Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Guidance for Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, with Brownsville Plant Asbestos Disposal Correspondence (1977)

A 1977 Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics package on complying with the EPA asbestos regulation (40 CFR 61). It contains a June 22, 1977 cover memo and an outline of removal, disposal and notification requirements, with a sample EPA notice and a distribution list. Also included are reprinted EPA and OSHA asbestos regulations, a September 1976 Brownsville memo on disposing of asbestos scrap, and a July 1977 Brownsville memo asking whether to dispose of asbestos on-site or in the city dump.

What the document holds

• Page 11: Memo, L. T. Windel to F. D. Bess, July 19, 1977, on asbestos disposal at Brownsville (BRG 0125)
• Page 12: Cover memo to distribution list, June 22, 1977, transmitting guidance for EPA asbestos regulation compliance (BRG 0126)
• Pages 1-2: Outline: Guidance for Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, covering applicability, removal and disposal practices, and notification (BRG 0127-0128)
• Page 3: Form of Notification: notice of intent to demolish or renovate involving friable asbestos insulation (BRG 0129)
• Page 4: General notes on the EPA regulation and its overlap with the OSHA standard (BRG 0130)
• Page 5: Attachment 1: excerpts from EPA hazardous air pollutant regulation, 40 CFR 61 (BRG 0131)
• Page 6: Distribution list of plant managers and other recipients (BRG 0132)
• Pages 7-9: Reprint from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (BNA, 1977) of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1001 asbestos standard and related sections (BRG 0133-0135)
• Page 10: Brown & Root internal memo, A. L. Barefoot to all foremen, September 16, 1976, on disposal of asbestos material at Brownsville (BRG 0136)

People and organizations

From Maintenance Operations Manager (unnamed; initials 'RAH') (Maintenance Operations Manager, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston); L. T. Windel (Brownsville plant, author of the July 19, 1977 memo); A. L. Barefoot (Brownsville plant, author of the September 16, 1976 memo to Brown & Root foremen) to See Attached Distribution List (plant managers and others); F. D. Bess (511); All Brown & Root Foremen.

• A. L. Barefoot (author)
• L. T. Windel (author)
• F. D. Bess (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Brown & Root (named)
• EPA (named)
• OSHA (named)
• The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1701 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers BRG 0125 to BRG 0136.