AIA/NA Letter to OSHA Docket Officer Enclosing Weston Addendum, with AIA/NA Memo to Members and Weston Report Excerpts (1976)

Compilation headed by an AIA/NA letter of 14 October 1976 to the OSHA docket officer. It forwards a Roy F. Weston, Inc. addendum correcting its technological feasibility and economic impact study of OSHA's proposed asbestos standard. It also contains a 22 October 1976 AIA/NA memo to members, the Weston industry questionnaire, and excerpts from the Weston report on floor tile, friction products, coatings and consumer industries.

What the document holds

• Page 1: AIA/NA letter (Gabrielson) to OSHA Docket H-033, 14 Oct 1976, transmitting the Weston addendum (Attachment A)
• Pages 2-4: Weston addendum of 29 March 1976 to its technological feasibility and economic impact report (incomplete; page 4 ends mid-sentence)
• Pages 5-7: AIA/NA memo to members, 22 Oct 1976, 'Items of Interest' (Weston addendum, TBA data, By-Laws revision, construction industry study assessment)
• Pages 8-20: Weston/AIA/NA industry questionnaire on products, controls, costs, industrial hygiene and economic impact
• Pages 21-40: Weston report excerpts (pp. 4-33 to 4-52): floor tile, friction products, and paints, coatings and sealants segments
• Pages 133-137: Weston report excerpts (pp. 6-16 to 6-19): consumer industries conclusions, export and economic impact tables, world production table

People and organizations

From Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. (Chairman, AIA/NA Asbestos Regulation Task Force); R. H. Mereness (Executive Director (Secretary), AIA/NA); Roy F. Weston, Inc. (Environmental consultants, West Chester, PA; author of the feasibility study and addendum) to Docket Officer, Docket H-033, U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA rulemaking docket); AIA/NA Members (Association membership (22 October 1976 memo)).

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Floor Tile, Sheet Flooring, and Black Mastic · OSHA · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document AIA-68 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 137 pages. Production numbers 0l-0205679.