Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer and D. R. Reem on Texas City Plant Asbestos Concerns (1985)

Internal memo from Industrial Hygiene at the Texas City Plant reporting that asbestos-containing insulation and other materials had become a high-priority concern, that the Galveston County Health Department had issued six Notices of Violation, and that fines were possible. It recommended the plant proceed with removal or renovation of exposed insulation, starting with No. 2 Olefins. Attached are a handwritten note from D. R. Reem, a BNA newsletter page on asbestos enforcement, and a Galveston Daily News article on the county health board's vote to sue.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Memo from Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer and D. R. Reem, Texas City Plant Asbestos Concerns, July 17, 1985
• Page 3: Handwritten note on a D. R. Reem, Texas City Plant, routing form (largely illegible)
• Pages 4-5: BNA newsletter page (No. 130, March 13, 1985), 'If Asbestos Flies, So Will Money', on asbestos demolition enforcement; page 5 is a garbled reverse side
• Page 6: Galveston Daily News article, 'Suit voted if rules on asbestos violated', January 31, 1985

People and organizations

From Kirk E. Martin (Industrial Hygiene, Texas City, Texas) to S. J. Footer (Texas City Plant); D. R. Reem (Texas City Plant); T. L. Bateman (copy); J. Schultz (copy); A. P. Yalcinkaya (copy).

• Kirk E. Martin (author)
• S. J. Footer (recipient)
• D. R. Reem (recipient)
• J. F. Schultz (copied)
• A. Perihan Yalcinkaya (copied)
• Texas City Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• EPA (named)
• Galveston County Health Board (named)
• Galveston County Health Department (named)
• Texas Air Control Board (named)
• The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc (named)
• The Galveston Daily News (named)
• U.S. Department of Justice (named)
• United States Court of Appeals (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: EPA · Industrial Hygiene · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1098 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCTC 07752 to UCTC 07757.