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AIA-116 ASBBS7 INFORMATION .ASSOCIATION/^ ATH AMERICA Board of Directors Meeting December 6, 1573 National .Association of Home Builders' Building Washington, D. C. A meeting of the Board of Directors was held pursuant to notice on December 6, 1973 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Association of-Home Builders' Housing Center, Washington, D. C.. The following Directors were present: James Armstrong E. C. Brett A. H. Fay W. E. Gatewood T. Dougherty A. R. Hooker J. H. Marsh C. G. Morgan J. L. Rainey William. Thurber F. J- Solon, Jr. Martin Sendecki Joseph Hall G. Parry Weiss J. K. Whittaker (Proxy) Bendix Corporation H. K. Porter Company, Inc. National Gypsum Company Certain-teed Products Corp. The Flintkote Company Raybestos-Manhattan North American Asbestos Corp. Amatex Corp. Union Carbide Corp. Johns-Manville Corp. Congoleum Industries, Inc. GAF Corporation Gaxlock, Inc. NicoletIndustries, Inc. A.lso present: Frank Zimmerman, National Gypsum Company; Robert H. Mereness, Executive Director, AIA/NA; Carol W. Grant, A.IA/NA; Jill Cummings, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Theresa Seeley, Government Research Corporation;- Susan Simons, Govern ment Research Corporation; and Matthew M. Swetonic, Hill and Xncwlton, Inc.. _ ___ _ _ _ introductory' Remarks _ I-. opening remarks, Mr. Marsh, President, announced the formation of the A-ssociation's Technical Committee under the chairmanship of Edmund M. Fenner of Johns-Manville. He said the list of nominations from member companies would be re viewed in the next week, and a meeting of members of the Committee with OSHA officials would be held in early January. He stated that the Committee, in addition to working on provisions for Federal and State regulations as regards the AIA-116 and actions at Government hearings and p'^ Lc meetings concerned with the asbe< s issue; establish a prici-tv list cf target audi ences for its oublic relations efforts. __ _ __________ Luncheon Speaker Dr. Floyd Van Atta, Senior Industrial Hycier.ist, Division cf Health Standards, OSEA, spoke at the nocr. luncheon. Van Atta talked cf the "newness" of OSEA and the problem of establishing standards, setting regulations, approving state programs, and carry ing out compliance. He talked of the "state of the art" in moni toring methodology and the importance of reasonable workplace procedures. He urged industry assistance in the development of procedures and practices, noting that NIOSH has funds for research, not OSHA. Van Atta said ten state occupational and health programs have been approved to date. (It is believed the figure should be 20). He also said OSHA would not increase the current number of Federal compliance officers. (OSHA's '74 budget requests 64 additional compliance officers and the Labor-HEW appropriations bill approved by joint House-Senate Conference Committee provides for an increase of 245 compliance officers). .."Role of Individual Companies_in Meeting the Asbestos-Health Issue".. Mr. Whittaker stated that AIA membership implies compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to asbestos. He said that if members do not respect the intent and purpose of occupa tional safety and health regulations, they are doing a disservice to the Association and the industry. He suggested a program of company visits -- to see how the other fellow is meeting problems ii,- common. He said there was information and "know-how" within the member companies that would be beneficial to the entire industry. There was no objection to his proposal which could be worked out on a company-to-company basis. He also suggested ex change of company safety and health technicians to increase methodology and techniques in compliance procedures. Mr. Fay made a motion that data on investment, employment, and other information which might be helpful in preparing an "industry profile" be provided to the Executive Director. A questionnaire to memh'- companies would be prepared by the Executive Director and input from individual companies received by February 15, 1974. The motion was approved and so ordered. Mr. Armstrong urged that the Association come up with recommendations for changes to the OSHA regulations. Mr. Marsh pointed out this was one of the purposes of creating the Technical Committee. A motion was made and approved for the Technical AIA-116 BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING June 10, 1976 Stouffer's National Canter Hotel Arlington, Virginia Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the Board of Directors was held June 10, 1976, in Stouffer's National Center Hotel, Arling ton, VA. The following Directors were present: John Autry (for Dimitry Poutiatine) George 3arge Joseph M. Ciskowski William Clark Thomas A. Dougherty Dennis Z. Zldred William Fassuliotis A. E. Fay Clarence A Eerbst, Sr. John W. Hollingsworth A. R. Hooker C. G. Morgan Robert 3. Pilmer J. L. Rainey Rurt Schwarz Martin J. Senaecki D. Tijumelis (for T. K. Lindquist) C. Fred WorkTM?. ' Johns-Manvilie Corp. Atlas Asbestos Company (Montreal) Jim Walter Research Corp. Asten-Eill Ltd. Certain-teed Corporation Vermont Asbestos Group GAP Corporation . National Gypsum Co. Resinoid Engineering Corp. Dresser Ind. (Magcobar Div.) The Flintkote Company North American Asbestos Corp. Garlock of Canada, Ltd. Amatex Corp. Supradur Manufacturing Co. Congoleum Industrie Inc. Borg Warner Corp. Borg & Beck Div.) Niccl_'_, I-uu. Also present: Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr., Nicolet, Inc., Chairman, Asbestos Regulation'Task Force; William- B. Hoffman, National Gypsum Company; C. F. Wilson, Esq., Jim Walter Research Corp.; Joseph A. Artabane, Esq., Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; R. H. Mereness, Executive Director, AIA/NA; and B. J. Rigg, Administrative Assistant, AIA/NA.