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FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: ^ DOC#: / DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:DZDDZD [Missing Pg. 2] .. ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION :. '';I,:] !11 J:C ?'; t:t.t@U1!10'.i:J:Uflm:l!t!!!tt.f1mm'lmttU.'.ttltilW1.tt.1'.t:,M4hll##itiS\illlU 1745 Jefferson Dav,s Highway, Crystal Souare 4, Su.le 509 Arlington. Virgrma 22202 (703) 979 1 150 ANNUAL MEETING September 20, 1978 Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel Arlington, VA The Annual Meeting of the Asbestos Information Association/ North America was convened at 9: 52 AM, September 20, 19 78, in the Marriott Twin Bridges Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. The following members were present: George Barge Atlas Asbestos Company W.H. Beasley Cement Asbestos Products Co. Frank M. Brown Connell Bros. Co., Ltd. Robert A. Carlson Special Asbestos Co., Inc. William C. Clark Asten-Hill, Limited Brian Donner Vermont Asbestos Group Thomas A. Dougherty CertainTeed Corporation Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. Nicolet, Inc. Jean Gaudry (for M. p_ Carson} Asbestos Corp., Ltd. Clarence A. Herbst, Sr. Resinoid Engineering Corp. H.W. Heunemann Congoleum Industries, -Inc. (for N. E. Decandia) A. R. Hooker The Flintkote Company Edward Kaufman P.T. Brake Lining Co., Inc. (for Alfred Shaines) J.E. Keith Rostone Corporation Donald G. Magill Hollingsworth & Vose Co. John H. Marsh ~aybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Joseph T. Mooney, Jr. i-10nsey Products Company C. G. Morgan Continental Products Corp. Adam Novak Huxley Development Corp. Dimitry Poutiatine Johns-Manville Corporation Richard H. Prigozen Schriber Industries, Inc. (for H. S. Prigozen) J. L. Rainey Amatex Corporation John Riopelle The Bendix Corporation H. B. Rhodes, Dr. Eng. Sci. Union Carbide Corporation Richard H. Rosenberg Borg-Warner Corporation Walter J. Rosenthal Glasweld International, Inc. Kurt Schwarz pu~radur Manufacturing Corp. John Sheridan v'Jim Walter Research Corp. (for J.M. Ciskowski) E. R. Zacharias Molded Materi~ls Company JHM 14052 Page 3 The study, "Chemical Market Input/Output Analysis of Selected Chemical Substances to Assess Sources of Environmental Contamination: Task III, Asbestos," has been completed by Syracuse Research Corp. for EPA. The study is not expected to be used as basis for any specific agency action. Copies are available on 1 re uest. Miscellaneous - A brief reference was made to recent state 1.nitiatives impacting on the asbestos industrf. Appreciation was expressed to Dr. Rhodes and Messrs. Fenner and Carter for their assistance to the Association in this area. A written statement by the Executive Director regarding Association activities for the preceding year was distributed {copy enclosed). Membership Mr. Daugherty said membership in the Association now stands at 37 regular members and 16 associate members. A request from the Richard Klinger Company for change in category from a~sociateto regular was received earlier this month. Contrtbutions by nonmembers to AIA/NA's work thus far in 1978 fotals"sLs1s; Standards Advisory Committee Report Dr. Rhodes said that the to submit any additional generic cancer proposal. comments is October 10. to October 24.) committee felt it was not necessary information for the record on OSHA's Deadline for additional written (Note: Date was subsequently extended Or. Rhodes commented on the EEH study. He saidthat, as pre- viously reported, the report has major deficiencies. The Association's EEH study review group (James Heil, Edmund Fenner and Dr. Rhodes) are pursuing this task consistent with other demands on their time. Dr. Rhodes reviewed the Environmental Protection Agency's hazardous waste program pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). He said considerable effort had been expended by the Johns-Manville Corp. to persuade EPA that asbestos should not be included in the RCRA regulations since V it is already covered under National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants {NESHAP:5"=,. It now appears that asbestos will not be regulated under RCRA. . ) lHM 