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`:-r > ;S ' 4> :'9] Exiulilt No. ` `j, .......... /tpSJj.L-Z7&.%.. Shannon Kcrnagiuin H(Tidal Rcpnrlcr i : .'i ; -J r: i i 5 : c 4I ir & -.U i .3 ! Vl .1 . | JBt i >rrmsBCC3'*waBEi 1 Cir--orr^r-^---- * fe -i-rv*'_-v. S -'' J~ KIVUTETS 0r TK? SCCCTi!. (imiw C~ T'nX PUSSCD AS5CSTCS ir.T.vr.'lC ASSCCIATIC.',' HELD 0?)'OCTOBER 8 AHO 9. 1569. AT THE 501 C'.'T CRY CIU9, BOHTC5CLIO. 0 , Present: SCONS SPAY. CCTC3ER 8. 1969 Rassrs. K.V. Lincall R.C. Carpenter R.S. Cclasan R.J. Rerrill R.J. Vessel *.U. Ought red 'r.P. Selth H.B. Ball C.S. Burnett I.C. Caophell R.P. Carson P. Cartier (Or.]\ D.T. Colton Y. Couture A.R. Dermis R. Ccddi-Hebron J.O. Cty R.H. foster R.P. Cagnon B.W. Hendry R.L. Hennebach' A.R. HoskBr J.R.5. Hutcheson E.d. Jones J.A. fain John-BcCann (Or.). J.C. Sc Dona Id (Dr.) L.C. Piure 0. Poirier D. Poutiatine E. Prus C.W. bright (Dr.) Cep; Robinson : I. Sabourin Paul-A. Filtsau The Prtiidant, Rr. Karl V.Lir.dell, occupied the chair. His first words were ts greet ar.d weicc=e the me attendant!, earn specific cilly Rassrs. Carpenter, Jones, Hooker, Ors. Cartiar end EcCann. The President then gave a brief report of. hi* 'recent...tric .to `Japan.,., her* he attended the International Congress on Occupational Health. Asorg the participants there sere 720 Japanese and 6SQ foreigners frea U.S., Trence, Canada, Caroany, Sweden and U.S.5.R.- Or. Pelnar, Scientific Secretary of cur Institute, delivered an excellent paper at the Conference, Frca the discuesiona that, took place, it would PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT (WltfJ.OO .............-... , 15 - 37136 PLAINTIFF'S |g EXHIBIT ' VW-flniOlS seoen that crocidolita and anosito as sell as asbestos "per :e" ere card nog onto. As a whole the Conference was quite successful. Or. Wright was then invited to review the work of tho Scientific Cocsittae. Or. C. tfri oht; 1. Q.A.H.A. has underwritten a study of the health effects related :3' to asbestos exposure in workers of the asbestos esaent industry '. and ether residents of Nob Orleans. This is an iaportant proj ect since it dials with tho asbastos cenent exposure, whereas cost.of the exoorience so far is with the taxtile industry and insulation workers. Johns-Eanvilla and National Cypsun are to >V a*)' ba coaaendad for allowing their population to be studied. It has been agreed that pest eoployees would be traced end the cause of death would be investigated in those who died. Attesps will be ode to assess the past dust exposure and currant aeasuransnis 'V* cion# in the plants will be utilised. . ` aP( i It had been planned originally to include environmental (public) exposure, but this part was ramoved from the application; it will be discreetly ro-avaiuated during in-pimt investigation work. 2. In the U.5., in-plant anvircnaentsl standards ere established through a special Corwittee which recccwtnda threshold Halt values. Although this body has no legal support of any kind, _.t the various States usually incorporate its racoonendations in their legislation.-'""^''/ v i- Sut ths trend is towards the establishing of federal Standards. These era gradually introduced art s regional basis. Thus far, asbestos has not been under consideration, but surely will to .../3 37137 I cc -v^v .zwz&fgc 2. very soon. The oechanisn of the federal Agency cork* as follows: .i An in-plant Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health subr.its re-ccccondations in a very fornal tay to a Conaittce. Ter instance, aeong a seals of 1G ioperativo recoamenflatiens. subxitied recently, asbestos was 7th; however, the first 6 have been by-passed and asbestos has boesae nunbar 1 on the priority list. Such report then goes to a Board ichese wenDera subait their consents in writing. These are forwarded to a Consusar Agency and then to the Secreta ry of Health and Secretary of Labour. It should be pointed out that the Ccewlttee of experts is aaoa up of cospetent poople. So far, a range of Units up to 12 fibres per c.c.