ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jefferson Onvts Hirjtiwny.. Crvstnl Sqtwirn 4, Suite 509 Arlington. Virginia 22202 (703) 979-1 150 AIA-109 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel ' Arlington, VA September 19, 1978 The meeting was convened at 10:00 A.M. at the Marriott ^v/in Bridges Hotel, Arlington, Viraini l. Present were: Thomas A. Dougherty Guy 3. Gabrielson, Jr. Jchr. El. Marsh Dimitry Poutiatine Harrison B. Rhodes, Dr. Kurt Schwarz Edward R. Zacharias Eng. CertainTeec Cor?. , AIA/NA Pres Nicolet, Inc. , Raybestons-Manhattar., Inc. Johns-Ma.nville Corn. Sc.Union Carbide Corp. Supradur Manufacturing Corp. Molded Materials Company Others: R.H. Mereness B.J. Pigg Monroe Harris Hans Weill, M.D. Richard T. Davis, C.P.A. AIA/NA Executive Director AIA/NA Administrative Asst. Johns-Manville Corp. . Tulane University Frantz and Company ' Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting, August 8, 1978, were approved except for the following correction: The words "a reduction of" were deleted from the 12th and 13th lines of rhe 2nd paragraph of page 2. Financial Reoort The Executive Director reviewed the financial statement for the period ended August 31, 1978. The Association's accountant, Richard T. Davis, C.P.A., said one member was delinquent in payment cf dues, but that communication with the company indicated produced jta - 3 AIA-109 Page 2 this matt:nr would be rectified in the near future. 1 As cf Auoust 31, .19 78, total assets of $161,312 with liabilities of .953,711 resulted in a net worth of $107,601.. A discussion followed concerning the dues structure as tc impact, of a lower minimum dues for regular members. aareed that no reduction should be made in the present of S2,000. ' pertains It was figure On motior. the financial statement was accepted. Executive Director's Report OS HA - F.T I-CCNSAD consolidated report on studios of the construct ion and manufacturing industries is not available, although it has been submitted to OSTIA. The OSTIA, Director of Health Standards Division, Grover Wrcnn, recent!/ advised that public hearing on the asbestos standard most likely would not be held before the first quarter of next year. HEW - Rcfrren.cc was made to the speech given by HKW Secretary Joseph Califano on September 11 before the AFL-CIO's national conference on occupational safety and health and of the consider able coverage by the news media. Secretary Califono alleged that at least 20 percent of all cancer in the. United States is work- related, and that asbestos exposure will account for about 17 percent of the total number of cancer deaths expected during the next 30-39 years. A study prepared by the national Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, copy- obtained Sept ember 18, purportedly documented the statistics cited in Califano's speech. ' A discussion followed concerning an Association response. Messrs. Harris and Poutiatine invited attention to a proposed J-M draft for consideration. It was agreed that Dr. Weill's comments on the study were appropriate prior to finalizing a release. (Mote: Dr. Weill subsequently reviewed the study and commented on the results of his initial assessment.) Messrs. Gabriolson, Marsh, Poutiatine and Dr. Weill met at 5:00 PM to draft a release. A copy of the news release approved and which was distributed on September 20 is attacned'. ' '' EPA - Phase 1 of the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxic Substances Review has been completed. Review will ultimately be considered by EPA's priorities committee {Phase II) for possible further studies or regulatory initiatives. ' PRODUCED AIA-109 DO I - The topic of (.he Dcparf-.innui; o f the rnl:ori.or N'onftt'.-l Minerals Hearing scheduled for Hopf.ember 27 in Washington , D.C. , w.i!' 1.1 \ f rtvluoc'il. nr. Rhoden raid Ui.il- n:: war: tiw n{ 1 2 minerals selected tor review. He said that he proposed to give a presentation at the hearing as a representative of the AIA/NA. Mr. Brian Donner of the Vermont Asbestos Group will also be present. A discussion followed. Miscellaneous - Reference was made to a request from the Central States Insulation Contractors Association for n speaker who couid address the topic of trends in law cases relating to asbestos insulation at the Association's October 3 meeting in Cincinatti. Mr. Hams said he would assume responsibility for this item. Authorisation was granted to pay a bill of $1500 to the University of Pittsburgh for use of facilities in connection with Dr. Entsrline' research of medical literature for the Association. (Note: The bill was paid on September 25, 1978.) It was reported that the Richard Klinger Company had requested a change in the firm's membership status from that cf associate to regular member. The Executive Director was requested to take appropriate action to effect this change. Standards Advisory Committee Report Dr. Rhodes said that the committee felt it was not necessary to submit any additional information for tho record on OSHA's generic cancer proposal. Deadline for additional written comments is October 10'. ' Dr. Rhodes commented on the EEH study. He said that, as previously ported, the report has major deficiencies. The Association's EEH study review group (James Heill, Edmund Fenner and Dr. Rhodes) are pursuing this task consistent with other demands on their time. rs Dr. Rhodes reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's hazardous waste program pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). He said considerable effort had been expended by the Johns-Manville Corp. to persuade EPA that asbestos should not be included in the RCRA regulations since it is already covered under National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (MESHAPS). It now appears that asbestos will not be regulated under RCRA. Dr. Rhodes reported that Johns-Manville had reviewed EPA's recent proposal to revise the National Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) and did not see any significant adverse impact. An AIA/NA response is not proposed. PRODUCED m - 83 ^ I', i(<; -1 AIA-109 Roq.irdi.nc! the Consumer Product fl.ifoty Commi r.r, i.nn' r: Tnl'wim Generic c:.