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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
ST028I026
ELIZABETH DOLE, SECRETARY OF LABOR, )
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Complainant, }
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AMERICAN ASBESTOS CONTROL CO., Respondent
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OSHRC Docket No. 88-2268
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AS AMICI CURIAE
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc. and The Dow Chemical Company (together the "Companies") hereby move the Commission for leave to file a brief in this proceeding as amici curiae on behalf of the Respondent.
This case involves the proper interpretation of OSHA's construction industry asbestos standard, 29 C.F.R. 1926.58. The companies are major chemical manufactufers with facilities throughout much of the United States. Many of those facilities contain asbestos. From time to time the Companies engage in asbestos removal, demolition, and renovation operations, and are thus subject to the construction industry asbestos standard.
The interest of the Companies is limited to a single issue: whether 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6)(i) limits the use of negative-pressure enclosures to situations where airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed or can reasonably be expected to exceed the standard's permissible limits.
This issue affects all employers subject to the construction industry asbestos standard. It also raises significant considerations which affect all employers. Because the Respondent in this case plans to address other issues besides this one, and thus may be unable to present a full discussion of it, the Companies request leave to supplement Respondent's brief with their own, focussed solely on that issue.
Counsel for the Secretary and for the Respondent have indicated that they have no objection to this motion. [confirm]
Respectfully submitted,
Of Counsel: Toby Alaska Threet Attorney The Dow Chemical Company
Date: August 9, 1990
Mark N. Duvall Health and Safety Counsel Union Carbide Chemicals and
Plastics Company Inc.
ST0281027
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
No. 88-2268
ELIZABETH DOLE, SECRETARY OF LABOR, Complainant,
AMERICAN ASBESTOS CONTROL CO., Respondent.
BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS COMPANY INC.
AND THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
STO28 1028
Of Counsel:
Toby Alaska Threet Attorney THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY Legal Department 2030 Willard H. Dow Center Midland, MI 48674
Date: August 9, 1990
Mark N. f>uvall UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND
PLASTICS COMMPANY INC. 39 Old Ridgebury Road, E3 Danbury, CT 06817-0001
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
ELIZABETH DOLE, SECRETARY OF LABOR, )
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Complainant, )
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v. )
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AMERICAN ASBESTOS CONTROL CO.,
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Respondent. )
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OSHRC Docket No. 88-2268
AMICUS CURIAE UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS COMPANY INC.'S DECLARATION OF PARENT,
SUBSIDIARIES, AND AFFILIATES REQUIRED BY COMMISSION RULE 36(c)
Amicus curiae Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary o Union Carbide Corporation ("UCC"). Attached is a list of UCC's affiliates and subsidiaries.
This declaration is made in order to provide the Commissioners with the information they need to determine whether they have a financial interest in a party to this proceeding.
ST0281029
Mark N. Duvall Health and Safety Counsel
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.
UCC AFFILIATED COMPANIES (Subsidiary, Associated & Minority Interest Companies)
ST0281030
NOTE:
Percent of ownership may reflect direct ownership through UCC or Indirect ownership through Its subsidiaries.
Place of Incorporation
UCC X of Ownership
ACI S.p.A. ACM Services, Inc. Ace Polymer Co., Ltd. Admlnlstraclon y Servlclos Carmex, S.A. de C.V.
Advanced Silicon Materials Inc. The African Manganese Company Limited
Agromore, Ltd. Amerchol Corporation Amko Service Company Andaluza De Gases S.A. Argon, S.A. Arlasa S.A. Australia and New Zealand Exploration Company
Beaucar Minerals, Inc. Beaumaris Resources, Inc. Benefit Capital Management Corporation Beralt Tin and Wolfram Limited Beralt Tin and Wolfram (Portugal) S.A. Blue Creek Coal Company, Inc. Bridle Company Limited British Acheson Electrodes Limited Cal Ida Gas B.V. Calldrla Corporation Callendar Limited Carbide Hashlm Industrial Gases Company Carbltalla S.p.A.
Carbogas S.p.A. Carbographlte Limited Carburo del Clnca S.A. Catalysts, Adsorbents and Process Systems, Inc. Celluloslc Products, Inc.
Chemicals Marine Fleet, Inc. Cla. National de Calcareos e Derlvados Clark Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. CGT S.p.A.
Coast Composites, Inc. Codim Desenvolvlmento de Industrlas Minerals Ltda. Companhla Naclonal de Oxlgenlo, Lda. Companla Navarra del Oxlgeno S.A. Concal-Carbureto de Cilclo S.A. Concoat Integrated Technologies Limited Dexter Realty Corporation
Italy Texas Japan
Mexico
Delaware
U.K.
