FILE NAME: Reynolds Metals (RM) DATE: 1976 Jan 9 DOC#: RM015 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from the Asbestos Information Association 1TA i -. -7 j -v r ' ...

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Support for a separate OSHA standard for construction came from all . interested parties in this rulemaking, including the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) of the AFLCIO (Ex 87-2); CACOSH (Ex. 84-424); the Asbestos Information Association (EX. 84-307); the Associated General Contractors of America (ACC) (Ex. 844$7): The Safe State Program.

Robert Mereness Executive Director Asbestos Information Association/ North America 1660 L Street N.W.

I have excerpted some of the more significant parts of the OSHA proposed standard (from a covering letter from the Asbestos Information Association): 1.

The following items were reviewed and/or discussed: (1) Relaticr.ship with Asbestos Information Association/North America. (2) Proposed Illinois Regulations. (3) Vehicle friction material emission test program to be conducted by Bendix under EPA contract. (4) Monitoring for airborne asbestos fibre. (5) Districution and circulation of literature on Asbestos/Kealth subjects.

t Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union j ' (Tr. 6/26, p. 9), and the Asbestos. ( Information Association of North . i America (Tr. 7/6, p. 10). 123-A), and A1A lEx. 328) did not believe thst the scientific evidence warranted this approach.

Based on discussions at the Asbestos Information Association meeting in September, efficient vacuum cleaning systems should be of help not only in the factory but in the brake service area.

"Asbestos and Brake Linings" Asbestos Information Association This small pamphlet concentrates on asbestos in auto,truck, and bus brake linings.

Jean Gaudry (Jean Francoise) Vice President - Sales Marketing ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION/NORTH AMERICA Mr.

Hie Chairman informed the Board that Atlas Asbestos Co. had applied for membership in the Association.

Performance-oriented rules allow an employer to design and implement a method of compliance which allows innovation and adaptation to the particular circumstances submissions by the Asbestos Information Association (AIA)), which indicate that local-exhaust ventilation is inadequate to routinely control exposures to below 0.2 f/cc because of the standard also requires fhe development and implementation of a written compliance program where the employer has employees exposed to asbestos above the PEL, without regard presented in a workplace, and permits an the volume of asbestos dust generated to the use of respiratory protection.

Fenner indicated that in addition to help from J-M, the Asbestos Information Association Technical Committee should be willing to help.

Mereness Executive Director Asbestos Information Association/North America 1660 L Street, N.W.

FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1972 July 5 DOC ASB082 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo from Asbestos Information Association RE AIA OSHA Standards Meeting _\ .