`-nc^r Policy, l)r. Rhodes said Lho Gland.1 rd:; and Adv Lee) r;y .Commit, lee is not recommending any comment by tho Association. Comments are due October 11. Air Sampling and Analysis Program Dr. Rhodes said this program continues to enjoy outstandina participation. Thus far, data has been received on 2,414 filters. A printout will be distributed which will show each program participant the results of all samples with which that participant was associated. Dr. Rhodes observed that the number.-; genera ted bv the sampling program showed some variances which were greater than exoectec. Dr. Rhodes reported on response to date regarding attendance at the Second International Colloquium on Dust Measuring Technique and Strategy scheduled for October 11-13 at the Dulles Marriott Hotel. Approximately 25 non-U. S. attondr-'r: have advised of their plans to be present. Leon l Rosenrc:h_ Commi t Loo Mr. Gabriclson said that this committre met yesterday and reviewed the Statc-of-thc-Medical Art Memorandum prepared by special counsel. He said that this document covers the legal issues involved in the presentation of the state-of-the medical art defense. The document incorporates the work of Dr. Enterline in his review of medical literature on asbestos-related disease. The document is now being revised following the committee's review and should be available to- members and their trial counsel within a month. Mr. Garbriclson said that the document would be available to non members as previously agreed. The fee will be $2000. Mr. Gabrielson added that the procedure here would involve a direct billing to the non-member by Cadwalader, Wickersham, and Taft while the AIA/NA would receive appropriate follow-on credit. Mr. Gabrielson reported that the cost of maintaining the data bank by special counsel on a monthly basis would be about $1500 which is considerably more than the earlier estimate of $700. It was agreed that no change in this procedure would be made for six months. PRODUCED JM - S3 aia-109 In tnrnntiona1/ModLeal AfTa 1 rs Mr. Marsh outlined a number of ongoing actions of Lhc Asbestos International Association, including the work of the Medical Advisory Panel headed by Dr. Murray and the European Economic Commission Advisory Council headed by Mr. Thiele. Mr. Marsh commented on AIA efforts to coordinate attendance of industry representatives at major international conferences. He referred to upcoming conferences at Dubrovnik, Yugcslaiva; Buenos Aires, Argentina: and Caracas, Venezuela. The ATA also provides advisory documents to aid industry in countries where regulations on " asbestos do not presently exist, Mr. Marsh said. A ptobable increase in AIA/NA dues to the international association was explained by Mr. Marsh. He said the r.ew dues would be about $25,000 per annum. Dr. Weill commented on possible results cf current British studies on asbestos-re la ted disease. He said that: these results may make it necessary to revise his statement which was included in the Association's response to OSNA on the proposal to revise the asbestos standard. The results of these studies may cause the Asbestos Advisory Committee in England to recommend a standard less than 2 fibers per cc. Dr. Weill saic. Dr. Weill reviewed plans for i he Plant Phyni r.i nnn C'on fe r^ncre sehrfliil on for Hovenibrr D -- L0 at Tolane University. Ho said that the Tulanc Office of Continuing Education will be assisting with the conference and that attendees will receive formal credit. QS11A Asbestos Hearing Mr Marsh Led a discussion on the yet-to-be-schedulcd OSHA asbestos hearings. It was agreed that he and Dr. Rhodes would explore this matter further and make recommendations regarding strategy that should be adopted by the Association. Annual and Directors Meeting Agenda The agenda for the Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting to be held September 20 were approved with minor modifications. Miscellaneous The 30-minute film, "More Than A Paycheck," produced by George Washington University on the subject of occupational cancer was viewed by the Committee. PRODUCED JM-33 ......... ..... AIA-109 'I'lif nc;>:f i rvju I a r ru-.-ctinrj ot thn Comiti i I ter- will hr- n-i M|,,.r (, > I'Wt, in i lif An.'-.m i.-il i r ,n of firm. TIk> fir i .*-ini > *r jiut.i i m'j v/ i II Hf I - ! ' in : 'i' ? Ii in I 11 * An.nr ><: i ,i I i on n ( l i i . ArI jotirrimrMil t ' f"' i>| ik) lurl.hci hnui-noi;:;, .Liu: m<w!in*i v;.>:; nri jou r ur-') -it [> : f) "i I'M. * J,*' s u..j rim! Ac tinq KxrtciiKvr' D) rf'ot.or Ki.k 30 ycpto'iiuc!r: 1970 /( n PRODUCED JM -83