India Delaware Ohio Spain Spain Spain Delaware Delaware Canada Delaware U.K. Portugal
Delaware Hong Kong
U.K. Netherlands
Delaware Bermuda
Saudi Arabia Italy Italy Rep. So. Africa Spain
Maryland Delaware Delaware Brazil Japan Italy
California Brazil Portugal Spain Brazil England
Ohio
14X 33.33X 10X 48.5X 100X 100X
25X 100X
loot 25X 50X 13.49% 100% 100% 100% 100%
25% 20.14%
100% 100% 100%
50%
100% 100% 25% 8.27%
10% 50% 5%
100% 100% 100% 50.14%
2.5% 4.25% 100% 100% 41.67% 33.34% 50.14%
30% 100%
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ST0281031
Place of
UCC 1 of
Incorporation Ownership
E G C Realty, Inc. Elarc - Equlparoentos de Soldagem ElSctrlca Ltda.
Electric Furnace Products Company Limited
Minnesota
Brazil Ontario
100X 25.581 1001
Elektrode Maatskappy van Suld-Afrlka (Elendoms)
Beperk Eletrometalurglca Saudade Ltda.
Rep. So. Africa 501
Brazil
50.141
Empresa Brasllelra de Reflorestamento e
Agro-Pecuaria Ltda. Empresa Brasllelra de Clllndros Ltda.
Brazil Brazil
45.131 45.131
Errany Limited
U.K. 1001
ESA
Italy
3.51
Ferralloy (Glossop) Limited
England
1001
Ferrygas S.A.
Spain
The Foundation for Social Justice In South Africa, Inc. New York
2* 51
Frao Fin
Italy
4.791
Frao Ind
Italy
4.81
Gacesa
Italy
2.81
Gas Technics Gases and Equipment Centers
of Eastern Pennsylvania, Inc.
Pennsylvania
1001
Gastronomla Baska
Spain
12.51
Global Industrial Corporation
New York
1001
Greenwich Oil Corporation
Delaware
42.71
Grupo Condumex, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
3.51
Hlspano Sueca de Soldadura S.A.
Spain
51
Hokuetsu Kasel (Chemical) Co., Ltd.
Japan
101
Hokuetsu Kasel Shojl (Trading) Co., Ltd.
Japan
7.91
IGI-Itallana Gas Industrial! S.p.A.
Italy
37.51
IGISUD Gas Industrial S.p.A.
Italy
37.51
Incarmex, S.A. de C.V.
Mexico
48.51
Indaver, N.V.
Belgium
0.91
Indugas N.V.
Belgium
501
Indugas Nederland B.V.
Netherlands
501
Industries Carl 1s11, S.A. Innovative Membrane Systems, Inc. Integrated Technologies, Inc. International Cryogenic Equipment Corporation International Diagnostic Systems Corp. IPPO S.p.A. Itallana Gas Industrial! Sud S.p.A. ITGC
Iwatanl Industrial Gases Corporation Jacksonville Welding Supply, Inc. Katallstlks Brasllelros Comerclo Industrial e
Partlclpacoes Ltda. KSC Liquidating, Inc. KTI Chemicals G.m.b.H. KTI Chemicals Limited KTI Chemicals, Inc. Kyowa Shokal Co., Ltd.
Mexico Delaware Massachusetts Delaware Michigan Italy Italy Italy Japan Florida
Brazil Delaware Germany United Kingdom Delaware Japan
1001 1001 1001 1001 301 2.81 341 101 11.11 1001
1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 6.31
* Non-Profit Organization
Ltncare Inc.
Linde Comerclo e Particlpacoes Ltda.
Linde Gases of Florida, Inc.
Linde Gases of the Great Lakes, Inc.
Linde Gases of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
Linde Gases of the Midwest, Inc.
Linde Gases of New England, Inc.
Linde Gases of the Northwest, Inc.
LVnde Gases of the Southeast, Inc.
Linde Gases of the South, Inc.
Linde Gases of Southern California, Inc.
Linde Gases of the West, Inc.
Linde Puerto Rico, Inc.
London Chemical Company, Inc.
Master Marble Finishing, Inc.
Miami Welding Supply, Inc.
Mimosa Mining Company (Private) Limited
Mlnbeau (Proprietary) Limited
Mlneracao Liguria Ltda.
Mlneracao Sao Damaso Ltda.
Mopane Mines (Private) Limited
National Carbon Company Pakistan (Private) Limited
Nepal Battery Company Limited
Nippon Unicar Company Limited
Nltropet, S.A.
Nova Tran Corporation
Nova Tran Limited
Operadora Perlnote, S.A. de C.V.
Ore Sales & Services Limited
Orshlp Incorporated
Osaka Hokuetsu Kasel Co., Ltd.
;
Oxlgenlo Edy, S.A.
Oxlgeno Del Norte, S.A.
Oxlgenus S.A.
Oxlmesa, S.A.
Oxlsud S.p.A.
Phoenix Research Corporation
Poly Pack
Polysar Limited
Prentiss Glycol Company
S.A. Rapldox Rio Comerclo e Partlclpacoes
Rapldox Gases Industrials Ltda.
RMF S.r.l.
Rhee Beheer B.V.
Rlvolra S.p.A.
Rlvolra Sud S.p.A.
Rulghoek Chrome Mines (Proprietary) Limited
SACI S.p.A.
Sankyo Plastics Co., Ltd.
