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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS .FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT No. 72-1713 INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENTQ=n AFL-CIO, et al., AJ Petitioners, and ENVIRONMENTAL fclE^ENSE FUND, INC. , , v. PetitionerIntervenors JAMES D- HODGSON, SECRETARY OF-LABOR, Respondent ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR'S STANDARD FOR EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS DUST UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ANd HEALTH ACT OF 1970 JOINT /nr* voLur pp . BF5 008135 Elliot Bredhoff, Esq. George H. Cohen, Esq. Darryl J. Anderson, Esq. Bredhoff, Barr, Gottesman Cohen & Peer. 1000 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C 20036 Attorneys for Petitioners Harlington Wood, Jr., Esq. Assistant Attorney General Walter H. Fleischer, Esq. Eric B, Chaikin, Esq. Attorneys Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Scott H. Lang, Esq. John F Dienelt, Esq, 1712 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Attorneys for Respondent Attorneys for Petitioner-. Xntervenor ' Q* Alan B. Morrison, Esq. Arthur L. Fox, II, Esq. Suite 515 2000 P Street, N.W. AA Washington, D.C. V Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Urging Reversal Joseph W. Burris, Esq. Attorney for Asbestos Information Association of North America 521 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10017 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Urging Affirmance BFS 00S1S6 (i) i TABLE OF CONTENTS The Standard Under Review ................................................... Page n 4 Notice of Proposed Rule Making on a standard for exposure to asbestos dust (Exhibit 1) . . . 7 1 Letter of November 4, 1971 from Geo. H.R. Taylor (Exec. Secretary, AFL-CIO) to Ass't. Secretary of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health, requesting U. S. Dept, of Labor promulgate emergency \ asbestos standards (Exhibit 2) ........................................................................... 10 Letter of November 10, 1971 from Ass't Secretary of Labor for 1 Occupational Safety & Health to Director of NIOSH, Dept, of HEW requesting recommendations on a five fiber per milliliter TLV for asbestos (Exhibit 3) 26 l Letter of November 17, 1971, from Dr. MarjaiS^ey, Director of National Institute of Occupational SafewJ'S^Health, replying to request by Ass't Secretary of Labor Cfeo. wuenther for recommenda tions regarding emergency asbestos>4^ndard St permanent standard for occupational exposure to asbestos ^cfust (Exhibit 4)........................ 28 Emergency Standard for Exposur^jS^ftsbestos Dust, published December 7, 1971 ^'E^jrtibit 5)........................................................ Publication in 37 FederafGfegister 322 of rule applying emergency standard to Ship Repairing^ Shipbuilding, etc. (Exhibit 6) . . . 35 33 Notice in 37 Federal Register 3992 of February 25, 1972, that National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health filed with Secretary of Labor "Criteria for a Recommended Standard on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos." (Exhibit 7) .......................................... 39 NIOSH "Criteria for a Recommended Standard on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos." (Exhibit 8) ...................................................................... 40 i Notice of Meeting of February 3, 1972, of Advisory Committee on Asbestos Standards (Exhibit 9) ............................................................................... 167 I Recommendations of Advisory Committee on Asbestos Dust, regarding proposed Standard (Exhibit 10) ........................................................ 168 Letter from Isaac Weaver, Member of Advisory Committee on Asbestos Dust expressing dissent to Committee recommendations (Exhibit 11). 183 Letter from Geo. C. Guenther to Mr. Weaver indicating determination i be done to prejudice Committee recommendations (Exhibit 11A) . . . 185 Excerpts from stenographic transcripts of meetings of Advisory Committee on Asbestos Dust (Exhibits 12, 13 & 16)......................................186 Written Comments Received by the Secretary pursuant to Notice of Proposed Rule Making (Exhibit 17).......................................................................223 i BF5 008187 ( ii ) Exhibit 17 continued: Page William J. Nicholson's February 9, 1972 letter & attached comments entitled "The Characterization of Asbestos Dust Levels in Insulation Work," with data appended. (Comment No. 3} ............................................................. Kingsley Kay's Brief on the NIOSH Proposed Asbestos Standard (plus references, tables and supplemental material). (Comment No. 4 .................................... Comments of the United States Department ie Interior, (Comment No. 5) .............................................. A Statement of the Textile Workers UnlOTo(Perkel letter of February 10, 1972) plus Appendix...I attached (October 18, 1971 memo from Selikoff and Ho^a^y) . (Comment No. 7) . . 