The following items were reviewed and/or discussed: (1) Relationship 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/Health subjects.

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

(ORC) (Ex. 12:i-A) and the Asbestos Information Association of North America, (AIA/NA) (Ex. 328), argued that'OSHA overstated the risk of disease from asbestos exposure.

Pigg, executive director of tbe Asbestos Information Association, said in a telephone interview that the indus try considered an emergency tempo rary standard for permissible exposure to asbestos fibers "unneeded and un warranted."

Warning Signs The Asbestos Information Association has made arrangements to have Asbestos Dust^.Hazard warning signs printed.

For some years now the US asbestos industry, through the Asbestos Information Association of North America (AIA/NA), has been trying to persuade the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to hold public: hearings so that the need for a revised standard could be properly investigated.

AIA - "The Asbestos Information Association/North America" AIA - "Asbestos and Health Questions and Answers" ^4.

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The attached statement, prepared following initial analysis and comment by the members of the Executive Committee,the Association's medical advisor and others, is forwarded for information and appropriate use.

The Secretary had earlier sent background information on Scan-Pac to all members.

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But the very first article in this is an excerpt from an unpublished report prepared for the Asbestos Information Association o f North America {An Analysis o f the Technical Feasibility o f Controlling Asbestos Dust in Primary and Secondary Industries, G.

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We should further note that this proposed amendment is fully supported by the Asbestos Information Association/North America.

In addition, based on requests from Meshers not associated with the Committee there were additional copies of the article distributed.