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NIOSH Docket Number 099:

"Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers: A Roadmap for Scientific Research"

 

A public meeting was held on May 4, 2007, at the Holiday Inn Capitol, Washington, DC, as a forum for scientists and representatives of government agencies, industry, labor, and other stakeholders to comment on the draft document, “Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers: A Roadmap for Scientific Research.”  Comments received on the draft document were considered by NIOSH in preparing the draft Current Intelligence Bulletin (CIB) Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research.

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Pre-meeting Information
Draft NIOSH document, “Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers: A Roadmap for Scientific Research” by Paul Middendorf, PhD, Ralph Zumwalde, MS, and Robert Castellan, MD, MPH, on behalf of the NIOSH Mineral Fibers Work Group; 2/1/07 (57 pages, 2,840kb)
Notice; Notice of public meeting and availability for public comment; 72 FR 20552; 4/25/07 (2 pages, 1,021kb)
Meeting Information
Presentation by Middendorf (NIOSH) (35 pages, 1,770kb)
Presentation by Ford (National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association) (10 pages, 1,940kb)
Presentation by McConnell (ToxPath, Inc) (8 pages, 21kb)
Presentation by Gibbs (Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corporation) (22 pages, 334kb)
Presentation by Berman (Aeolus, Inc) (15 pages, 54kb)
Presentation by Lee and Strohmeier (RJ Lee Group, Inc) (35 pages, 11,890kb)
Presentation by Fore (National Asphalt Pavement Association [NAPA]) (2 pages, 101kb)

Presentation by Nolan and Langer (Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York) and Rubin (Thomas Jefferson Medical College) (16 pages, 73kb)

Table to Presentation by Nolan and Langer (1 page, 12kb)
Figure to Presentation by Nolan and Langer

Presentation by Hartley (Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman) (22 pages, 1,006kb)
Presentation by Lemen (former NIOSH Director/Assistant Surgeon General USPHS [ret.]) (30 pages, 1,680kb)
Presentation by Egilman (Brown University) (13 pages, 314kb)
List of attendees (3 pages, 85kb)
Post-meeting Information
Transcript of the NIOSH Public Meeting on Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers: A Roadmap for Scientific Research; Washington, DC; 5/4/07 (193 pages, 242kb)
Submission to the docket from Lai (Environmental Protection Agency) – 2/28/07 (2 pages, 104kb)
Submission to the docket from Mortimer (private person) – 3/3/07 (1 page, 20kb)
Submission to the docket from Guidotti (private person) – 3/11/07 (2 pages, 102kb)
Submission to the docket from Myers (US Department of the Interior) – 4/25/07 (90 pages, 3,590kb)
Submission to the docket from Kovacs (US Chamber of Commerce) – 5/3/97 (3 pages, 71kb)
Submission to the docket from Hartley (Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman, LLC) – 5/4/07 (126 pages, 3,910kb)
Submission to the docket from Castleman (Environmental Consultant) – 5/4/07 (11 pages, 72kb)
Submission to the docket from Newman (private person) – 5/5/07 (1 page, 32kb)
Submission to the docket from Nath (University of North Carolina at Asheville) – 5/15/07 (1 page, 36kb)
Submission to the docket from Stiber (Environmental Protection Agency) – 5/22/07 (1 page, 28kb)
Submission to the docket from Addison (John Addison Consultancy Ltd) – 5/27/07 (3 pages, 80kb)
Submission to the docket from Ahmed (private person) – 5/29/07 (2 pages, 51kb)
Submission to the docket from Ellis (Industrial Minerals Association – North America [IMA-NA]) – 5/30/07 (254 pages, 11,020kb)
Submission to the docket from Oberta (The Environmental Consultancy) – 5/30/07 (3 pages, 100kb)
Submission to the docket from Webber (School of Public Health, SUNY) – 5/30/07 (5 pages, 187kb)

Submission to the docket from Kelse (RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc) (with file attachments – 5/30/07 (18 pages, 952kb)

File 1 (86 pages, 3,390kb)
File 2 (386 pages, 15,190kb)
File 3 (75 pages, 2,160kb)
File 4 (170 pages, 8,660kb)
File 5 (124 pages, 5,290kb)
File 6 (216 pages, 11,200kb)
File 7 (89 pages, 4,620kb)
File 8 (70 pages, 3,320kb)
File 9 (127 pages, 4,770kb)

Submission to the docket from Berman (Aeolus, Inc) – 5/31/07 (164 pages, 6,800kb)
Submission to the docket from Fleiner (Georgia-Pacific) – 5/31/07 (4 pages, 187kb)
Submission to the docket from Ford (National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association) – 5/31/07 (268 pages, 22,950kb)
Submission to the docket from Jones (American Society of Safety Engineers) – 5/31/07 (5 pages, 209kb)
Submission to the docket from Laubenthal (The Environmental Institute) – 5/31/07 (2 pages, 82kb)
Submission to the docket from Manuppello (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) – 5/31/07 (5 pages, 212kb)
Submission to the docket from Van Orden (RJ Lee Group, Inc) – 5/31/07 (7 pages, 848kb)
Questions for peer reviewers to consider (2 pages, 71kb)
Compilation of peer reviewer comments – 10/5/07 (47 pages, 288kb)
Response to peer reviewer comments (56 pages, 284kb)

 

Other Resources

The NIOSH Docket

NIOSH Topic: Asbestos

NIOSH Update, February 28, 2007