Seadrlft Pipeline Corporation
SEO
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Place of
UCC %of
Incorporation Qmerstiip
Connecticut
50%
Brazil
100%
Florida
100%
Ohio
100%
New Jersey
100%
Illinois
100%
Connecticut
100%
Oregon
100%
North Carolina 100%
Delaware
100%
California
100%
Delaware
100%
Puerto Rico
100%
Delaware
100%
California
92%
Florida
50%
Rhodesia
100%
South Africa
100%
Brazil
100%
Brazil
100%
Rhodesia
100%
Pakistan
100%
India
39.44%
Japan
50%
Mexico
48.5%
Wisconsin
100%
England
100%
Mexico
48.5%
England
100%
Panama
100%
Japan
7.5%
Brazil
50.14%
Spain
25%
Spain
21.25%
Spain
21.25%
Italy
3.85%
Delaware
100%
Japan
8.25%
Canada
6.75%
Delaware
100%
Brazil
50.14%
Brazil
50.14%
Italy
0.96%
Netherlands
25%
Italy
29.37%
Italy
29.37%
South Africa 100%
Italy
1.6%
Japan
27.5%
Delaware
100%
Italy
3%
ST028I032
Servlclos Admlnlstrativos Carmex, S.A. de C.V. Servlclos de Qulmlcos Agricolas, S.A. Servlclos DYC, S.A. de C.V. Shaklns Limited SIAO Austria SIAD-Socleta Italians. Acetllene e Derlvate S.p.A. SHI South Charleston Sewage Treatment Company Tecnoproject Tenngasco Gas Gathering Company Three Rivers Realty Company TRI Tsuda Hire & Cable UCAR Carbon Canada Inc. UCAR Carbon Company Inc. UCAR Carbon (Europe) S.A. UCAR Carbon Foreign Sales Corporation
UCAR Carbon France S.A. UCAR Carbon Italia S.r.l. UCAR Carbon Limited UCAR Carbon S.A. UCAR Carbon Spain S.A. UCAR Carbon Technology Corporation UCAR Coatings Resinas, C.A. UCAR Energy Services Corporation UCAR Industrial Gases N.V. UCAR Industrial Services B.V. UCAR Interam, Inc. UCAR Limited UCAR Louisiana Pipeline Copany UCAR Pipeline Incorporated UCAR, Pollmeros y Qulmlcos C.A. UCAR Specialty Gases N.V. UCAR Specialty Gases Nederland B.V. UCAR Vanor (Proprietary) Limited UCFC, Inc. U.C. Carbon Products Limited U.C. Investment Limited
Ucex (U.K.) Limited UCORE Limited Umetco Minerals Corporation Umetco Minerals Exploration Corporation Unlcarb Comerclo e Participates Ltda. Unlcarb Industrial, S.A. de C.V. Unlcarb International, Inc.
Unicarbon Comerclal Ltda. Unigas, Inc. Unigas S.p.A. Uni gases Comerclal Ltda.
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Place of Insoroptatlpn
UCC % of Ownership
Mexico
Mexico Mexico United Kingdom Austria Italy Italy West Virginia
Italy Delaware Michigan Italy Japan
Canada Delaware Switzerland U.S. Virgin
Islands France Italy United Kingdom Brazl1 Spain Delaware Ecuador Delaware Belgium Netherlands Delaware England Delaware Delaware Ecuador Belgium
Netherlands South Africa Delaware England British
Virgin Islands England Delaware Delaware Delaware
Brazil
Mexico British Virgin Islands Brazil New York Italy Brazil
48.5X 100% 48.5% 100% 10% 10% 10% 100% 4% 13.78% 100% 6% 1.50% 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% 100% 50.14% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 48.5%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 48.5% 48.5%
100% 100% 100% 100%
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*ie018Z01S
Union Carbide Argentina S.A.I.C.S. Union Carbide Asia Limited
Union Carbide Asia Pacific, Inc. Union Carbide Austria G.m.b.H. Union Carbide Benelux N.V. Union Carbide do Brasil Llmltada Union Carbide Canada Limited Union Carbide Carlbe Inc. Union Carbide Chemicals (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Union Carbide Chemicals France S.A. Union Carbide Chemicals S.p.A. Union Carbide Chemicals G.m.b.H. N Union Carbide Chemicals Iberlca S.A. Union Carbide Chemicals (New Zealand) Limited Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics (Europe) S.A. Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc. Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics
Technology Corporation Union Carbide Coatings Service Corporation Union Carbide Coatings Service (Europe) S.A. Union Carbide Coatings Service G.m.b.H. Union Carbide Coatings Service Ltd. Union Carbide Coatings Service S.A. Union Carbide Coatings Service S.p.A. Union Carbide Coatings Service Technology Corporation Union Carbide Comerclal, C.A. Union Carbide Comerclal Chile Ltda. Union Carbide Comerclal Nicaragua, S.A. Union Carbide Communications Company, Inc. 3 Union Carbide Diagnostics Inc. Union Carbide Eastern, Inc. Union Carbide Engineering and Hydrocarbons Service
Company, Inc. Union Carbide Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Company Union Carbide Eurofinance B.V. Union Carbide Finance Corporation Union Carbide Foreign Sales Corporation
Union Carbide Formosa Co., Ltd. Union Carbide Graflto, Inc. Union Carbide Hellas Ltd. Union Carbide Iberlca, S.A. Union Carbide Imaging Systems, Inc. Union Carbide India Limited P.T. Union Carbide Indonesia Union Carbide Industrial Gases Asia Inc. Union Carbide Industrial Gases (Europe) S.A. Union Carbide Industrial Gases G.m.b.H. Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc. Union Carbide Industrial Gases K.K. Union Carbide Industrial Gases Ltd. Union Carbide Industrial Gases N.V. Union Carbide Industrial Gases S.A. Union Carbide Industrial Gases S.p.A.
