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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 1973 DOC#: FMS072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Unpublished Report & Presentation Asbestos and the Friction Material Industry 10:26am From-GORDON REES +4159868054 T-033 P.61/08 F-3S4 -i- AS^kSTCS AnB p g naCTIQI! MJ.TI?.IAL ESOSTRY Kr,, I, it- Weaver of .K.aybestas'-'Manhattan, l a c ., who serves as Chairman of toe F riction .later ia ls Scacdards In stitu te Asbestos Study Cooed.ccee addressed the Annual 'lechership Meeting of die In stitu te . Mr, Weaver* address waa delivered ta V ail, Colorado cm Wednesday morning, June 27, IS 73. Mr. Weaver's address follows: * Whan &4 Q m alaoe) asked m to attend yew tonual meeting la s t year X bad to decline, which may have been jusc w w ell to view of toe confused sta tu s of both QS3A and EFA regulations as the time. This year totogs^are only alig h tly less confused, hue X am glad co be able co be hers anyway co attempt Co fu lf il l ary responsibH ides to reporting co you as your Asbestos Study Commietee Qwtorwwi, SLatoer toss presat a d etailed statement covering Comwisiiw a c tiv itie s fa t toe year, I should lik e co u*<# my cine co review scam at toe more controversial and confused element of toe Federal Asbestos togulatoerea* -mi jiv rtappend# tien s as co whet X chink toe stance of toe F ric tio n Materials Indus try should be to regard co them. to .lie u of a d etailed report covering the past year* a c tiv itie s , 1 have prepared a peg and &h a lf sumomery of the Committee's woto too June *72 thru June 1 1973* lie. P r ia lW w in c trcu lste copies e l th is summary to anyone who may be in te reste d to i t , tod i f any of you have question or tocowamdatloas concerning our pest work or future to t t i a n s , please fe e l free to bring them up hare, or i f you p re fe r, transmit them to 4 fa r our review la te r . Frtoably toe stogie most sig n ific an t event tout occurred during the past year on the subject of asbestos hazards was toe meeting of toe to te rn atian a l Agency fo r Sesearch on Cancer th at war# held a t ly m , Franc# l a s t October. This meeting was attended by more than a hundred , and th irty medical researchers and representative* at spv&vmmt , industry and labor from v irtu a lly every uejoe asbestos consuming or producing councry to toe world. For four days intensive sessions: on asbestos were held by tore d iffe re n t panels, each made up of w i to tuentyfiv of to* forecast medical and s c ie n tific experts operating to toe various fie ld s of asbesto#-health research. Following the meetings toe committees issued a combined report on asbestos cancers, X think the following five I teas summarize th e ir most important conclwiansi (l) A il major commercial types of asbestos cam cause cancer. 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Eesularions and chel* various in te rp re ta tio n s, bus believe 1 probably have expounded on th is enough for he aorastnt, Scuwver, che one mala point l want to get cross is chat any A u r 3 0 "02 1D:29am From-GORDON REES +4159868054 *aAsbestos and the F rictio n :i3t e r ia l Industry T-033 P.08/08 F-394 Q t h e r re^uiressents cocceruiae use of ta ilin ss for surfacing roeda, thft regularise of m i i a c m a c tiv itie s , aad controlled application of spray-on m aterials are of l i t t l e concern to fric tio n m aterials processors. Our biggest concern lia s w it h the eaissian standard, which w ill require cite tightening up of dust collection f a c i li t ie s *b4 w E i disposal p ractices wherever fugitive dust problem occur, the biggest probleg with E?A regulation I have found thus f a r hast bam noarunifon in terp raeatiau of what c m stltu tey a visl& la stsslon* X taw newt ju the E?A s t what pi teospalyes*whoI dt riatf*tedvtihseib regulation intended th is to le under any condidLon what* ever, sed &3?A approved a ir cleaning system are not in use, die mission, i s in v io la tio n , glue taost fric tio n m aterials Manufacture already are ploying baghouaes th a t meet B?A standards fo r cleaning th e ir exhaust a ir stromas, i t is unlikely chat any severe impact i l l accur to the Industry as a whole on account of cbe E?A regeia*' `clam as they nos stand* those few mmnufseeuror who are relyixitg wet dime collate?. th a t do not *** the SPA standard nay have problem* the b e st way to be sure of m uting ESA rojniroMC i s to sharpen up on mtintenaacci and operation of adseing b&g^awst f ilte r and replace ex istin g wet collectors with bagfee A l t e r s to eUndaate v is ib le anUeicms* in smsaary, the Q$Mk and SPA Asbestos Regulations are aloe mstm lenient than aauy in te reste d and concerned p a rtia l wish* tfi* can expect pressure to have then tightened. Friction m aterials w w * faeturers should support Asbestos Industry e ffo rts to have rhea, x&tigated in hopes they a t le a st aren't wade wore severe* l a the eeandae, we should conform to eh* regulations to protect cmf employees and our customers and to avoid c r itic is e and enforcement aerie*, lour sbasto* Study Cornelcnee w ill coatinue to fallow the Anterpre ration of existing t h e development of raegs*ulaetidoinc#il anthde stdrecaadd foife psrotupdoysedm achtearnigaelschaantd nay affe ct future regulation of asbestos product, *?e welraam your question and any input you ay be able to cake coac*nain:g our activities