L. T. Windel to Operating Department Heads on Proposed Toxic Substances Legislation Affecting Brownsville (1975, with 1982 memo)

A June 1975 internal memo from L. T. Windel at the Brownsville, Texas plant circulated lists of chemicals on government regulatory lists (OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act). The lists include asbestos, and the attachments mark which chemicals are used or produced at Brownsville. A separate November 1982 memo from the Coatings Materials Division at the same plant, signed by K. Gran Townsend, transmitted lists of teratogens and carcinogens found in the plant.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo of June 23, 1975, L. T. Windel to Operating Department Heads and others, on proposed toxic hazardous substances legislation affecting Brownsville
• Pages 2-7: Attached lists of chemicals: hazardous air pollutants, OSHA standards, NIOSH criteria documents, EPA water spill list, OSHA planned standards, TSCA testimony chemicals, and top 50 products
• Page 8: Memo of November 2, 1982, K. Gran Townsend to R. C. McDermott and J. L. Wyatte, on a list of teratogens and carcinogens found in the Brownsville plant

People and organizations

From L. T. Windel; K. Gran Townsend to Operating Department Heads (4); R. C. McDermott; J. L. Wyatte.

• K. Gran Townsend (author)
• L. T. Windel (author)
• Roberta McDermott (recipient)
• Jack Wyatt (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Coatings Materials Division (named)
• EPA (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1886 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers BRB 0568 to BRB 0464.