Union Carbide Industrial Gases Technology Corporation Union Carbide Industrial Services Company
Place of Incorporation
Argentina Hong Kong Delaware Austria Belgium Brazl1 Canada Delaware Australia France Italy Germany Spain Australia Switzerland New York
Del aware Delaware Switzerland Germany United Kingdom France Italy Delaware Venezuela Chile Nicaragua Delaware
(Unknown) Delaware
Delaware Delaware Netherlands Delaware U.S. Virgin Islands Taiwan New York Greece. Spain Delaware India Indonesia Delaware Switzerland Germany Delaware Japan United Kingdom Belgium France Italy Delaware Texas
UCC 1 of Ownership
1001 100% 1001 1001 1001 1001 74.391 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001
1001 1001 1001 981 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001
1001 1001
1001 1001 1001 1001
1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 50.91 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001
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ST028I035
Union Carbide Inter-America, Inc. Union Carbide Inter-America, Inc. Union Carbide International Capital Corporation Union Carbide International Sales Corporation Union Carbide Japan K.K. Union Carbide Korea Limited Union Carbide Land and Investments (Private) Limited R Union Carbide Lanka Limited Union Carbide Management Services (Private) Limited
Union Carbide Marble Care, Inc. Union Carbide Metals G.m.b.H. Union Carbide Mexlcana, S.A. de C.V. Union Carbide Middle East Limited Union Carbide Navarra, S.A. Union Carbide Pakistan Limited Union Carbide Pan America, Inc. Union Carbide Philippines (Far East), Inc. Union Carbide Polyolefins Development Company, Inc. Union Carbide Puerto Rico, Inc. Union Carbide Ranches (Private) Limited Union Carbide S.A. Union Carbide Services K.K. Union Carbide Services Eastern Limited Union Carbide South Africa (Proprietary) Limited Union Carbide Southern Africa (USA), Inc. Union Carbide Subsidiary C, Inc. Union Carbide Thailand Limited Union Carbide Turkey, Inc. Union Carbide U.K. Limited Union Carbide Zimbabwe (Private) Limited Union Gas Company Limited
Union Polymers Sdn. Bhd. Union Technology Company, Limited UNISON Carlbe Transformer Services, Inc. UNISON Transformer Services, Inc. United States Welding, Inc. Vltaphore Corporation Wako Jushl Co., Ltd. S.A. White Martins White Martins Admlnlstracao e Investlmentos Ltda. White Martins Comerclal Ltda. White Martins Gases Industrials S.A. White Martins Gases Industrials do Nordeste S.A. White Martins Gases Industrials do Norte S.A. White Martins Productos de Carbono S.A. White Martins Soldagem Ltda. White Martins Trading S.A.
Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (Private) Limited
Place of Incorporation
Delaware New Jersey New York Delaware Japan Rep. of Korea Zimbabwe Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Delaware Germany
Mexico Delaware Spain Pakistan
Delaware Philippines Delaware Puerto Rico Zimbabwe Switzerland Japan Hong Kong South Africa Delaware Delaware Thailand Delaware U.K.
Zimbabwe Rep. of So.
