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R.T. VANDERBILT CO. v. OCC. SAF. & H. REV. COM'N

No. 82-5604.

708 F.2d 570 (1983)

R.T. VANDERBILT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION and Raymond J. Donovan, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy F. Driver, Jr., Winston-Salem, N.C., for petitioner.

Edward G. Hoban, Washington, D.C., for Occupational Safety & Health Review Com'n.

Ann D. Nachbar, Solicitor's Office, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Donovan.

Before JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and COLEMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

I.

Asbestos is a generic term that describes a variety of naturally occurring fibrous, incombustible silicate minerals. Although tremendously valuable to industry, these minerals have been closely linked to lung cancer and asbestosis, a degenerative lung-scarring disease. See generally Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, "Occupational Exposure to Asbestos," 40 Fed.Reg. 47652 at 47653-56 (Oct. 9, 1975). The Occupational Safety and...

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