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w- *.. khSuAi ,*e*.u* -- JU&* 48**5, A7/0 ASSTSTOS STEP* C0iiaTtS2 REPORT ;v. E. S. Wagner of Carlisle Corporation, Chairman of the Asbestos Study Committee^paepared this report. In Hr. Wagner's absence the Secretary read*the report. Please refer to Exhibit 9. -------- I. Mr. Wagner reported on work that a Task Force from the Cotanittee had completed on preparation ef a work practices booklet concerning the handling of asbestos-containing frictos materials. Considerable progress had been made In the preparation of this booklet hut it was noted that at the Board of Directors aeetihg on June 27, 1978 that the Board directed that the Task Force euboit this booklet to the Asbestos Study Cosittee who would then sake recommendations to the Board of Directors. Upon notion duly cade, seconded and unanimously passed, it was; 2ZSC1VED: To accept the report of the Asbestos Study Committee as written. Ur. Adrian Comias asked that the Institute consider the question of a possible recall of asbestos-hearing friction materials if such action were taken by the Consumer Product Safety-Cotsission. ;ir. Comlns was concerned trith tha recall provisions of the Federal Hazardous Substances Act which the Consumer Product Safety Commission administers. If asbestosbearing friction materials were to be recalled under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act, manufacturers would have to refund not only their distributors or rebuilders for the mciufacturere' selling price but v7ould have to pay shipping and packing costs of all those further down the line In the distribution network. He indicated that this was the bill that manufacturers would old: up for the Trls recall. Ha indicated that this could be substantial cost should asbestos-bearing friction materials be recalled under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. A question was raised U to whether product liability insurance would cover the costs of any such recall* It was not known whether this insurance would cover this type of recall. One member indicated that ha didn't believe that there could be such p recall b7 the Consumer Product Safety Commission because he questioned whether the Consumer Product Safety Commission had jurisdiction over asbestos-hearing brake linings. Discussion on the Consumer Product Safety Commission problem was enlarged to include other Federal regulatory agencies including CSEA: CPA, etc. It was indicated that even if a government recall could not be supported by a rational review of scientific date, that_____ in the existing environment, with pressures from environmentalists. Che jiedla-aad some regulators, that a recall is still a possibility, s lir. Carrigan indicated that beryllium users hsve scientific data which would Indicate that certain sections of the OSIiA beryllium standards are unaupportable, but that regulations have nevertheless been adopted. Ur. Harris noted that the Asbestos Information Association has given outstanding service to manufacturers with valuable legal and medical information concerning the asbestos problem. Bt particularly suggested that friction materials manufacturers who are not members consider supporting and joining the Asbestos Information Association. The etudy that Dr. Jacko of Sendix had run for the Environmental Protection Agency -was dleuased. In that paper Dr. Jacko attempted to quantify tha amount of asbestos emissions into the atmosphere from brakes and clutches. That paper provided data that supported the view that the general public