-hes fceec pro- . . posed. (Ona cillian particles par cu. ft. * 25 particles par c.c.). The eventual conpro*ise should fall socauhera in betwaen. As a f preliainary racocasndetion Tor in-plant and insulation work stand ards, an educated guess souid prccably be six fibrso per c. c. .Vw The catier, however, which has yet to be cleared up is that of interaittant exposure; in a survey of industrial exposure, the l\5. Occupational Safaty and Health Depertcent has con# up with a ti~eccaputad average of two to four fibras par c. c. Or. J.C. RcOonald Before reporting cn his survey of asbestos nine workers, Dr. EcOcnr.Id first axtahdad his thanks to the Q.A.K.A. for its generous support. Ho also reviewed scae of tha background studiis and articles, such as tha story which acpeirid in the Hew Yorker, which-were cause for i ; | concern and anxioty. These publications pointsdto: -;v- e) a 100-fold increase since 1500 in the production and-uses.-of ;v^-Ivh asbestos; i. r-- I b) the appearance in randoa autopsies cf asbestes-like Tibres.in-.-^....;; . . | husan lungsj . c) substantial risk to. lung cancsr froo exposure- to asbestos;^';--;.; _. i. I -tilLt . c .. * ' A. d) identification of eesctheliooa with increasing frequency were recently. - ------ -------- ! ! The forageing briefly summarizes the evidence generally accepted before thestudy on asbestos cine workers was started. ! Workconducted " . .* 1. Cain study of asbestos nine workers. 2. Survey cf ease theliom* in Canada by ceans of a questionnaire forsarded to all pathologists. This inquiry gave a ratio of __ . three cases in nanufacturing and' servicedagains t. one. in oinir.g . and milling. 3. Studies of oils, waxes and trace aetzls. f 1 } j Study cf Asbestos fine Vorkers ^: Wo. cftining cospafvfgs included in survey Xo. ofpersons employed . Xo. ofjobs recorded, in employment records_ --.fc. . AS3CST05T? *5 tvQICATCD gr r-3AY 44 27,GGG 203,GGO appro*. * i Current employees - (Scv. 1566) Negative mcfc^ WaWn Left work . 1956-65 ... Left work. 1946-55 2943 Lift work * 1936-45 1139 Positive 163. m 2.5% Total 5723 _1Q7:, 6.,J2%..{j*.;. .. .,., ,1795 SS 2.2% -3G35 33. * 3.2% ... 1177 37139 .../$ ;v 0 kqkt;ltty res cxclcycc? gor*! i *91-1920 i : : it f Year of Total T raced Dead - Dead - 1 : %i ' birth cause knoxr. cause net knocr i ! J1 1891-SS 1,532 1,163 44 48 ?1 i: : .* } - \ ! U (. >i ,, i 1396-00 / 1901-0S . 1906-10 1911-15. 1916-20 1,971 2,019 1,942 1,913 2,134 1,579 . 1,721 1,754 1,847 2,021 All 11,511 10,175 (62*) 569 449 255 21C 131 2,192 63 35 10 5 6 175 : 5 4 : l i : I1 :i f V> j 5 " T .i ! et1 ! I : { ; 'r' - " -- Yanr of birth DEATHS TPOB iwc CAwcra oescavco a\-o cxscctcd* --- .* * V. La a 0Z Ujac Lx?ciure Grade Loa 0z ffedlus o Z High 0' Z All 0c 1331-1500 1901-1910 1911-1320 15 19 6 11 43 13 15 12 12 44 12 9 97 33 .' 7 6 47 4? 7 3 34 33 3 1 16 10 ; ,! . All 25 32 29 30 24 19 ' 17' 10 95. 51 . il t .& frc* Cuafcsc carUlity ratal, :-:*::;; 3. 71-30' v';^:... ;~;r v- j -V'-'v ^ v i ^ .T "" . - ' : * - I c v. r i t*: ... i "i t rl 1 i 1 I i . io 1 : i ................... .............. .6. . . Kore information is required in the case cf ecrtollty studies as tall as further analysis cf lung function rates and X-rays. The. report is expected to tie completed by the end cf 1S59. At this point, Or. Wright emphasized that the work undertaken by Dr. XcDortald and his teas was colossal. He cautioned the Associa tion not to publish any stataccnt prematurely, na: to pressure Dr. / RcDonald into publishing a report before the study is fully completed. Or. RcDonald pointed out that there uare other areas'which could be - investigated as a follow-up. He indicated that in teras of priority it could be useful; * > s) to keep the 12,000 ear under continued observation - probably zs eany lung cancers^aill be observed in the next 5 years as had been observed to-date, sine* the ganertl cancer rate is incnzoir.g; b) to continue to require pathologists to report cases, of nssothalio- u to the I.O.E.H.J .... . ' > r~ .... c) to follow closely scbo of the sin over a period of years; d) to study plsursl-plaques, ever, if they are non-incapzcitztinc. A few questions strt then posed to Dr. HcDonzld following -hich ths aeting was sdjeurnad. , .../Thursday, October 5, .1955. j 1 .y'J-ryrs: "uV '* 3,. 71..4....1...i re- jvv.. . d., "# :X": Ik /c e **;^\*t*.-* >? '-.' V`-^ V -. - V er.rjTcs or thc special gccTiKG cr th? CL'CECC ASFCSTOS WINING ASSOCIATION KCLD CN GCT02ER 3 ANO 9. 1969. AT THC SEIGNIORY CLU3. 3CM TE9GU.C. 0. C. *. it v I : _. ': ;. > i '/ Tl * : i ?i * .I iy ThL'RSCAY. OCTCEER 9. 1969 The une participants as for the neeting cf Wednesday, October the 8th, with the exception of Ora. Cartier, RcCann, RcDonald and fcTricht, attended tha neeting. It m moved and seconded that the minutes of thc 111th nesting of the Association hild on July 31st, 1569, ba adopted after correction to Or. Peinar's naae on page 11. CARRICO. Tha President than called cn the various Standing Committee Chairmen. TECHNICAL CC?.**!TTC5 Tha last meeting of the Committee xas held at the University of Sherbrooke on the 5th cf Saptenfcar. 1. filtration of Ajtastos-Cerent-Silica-Sixes - An additions- piece of apparatus produced by tha Sailey Company is to be investigated to I datarouin* if it ay fca suitable for this eorSc. i A? ----- - 2, Editorial Sut-Ccrsittae - It is planned to.rsviaa. the- translation--?-; of th* summary of tha test procedures with Rr. Filteau with the view to th suitability cf the wording for the-type of circulation antici--. pated fcr tha translation. : . 37142':.. c c C l 3 I I I ! ! i i t 3. Tibra Strength Unit - The A.S.T.M. have requested all procedure:: to be written in Standardized r.ctric System terminology';"'''"-'Thetask'' cf revising the drawings for tho Tibre Strength Unit to satisfy the standard metric system has been started Tcr submission with the re vised procedure. 4. Screen Cloth Standards - At present the closest equivalent screen j size to the Tyler Series Size is supplied.froo the U.S. Series. This ; ' information haa been relayed to the Uniform Classification and Cradini Coraaittes as the Quebec Standard Test.may be.affected by.an altarna- | tiva being supplied for the 35 eest sieve. ! 5. Colour Test - The revised procedure has been accepted with miner i corrections, but its accuracy ia not fully dependable whan a spinning fibre is the sample, due to tha texture cf the pellet specimen. 6..A.S.T.H. 0-30 -. Three tests are being considered by this group at tha next meeting on the 27th and 2Sth of October.- These are the Colour Test, the Ro-tap-Tast and a ffcisturti Content-Procedure..; . US'TrOR* CLASSIFICATION AfQ GRADING CC5TTTrr .; fitters of intarast to Directors wera rapertad as fclloas: 1. fibre Length i Diameter - The pro gram is asking good progress All 1963 Exchange Samples sill have been seasured for length by tho end of September, The neaiuring of diaxater.should be completed late Rcvicbar. Baasurtd length data will be co=pard with the- Strength Unit, Quebec Standard, BcRett, Rapid Surfac* Area, and Rotap teat, results cf these ssm fibres. ' ,r ... . * ..*/ '. -1-- *. i h.j. -.n...-f ^ -- * . t /|.*' .../3` .. _ 3714G . .; ; ft*?***. c. ( rf > - v- - .-- _ . As seen as the length results are available they sill fcs sent ta Individual Q.A.Ji.A. Heaber Companies for their study. A similar program will be followed for the diameter measurements and for ccabined length-diameter studies. 