Korea Malaysia Korea Delaware Delaware Colorado California Japan Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazl1 Brazil Brazil
Brazil Brazil Brazil Zimbabwe
UCC X of Ownership
1001 100X loot 100X 100X 100X loot 49X 100X 921 loot 48.51
1001 1001 601 1001
loot
1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001 1001
loot loot loot loot loot 86.15t
601 1001 1001 1001 501 loot 251 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 50.141 1001
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UNION CARBIDE CANADA LIMITED SUBSIDIARIES
Place of Incorporation
UCC X of Ownership
Acetogen Welding Supplies (1985) Ltd. Ampro Oxygen Ltd. Atlantic Oxygen Ltd. B. C. Welding Supplies Ltd. Borstad Welding Supplies Ltd. Borstad Welding Supplies (1985) Ltd. Broulllette Oxygene Ltee Brunswick Oxygen & Welding Supply Co. Ltd. Buckwold Welding Supplies Ltd. Cane Associates Limited Canadian Welding Gases Limited Coastal Plastics Limited Commercial Alcohols Reg'd** Commercial Alcohols Limited Consumers Welders Supplies Inc. CSI Carbonatlon Service Inc. Ernest Gilbert Inc. Essex Welders Supply Limited Island Welding Supplies Ltd. L. & L. Equipment Ltd. Linde Marketing & Distribution Inc. Linde Technologies Inc. M & M Supplies Ltd. Medlgas Canada Inc. Medlgas Homecare Service Lakehead Ltd. Medlgas Inc. Medlgas (New Brunswick) Limited Medlgas (P.E.I.) Ltd. Medlgas (Saskatchewan) Limited Medlgas (Territories) Limited Metalwelding Supply Company Limited Morgan Industries Inc. Niagara Welders Supply Limited North Shore Oxygen (1969) Inc. Petromont Inc. Richelieu Welding Supplies Ltd. Rloux Oxygen Inc. Rocky Mountain Welding Supplies (1985) Ltd. Saguenay Oxygene (1968) Ltee. Shawlnlgan Pipeline Reg'd** Supreme Welding Supplies Limited Tri-Valley Welding Products Inc. Trillium Respiratory Care and Services Inc. Union Carbide Performance Plastics Ltd. Vandry Gas & Welding Products Ltd. Welders Supply Company
Wetmore Welding Supplies Limited
Partnership
British Columbia
Quebec Nova Scotia British Columbia Canada
Canada Quebec New Brunswick
Manitoba Ontario Ontario Nova Scotia
Canada Canada Alberta
Ontario Quebec Ontario British Columbia British Columbia Canada Ontario New Brunswick
Canada Ontario Canada New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan North West Territory Ontario Ontario Ontario Quebec Quebec Quebec
Quebec British Columbia
Quebec Canada Ontario Ontario Ontario Canada
Quebec Ontario
Ontario
74.39X
74.39X 74.39X 74.39X 74.39X
74.39X 74.39X 74.39X 74.39X
37.20X 59.481 74.39% 37.20%
37.20%
74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 74.39%
74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 52.33% 37.20% 74.39% 74.39%
74.39% 74.39% 74.39%
74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 74.39% 37.20%
74.39% 37.20% 74.39% 37.93% 37.20% 74.39% 74.39% 70.42%
74.39% 74.39% 37.20%
37.20%
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Joint Ventures and Partnerships
Business Group/Division
1 of
Hams____________________
and/.or Conmm____
v
AHBC Associates
BC Chesapeake Corporation (Armada/Hoff1er-Greenleaf
Associates L.P.)
50X
Participation
Agri-Diagnostics Associates
C&P-UC Diagnostics Inc. (Koppers Agri-Research Co.)
601
Alestra Energy Company
Umetco-Dexter Realty (National Production Corp.)
501
American Acetyls
C&P-Solvents & Coatings (BP Chemicals International)
501
Baker Cummins Dermatologlcals, Inc. UCC&P-Speclaity Chemicals
501
(Baker Cummins Pharmaceuticals)
DCS Capital Corporation
C&P-Prentlss Glycol Co.
(Dow Chemical) (Shell Oil)
33.331
ST028I037
Elocar Company
C&P-Solvents & Coatings (Swiss Polymer)
501
Gas & Equipment Limited
Catesby House Antiques Ltd. Cylinder Gases Ltd. Gas & Equipment A/S Gas & Equipment Inc., USA Gas & Equipment International B.V.
Dive Products Sdn. Bhd. Koehler Inc. Gas & Equipment Ltd. Gas & Equipment Pte. Ltd. Gas & Equipment Hillemstad B.V.
UCUKL-Speclalty Gases
(Gas & Equipment Group)
U.K. (1001 G&E Ltd.)
U.K. (1001 G&E Ltd.)
Norway
<1001 G&E Ltd.)
USA '(1001 G&E Ltd.)
Netherlands (1001 G&E Ltd.)
Brunei
(1001 G&E Int'l)
USA (1001 G&E Int'l)
Hong Kong (1001 G&E Int'l)
Singapore (1001 G&E Inf 1)
Netherlands
Antilles (1001 G&E Ltd.)
501
501 501 501 501 501 501 501 501 501
501
GenEx, Ltd. Genesis, Ltd. Genesis Systems Group, Ltd. Hill Equipment Company mini Tec Systems, Inc. Welders Supply Company Gopher Welding Supply Co. Gopher Medical Co., Inc.
N Golden Quarry
UC Industrial Gases Inc. (1001 GenEx) (401 Genesis, Ltd.) (1001 Genesis, Ltd.) (1001 Genesis, Ltd.) (1001 Genesis, Ltd.) Minnesota (1001 GenEx) Minnesota (1001 Gopher Held)
Mimosa Mining & Smelting [Falcon (U.K.)]
83.51 83.51 33.41 83.51 83.51 83.51 83.51 83.51
561
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Joint Ventures and Partnerships (Continued)
ST028I038
Name
Business Group/Division and/or Company
% of Participation
Hecla
Umetco
50%
Hexatech Polymers
C&P (Seklsul America Corp.)