243 260 264 Letter & Comments of Duncan .(&3.'aaay (February 10, 1972) "Procedural Standards AsA^eans of Controlling Exposures to Asbestos Dust," (Comm'^jffe-'/No. 8)....................................................... 284 Comments of Brand Insulations Inc., by Thomas J. Greyl, National Safety Director (Comment No. 9) .............................................. 298 Statement of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (February 11, 1972) (Comment No. 10)........................................................................................... 301 Letter & Comments of Dr. Selikoff, "Epidemiological Constraints in Development of A Standard for Asbestos Dust, (Comment No. 11)........................................................................................... 305 Comments of Union Carbide Corporation by James W. Rawlings, (Comment No. 12)...........................................................................................................314 Comments of Industrial Union Dept., AFL-CIO, in letter of February 10, 1972. (Comment No. 13)........................................................ 320 Comments of Dow Chemical U.S.A. by Wayne M. Hancock, Director of Labor Relations^-Safety, (Comment No. 14) . . . 326 Comments b^~tlie_ Industrial Hygiene Dept , of General Motors Corporation by~~v. JTTMCartropG--Director of Industrial Relations (Comment No. 15)............................................................................................ 327 Comments of the Ralph M. Parsons Co. by J.W. Maddox, Vice President-Manager of Construction, (Comment No. 16) . . 330 Statement of the Shipbuilding Council of America, (Exhibit 18) . 332 Statement of the Committee on Industrial Health, American Iron & Steel Institute (Exhibit 19) .................................................................................. 337 List of Members of the Asbestos Information Association- North America (Exhibit 38)........................................................................................................... 343 List "The Uses of Asbestos & Asbestos Products,"(Exhibit 39) . . 344 BFS 00S1ss ( iii ) Page Statement "Changing Content of Insulation Materials" by .Walter K. Hease, Manager of Research & Development, Industrial Relations, Johns-Mansville Corporation (Exhibit 40) .......................... 347 Statement by Mr. Edward Fenner, Director of Environmental Control, Johns-Manville Corporation (Exhibit 41) . ................................................... 355 Statement by Mr. Edward J. Killian on behalf of Gold Bond Building Products (Exhibit 42) ............................................................................. 367 Statement by Dr. J. Corbett McDonald, Chairman of Dept, of Epidemilogy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, (Exhibit 43) . 372 Statement by Mr. James W. Rawlings, Vice President, Union Carbide Corporation (Exhibit 44)................................................................................................. 396 Statement & Exhibits of Certain-Teed-, Mr. Bruce J. Phillips (Exhibit 45) lets Corporation by 402 Comments & Views of Cement Asbestos^roducts Company, (Exhibit 46) 420 Asbestos Health Precautions in 3R5dustry Dept. of Employment & Productivity,~Her Majesty1 s^tationery Office, pp. 3-6, (Exhibit 47).......................... ./AV...................................................................................... 429 A Technical Data Note 13 (E^ha^Tt 48)........................................................................ 434 Technical Data Note 2 xhibit 49)........................................................................ 438 Article by D. W. Hills "Economics of Dust Control."(Exhibit 51) . 442 Comments by AFL-CIO on Proposals for a Standard to Protect Workers from Asbestos (3/17/72)(Exhibit 52) .............................................. 456 Asbestos Information Association: Asbestos & Health - Questions & Answers (Exhibit 53)........................................................ ............................................. 481 Letter of Dr. Borow (October 12, 1967) (Exhibit 54)............................... 482 Dr. Key letter of November 24, 1971 with attachemnts (Exhibit 57) 489 Graph entitled "Asbestos Cement Pipe Plants" (Exhibit 60) ... . 494 Graph entitled " Asbestos Friction Plants-Personal SamplesSecular Trends-Means of operation" (Exhibit 61).................................... 