14054 .,. t. I?age 4 Air Sampling and Analysis Program Dr. Rhodes said this program continues to enjoy outstanding participation. Thus far, data has been received on 2,414 filters. A printout will be distributed which will show each progrhi participant the results of all samples with which that participant was associated. Dr. Rhodes observed that the numbers generated by the sampling program showed some variances which were greater than expected. Dr. Rhodes reported on response to date regarding attendance at the Second International Colloquium on Dust Measuring ~echnique and Strategy scheduled for October 11-13 at the Dulles Marriott Hotel. Approximately 25 non-U.S. attendees have advised of their plans to be present. Legal Research Committee Mr. Gabrielson said that this committee met September 18'and 1reviewed the State-of-the-Medical Art Memorandum prepared'by s~ecial counsel. He said that this document cove~s the ~egal issues involved in the presentation of the state-of-the-medical art defense. The document incorporates the work of Dr. Enter.line in his review of medical literature on asbestos-related disease. The document is now being revised following the committee's review and should be available to members and their trial counsel in the near future. Mr. Gabrielson said that the document would be available to non-members as previously agreed. The fee will be $2000. Mr. Gabrielson added that the procedure here would involve a direct billing to the non-member by Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft while the AIA/NA would receive appropriate follow-on credit. Mr. Gabrielson reported that the cost of maintaining the data bank by special counsel on a monthly basis would be about $1500 which is considerably more than the earlier estimate of $700. He said the Executive Committee had agreed that no change in this procedure should be made for six months. Medical Consultant's Report ~ Dr. Weill reported on the AIA/NA sponsored Plant Physicians .Conference to be held in New Orleans, November 9-10, under the auspices of Tulane's continuing education program. The purpose of this conference is to provide physicians whose responsibility it is to perform medical surveillance on asbestos ex~osed workers with an update on the methodology of health surveillance. J H 1'" 14 O55 Pa9e 5 Also covered will be the state of the medical art. This will prepare the plant physician to serve as a witness during litigation. Dr. Weill said that official AMA credit would be mad~ available to participants. Response to date has been encburaging - about 30 attendees are expected. . Dr. Weill reviewed the present state of asbestos-health literature w~th spec~fic ~eference to the United ~ingdo.m, A study dealingwith average exposure and!rnortality has recently been published. Dr. Weill noted that this work does have scientific merit. ' ' .. iI There will soon be published an update of a ten-year old i British study on asbestosis. This is the study on which the I current Br_itish asbestos standard is based. I I r Dr. Weill mentioned a further study conducted at McGill Univer- I sity which is based on total particulates rather than ~;hers. I There is a Tulane University study of asbestos-cement manufac- i turing industry workers which showed the existence of a ,level I I of exposure below which excess mortality was not detectable: !, Dr. Weill next mentioned the occurrence of. mesotheliorna in a. Turkish vill_age where there is no asbestos. Dr. tleill referred to HEW Secretary Califano' s speech on September 11 before the AFL-CIO National Conference on Occupational Safety and Health and related study. He expresseg confidence that t study would be discredited and stated ur er that this was an examp e of the anti-scientific approach of releasing this kind of information generally to a public which cannot evaluate it prior to the Lime for scientific peer review. Dr. Weill then addressed some specific problems with the study. He concluded by saying that _the scientific basis for the study is weak. Technical Committee Report Mr. Fenner said that the major task fu.cing the committee at this time is the provision of technical support for the .. Standards Advisory Committee