50%
Iwatanl-UCISCO Corp.
UCIG (Iwatanl International Corp.)
50%
KEMET Electronics Corporation
KEMET Electronics Asia Limited KEMET Electronics Marketing (S> Pte. Ltd.
KEMET Electronics S.A. KEMET Electronics G.m.b.H. KEMET Electronics Limited KEMET Electronics SARL
KEMET International, Inc. KEMET de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
C&P-Sol vents & Coatings (General Electric Credit Corp.) Hong Kong (100% KEMET Elec.)
Singapore (100% KEMET E. Asia)
Switzerland (100% KEMET Elec.)
Germany
(100% KEMET E. SA)
U.K. (100% KEMET E. SA)
France
(100% KEMET E. SA)
U.S.V.I. (100% KEMET Elec.)
Mexico
(100% KEMET Elec.)
52.77%
52.77%
52.77% 52.77% 52.77% 52.77% 52.77% 52.77% 52.77%
Keren Limited
UCC/General Services
25%
Nlject Service Company
Llnde/UCAR Energy Svs. Corp. (Ingersol1-Rand)
50%
Petromont and Company Limited (Limited Partnership)
Polypropylene Partnership (CUA/Tax Partnership)
Union Carbide Canada Limited i
C&P-UNIPOL Systems Dept. (Shell Oil)
49.95% (UCCL Ownshp)
50%
RC Development Associates Limited Partnership
UCC/General Services
33.33%
(Related Danbury Associates L.P. )
Seadrlft Polypropylene Company
C&P-UNIPOL Systems Dept. (Shell Oil)
50%
Seoul Cold Air Products Co., Ltd.
Union Gas Co., Ltd (Korea Industrial Gas) (Korea Gas Corp.) (Daesung Sanso)
(Jung Woo Development)
22.37% (UGC Ownshp)
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Joint Ventures and Partnership (Continued)
Business Group/Division
X of
Mamfi____________________________
and/or Company_____
UOP
Cataleasco, Inc. Nlkkl-Unlversal Co., Ltd. - Shanghai UCC-UOP Molecular Sieve Co. UOP B.V. UOP Equltec Service, Inc. UOP G.m.b.H. UOP International Services Ltd. UOP K.K. UOP Limited
UOP France S.A. UOP S.p.A. UOP Management Services, Inc. UOP Management Services (Saudi
Arabia) Ltd. UOP N.V. UOP Processes Industrials de Brasil
Ltda. UOP Spain, S.A. Union Carbide Engineering &
Technology Services (Africa & Middle East), Inc. UOP M.S. S.p.A. Union Showa K.K. Universal Oil Products Company Ltd.
C&P-Catalysts, Adsorbents and
Process Systems, Inc.
(Allied Signal Inc.)
<100% UOP)
Japan
(50X UOP)
Shanghai
(70% UOP)
The Netherlands (100X UOP)
(100% UOP)
Germany
<100% UOP)
United Kingdom (100% UOP)
Japan
(100% UOP)
United Kingdom (100% UOP)
France
(100% UOPL)
Italy
(100% UOPL)
(100% UOP)
Saudi Arabia Belgium
(49% UOPMSI) (100% UOP)
Brazil Spain
(100% UOP) (100% UOP)
Delaware Italy Japan
.
(100% UOP) (100% UOP) (50% UOP) (100% UOP)
50%
50% 25% 35% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50% 50%
24.5% 50%
50% 50%
50% 50% 25% 50%
Umetco/H-B Limited Partnership
Umetco (Hanksvllle-Blandlng Limited
Partnership)
75%
Union Carbide-Atlas
Umetco (Atlas Corporation)
50%
Union Carbide-Rajah
Umetco (Rajah Ventures, Ltd.)
50%
Union Carblde-Tamlnco
Umetco (Tamlnco, Inc.)
50%
Union Marine Transport Co.
C&P-Solvents & Coatings (CMF) 50% (Marine Transport Lines, Inc.)
Melinite Services
Linde (Halliburton Company)
50%
World Ethanol Company
CiP-Solvents & Coatings (Archer Daniels Midland Co.)
50%
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Business Group/Dlvlslon _ and/or Company
UCC8.P (Bechtel Corporation)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RULE 36(c) DECLARATIONS ............................................................................... i
Declaration of Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc............................................................................
Declaration of The Dow Chemical Company....................................
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ........................................................................................
STATEMENT OF INTEREST ......................................................................................
PROCEEDINGS BELOW ...............................................................................................
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ..........................................................................................
ARGUMENT ....................................................................................................................
I. THE STANDARD EXPRESSLY LIMITS THE NEGATIVEPRESSURE ENCLOSURE REQUIREMENT TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS ABOVE THE PEL ARE AT LEAST REASONABLY LIKELY ................................................................
A. Overview of the Negative-Pressure Enclosure Requirement ................................................................
B. The Text of the Standard .........................................................
C. Employers Have a Right to Have the Standard Enforced as It Is Written .................................
II. THE SECRETARY'S INTERPRETATION IS NOT ENTITLED TO DEFERENCE ...........................................................................
