T233 Issues Surrounding Exposure to Asbestos and Other Potentially Hazardous Fibrous Minerals Occurring in Their Natural Settings I

Wednesday, 21 October 2009
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
E143/144

Presentations

• 8:15 AM
  THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF SO-CALLED "NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS": WHY WE MUST ONLY DEAL WITH THE SCIENCE
  Mickey E. Gunter, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  163375 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:30 AM
  THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASBESTOS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM USGS RESEARCH OVER THE PAST DECADE ON ASBESTOS-RELATED MATERIALS
  Gregory P. Meeker, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  164376 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  FIBROUS MATERIALS AND HEALTH : QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS?
  H. Catherine W. Skinner, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  162984 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  MERGING MINERALOGY WITH POLICY: WHAT REGULATORS NEED TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS
  Don Halterman, Salt Lake Technical Center, Sandy, UT
  161758 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  THE GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL ASBESTOS OCCURRENCES IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES
  Bradley S. Van Gosen, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Gregory P. Meeker, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Geoffrey S. Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  164471 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  USING THE USDA-NRCS SOIL SURVEY DATABASE TO EVALUATE AMPHIBOLE CONTENT OF SOILS IN THE UNITED STATES
  Brittani McNamee, University of North Carolina - Asheville, Asheville, NC and Mickey E. Gunter, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Michael A. Wilson, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Lincoln, NE
  164018 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:45 AM
  NATURALLY OCCURRING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OREGON
  Clark A. Niewendorp, Portland, OR and Mark L. Ferns, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Baker City, OR and Jason D. McClaughry, Baker City, OR and David E. Brooks, La Grande, OR and Matthew A. Mabey, Salem, OR
  162961 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:15 AM
  TECTONIC REGIMES OF ASBESTOS FORMATION IN CALIFORNIA
  R. Mark Bailey, Asbestos TEM Laboratories, Berkeley, CA
  167001 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:30 AM
  MAPPING POTENTIALLY ASBESTOS-BEARING ROCKS USING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY
  Gregg A. Swayze, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Raymond F. Kokaly, United States Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Chris T. Higgins, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and John P. Clinkenbeard, California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA and Roger N. Clark, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Heather A. Lowers, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Stephen J. Sutley, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO
  161374 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS AIRBORNE TOXIC CONTROL MEASURES AND TEST METHOD 435
  Rebecca Domingo-Neumann, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA and Jeff N. Wright, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, CA
  167067 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  CARB DEFINITIONS OF ASBESTOS
  Drew R. Van Orden, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA and Matthew S. Sanchez, RJ Lee Group, Inc, Monroeville, PA
  166031 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:15 AM
  REDUCING THE VARIABILITY OF NOA LABORATORY ANALYSIS TEST RESULTS THROUGH PROPER LABORATORY SUBSAMPLING DURING BULK SOIL AND ROCK PROCESSING
  R. Mark Bailey, Asbestos TEM Laboratories, Berkeley, CA
  167038 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:30 AM
  THE CASE FOR SEPARATE ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS
  David W. Bieber, Rancho Cordova, CA
  163011 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:45 AM
  SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO THE ISO METHODS 10312 AND 13794 ANALYTICAL COUNTING RULES
  Kate March, LabCor, Inc, Seattle, WA
  167233 (Technical Sessions)