John L. Myers to D. Atkinson (Highland Stucco Products) on the CPSC Proposed Ban on Asbestos Joint Compounds, with Enclosures (1977)

Cover letter from Union Carbide's Calidria marketing manager to a Phoenix stucco products customer about the Consumer Product Safety Commission's proposed ban on consumer use of asbestos-containing spackling and joint compounds. It describes the CPSC process, suggests the customer write to the CPSC, and encloses Union Carbide's May 26, 1977 letter to the CPSC chairman and the Asbestos Information Association's September 1976 submission.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter, May 27, 1977, John L. Myers (Union Carbide Metals Division) to D. Atkinson, Highland Stucco Products, on the proposed CPSC ban and suggested customer action
• Pages 3-4: Letter, May 26, 1977, A. S. Hart (Union Carbide, New York) to CPSC Chairman S. John Byington on the NRDC petition and a ban via the Section 8 proposal-and-hearing procedure
• Page 5: Cover letter, September 1976, Asbestos Information Association/North America to CPSC Chairman Byington commenting on the NRDC and Consumers Union petition
• Page 6: Title page of the AIA response to the CPSC on the petition on patching compounds, dated 30 August 1976

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager); A. S. Hart (Vice-President, Union Carbide Corporation (author of the enclosed May 26, 1977 letter)) to Mr. D. Atkinson (Highland Stucco Products, Phoenix, AZ); S. John Byington (Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission (addressee of the enclosed letters)).

• Alan J. Hart (author)
• John L. Myers (author)
• S. John Byington (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (named)
• Highland Stucco Products (named)
• National Resources Defense Council (named)
• Natural Resources Defense Council (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Arizona Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Calidria · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-676 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. The same document is also document UC-569, UC-579.