2. Dept, of Kines - Ottawa - The Chairman oT the Technical and the Chairaan of tha Unifera Classification and Crading Committees in a latter to nr. boodreeffe emphasized the following-points: (a) The need Tar a review of the asbestos research presran. . (b) The need to accelerate such a program^ (c) Suggested needrd research areas and possible aetheds shewing cost premise. A seating with the Ottaxa group will ba arranged for early in Uoveabar. 2. Ecnthly "Shipping Tests" Report - At prtsent, bath tonnage shipped end the O.S. tests are reported by fibre Croup for.3, A, S 4 Croup fibres, and by Sub-Crada for Croup 7. . *r. Rassol has suggested that th report shew tonnage and O.S. tests by Croda for all fibres. Thri is unaniccus agrataent that C.S. tasts should ba by Crada. Eut cn* ccaptny is still not agreeing to r*pcrting tonnage by grades and ill resrudy the Idea. A. Retric Systta -' ' A.l Rag heights - Individual Ccapanits irt to study tha. i=pllca-jj. tions of A5 Kg (59 lbs.), AO Kg (S3.2 lbs.) and 25 Kg (55.1 lb=.) bags; lightar bags probably will ba necessary in the roar future,. but tf* costs of bags and equipment changes need serious consider ation. 37144 /4 ys si* c A. ' r A. A.2 C.S. Test - The suggested saapl weight is 50C grass. The present one pound is A52 grass. The probable changes in test results using the greater weight is to be studied by header Con- . panies. A change in test ti=e oay be necessary. It saeas, at the ooment, that the C.5. test would be reported as a percentage cn each box. This will call Tor a revision of Q.S. test oiniaa and cnaxina. This will ba undertaken when agrecnent is reached on sample weight and oeshes to be used. iHOOSTaiai RCLATI Oh'S CO.THITTCC Briefly, the Chairaan of the Ccsoittee reported as.follows: 1. Labour agreements - All except Wational Asbestos have signed con tracts. . Lake Asbestos, i--wH Asbestos Corporation, to Carey-Canadi sn, to Sell Asbestos, rU. t *.>t | ..to to Kational, to Tlintkoto, to Dec. 31 - 9 Cwe. 31 - 71 Dec. 31 - 71 June 32 . -- 72 Jan. '31 -72 Dec. m - 63 Dac. 21 - 71 like . statas that negotiat ions shoul d 2 tart in fceveader at lhai location. 2, tbcrksenhi Compensation - A review cf cocparvsation costs ano acci~ p*nt frequency forsthe-spasi- S-yaarsu'showsg thatcourc.frecuency^has in--.-.,, creased steadily ever-the years but-'not.'th*-rstvrity.;;:'This: is par- --. 'T tially due to the accepting cf previously unallowed claim fer Sack, tearing, heart condition, etc. It.is also-'believed that cost of _. industrial disease clai*s could fcecc.larger than accident claim. The cutual aasissoent of EO/. issued in-Octcbar is.the highest to date. .. .... cc 5. 3. 'Safety - U. flohtgonery is ncu giving us full time end this is very.satisfactory arrangement. ........ A. Arbitration - At the last oeetino of the Committee, racent coses era ravieea as well as several industry grievances and methods of handling seme. (1) C.J. 7.. lost an arbitration C3se on 1 day layoff for sleeping. Proof ms net satisfactorily established. Unless a ran de liberately leaves his placa of ork for the express reason to sleep, he is not asleep. (2) If a nan cones back to uerk before start of-shift and con tinues on, the court has judged this to be overtioe - not call time. Asbestos Corporation received a favorable ver dict. 4 (3) Ssverity of penalty ia a prerogative of s^nagement. Lake received a_-favorabi* verdict in respect to a penalty imposed. 5. Air Pollution - Curing duscussion by the Committee of Quebec's intent in this regard, it eras suggested that *hsn the official legis lation is fcraally tabled before the Katicr.al Assembly, both the Environmental Control Committee and the Industrial Relations Commit tee get together to study the Bill. 6. Legislation - Sill A9 on Eanpcwr training has tco laar. A sating is echeduled aith Quebec Labour Department Officials to dis cus a its operation and implications. rri'- cr,'t*,rTTfE Tha Chairman reported that eetinge mill shortly be hald *1th a vita to negotiating rates for tha ocaan carriages of. aebastos far th* year 1970. .../ 37146 .