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A U.S. Department of Labor news release (USDL 83-476) announcing that Secretary Raymond J. Donovan would have OSHA issue an emergency temporary standard lowering the permissible asbestos exposure limit from 2 f/cc to 0.5 f/cc. It describes the risk assessment cited, the workers covered, training requirements, the planned rulemaking, enforcement programs, and the states expected to adopt a comparable standard. Handwritten notes on the pages define PEL and state the ETS document is about 200 pages long.
- Author
- United States Department of Labor, Office of Information (press office; contacts Donald Smyth and Vernon Louviere)
- Published by
- United States Department of Labor, Office of Information
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1502
- Date
- November 2, 1983
- Number
- Bates UC-1502
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16609 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16609
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From United States Department of Labor, Office of Information (press office; contacts Donald Smyth and Vernon Louviere).
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- OSHA (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · OSHA · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).
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This is document UC-1502 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UC-1502.
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United States Department of Labor, Office of Information (press office, contacts Donald Smyth and Vernon Louviere). “U.S. Department of Labor News Release on Donovan's Emergency Temporary Standard Lowering the Asbestos Exposure Limit to 0.5 f/cc.” November 2, 1983. Union Carbide documents, UC-1502, Bates UC-1502. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16609. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16609.
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