relative to their preparation of an AIA/NA alternative standard for occupational exposure to asbestos in the construction industry. This work is principally in two areas. The first is in connection with 1 U Ar\ ,/ ' l I ?age 6 the EEH study of the construction industry as previously reported by Dr. Rhodes. The other area pertains to work practices. Mr. Fenner noted that the Asbestos Cement Pipe Producers Association has developed and documented work practices for asbestos cement pipe. In cooperation with JohnsManville Research and Development, a set of work practices is being~developed and documented for asbestos cement sheet. He said t.hat work practices will comprise a major part of the AIA construction alternative. International Affairs Mr. Marsh outlined a number of ongoing actions of the Asbestos International Association, including the work of the Medical Advisory Panel headed by Dr. Murray and the European Economic Commission Advisory Council headed by Mr. Thiele. l'1r. Harsh commented on AIA efforts to coordinate attendance of industry representatives at major international con=erences. He referred to upcoming conferences at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Caracas, Venezuela. The AIA also provides advisory documents to aid industry in countries where regulations on asbestos do not presently exist, Mr. Marsh saiq A orobable increase in AIA/NA dues to the international ,associ~tion was explained by Mr. Marsh. He said the new dues would be about $26,000 per annum. Mr. Marsh reviewed the program for the AIA Second Biennial Conference scheduled for October 25-27 in London. He said Mr. Dougherty had been invi.ted to give apresentation at the conference. Election of Directors In accordance with Article IV, Section 4. 0 2 , AIA/NA By laws , the following regular member company representatives were proposed to serve on the Association's board of directors: B. J. Iwarsson J. L. Rainey Robert Van Buren M. P. Carson William C. Clark George Barge John Riopelle Nicholas Gritzuk W. H. Beasley Gordon Coats Thomas A. Dougherty Abex Corporation Amatex Corporation American Biltrite, Inc. Asbestos Corporation Asten-Hill, Limited Atlas Asbestos Company Bendix Corporation Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Cement Asbestos Products Co. Calaveras Asbestos, Ltd. CertainTeed Corporation ... ' . Page 7 N. E. Decandia Congoleum Industries Frank M. Brown Connell Bros. Co. C. G. Morgan Continental Products Corp. A. R. Hooker John w. Guffy Donald G. Magill The Flintkote Company Garlock, Inc. Hollingsworth & Vose Co. Adam Novak Joseph Ciskowski .Huxley Development Cor~. ........a'lm Walter Research Corp. Dimitry Poutiatine Johns-Manville Corporation B. Ramundo wS.1 M. Sleeth Masuda Kentile Floors Lear-Siegler, Inc. Mitsubishi Canada Ltd.. Edward R. Zacharias Joseph T. Mooney, Jr. Molded Materials Company Monsey Products Company George P. Vogel National Assoc. of Filter 1tfg. Inc. William B. Hoffman National Gypsum Company S,uy G. Gabrielson, Jr .,.-'Nicolet, Inc. John R. Marsh . .....,....-Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Clarence A._Herbst, Sr. Derek Coomber Resinoid Engineering Corp. Richard Klinger, Inc. Howard J. Tomlinson Safeguard Automotive Corp. Robert A. Carlson Special Asbestos Co., Inc. Kurt Schwarz Supradur Manufacturing Corp. H.B. Rhodes, Dr.Eng~ Sc. Union Carbide Corporation William K. Clark Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. Brian Donner Vermont Asbestos Group J The list, as read by the Secretary, was approved by vote,. without objection. Association Officers Mr. Dougherty said, in keeping with AIA/NA Bylaws, terms of office for current officers will not expire until September 1979. Miscellaneous In conjunction with the Annual Meeting, Mr. John A. McKinney, President, Johns-Manville Corp. was speaker following dinner on September 19, and Congressman James G. Martin was speaker following breakfast on September 20. Mr. Dougherty said he wished the record to note the appreciation of the Association for their participation. Adjournment . aTth er 1 e 1 : be 38 i ng AM. n o further business, the meeting was adjourned 6 9 4 B. J. Pigg Secretary Enclosure November 6, 1978 JHl'i, 14058