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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 Apr 23 DOC#: NMA142 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Today Show Transcript - Interview with Jerome Kretchmer, EPA Administrator for NYC R A D I O T V R E P O R T S . INC / I "on JOHNS KANVILLE PROGRAM Today Show d a t e April 23 1970 - 7 :OCAK STATION errv VHBC/TV and NBC television network New York INTERVIEW WITH JEROKE KRSTCHHER MODERATOR: In this segment -e have two guests, one in Hew York and one in Washington. First we're going to calk with Jerome Eretchmer, who la newly appointed aivironmentel Protection Administrator for Hew York City, and will Lake of fice May 1. kavTpK>rvc?. bail. here in Hew Yorn. w e 're irto one riant now that is really of groat consequence to us. As you may or may not know, there is corg^etent medical evidence which indi cates tbet asbestos particulate natter, when i t 's sprayed in t o the air, Is ba itaful to pec m a 6 *s tieaiit.. We spra*, u s c c i or. our csr.taer cial office buildings when wc build them to fire proof the steel and to fire-retard the steel. Ve are now in the process of promulgating a aeries of rules - we have pro cul rit a series o T rv 1e* -- to 11*^11' tb* ^ u m *.h fh t: asbestos is sprayed. And we're very deep into thet. After we pronulrsted the rules -- and we did this in cooperation with industry. I like *> cell it the carrot end the stick, you know, let's come in and talk -- and then after we proen:-' lgated the rules - industry acreed that they cculd live with then, the sprayers scid that they were reasonable - we went out and looked st the Job sites, end they were still sprey- Ing in a way which releases the asbestos particulate into the ar.bir-rt -r . W* served two of the worst offenders last week with or ders to show why the equipment should not be sealed. Now, if they can't corn in and indicate to us that tney're going to do this job right, or they're going to do 1 t a airi'erent way, then we're going to order them to atop. Now that's tough. MODERATOR: T h ro u g h t h e c o u r t s ? c s n ^ T F 5*TM* is;es n ? ,n ? * H r Hr-F ' H ' t i s i ^ - u s r - i s 1?" "* h"' *" in it-= llw ro, run?* iSip" i " s,,m * isi r i ssis--i"*TM :? got to stop sp rayin g a sb e sto s. y t.M.i,'f ^ ,,I .ttlini; that that's wbot this is all about T th^ kd.*Webo3r b"s f - a e r to those people, stop sDravin^th tb *ono*>ody has to have the initiative and we have8this * nforce tbat order in the courts. And I think L //