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Committee hears House Bill 1857 to exempt naturally occurring asbestos in commercial aggregates
Summary
House Bill 1857 would exempt naturally occurring asbestos in commercial aggregates, asphalt and concrete materials from some prohibitions established under the Building Material Enabling Act; industry and labor supported the bill as a clarification, while public-health advocates urged tighter bounds.
House Bill 1857 received a public hearing in the House Environment & Energy Committee. Sponsor Representative Lee described the bill as a technical clarification to avoid unintended consequences of a prior law that restricted asbestos-containing building materials. "This is about rocks and aggregates that are used in construction," Representative Lee said, arguing that naturally occurring asbestos in aggregate is present at low concentrations and that an exemption would enable local use of aggregate and lower…
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