Richard G. Hanlon Distributing ORC's Comments to OSHA on Proposed Asbestos Rulemaking (1984)

A Union Carbide internal memo with the subject 'Asbestos Comments' enclosed the cover letter from Organization Resources Counselors' (ORC) May 1984 submission to OSHA on the proposed revision of the asbestos standard. The memo summarized ORC's recommended dual limits: a Permissible Ambient Concentration of 0.5 fibers/cc and a Permissible Exposure Limit of 0.2 fibers/cc. The attachments are the ORC cover letter, the table of contents and appendix list for the ORC submission, and a distribution list.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Union Carbide internal correspondence from R. G. Hanlon, June 28, 1984, 'Asbestos Comments', summarizing ORC's recommendations to OSHA
• Pages 2-4: Letter from Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (Richard F. Boggs) to the OSHA Docket Officer, May 25, 1984, on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for occupational exposure to asbestos (Docket H-033C)
• Pages 5-7: Table of contents and list of appendices for the ORC submission
• Page 8: Distribution list of Union Carbide occupational health committee members, plant industrial hygienists and corporate industrial hygiene staff
• Page 9: No text captured; possibly blank or an unread page

People and organizations

From Richard G. Hanlon (HS&EA (originating department)) to Distribution list attached (General Occupational Health Committee, Chemical Plant Industrial Hygienists, Corporate Industrial Hygiene Staff).

• Richard G. Hanlon (author)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Organization Resources Counselors, Inc (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: OSHA · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).

About this copy

This is document UC-4253 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCC 011576 to UCC 011583.