{MJKTM C f.. 6. Rsil rztes on fibre to the P.io Crandc crossing points ts Kexico frcn Quebec origin hove been decreased by approxicatoly 1&% by rsascr. of 60-ton rote: being established to cake the= coooetitive ith similar rates established- froc Best coast origins. Oeourrags rates on cars containing export traffic have been increa sed by 210.00 a day si th no change in free tlaa, effective Septem ber 1st, 1969. At the same tloa domestic demurrage rates have been increased to S10.00 per day for the first four days and 120.CO for each day thereafter. . i The Riddle Atlantic Trucking Conference (Eastern United States) has Vi I raised its rates 3^ across the board, effective August 25th, 1969, *' i to put thea in the saae position as the U.S. Railroads, which were recently grantad an equivalent increase by the ICC. ^_. ^ LCCISLAHCh AnS TAXATT CM CCIM ITTCr \ 1. Tax Refers - finance Rinistar C.'J. Benson,', has indicated- that-ti:a , l *hite Paper cn government tax raforn till be reedy to bo cade public ii about the end cf October. A good portion of the- fcihiti Paper has been i i already approved in draft fero. i - i 2. Joint Betting of the C.A.R.A. and C.R.K.A. Tex Cccaittaes - At i the last Joint seating of tha Tax Coewittaee of the two Associations, ths following subjects Mrs discussed; a) Diesel Oil Tax.----In vies-of.. thi.ta*jirfo^r*iani^nc8diby?thv^;^^-^:^ na Sinister of financa for Quebec, Rr8a auii authaJoint:n : >v~ coating considsred that it would be eppropriata tp present to the r\SB Rinistar an up-dated submission cn Dissal. Oil Tex applicable to off-highwey vehicles Jointly with tha .Pulp and Paper-Associa- tl'on and other groups, using off-highwayiequipsent.. /7 I- /' 7^ C b) Air and Water Pollution - In view of the recently announced poli.cy of the federal Covernaent in-thisvrespect. and the pres sures at the Provincial and Runicipal levels, it was agreed to request t3x incentives for the construction of pollution control facilities. To this end, a resolution was presented at the ftines Ministers Conference in Toronto on Septenber 14-17, 1969. See itsa 2 below. c) Mining ftjties Audit - As regards the application cf the new ' Mining Cities Act (1966), the general consensus at the joint neet- J ing was that classification of treatnent'facilities was broad and quite satisfactory, but that devolcpsent expenses are not as broad as per section 83A of the Incase Tax Act. c 3. Provincial Mines Ministers Conference in Toronto - The overall depression gained is that the discussions in the six different cooaittess brought about icu very constructive recc=*sondatIons. Cc=- aittse Ho. 3 - Royalties, Taxation and Tariffs, for one was very . . active. Soce of its. core iwportant recoawendations can be suraa- I rirsd as follows: f !i a) federal Tex Safer - Attention was again directed in a rccor.i cendstion to the Mines Ministers concerning the Carter Report i adverss effects cn the progress of the airing and petroieua inc'ustrias, if r*cc==endaticns wera adeptad. - ^rm f.V, <!44 9 , b) Air and Water Pollution Control facilities - It was reconaended that pollution control' facilitiav becfully..exBapt _froa_ federal, and *>/= K.-i-ho* Provincial salts tax, that a C^ straight line depreciation ta allowed for inccoo tax purposas (federal and Provincial), that 1 CZ% depreciation b* granted under provincial wining, dut ies legislaticn and that the facilities involved be exsapt froa real estata .taxation. v*VrvVu'r-v -y.i ; 37148 vtl.--.