A. Deference Is Due to Interpretations of the Commission, Not to Interpretations of the Secretary ............................................................................
B. Alternatively, the Secretary's Interpretation Is Not Entitled to Deference Because It is Unreasonable and Inconsistently Applied ....
1. The Secretary's Interpretation Is Inconsistent With the Standard ...............................
2. The Secretary's Interpretation Directly Contradicts Earlier Authoritative Interpretations ...................................................................
3. The Secretary's Interpretation Would Apply the Requirement in the Absence of Significant Risk ...................
4. The Secretary's Interpretation Is Unsupported by Reasoning ...................
5. The Secretary's Interpretation Was Not Thoroughly Considered ..............
III.INTERPRETING THE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE ENCLOSURE REQUIREMENT AS LIMITED TO SITUATIONS IN WHICH OVEREXPOSURES ARE AT LEAST REASONABLY LIKELY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSES OF THE REQUIREMENT .................................................................................
A. Preventing Overexposure
B. Graduated Response
C. Enforcement Burden
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................
ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter from John Pendergrass to Thomas R. Kupfer (Oct. 30, 1986)
2. Letter from Charles A. Adkins to Daniel Hoffman (Oct. 10, 1986)
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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CASES:
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American Asbestos Control Co., 1989 CCH OSHD T 28,704 (No. 88-2268, 1989) ...........................................
American Textile Mfrs. Ass'n Donovan, 452 U.S. 490, 9 BNA OSHC 1913 (1981) ....................................
Asbestos Information Association/North America v. OSHA, 727 F.2d 415, 11 BNA OSHC 1817 (5th Cir. 1984) ............
Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. OSHRC, 573 F.2d 157, 6 BNA OSHC 1440 (3d Cir. 1978) ..................................................
Bonessa v. U.S. Steel Corp., 884 F.2d 726 (3d Cir. 1989) .......................................................................................
Brennan v. OSHRC (Pearl Steel Erection Co.) 488 F.2d 337, 1 BNA OSHC 1429 (5th Cir. 1973) ..............
Brennan v. OSHRC (Ron M. Fiegen, Inc.), 513 F.2d 713, 3 BNA OSHC 1001 (8th Cir. 1975) .................................................
CF&I steel Corp., 12 BNA OSHC 2067 (No. 79-4786, 1986), affirmed sub nom. Dole v. OSHRC (CF&I Steel Corp.), 891 F.2d 1495, 14 BNA OSHC 1388 (10th Cir. 1989),
petition for cert, granted, 58 U.S.L.W. 3811 (U.S. June 25, 1990) ...........................................................................
Collier-Keyworth Co., 13 BNA OSHC 1208 (No. 80-2848, 1987) ..............................................................................
Dole v. OSHRC (CF&I Steel Corp.), 891 F.2d 1495,
14 BNA OSHC 1388 (10th Cir. 1989), petition for cert, granted, 58 U.S.L.W. 3811 (U.S. June 25, 1990) ...............
Dravo Corp. v. OSHRC, 613 F.2d 1227, 7 BNA OSHC 2089 (3d Cir. 1980) ....................................................
Ehlert v. United States, 402 U.S. 99 (1971) ...........................
Expert Environmental Control, Inc., 14 BNA OSHC 1666 (No. 88-1956, 1990) ......................................
Fluor Constructors, Inc. v. OSHRC, 861 F.2d 936, 13 BNA OSHC 1956 (D.C. Cir. 1988) .............................................
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GAF Corp. v. OSHRC, 561 F.2d 913, 5 BNA OSHC 1555 (D.C. Cir. 1977) ........................................
Honeywell, Inc. v. United States, 661 F.2d 182 (Ct. Cl. 1981) ....................................................
Industrial Union Dep't, AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute, 448 U.S. 607, 8 BNA OSHC 1586 (1980) ...
Lisbon Contractors, Inc., 11 BNA OSHC 1971 . (No. 80-97, 1984) .............................................................................
Kent Nowlin Construction Co. v. OSHRC, 593 F.2d 368, 7 BNA OSHC 1105 (10th Cir. 1979) ..........................................
Marshall v. Anaconda Co., 596 F.2d 370, 7 BNA OSHC 1382 (9th Cir. 1979) .......................................................................
Miller v. Bond, 641 F.2d 997 (D.C. Cir. 1981) .................
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 811 F.2d 1563 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ................................................................................
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Porter County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc., 423 U.S. 12 (1975) ............................................................................
UAW v. General Dynamics Land Systems Div., 815 F.2d 1570, 13 BNA OSHC 1201 (D.C. Cir.), cert, denied, 484 U.S. 976 (1987) .........................................................................
Union of Concerned Scientists v. NRC, 711 F.2d 370 (D.C. Cir. 1983) .................................................... ;.........................
United States v. Paddack, 825 F.2d F.2d 504 (D.C. Cir. 1987) ................................................................................
United Transportation Union v. Dole, 797 F.2d 823 (10th Cir. 1986) ................................................................................
