Asbestos Information Association Response to OSHA on the Proposed Revision of the Asbestos Standard, 29 CFR 1910 (Excerpts), with 1979 AIA Labelling Correspondence (1976)

Excerpts from the asbestos industry's April 1976 submission to OSHA opposing the proposed lowering of the asbestos exposure standard from 2 fibers/cc to 0.5 fibers/cc. It includes a transmittal letter, the task force chairman's summary and recommendations, and a medical statement by Dr. Hans Weill. The exhibit also has appended 1979 Asbestos Information Association/Asbestos International Association correspondence to Rep. George Miller and the European Commission, with a memorandum on labelling of asbestos.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover sheet: Excerpts from Asbestos Industry Response to OSHA, April 9, 1976
• Page 2: Transmittal letter dated 8 April 1976 to the Docket Officer, Docket H-033, U.S. Department of Labor
• Pages 3-26: Introduction and Summary and Recommendations by task force chairman Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. (page 26 shows only Bates numbers)
• Pages 27-40: Statement by Hans Weill, M.D., on OSHA's proposed asbestos rules, Docket H-033 (continues beyond the pages sent)
• Page 54: Letter of 7 August 1979 to Rep. George Miller on asbestos labelling by the Asbestos International Association
• Page 55: Letter of 6 July 1979 from the AIA E.E.C. Advisory Council to E. Davignon, Commission of the European Communities
• Pages 56-57: AIA memorandum on the labelling of asbestos (AIA/47/5/3/EEC)
• Page 58: Final page bearing only UCC 000704; content illegible in OCR

People and organizations

From Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. (Chairman, Asbestos Industry Task Force); Hans Weill, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine; medical consultant to AIA/NA); Bo J. Pigg (Executive (title partly garbled in OCR); signed the 7 August 1979 letter to Rep. Miller) to Docket Officer, Docket H-033, U.S. Department of Labor; The Honorable George Miller, U.S. House of Representatives (Member of Congress); E. Davignon, Commission of the European Communities.

• Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. (author)
• B. J. Pigg (author)
• Hans Weill (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• OSHA (named)
• Roy F. Weston, Inc (named)
• Tulane University School of Medicine (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-3310 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 58 pages. Production numbers UCC 000647 to A18949.