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FILE NAME: Avondale (AVD) DATE: 1969 Feb 7 DOC#: AVD005 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Walsh-Healey Act, Revised Health and Safety Standards SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA 1730 K S T R E E T N. W. WASHINGTON, O.C. 300Q B EOE (3 3 8 -7 7 2 3 February 7, 1969 TO: SHIPYARD MEMBERS AND SAFETY COM M ITTEE SUBJECT: W alsh-H ealey Act, Re-vised H ealth and Safety Standards . You w ill recall that the Safety C om m ittee of the Coun cil m et in N ovem ber and agreed on view s that would be subm it ted to the D epartm ent of L abor on R evised H ealth and Safety Standards for F ed eral Supply C ontracts under the W alsh-H ealey Public C ontracts Act. The statem ent of the Council subsequently m ade available to the B ureau of Labor Standards dealt principally with occupational noise exposure lim itations proposed to the B ureau; radiation expo sure; exposure to harm ful gases; vapor fum es; dusts and m ists; m aterials handling; safety guards on m achines; com pressed gases and several o f the consensus standards-incorporated by reference such as those on welding, traffic, safety, etc. The day before the Johnson A dm inistration left office Labor S ecretary W illard W irtz approved revised W alsh-H ealey Safety and H ealth Standards which m ade a num ber of changes in the previous draft and included some new m aterial. The full . tex t of the D ep artm en t of L ab o r p re s s re le a s e -with a p rin t of the revised regulations as published in the FEDERAL REGISTER is attached. We understand the consensus of the Safety Com m ittee to be that a le tte r objecting to certain of the new m aterial in- " corpo rated in this revision should be filed with new ly appointed PLAINTIFFS e ,:f ..S..B...C....A.-..5..0. 28 fi-g 3 - 2 - Labor S ecretary G eorge Shultz before the effective date of the revised regulations, F eb ru ary 17, 1969. Such a lette r has been drafted for review and com m ent by the m em bers of the C ouncil's Safety C om m ittee, and w ill goto the S ecretary in due course. - As a m atter of inform ation there is also attached copies of letters from the NAM and MAPI to S ecretary Shultz asking th at the regulations not becom e effective on F eb ru ary 17. We w ill keep you inform ed. E n clo su re Edward P. Ruddy S e c re ta ry