Usery v. Kennecott Copper Corp., 577 F.2d 1113, 6 BNA OSHC 1197 (10th Cir. 1977) .........................................................
STATUTES:
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Section 3(8), 29 U.S.C. 652(8) ............
REGULATIONS: 29 C.F.R. 1910.1001 ................. 29 C.F.R. 1926.58 ...................... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(b) ............... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(c) ................ 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(1) .......... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6) .......... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6)(i) .. 29 C.F.R. 1926.58 (e)(6)(ii) 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6)(iv) . 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(f)(3) .......... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(i)(4) .......... 29 C.F.R. 192658(j)(2) .......... 29 C.F.R. 1926.58, Appendix F 29 C.F.R. 1926.58, Appendix G
FEDERAL REGISTER:
48 Fed. Reg. 51085 (Nov. 4, 1983) 49 Fed. Reg. 14116 (Apr. 10, 1984) 51 Fed. Reg. 22612 (June 20, 1986) 53 Fed. Reg. 35610 (Sept. 14, 1988) 54 Fed. Reg. 52024 (Dec. 20, 1989) 55 Fed. Reg. 29712 (July 20, 1990)
Ml SCELIANECXJS: Letter from Charles A. Adkins to Daniel
Hoffman (Oct. 10, 1986) .............................
Letter from John A. Pendergrass to Thomas R. Kupfer (Oct. 30, 1986) .................
OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.40 (Sept. 1, 1987)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
ELIZABETH DOLE, SECRETARY OF LABOR, )
) Complainant, )
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v. )
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AMERICAN ASBESTOS CONTROL CO.,
)
Respondent. )
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OSHRC Docket No. 88-2268
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BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS COMPANY INC-
AND THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
STATEMENT OF INTEREST This case involves the proper interpretation of OSHA's construction industry asbestos standard. Amici Curiae Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc. and The Dow Chemical Company (together "amici") are major chemical manufacturers with facilities throughout much of the United States. Many of those facilities contain asbestos. From time to time amici and/or their contractors engage in asbestos removal, demolition, or renovation operations, and are thus subject to the construction industry asbestos standard. As determined by industrial hygiene monitoring, many of those operations are conducted with airborne concentrations of asbestos well below the permissible exposure limits ("PEL") of OSHA's construction industry asbestos standard, due to the use of wet methods and other techniques.
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The interest of amici in this case concerns a single issue
raised, argued, and decided in the proceedings below: whether
29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6)(i) limits the use of
negative-pressure enclosures to situations where airborne
concentrations of asbestos exceed or reasonably can be expected
to exceed the PEL prescribed in 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(c). Amici
believe that the requirement is so limited. The Secretary
argued, and Judge Salyers held, that that requirement applies
regardless of the potential for overexposure. Amici urge the
Commission to reverse the Administrative Law Judge's decision
on this point.
PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Respondent American Asbestos Control Company ("AACC") was
issued several citations. The item of interest here is the
citation for an alleged willful violation of 29 C.F.R.
1926.58(e)(6)(i) stating:
29 CFR 1926.58(e)(6)(i): The employer.did not establish negative pressure enclosures where feasible, before commencing removal, demolition and renovation operations: (a) On August 11, 1988, employeyees [sic] removed asbestos containing material from the interior of pot A at door 661 at Armco, Inc.'s Middletown Works and a negative pressure enclosure was not constructed around the removal operation.
AACC timely contested the citation.
On September 18, 1989 Judge Salyers issued a decision and
order affirming this item as a serious violation and assessed a
penalty of $1,000. The decision noted that:
The Secretary does not challenge the results obtained in the air sampling performed by respondent during the removal procedures at "pot A" which reflect a range (.003 to .004 fibers per cubic centimeter) well below the PEL.
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American Asbestos Control Co. ("AA"), 1989 CCH OSHD If 28,704 (No. 88-2268, 1989), slip op. at 7. But the Judge deferred to the Secretary's interpretation that 29 C.F.R. 1926.58(e)(6)(i) requires use of negative-pressure enclosures where feasible in asbestos removal, demolition, and renovation operations, regardless of the level of airborne concentration of asbestos.
Respondent timely filed a petition for discretionary review with the Commission. Acting Chairman Arey granted the petition on October 25, 1989 with respect to four issues. The second issue stated:
Did the Judge' err in concluding that the Secretary did not have the burden of proving that the Respondent's employees were working in "an area . . . where airborne concentrations of asbestos . . . exceed or can reasonably be expected to exceed the permissible exposure limit"?
SUHW&RK_QF -ARGUMENT The Commission has the opportunity to resolve a conflict
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between Administrative Law Judges concerning an important issue arising under the asbestos standard for construction: whether the Secretary must prove that it is at least reasonable to expect that airborne concentrations of asbestos will exceed the PEL before requiring employers engaging in asbestos removal, demolition, and renovation operations to implement negativepressure enclosures and related procedures. Judge Salyers decided below that the Secretary has no obligation to prove reasonable likelihood of overexposure before requiring a
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