ACOEM Comments on EPA Draft Scope of Risk Evaluation for Asbestos
On February 18, ACOEM submitted comments to EPA in response to the agency’s Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2: Supplemental Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos. The College expressed support for the inclusion of legacy uses and disposal activities, the expansion of the definition of asbestos to include asbestiform fibers other than chrysotile (i.e., amphibole fibers), and that asbestos contamination of vermiculite from Libby, Montana, was addressed. The College did, however, convey concerns about the inclusion of talc per se, encouraging EPA to focus on the contaminating asbestos in talc and not the talc itself.
02/24/2022