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Asbestos and Other Mineral Fibers: A Roadmap for Scientific Research

April 2007
NIOSH Docket Number 099

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.

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 [PDF - 2,840 KB]

Notice; Notice of public meeting and availability for public comment; 72 FR 20552; 4/25/07 [PDF - 1,021 KB]

Meeting Information

Presentation by Middendorf (NIOSH) [PDF - 1,770 KB]

Presentation by Ford (National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association) [PDF - 1,940 KB]

Presentation by McConnell (ToxPath, Inc) [PDF - 21 KB]

Presentation by Gibbs (Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corporation) [PDF - 334 KB]

Presentation by Berman (Aeolus, Inc) [PDF - 54 KB]

Presentation by Lee and Strohmeier (RJ Lee Group, Inc) [PDF - 11,890 KB]

Presentation by Fore (National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)) [PDF - 101 KB]

Presentation by Nolan and Langer (Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York) and Rubin (Thomas Jefferson Medical College) [PDF - 73 KB]

Table to Presentation by Nolan and Langer [PDF - 12 KB]
Figure to Presentation by Nolan and Langer

Presentation by Hartley (Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman) [PDF - 1,006 KB]

Presentation by Lemen (former NIOSH Director/Assistant Surgeon General USPHS (ret.)) [PDF - 1,680 KB]

Presentation by Egilman (Brown University) [PDF - 314 KB]

List of attendees [PDF - 85 KB]

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 [PDF - 242 KB]

Submission to the docket from Lai (Environmental Protection Agency) – 2/28/07 [PDF - 104 KB]

Submission to the docket from Mortimer (private person) – 3/3/07 [PDF - 20 KB]

Submission to the docket from Guidotti (private person) – 3/11/07 [PDF - 102 KB]

Submission to the docket from Myers (US Department of the Interior) – 4/25/07 [PDF - 3,590 KB]

Submission to the docket from Kovacs (US Chamber of Commerce) – 5/3/97 [PDF - 71 KB]

Submission to the docket from Hartley (Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook, & Brickman, LLC) – 5/4/07 [PDF - 3,910 KB]

Submission to the docket from Castleman (Environmental Consultant) – 5/4/07 [PDF - 72 KB]

Submission to the docket from Newman (private person) – 5/5/07 [PDF - 32 KB]

Submission to the docket from Nath (University of North Carolina at Asheville) – 5/15/07 [PDF - 36 KB]

Submission to the docket from Stiber (Environmental Protection Agency) – 5/22/07 [PDF - 28 KB]

Submission to the docket from Addison (John Addison Consultancy Ltd) – 5/27/07 [PDF - 80 KB]

Submission to the docket from Ahmed (private person) – 5/29/07 [PDF - 51 KB]

Submission to the docket from Ellis (Industrial Minerals Association – North America (IMA-NA)) – 5/30/07 [PDF - 11,020 KB]

Submission to the docket from Oberta (The Environmental Consultancy) – 5/30/07 [PDF - 100 KB]

Submission to the docket from Webber (School of Public Health, SUNY) – 5/30/07 [PDF - 187 KB]

Submission to the docket from Kelse (RT Vanderbilt Company, Inc)(with file attachments – 5/30/07) [PDF - 952 KB]

File 1 [PDF - 3,390 KB]
File 2 [PDF - 15,190 KB]
File 3 [PDF - 2,160 KB]
File 4 [PDF - 8,660 KB]
File 5 [PDF - 5,290 KB]
File 6 [PDF - 11,200 KB]
File 7 [PDF - 4,620 KB]
File 8 [PDF - 3,320 KB]
File 9 [PDF - 4,770 KB]

Submission to the docket from Berman (Aeolus, Inc) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 6,800 KB]

Submission to the docket from Fleiner (Georgia-Pacific) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 187 KB]

Submission to the docket from Ford (National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 22,950 KB]

Submission to the docket from Jones (American Society of Safety Engineers) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 209 KB]

Submission to the docket from Laubenthal (The Environmental Institute) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 82 KB]

Submission to the docket from Manuppello (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 212 KB]

Submission to the docket from Van Orden (RJ Lee Group, Inc) – 5/31/07 [PDF - 848 KB]

Questions for peer reviewers to consider [PDF - 71 KB]

Compilation of peer reviewer comments – 10/5/07 [PDF - 288 KB]

Response to peer reviewer comments [PDF - 284 KB]

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