--V .oa ii -j.i .../a r>*t tWt. &-* y.vfwV.Wi* I ~^ Of. l,)3:sry r c c :ic. :. i I i c) L'nifcrnlty of Allowances end Disallowances undar the Various lining Acts in Canada - five substantial and realistic recommen dations were submitted to the attention of tho Eines biniaters. These concern depreciation, processing allowance, allowable de ductions, partially allowable and disallowablo deductions. d) Reclamation and Conservation Expenditures - Uith regards to reclamation and conservation of land usod in mining operations it was recommended that all expenditures for said purpose incurred during the operation of a trine be allowed as operating expense (deductible under federal and Provincial income tax and Provin cial mining tax). . .................... ... . PL'SLTC RELATTCttS CCWRTTTEE The Chairman briefly reviewed public relations activities since August 1 last, ae reported by the Cirectcr of Information Services, 1. Asbastos Producer -Editorial emphasis.in the July-August,,Sep-_____ tasber and October issues placed on the contribution by the Canadian wining industry, and asbestes-aining in particular, to varying levels of the Canadian accncay, and the serious econoaic dangers of reoucing tax allowances to mining companies engagsd in dSYolopeont ?crk. 2. O.A.E.A. Littarsture facts about Asbestos - Tho aea ing response to the mailing of the becklxt to Faderal Rambars cf Parliament and Cabinet Pint stars from Cuobac co rs r--,- n ci 5 s,' s 11 P e a b a r s "c ft ha - Ka t icna1*AssemblyV?se n i o faderal and provincial civil servants, tc all- sagosnts of ,tha press, to regional school boards, ate. suggests that an afrective and rea sonably econoaicsl meens of capitalizing on this quest- for informa tion would bo to present the Association's yesrly statement or. the status and prospects of the industry as a printed bilingual, document, accorded ih* same broad distribution as above but excludingschools and including the financial-economic. comunity. ..-.I--' I . / J. s hsauiB. *i*v 9. This proposal, involving an estimated production cost cf 25.CG, ms eoved by tha Chairman for approval by tha Directors. Seconded. CARRIED. 2. Industry Brief to Candron Coaaission - Tha Public Relations Co<nlttee has authorized the General Manager to subait tha final draft of the industry's brief to QAHA Directors before presenting it to tha Candron Commission. Accordingly, approvul..by the. Directors was " a*................... ... -................... .. sollicited end such us granted, provided, that the figure of"5,0GG employees" mas used throughout the submission. A. Health Situation - In light of the forthcoming preliminary report by Dr. McDonald on results of the Epidemiological Survey of the po pulations of Asbastcs end Thetford Mines, the members of the P.R. Committee have stressed the need for a positive and comprehensive statement, publicized as extensively as possible, by the industry cn the subject and for promptly advising.the.union and .local, pspula- j__ . tions of any publishable findings. After some discussion, hoaever, it was agreed by the Directors that results rust flrrt be publiehed in a formal way in medical Journals, and also that tha Unions must ba adviied officially cf survey in special privets settings, prior to any press relaase. Consequently, the litter say be held up for sometime into 1970. i, Cthr Public P.alations Activities/'-- An inroratl.