Submission w/appendices and attachments to the docket from Ford (National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association – 9/30/08 (11 pages, 583kb)

• NSSGA Appendix 1— Comments on the Revised NIOSH Roadmap for Asbestos Research (19 pages, 343kb)
  
  
• NSSGA Appendix 2 – Review of the NIOSH Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongated Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research – June 2008 (3 pages, 64kb)

Attachments to NSSGA Appendix 2

• Van Orden DR, Allison KA, Lee RJ (2008). Differentiating amphibole asbestos from non-asbestos in a complex mineral environment. Indoor Built Environ 2008; 17; 58 DOI: 10.1177/1420326X07087006.  (1 page, 26kb)
  
  
• Clark RL. MSHA standard method for fiber identification B electron microscopy. US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration. (4 pages, 244kb)
  
  
• Ilgren EB (2004). The biology of cleavage fragments: a brief synthesis and analysis of current knowledge. Indoor Built Environ; 2004.  (1 page, 53kb)
  
  
• Mossman BT (2007). Assessment of the pathogenic potential of asbestiform vs. nonasbestiform particulates (cleavage fragments) in in vitro (cell or organ culture) models and bioassays. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol, DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.10.004. (1 page, 83kb) 
  
  
• Addison J and McConnell EE (2007).  A review of carcinogenicity studies of asbestos and non-asbestos tremolite and other amphiboles. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.10.001.  (1 page, 87kb)
  
  
• Gamble JF, Gibbs GW, Nolan RP (2008). An evaluation of the risks of lung cancer and mesothelioma from exposure to amphibole cleavage fragments.  Regul Toxicol Pharmacol, doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.09.020.  (1 page, 87kb)
  
  
• Berman DW, Crump KS (2008). Update of potency factors for asbestos-related lung cancer and mesothelioma.  Critical Review in Toxicology 38(1)1-47. (1 page, 34kb)
  
  
• Berman DW, Crump KS (2008). A meta-analysis of asbestos-related cancer risk that addresses fiber size and mineral type. Critical Reviews in Toxicology 38:1.  (1 page, 34kb)
  
  
• Cox LA (T) Jr, Popken DA (2007). Some limitations of aggregate exposure metrics.  Risk Anal 27(2):439-445. (1 page, 55kb)
  
  
• Wylie AG, Bailey KF, Kelse JW, Lee RJ (1993). The importance of width in asbestos fiber carcinogenicity and its implications for public policy. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 54(5):239-252. (1 page, 70kb)
  
  
• Swent LW, Herrin GR, Waterland JK, Bell RF. Mortality patterns among hard rock gold miners exposed to an asbestiform mineral—A critique.  (29 pages, 998kb)
  
  
• Wylie AG, Bailey KF (1992). The mineralogy and size of airborne chrysotile and rock fragments: Ramifications of using the NIOSH 7400 method. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 53(7):442-447. (1 pages, 82kb)
  
  
• MSHA (2005). Environmental dust and fiber investigation: Northshore Mining Company, Silver Bay, Lake County, Minnesota, Mine ID No. 21 00831.  Pittsburgh, PA: Mine Safety and Health Administration.  (44 pages, 1,290kb)
  
  
• Oehlert GW (1991). A reanalysis of the Stanton et al pleural sarcoma data. Environ Res 54:194-205. (1 page, 49kb)
  
  
• Mineral photos; Asbestiform vs. Rocks Characteristics; Igneous and Metamorphic Rock Map (3 pages, 515kb)
  
  
• Letter from Ford to Meer/Johnson (EPA) re: Evaluation of EPA’s analytical data from the El Dorado Hills asbestos evaluation project  – 7/7/06. (22 pages, 3,560kb)

Attachment to Ford letter

• Photos of bulk asbestos samples as an attachment to Ford 7/7/06 letter  (5 page, 2,920kb)
  
  
• Letter to William Ford from D. Wayne Berman (Aeolus) with report – 6/30/06 (2 pages, 186kb)

Attachment to Berman letter

• Report  “Evaluation of the approach recently proposed for assessing asbestos-related risk in El  Dorado County, California – 6/30/06 (56 pages, 10,320kb)
  
  
• Letter to Johnson/Meer (EPA) from Richard Lee (RJ Lee Group, Inc.) re:  Natural occurring asbestos – El Dorado Hills, California – 7/7/06 (6 pages, 777kb)

Attachments to Lee letter

• Exhibit A – Response of RJ Lee Group re: evaluation of EPA’s analytical data from the El Dorado Hills asbestos evaluation project – 7/06 (53 pages, 10,630kb)
  
  
• Lab/Cor photographs of particles – 7/06 (45 pages, 5,410kb)
  
  
• TEM and FESEM particle images and data – 7/06 (225 pages, 30,390kb)
  
  
• Particles and their related extinction angles – 7/06 (69 pages, 5,810kb)
  
  
• Exhibit B – Response to Mr. Meeker’s letter (undated) to Dr. Vicki Barber (El Dorado Hills school district)  (12 pages, 1,570kb)
  
  
• Exhibit C – Response to EPA Region 9 (Meer) letter dated 3/9/06 – 7/06 (70 pages, 9,000kb)
  
  
• The Asbestiform and prismatic mineral growth habit and their relationship to cancer studies – 3/04 (84 pages, 11,460kb)