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Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that the Department of Transportation revised its Docket HM-160 rules on packaging "commercial asbestos" for transport and moved the effective date from April 30 to August 20, 1979. It summarizes the three permitted packaging methods, adds the writer's notes on covered hopper cars, and encloses the March 29, 1979 Federal Register notice, which is attached along with the distribution list.
- Author
- W. G. Kahler II
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-3530
- Date
- April 3, 1979
- Number
- Bates UCC 009201 to UCC009204
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18274 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18274
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-2: Kahler memo of April 3, 1979 on revised DOT asbestos packaging regulations (HM-160)
- Page 3: Distribution list for the memo
- Pages 4-5: Federal Register, Vol. 44, No. 62 (March 29, 1979): DOT Materials Transportation Bureau revision of Docket HM-160, Transportation of Asbestos, effective date extension
People and organizations
From W. G. Kahler II to See Attached Distribution List (Distribution list of 31 names, including S. Hoffman and Dr. H. B. Rhodes).
- W. G. Kahler, Ii. (author)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- DOT (named)
- Materials Transportation Bureau (named)
- Research and Special Programs Administration (named)
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This is document UC-3530 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UCC 009201 to UCC009204.
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“W. G. Kahler II to Distribution List on Revised DOT Packaging Rules for Asbestos Shipments, Docket HM-160.” April 3, 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-3530, Bates UCC 009201 to UCC009204. Union Carbide Corporation. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18274. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18274.
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