- survey {\ as - to - hy 10 f9M youngsters in the asbestos-mining communities aish to wrsue mining anginas ring studies, shoes that 12-year-old youngiters ars badly informed (and ill-guidad) about career cppcrtuni.tti ithin the ixbastos mining industry or-with mining.companies Ln genaral, and truly feel-, . , 37150 c l c 10. a)' that, .hertaa asbestos-nine employment is regarded as a secure occupation. Jobs with other oinir.g operations an not; b) that both Asbestos and Thatfcrd Rlnes are regarded as being "isolated", amay fro. the tain-stream of Quabac lire, a disavantaga shared by all nlning operations; c) that Bjaployoent at a senior (i.e. supervisory or staff) IbvbI in any mining operation in Cueb8c wans competing on AngloSaxon terss in a largely Anglo-Saxon enviro rment. In via. of these findings, it was reconaended that aarly action be taken to provide students eith sow fora of counselling as to e . Job opportunitias and morking conditions sithin the industry, so I * as to coepleaent tha apparently inaccurata carter guidance they ii racaiva in schoo'l or at hcaa. i CVVTROhaCNTAL COWT^Jl CDBRITTCC . -- -- ^--i^l-*v j JI/ V* .. t ` j i> Prograsa aes raportad by Chairman by specific subject: i .1, Sub-conaittsa cn Design - This sub-committee ns inaugurated on uJuly IQth at a aaating in Asbastas. All compsnias wara represented. l Tha sub-ccoaittaa should achieve aasningful and useful results providing th* spirit is aholehsartedly eebractd and that is: i A fra* and ininhibited exchange cf' kno-ho.,' .. test results, successes and fallurss on all . aapacts of design and operation of aquipaant i to control dust, noise and fu.es in our . environment". :; ___/li 37351' ,'r^Vf'yJ`iff***J.r.`j- l- *,^>4 4 c 11. 2. Dryer Stack Dust Control - These Investigations await the coaplaticn of the electrostatic Pracipitatar of Asbestos Corporation. In order to ensure measurements. on stack emission that are directly comparable frsn plant to plant, approval is requested from the Di rectors for a Qjst and fuse Determination Assembly at a cost of SSOO.GQ. Sr. Lachance would be responsible Tor the use of tnis unit and dryer stack emission evaluations. A motion to this affect was seconded and carried t <,. . 3. Tailings Pile Stabilisation - The controlled growth chamber has. . been installed at the Sherbrooke Laboratory, and the Director has designed a well thcughtcut progre* of test growing of grasses, leg umes end grains under varying growth conditions. A. Legislation - nothing ha* been heard frea tha Ceputy JUnister of Health since our second submission in Ray 1S65 concerning the pro posed legislation on Air Pollution. Rany of_ our requests for char.-or, and additions mere icplementad in the working document.""1"""'-' ''"'J- r'- i. learning Labels on fibre Eags - At tha Clearwater Xeetir.g it had bean proposed that aesfcer-company Counsels study the eattar and adYire thair principals on tha legal implications. It mas.pointed out, however, that J.S. was placing uarning labels on bags shipped to North American customers only. The company feels that otherwise it aight ts exposed to law suits In tha U.S. OCCUPATICTAL AMD C.KVIROHUCXTAL HEALTH COPHITTCC"^ - * y>: y C.J.S. haa basn taking air sample* in tha town of Aabsstcs and would like to have scat taken In Thatford tUnwa by its can anginusro. The information thus gathered sould ba eventually made available to all companies. ' - ; ' " . r~. - 37152 / .. /12 ` 4 *.. V: / c . -V <r 12. Regarding snvironaentcl control in oajor cities, Counsel ear.t to special Kata York to discuss with Or. Selikoff at el Bhat^protactive bbosurss er* taken in the case of the insulation *ork at the teorid's Trade Building to prevent dust frsa escaping into the etaosphera. Since the insulation trade is rather such in the linelight thesa days, it is iaportant to see vhat can be dona to hring exposures . don to tolerable levels. TRCAS MCR 1. 0Y-LA5J Mo. 10 C WHEREAS it is deeaad desirable to aoend By-lsa No. fi dealing Kith the "TRUST ACREESENT CDXCCRHIHC A S7AFT PENSION PLAN" so that 11 employees of the Association *ay be eligible to join tha Plan; . BE IT RESGLVEOj THAT the definition of the ter "Eaployes" a* it appears in Section Ho. 1 cf the Provisions cf By-lae Ho. 6 deeling aith the "Trust Agrseaent concerning s Staff Pension Plan- be amended so _ that a free August 1, 1563, it mill reed: The Eaployee'1 shall etan all employees tsploysd by the Employer. AkO THAT the Ssoretary cf the Association be and he is henby ~w'iothorizad *nd directed to do, sign and.