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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 Apr 16 DOC#: NMA141 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Engineering News Record Newspaper Article NYC Establishes Regulations on Asbestos Use 26-36 EnGiffEEJCrr. KEVS-f^nPD MO.Y. tuxoc APR 1 6 1970 o / ' -> New York City establishes regulations on asbestos-use N e w York C ity U n Week d a m p ed oow n on tpraved asbestos lecd to fire p ro o f Mori fram e h u itd w r s because o f Ih t t i M i a U i i link to iu n ? cancer <ENR p. 11). N ~ regulations, drafsed by the d ty s Departnirnt o f Air Resource* in the En vironm ental Protection Admims- ira i,.... Q ic to h,. - c . fl(jJ a type in U U.S. O fficiah acted after m edical research * " * d 'hat asbestos dust could cause lu n c cam rr. T h e re..I ........ porars peri.Im* trnbiic hearings alter w hich thes- becom e a cit) statute. rT n? regulations require that the area o f b u l l e t i n s ' t w i n e r estrra. --4 . . - . v , ,,,,i_ . . . be lightiv enclosed, that u a ste material Atbr>tos ron tcat be clean ed up and p laced in scaled t u i . u m . i , and then that the area be cleaned hy a vacuum cfca n o . Asbestos spraved in air ducts m ust be coated with a sealant to pero u d r expu&urr lo c m ^ U u n * air Tier fireproofing m aterial. which con tain : ro.'L w ool, a cem en thm u s *nCT 4..u wr iu ---c *;U b u i lu r r . n > out ot a hoar drv but is m n e d witn water pum ped through a second taae. c > JO H N S K A H V IL L S CO R P. STPCCT. NEW YORK. r 10017. 697-310C program A r o u n d He* Y o r k date A p r i l 2 1 , 1970 - 8:30A H STATION CITY WTTYC Hew Y ork ASBESTOS SHOW CAUSE OLDER D E L IV E R S ? HEWSCAS7ER: A c t i n g q u i c k l y o n Hw Y 0r k C i t y ' s a n d t b e n a t i o n 's f i r s t a s b e s to s p o llu t in g r e g u la tio n s , A ir R esources C om m issioner R o b e rt R ic k ie s s a id show -cause o rd e rs w ould be d e l i v e r e d t o d a y t o tw o c o n s t r u c t i o n s i t e s . He s a i d t h e o r d e r s w o u l d b e s e r v e d o n s i t e s i n Hew Y o r k C i t y . Ti> o r d e r s s p e c i f i e d t h a t c o n t r a c t o r s show c a u s e w ith in f iv e days why a sb esto s sp ray in g equipm ent sh o u ld not be s e a le d . L a s t F rid a y , th e W orld T rad e C enter re c e iv e d a sim i la r o r d e r . For th e f i r s t tim e th e D e p a rtn o n t o f A ir R eso u rces hsd e s s l i r c i s u c h a l e g e l p r o c e d u r e . T he new a s b e s to s r e g u l a t i o n s w e n t i n t o e f f e c t o n e weetc bco y b i . s i u utrittw l handling ana cleao-up o p e ra tio n s. C 'S '- r> O C . * > a n raA N C i