495 Graph entitled "Asbestos Friction Plants -Means of Operation, (Exhibit 62)............................................................................................................................... 496 Graph entitled "Asbestos Textile Plants" (Exhibit 63) .......................... 497 Graph entitled "Asbestos Insulation Plants - Means of Operation, (Exhibit 64)..................................................................................................................................... Graph entitled "Secular Trends" (Exhibit 65) .............................................. 499 BFS 008189 ( iv ) Page Comments from the Flintkote Company (Exhibit 67) ................................... 500 Letter to G.F. Scannell, Director, Office of Safety & Health Standards, U.S. Dept, of Labor, March 15, 1972 (Exhibit 68) . . 502 Dr. Key's March 17, 1972 letter correcting his prior brief, (Exhibit 70)................................................................................................................ 505 Letter & Statement of Mr. A.D. Shinnerer, Employee Trustee, Asbestos Workers Western States Occupational Health Plan, (Exhibit 71).......................................................................................................................... 507 Submission by Duncan Holiday of Manual of Practices for Ship building, Shipbreaking & Shiprepair (Exhibit 72) ............................... Letter of Transmittal & Statement (incl^^Og exhibits of GAF Corporation (Exhibits 74a and 74b) ............................... ..... 512 548 Transmittal & Statement by Dr. NortoetRoberts of the Indus trial Medical Association (Exhib^^ySa and 75b)................................... 565 Duncan Holaday letter of March1972, with enclosure, (Exhibits 76a and 76b) . . ....................................................................... 578 Johns-Manville Corporation fetter dated March 24, 1972, (Exhibit 77).......................................................................................................................... 593 William J. Nicholson letter dated March 24, 1972 with attached seven-page analysis (Exhibits78 a and 78b)........................................... 602 Testimony of Kingsley Kay (March 16, 1972) (Exhibit 79) .... 624 Letter of Transmittal & Comments from the American Iron & Steel Institute (Exhibits 80a and80b).................................................................................630 Letter transmitting Addendum to Testimony of Armstrong Cork Company, (Exhibit 81)................................................................................................. 634 Statement of the Colombia Gas Systems Service Corporation, (Exhibit 82)........................................................................................................................... 636 Statement by Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Health Research Group, D.C. at Dept, of Labor Hearings, March 14, 1972 ............................................ 638 Statement of Sheldon W. Samuels, Director, Occupational Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs, IUD, AFL-CIO at Dept, of Labor Hearings, March 17, 1972 ............................................................................................ 640 Statement of National Insulation Manufacturers Association & National Insulation Contractors Association before Dept, of Labor Hearings, March 14, 1972 ............................................................................. 652 Statement of Joseph G. Hall, Vice President, GAF Corporation's Building & Industrial Products Group at Dept, of Labor hearings, March 16, 1972 ...........................................................................................................................662 BBS 008190 * (V) Page Statement of E. A. Disalvo, Vice President, Panacon Corporation, at Dept, of Labor hearings, March 16, 1972 ................................................... 668 Statement.of Ernest C. Bratt, General Manager-Asbestos, H.K. Porter Company Inc..................... 672 Statement of John R. Stetson, Vice Presid^jc^Marrof acturing, Congoleum Industries, Inc. . 4V Letter & Attachments from the Asbestos Information Association- North America ............................... 44 ............................................................. Letter & Attachments from the .^oh'^-Manville Corporation 676 680 699 Statement of Alex Kuzmuk, Me Asbestos Textile Institute ir of Board of Governors of the 704 Excerpts from Transcript of Hearings before the U S. Dept, of Labor, March 14-17, 1972, in the matter of Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust, Proposed Rule' Making............................................................. 710 BFS 008191