Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0074-0032
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-02-20T05:00Z

JACOBS
&
CRUMPLAR,
P.
A.
2
E.
7th
Street
P.
O.
Box
1271
Wilmington,
DE
19899
(
302)
656­
5445
­
(
Phone)
(
302)
656­
5875
­
(
Fax)

November
21,
2003
Information
Quality
Guidelines
Staff
Mail
Code
28220T,
U.
S.
EPA
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
N.
W.
Washington,
DC
20460
Quality.
guidelines@
epa.
gov
RE:
(
1986)
EPA
"
Gold
Book"
Guidance
for
Preventing
Asbestos
Related
Disease
Among
Auto
Mechanics
To
Whom
It
May
Concern:

We
represent
a
large
number
of
people
who
have
been
diagnosed
with
an
asbestos
related
disease
from
exposure
to
brakes.
Included
in
this
group
are
a
number
of
people
who
died
from
mesothelioma,
an
incurable
cancer
whose
only
known
cause
is
asbestos
exposure.
I
have
recently
reviewed
the
request
made
by
Morgan,
Lewis,
&
Bockius
to
withdraw
the
EPA
report
referred
as
Gold
Book.
Contrary
to
what
the
asbestos
defendants
may
state,
we
do
not
use
the
Gold
Book
in
our
asbestos
trials.

Withdrawing
the
Gold
Book,
however,
will
have
a
devastating
consequence
on
our
clients,
both
current
and
future.
First,
the
withdrawal
will
enable
the
defendants
to
use
the
removal
of
the
Gold
Book
to
convince
the
Court
and
the
Jury
that
the
defendants
have
no
liability.
Secondly,
we
are
constantly
learning
of
more
people
being
exposed
to
asbestos
containing
brakes.
Withdrawal
of
the
Gold
Book
will
inevitably
cause
more
asbestos
exposure
to
brakes.

If
the
EPA
improperly
withdraws
the
"
Gold
Book",
I
suspect
our
law
firm
as
well
as
several
other
law
firms,
will
take
legal
action.
We
will
view
the
withdrawal
as
a
major
public
health
concern.

Sincerely,

/
s/
Thomas
C.
Crumplar
Thomas
C.
Crumplar
TCC/
mpl
CC.
Senator
Joe
Biden,
Senator
Tom
Carper,
Representative
Mike
Castle