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FILE NAME: Avondale (AVD) DATE: EZ DOC#: AVD1 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIOEDZ^Z^Z MEM)RANDUM Novemter 30, 1978 'IO: FFCM: SUBJECT: M. Markels , Jr. , President John Teske Study for Shipbuilders Council . } Sare preliminary conclusions resulting from the study for the Shipbuilders Council .include: 1. It appears that ship sr;ecifications from the U. s. Navy and the ~.aritime Cornnission during the WWII. years did not contain precautionary inforrration on asbestos use. Specifications did require the use of AiTOsite asrestos. Dcct.lnEntation is being obtained from the Maritime Corrmis~ion. 2. Regulatory activities relating to asl:estos use in ship- yards were rrarginal to non-existing during wwrr. 'Ihe u. s. Cepartrrent of La.tor apparently had only one industrial hygienist and there is no evidence that he conducted any shipyard inspections under the Walsh- H~J Act. Even though the Public Health Service recorrmended an . asbestos standard in 1938, a recognized U. S. standard did net exist until the P..rrerican Conference of Governm2ntal Industrial Hygienists adopted it in 1946. In 1951, this standard was incorporated under the Walsh-HeaJeyAct. The U. S. Navy was just getting started in industrial hygiene during i-M:cr, setting up a new section of industrial health under the Division of Preventative Medicine in 1941. . It dces not appear that the Public Healt:.'1. Service ever had the mission or desire to inspect shipyards for health hazards even t11ough they did conduct astestos studies in other rranufacturing plants. 'Ihe states could possibly have conducted shipyard inspections but their industrial hygie.11.e capability was minimal in the 1940-50 pericd. The states and Federal Walsh-Hea:ey inspection records for shipyards will te rrore fully examined to determine if ins--t:,,ections for asbestos exp:,sure -were ever conducted. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT SBCA 5088