Session: Issues Surrounding Exposure to Asbestos and Other Potentially Hazardous Fibrous Minerals Occurring in Their Natural Settings I (2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009))

Session No. 233

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

E143/144 (Oregon Convention Center)

T78. Issues Surrounding Exposure to Asbestos and Other Potentially Hazardous Fibrous Minerals Occurring in Their Natural Settings I

Mineralogical Society of America; GSA Geology and Health Division

R. Mark Bailey and Mickey Gunter, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:15 AM

THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF SO-CALLED "NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS": WHY WE MUST ONLY DEAL WITH THE SCIENCE

GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844, mgunter@uidaho.edu, mgunter@uidaho.edu

8:30 AM

THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASBESTOS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM USGS RESEARCH OVER THE PAST DECADE ON ASBESTOS-RELATED MATERIALS

MEEKER, Gregory P., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 DFC, MS973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, gmeeker@usgs.gov, gmeeker@usgs.gov

8:45 AM

FIBROUS MATERIALS AND HEALTH : QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS?

SKINNER, H. Catherine W., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, catherine.skinner@Yale.edu, catherine.skinner@Yale.edu

9:00 AM

MERGING MINERALOGY WITH POLICY: WHAT REGULATORS NEED TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS

HALTERMAN, Don, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake Technical Center, 8660 S. Sandy Parkway, Sandy, UT 84070, halterman.donald@dol.gov, halterman.donald@dol.gov

9:15 AM

THE GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL ASBESTOS OCCURRENCES IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES

VAN GOSEN, Bradley S., United States Geological Survey, MS 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MEEKER, Gregory P., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046 DFC, MS973, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and PLUMLEE, Geoffrey S., Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gmeeker@usgs.gov, gmeeker@usgs.gov

9:30 AM

USING THE USDA-NRCS SOIL SURVEY DATABASE TO EVALUATE AMPHIBOLE CONTENT OF SOILS IN THE UNITED STATES

MCNAMEE, Brittani, Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina - Asheville, CPO 2330, One University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804, GUNTER, Mickey E., Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 875 Perimeter MS 443022, Moscow, ID 83844 and WILSON, Michael A., USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, 100 Centennial Mall N, Lincoln, NE 68508, bmcnamee@unca.edu, bmcnamee@unca.edu

9:45 AM

NATURALLY OCCURRING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IN OREGON

NIEWENDORP, Clark A., Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 800 NE Oregon Street #28, Portland, OR 97232, FERNS, Mark L., Baker CIty Field Office, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1995 3rd Street, Baker City, OR 97814, MCCLAUGHRY, Jason D., Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1995 3rd Street, Suite 130, Baker City, OR 97814, BROOKS, David E., Oregon Department of Transportation, 3012 Island Avenue, La Grande, OR 97850 and MABEY, Matthew A., Oregon Department of Transportation, 200 Hawthrone Ave. SE, Suite B-240, Salem, OR 97301, clark.niewendorp@dogami.state.or.us, clark.niewendorp@dogami.state.or.us

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

TECTONIC REGIMES OF ASBESTOS FORMATION IN CALIFORNIA

BAILEY, R. Mark, Asbestos TEM Laboratories, 630 Bancroft way, Berkeley, CA 94710-, mark@asbestostemlabs.com, mark@asbestostemlabs.com

10:30 AM

MAPPING POTENTIALLY ASBESTOS-BEARING ROCKS USING IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY

SWAYZE, Gregg A.¹, KOKALY, Raymond F.², HIGGINS, Chris T.³, CLINKENBEARD, John P.⁴, CLARK, Roger N.⁵, LOWERS, Heather A.⁶ and SUTLEY, Stephen J.⁵, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, MS964 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, (2)United States Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS-964, Denver, CO 80225, (3)California Geological Survey, 801 K Street, MS 12-31, Sacramento, CA 95814, (4)California Department of Conservation, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA 95814, (5)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 DFC, M.S. 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, gswayze@usgs.gov, gswayze@usgs.gov

10:45 AM

PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CALIFORNIA ASBESTOS AIRBORNE TOXIC CONTROL MEASURES AND TEST METHOD 435

DOMINGO-NEUMANN, Rebecca and WRIGHT, Jeff N., Monitoring and Laboratory Division, California Air Resources Board, P.O. Box 2815, Sacramento, CA 95812, rneumann@arb.ca.gov, rneumann@arb.ca.gov

11:00 AM

CARB DEFINITIONS OF ASBESTOS

VAN ORDEN, Drew R. and SANCHEZ, Matthew S., RJ Lee Group, Inc, 350 Hochberg Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, msanchez@rjlg.com, msanchez@rjlg.com

11:15 AM

REDUCING THE VARIABILITY OF NOA LABORATORY ANALYSIS TEST RESULTS THROUGH PROPER LABORATORY SUBSAMPLING DURING BULK SOIL AND ROCK PROCESSING

BAILEY, R. Mark, Asbestos TEM Laboratories, 630 Bancroft way, Berkeley, CA 94710-, mark@asbestostemlabs.com, mark@asbestostemlabs.com

11:30 AM

THE CASE FOR SEPARATE ASSESSMENT METHODS FOR NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS

BIEBER, David W., Geocon Consultants, Inc, 3160 Gold Valley Drive, Suite 800, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742, bieber@geoconinc.com, bieber@geoconinc.com

11:45 AM

MARCH, Kate, LabCor, Inc, 7619 6th Avenue NW, Seattle, WA 98117, kmarch@labcor.net, kmarch@labcor.net

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