--oxe<wtarlllthings>i;_deeds and docuKents necessary or desirable for the dut carrying out cf the foragaing, CARRIED. ' 37153 ../13 r.. - :>V 13. 2. TRUST. AGHCC5CMT COHCCRNIKCA_ ST Aff_ PENSION PLAN In'visn of the resignation of Hr. Caorge U. Saith as ons of the ^ -.Mi Trustees under the Agreement dated October 23rd, 1563, IT WAS RCSOtVCD: THAT He. F. Parker Smith be and ha i3 hereby appointed a Trustee of the agrewwent concerning a Staff Pension Plan to replace Hr. Ceorge H. Smith who has resigned. ................. . . CARRIED. 3. Asbestosis Research Counsil - Ronewal of noabsrship' in said ' Council at an annual Tee of Jl250 bss requested by Treasurer. c, CARRICO. It eras suggested that copies of reports released by the Asbestos!: Research Council be forwarded froe the Office of Or. Pelnar to each * I Director of the Association. i hCf S'JSI^CSS t <- j Csn^rrl Business Conditions - The decani for asbestos fibre is ce- j rvaraily firs to strong, sewewhat ahead of last year. Thera is an I apparent ehortage of fibre down to group 7. Certain cooperies, J however, have not experienced ao far the usual upward demand which !_ is custernary during the fall season. In the U. S. , .the cons truction Indus try was; doing qui to: trell-up to-the second quarter of 1963, with residsntial housing starts at sons i I 1,700,CCD. ; As a result of'Ught onay, however* housing starts in iI August dropped to a rata of 1,260,000 and way continue to.decline . down to 1,200,000 units by the end of the-year. This..trend could 37154; */u 1 <T vH? Jjr.^vilirrvtr^w-T''^>T'*?^- >' * 14. carry on Into the first half of 1570, to gradually accelerate, how- vsr,- in third and fourth quarter to some 1,600,000 to 1,700,000 housing starts for 1970. In general, the econcny sesas to be slow ing riomn. * In other words business is hot too optimistic as regards the short range.forecast, with a difficult-to-rough period ahead for the build ing industry. It is estimated that multiple faaily housing units (apartment buildings) mill Increase by 50% in the course of next / ysar.- This could bring about a drop of 25% in demand for building . materials. Komevsr, hopefully this trond should improve in the second half of 1970. Impact of mobile homes on the' asbestos industry is also expected to bt considerable - 400,000 homes to be built in 1969 or 2C% cf total housing starts. Inflation is being^felt generally as a result of expensive oge settlements and strikes. In the last three years cost to carry a man on payroll has increisid 60^5 (310,300.00). If the present trend of mage increases should continue at a rate of -5^ per year, by year 2,000 A.D. an hourly-employso could ba aaking J1C0,C00. a year. This is surely a cause fer concern cn the part of manacesent. Yet over th* long range, industry Is confidint that the ecor.oey mill maintain cn the average s healthy and gsnsrally constant growth. t~~Z Of XCXT gtUT7SS The nmxt meeting will ba.hald on January tha 6th,- 1570,at. the. Sont 'JRoyal Hotal; this mill be the annual meeting.. It is suggested that in tha sesntiae s recaption be extended by tha Association to Covernaent' Gfficiils, sarvlor civil smrvents, etc. on * Sunday evening in marly Cacambsr In Cuebac City. Data t ! 37155../.j ' J to ba dacided by President and Canaral Ranager, aftar checking * | with the Rinistar of Natural Resources. A oeeting of tha Directors could likely be held aithar tha afternoon prior to tha reception or 1 th* following day. *i ' ADJOURNSCNT Thera being no furthar business, tha Mating mb formally adjourned. Paul-A. Filtaau, Czr.zzzl Saragsr k Secretary. ii l .i I i If- 37156