Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Georgia-Pacific, a forest products company, entered the asbestos business when it took over the Bestwall Gypsum Company in 1965, and through its Gypsum Division it made joint compounds, textures and patching plaster containing chrysotile asbestos until 1977, using fiber bought partly from Union Carbide. In 2017 the company split itself under Texas law, placing its asbestos liabilities in a new company, Bestwall LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in North Carolina.

Draft. The history on this page was written from the documents in our library and has not yet been reviewed by a person.

History

Georgia-Pacific began in 1927 as a lumber business in Augusta, Georgia. In sworn answers it gave in a California lawsuit in 2001, the company said that before its merger with Bestwall it did not make any asbestos-containing products². It described Bestwall as a Maryland company with its main office in Paoli, Pennsylvania, and said it went on making Bestwall's asbestos products through its Gypsum Division until it stopped "at various times" depending on the product, and no later than 1977². In the 1970s letters to the company went to its offices in Portland, Oregon, and its research laboratory was in Tigard, Oregon^{7, 8, 9}.

Asbestos products

The 2001 answers list the products and the years asbestos was in them³. Bestwall first sold Joint Compound, Bedding Compound, Topping Compound, Patching Plaster, Spackling Compound and a texture line (sold as Bestex and under other names) in 1956, and Ready Mix in 1963³. Georgia-Pacific placed All Purpose Joint Compound on the market nationally in 1967 and first sold Triple Duty Joint Compound in 1965³. The answers give chrysotile contents of up to about 7 percent for most of the joint compounds, up to 15 percent for texture, and 25 to 29 percent for Lite Acoustic, an acoustical plaster Bestwall sold from 1958 to 1964³. The company said it also sold an asbestos roof coating under its own name in a limited area³, and the library holds a photograph of an Asbestos Asphalt Roof Coating can bearing the Georgia-Pacific name¹⁰. Labels and pails for Ready Mix Joint Compound, some marked with both the Georgia-Pacific and Bestwall names, are also in the library¹¹.

Buying Calidria from Union Carbide

Much of what the library holds about Georgia-Pacific comes from the Union Carbide trial exhibits, because Georgia-Pacific was a regular buyer of Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. A May 1972 invoice records a rail car of Calidria Standard Grade 210 (SG-210), 54,600 pounds at 4.5 cents a pound, shipped from King City, California, for the company's plant at Acme, Texas, and billed to its Bestwall Division at Quanah, Texas¹. Union Carbide salesmen called on or telephoned the company's joint compound plants, among them Akron, New York, Quanah, Texas, and Marietta, Georgia¹². After a May 1975 call at Quanah, the salesman wrote that the plant should use 175 tons that year, against 148 the year before¹².

In July 1973 Union Carbide's John L. Myers visited the Akron plant after it was cited by OSHA; his report says Georgia-Pacific was cited for several asbestos violations and fined $3,000¹³. In January 1975, during a call at the Marietta plant, a visitor from Akron told a Union Carbide salesman that the Akron board plant had been shut down and more than 100 people released, while the joint cement operation would continue with about 10 to 12 people¹⁴.

What the documents show

Early warnings inside the company. In May 1970 G. E. Wilson in Portland wrote to C. W. Lehnert at the Tigard laboratory that asbestos was getting more attention every day as a possible health hazard. He wrote that "it would appear that the dangers are quite remote," but that the company should see whether it could use something other than asbestos in its joint system formulas, adding: "I would not suggest a crash program."¹⁵ In June 1970 another memo reported that a Mount Sinai Hospital group studying lung disease among asbestos workers had run tests on drywall joint finishers in New York¹⁶. A July 1971 memo to plant managers said it was mandatory for employees handling bags or containers of asbestos to wear respirators¹⁷. In September 1971 a letter from National Gypsum's Building Products Division to W. H. Hunt, addressed as Georgia-Pacific's president, said its tests showed sanding joint treatment products and spraying wall finishes "offers some substantial potential hazards."⁷

Replacing asbestos. In November 1972 W. N. Gettel of the Tigard laboratory reported making a trial batch at Acme of All Purpose compound with a substitute for asbestos, telling those receiving copies that the use of asbestos "is considered a health hazard and rigid controls are being enacted."⁸ The company said in 2001 that it introduced its first asbestos-free texture in 1972 and asbestos-free All Purpose compound in 1973³.

Labels and the 1973 memos. Georgia-Pacific said it put caution labels on its asbestos products beginning in 1973, using the wording OSHA recommended¹⁸. In June 1973 Lehnert answered a salesman whose customers had asked about the new label: "We have always used asbestos fiber in our joint system products, so if there is a hazard, it is no different today than it has been in the past."⁹ He wrote that the level of fiber during mixing and sanding was "not presently known" and that workers in those jobs should probably wear respirators⁹. In the same memo he wrote that the health problems linked with asbestos had occurred where workers were exposed to high concentrations of fiber over a period of years, that joint compounds held relatively small percentages (2 to 8 percent) of asbestos, and that the company was about 90 percent converted to non-asbestos texture formulas⁹. After an August 1973 meeting of the Gypsum Association's special committee on joint compound, E. D. O'Neill told Lehnert that tests by U.S. Gypsum and National Gypsum indicated dust and asbestos levels above the OSHA limit while bagged compound was mixed on the job, and wrote: "It appears that we may not be taking a sufficiently serious view of this whole problem."¹⁹ Three days later Wilson called for immediate monitoring of all the company's joint cement operations²⁰.

