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FILENAME: Flintkote (FLK) DATE: 1970 May 19 DOC#: FLK065 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Minutes - Health & Safety Council/ ACPA T MINUTES OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OP HEALTH k SAFETY COUNCIL/ACPA ' > ________ . May 19, 1970 ____ A meeting of the members of the Health k Safety Council of the Asbestos Cement Products Association was held pursuant to notice at the Biltmore Hotel in New York, N. Y. on May 19, 1970 2 P.M. The following persons were present: J. A. Main - Health k Safety Council/ACPA A. E. Alpine V. N. Knorr H. H. Mesler, Jr. mm Certain-teed Products Corp. _ Thft Flintko* Company -- GAF Corporation A.. S. Hall - GAP Corporation F. W. Ingham Johns-Manville Corp. J. W. Magee - Johns-Manville Corp. F. H. .Zimmerman mt National Gypsum Company K. Schwarz -- Supradur Manufacturing Corporation J. H. Steiner K. F. Netter 1 C. P. Kipp L. A. Tobey M. J. Neville V\~ Supradur Manufacturing Corporation supradur Manufacturing Corporation. M U. S. Gypsum Company U. S. Gypsum Company %* B u m s k Van Kirk I ' The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Mr James A. Main. The minutes of the meeting ox' the Council held on February 17, 1970 were submitted for approval. Mr. Main stated a correction should be made to the last paragraph on page 3 The sentence reading "Whereas the current 199 standards are 5 million particles per cubic foot. . should be corrected to read, "Whereas current 1969 standards 'are 12 fibers/mi. of 5 microns in length (as- counted by the mem brane filter method at 430X magnification) or 2 million particles per cubic foot (as counted by. - j the standard impinger method) proposed (ACGIH) .limits are-5 fibtr^nil determined by the membrane filter method." The minutes os corrected, were approved. Mr. Main presented the Financial Statement for the period February 17* 1970 through May 19, 1970* Copies of this 'N * EXHIBIT 4 2 v I 2 - report, as submitted, are attached to these 'minutes and made a part hereof. The Financial Statement was approved as submitted. t t * Hr. Main presented excerpts from a number of recent articles on health hazards relating to asbestos fiber. The . articles discussed included; 1. Asbestos and Health in 1969, by Dr. G. V. Wright; Vol. 100, American .Review of~"Respiratory Diseases, 2, Report to the U.S. Public Health Service, Dr. Stokinger; InduscrfaTTlygiene Digest, February 1970. * * 3* Fibrous Dust Seminar*, Industrial Hygiene Foundation of .. America, Inc. : 4, The Many Faces of Asbestos Disease, by Dr. . 0. Longley, ""Australian Medical Journal, November 22, 19^9. 5 Hazards of Asbestos in the Open Air, Engineer News Record. April 2,"19707 ; ; 6. ..Controlling Constraction Pollution, by Horol , "TSpeciicatons"'Clinic, February 1970** Rosen; 7. Asbestos Regulations of 1969* * * Her Majesty's Stationery Office, !SfS$. ^ Q. Recommended Code of Practice for the Handling and Disposal 6f Asbestos Waste Material**, by the Aaoestosis'Researcn Council, 9.* Air Pollution Aspects of Asbestos*-*, by Drs. . J. Sullivan ana ianic C^--Atnanasslidi-s, A Repo ...spared * for the National Air Pollution Control Administration; 1969. * Available to members through the Council for $3.00 each. To be.reproduced and distributed to members, * * * **1*.r ' * * * * i * .Mr. Zimmerman reported for the Environmental Control Committee that there were no- reported results at present of the stud; * the health of cement workers in the New Orleans area, . being conducted.by Tulane University. Mr. Kipp reported for the Legislation committee. He re:juested that the Chairman'ask Bradley Walls to serve as its liLilson with the Council'. He suggested that Mr. Walls receive m-aterlal from .members of the Legislation Committee and reproduce `'such materials .and in turn, distribute them to all members of the Legislation Committee ond include these materials for'the I 3 - > c agenda of the next Council meetin,.' Hr. Main said. that he would speak to Mr. Walls. Mr* suroarized the Council's actions regarding ' the puplication. of its proposed brochure on Recommended Practices vr T a^v-- Han dling and Applying Asbestos Cement Products in the Building and Constnruction;inoustries. ! ` ~ ... ' He said that as revised, the pamohlet was approved by representatives from Certain-teed, Flintkote, GAF, Johns-Manvilla and National Gypsum, and that votes were deterred by representa tives, of Supradur and U.S. Gypsum. Their votes and the votes . of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and Philip Carey vere-sought by special letter. Mr. Main said that he had received the approval of Cement Asbestos Products Co. and that he was infolded by PhilipCarey that the company was giving up its asbestos product line and, therefore, would not be.participating in activltiep 'f Ihs Council. Following discussion of four proposed one. _ .u to the motion to adopt the brochure, Mr. Schwarz propoeeu that two amen^'*mts to that motion be voted upon. r The proposed amendments were; 1. Td amend paragraph 1 on page 3.of the brochure by adding the phrase at.the end.of that paragraph: _ "...where dust is created."- 2. To emend paragraph 3 on page 3 by adding after the first sentence of that paragraph, the sentence; ."The handling and Installation of solid pieces , of asbestos cement products do not noncally . present a health risk unless sawing, drilling or other machining of the product-is required." i.....The first amendment was approved by all members voting in favor of the resolution, with GAF voting against. The Chair man determined that, in accord -with the results of the ballot, the brochure would be so amended. The result of the ballot on the second amendment v/as ua followsj * i- ' Tn~ Favor 'Johna-Manvillc I Supradur ! U. S. Gypsum Company f; Against Certain-teed Flintkote GAF National Gypsum Company The Chairman declared th*t the second proposed amend ment had failed* The Chairman then proposed that.a vote be taken on the distribution ^ d funding of the brochure as amended* The motion, was unanimously passed by all members voting, r: There being no further business to come before the taeev^hS* it was adjourned at 4 P.M. . \. > , * ~ ) / /*h,, ' M a r t i n 'try Neville Acting Secretary f *!*. I