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/>- '-W-v-i--v ; ITM ENTAU- COMMUNICATION??^ . ... - - ^1 jr.cv .v DATE:... . April 4 1974 to.._- ..?& ^ ki v;-> ' location:.'. Wilmington .Sales V. u ; .-T . . :............ - \--........ t . - ' v .. -- from: 1%; Mi* R:t'Finlc^;^^-;'^;;;-^. X .i. . \ --W - :'.* -w .--* . T... -. ; location: Tigard - _ . . . . 0 .......... ....... *,. -, .,.. ' , - -. .................._.* - subj ect^-: ROCHESTER.?A CCOUSTICAL-. A SEESTO S1 PROBLEM Dust&coirectors. -to. be*;installed\in work area to -' -`XX-."^^r34^'^ton^i^^giti;ve' particles; " *' ' b^'c /XdLijXe varid$f^are raandatoryXin our . Joint System plants when the .Threshold Value Limit exceeds 5 fibers longer than 5 microns pervcubic centimeter ;of air. At the present time all of our plants have been accredited to conform with OSHA standards.;. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Mr* Ri^.Cv -Hartman -2- April 4,' 1974 rV'v .. I.informed Jerry-that in my opinion the inspector erred, .5.^however-,,;it would require a diplomatic approach as we did not . , -waht-t6;vrilefCompliance personnel. ^Jerry.;i.explained>rthe program.'that we..follow in our.; plants -and J which'ihas. beenva'pproved .by OSHA; i.e;, Federal-Occupational ^:Safety*;andrHealtl3^Act. >;:The.;.hazard: could be controlled by ^Vequixihg-dust^masks -that.-.have been approved for non-toxic ^dust`^^:Thie^3M$^73rOfisjicertified-:and used in-ourrplants' not ;".;;;:dnl^ff6iv`asbestos.ybut .also-for-;: other, vdusts. The field officer r. Dv vBarone,'Western New" York r^^ratherirlengthyfdiscussion, of.icqdes,. both'-.:Federal'and- -Statev.:r.ww"-;-- ^*!:It-`mus^be^npte<i^there 'is-`cohsiderable 'conflict, existing^;*; r^;.betweeht?the',two.-iftgencies;and^neither will agree with the other, r: :W-'which,rvdevelops.; considerable^ static in New_,York.v\v..v.:-.. " Ji? '> -:r~ y ; : * misinformed: Barone that-..r.' was not speaking as a representative X :; of. Georgia-Pacific but^from. my professional background, which Jr: goesVback5ito;.1939I;.'will say^.that-he was very receptive - and-cVoperati-vecandremarked, that there has been-a lot of - .-:- pressure'-'applied-by asbestos workers and other concerned parties' : ' Incidentally I had~beeri~involved in a similar incident aboutV four: years, ago. ,when "oneXof. our competitors had been cited for...; ..-r permittingvunprotected: workmen-to work with an asbestos product . ' This.was Joint7system:retailed by Johns-Manville and the ---operatiom-was sanding-.'^;Dr. Irving-.Selikoff respiratory staff '-" physician at Mount,.Sinai Clinic.was the party making the charge. I met with Mr. Sel'ikoffXand explained that the product contained . about.,-5#.asbestos, ..notiall of. 5 micron, in length, also that when.the product-was mixed and-set, the hazard depreciated. In..addition--I added ;that-^no4one-isho^ild-- do-_any _sanding. -unless- . - -t he- worV'air approved 'Uust'mask.' ;'~He~ "did agree that the' asbestos "" hazard was minimized and that other dusts classified as .. nuisance-.dusts; exceededvtheTTLV-..and dust masks should.be ' worn. - This was: the last-I've.heard of this subject.:. Dr. Selikoff/;is associated with Jlalph Nader and we can * expect more criticism?of-asbestos products. I explained part of the above-to D. Barone. V W Fianlly, Barone-did agree that if Rochester Accoustical talked to him he would permit the present job to continue provided the employees wore the approved 3M 8710 dust mask. As soon as possible he would have a state hygienist conduct a study of the sanding operation to determine what controls would be required if a determination was made that a hazard exists.~ This study would take approximately 6-8 hours and includes Mr, :.RV.-C. Hartman .. `*V- *;v>,V;v. . m 3- . April 4, 1974 r-'-- .' WJS* .M*b_'mjVKJk*v'".-' *. -r`,' . ..-... ... . gathering-: diast; samples ;on the job and:.laboratory analysis. It .iS 'Our,:opinion that .this is a very reasonable approach ,,to solvin^-rtheivproblem. '^If the hazard does exist all parties should vbe .informed cuidvcontrols adopted. ` - i.-,. .... ^^.^'The^questib^ias been, asked, why'.are rthe .fea*gs and containers v-labbled^" Asbestos" r.etc.V^.This ;isvdefined in~the Federal Register', :V-^^yoliun6^t7BllQ^and .we ^arer:abiding-with-the regulations ... , _. ...;4^-^Ihser^^K^henv;sanding*,--vias added when legal.counsel;advised ' r*'Sus thlt^this^would f.beVnebessaryv. ^ . :.V . ;v'';.V JC**'v* .** 'r.r^ ' 'Barone*..si.decision, he - in-'tiirn-r -i^^/^.^^2.6^advise^Rpcnester-;Accpustical" to; contact -Barone for ..further - - :-v..r ... ^: in.: conedusiora^re^wishivto^compl-iment. Jerry Donaghy for the.. ..- -'~ru\i^^'inahher?(^'which^h'e--ihandred a'-very "sticky" situationi.;r- . -w ; ' ~ . j, . , ".Th. - '' . '.- - fll ' * .: *.'-, *.*- > .Va* vWja^' iy..- ' **.+ "' r~, *: ' v.': .i. I- . -#v-4 :?'' rv: i* 't'r " * *: 4;."- A- - " '' v'.~- - :':: Ut^Uarf/l/T? L " ' ^ . -i- * * y*WlMU" V . < r - *:--Tj-Sr` , VrVv'.i-*.* * .:V* ' *-ri. aL,