Stopping. In November 1976 Union Carbide's southern sales manager wrote to Bob Favero, the Marietta plant manager, to help Georgia-Pacific's salesmen answer contractors who had heard that asbestos was banned in joint cements, which he called "incorrect information."²¹ On May 9, 1977, three days after Union Carbide reported that the Consumer Product Safety Commission had voted to grant a petition to ban consumer taping, spackling and joint compounds containing asbestos, Edward L. Aasen, purchasing manager of the Gypsum Division, wrote that Georgia-Pacific had decided "to discontinue using asbestos in our wallboard tape joint compounds" and asked for help disposing of its stocks at Acme, Akron, Chicago and Marietta^{22, 23}. Later that month Myers wrote to Aasen urging the company to comment to the Commission, saying there had been "little or no counter-pressure from industry."²⁴

The company's position. In its 2001 answers Georgia-Pacific said that before it first sold these products it did not know or have reason to know that any ingredient was potentially hazardous, and that to the best of its knowledge the first published study of disease linked to products like its own did not appear until about 1975²⁵.

Lawsuits and bankruptcy

The library's case-law collection holds 110 decisions naming Georgia-Pacific as a defendant²⁶. In Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. the Texas Supreme Court held in 2014 that proof of "any exposure" is not enough in a mesothelioma case and that a plaintiff must offer some quantification of the dose from the defendant's product²⁷.

In 2017 the company, then Georgia-Pacific LLC, used a Texas divisional merger to split in two: Bestwall LLC took the asbestos liabilities, which came mainly from Bestwall Gypsum's joint compound, and a new Georgia-Pacific took the other assets^{5, 6}. Bestwall filed for Chapter 11 in the Western District of North Carolina with about 64,000 asbestos claims pending, seeking to resolve them through a section 524(g) trust⁵. The bankruptcy court refused to dismiss the case in 2019, and in 2023 the Fourth Circuit upheld an injunction barring asbestos suits against the new Georgia-Pacific while the case goes on^{5, 6}. The maneuver is known as the Texas Two-Step²⁸.

References

1. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Division Purchase Orders, Union Carbide Invoices and Shipping Records for Calidria SG-210 Asbestos (1971–1973), UC-4983, pp. 1, 3
2. Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001), UC-5457, pp. 1, 4–5
3. Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001), UC-5457, pp. 6–9
4. Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001), UC-5457, p. 19
5. In re Bestwall LLC (U.S. Bankruptcy Court, W.D.N.C., 2019)
6. In re Bestwall LLC (U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2023)
7. National Gypsum Company to W. H. Hunt, Georgia-Pacific, on Potential Hazards of Sanding Joint Treatment and Spraying Wall Finishes (1971), UC-5473, p. 1
8. W. N. Gettel to C. W. Lehnert on Asbestos Replacement in Acme Joint System Products (1972), UC-5476, p. 1
9. C. W. Lehnert to John Woodsmall on Asbestos Fiber in Joint Compounds (1973), UC-5477, pp. 1–2
10. Asbestos asphalt roof coating (Georgia-Pacific), product page
11. Ready Mix Joint Compound (Georgia-Pacific), product page
12. Union Carbide Calidria Sales Call Reports on Georgia-Pacific Plants (1973–1975), UC-573, pp. 13–15
13. J. L. Myers and E. J. Kleber Report of Call on Georgia-Pacific, Akron, NY, on OSHA Citation and Dust Control (1973), UC-4621, p. 1
14. Union Carbide Calidria Sales Call Reports on Georgia-Pacific Plants (1973–1975), UC-573, p. 12
15. G. E. Wilson to C. W. Lehnert on Replacing Asbestos in Joint Cement Formulas (1970), UC-5469, p. 1
16. E. F. Fatz to H. F. Fink on Mt. Sinai Lung Research and Drywall Joint Finishers (1970), UC-5470, p. 1
17. M. F. Fink to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Mica-Asbestos Controls (1971), UC-5472, p. 1
18. Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001), UC-5457, pp. 14–15
19. E. D. O'Neill to C. W. Lehnert on the First Gypsum Association Special Committee Meeting on Joint Compound Hazards (1973), UC-5480, p. 1
20. G. E. Wilson to E. B. Hollingsworth, T. W. Richards and J. DiLorenzo on Monitoring Asbestos Fiber in Joint Cement Operations (1973), UC-5482, p. 1
21. J. E. Walsh to Bob Favero, Georgia Pacific, on the Status of OSHA Asbestos Regulations and Joint Compounds (1976), UC-4965, p. 1
22. H. B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen on CPSC Action Toward a Ban on Asbestos Spackling and Joint Compounds, with Aasen's Reply (1977), UC-1601, pp. 1–3
23. Edward L. Aasen to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Discontinuing Asbestos in Joint Compounds (1977), UC-4475, p. 1
24. John L. Myers to E. L. Aasen on the Proposed CPSC Ban on Asbestos Joint Compounds (1977), UC-579, p. 1
25. Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001), UC-5457, pp. 10–11
26. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, company page: court cases
27. Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (Texas Supreme Court, 2014)
28. Texas Two-Step, Lexicon

People

People the documents tie to Georgia-Pacific Corporation, most often named first, with the titles the documents give them.

• Edward L. Aasen: Head of Corporate Purchasing
• R. V. Favero: Plant Manager unreviewed
• Bob Favero: Plant Manager unreviewed
• Doug Jones unreviewed
• Harry Scharf unreviewed
• John DiLorenzo unreviewed
• E. G. O'Neill unreviewed
• C. William Lehnert unreviewed
• W. H. Hunt: President unreviewed
• G. E. Wilson unreviewed

Asbestos products

13 products our documents name Georgia-Pacific Corporation as making or selling. Each product's page says what the documents say about it, including its asbestos content.

Court cases

110 court decisions in our case-law library name Georgia-Pacific Corporation as a defendant, newest first.

• In re Bestwall, LLC (2024)
• In re Bestwall LLC (2023)
• Gibbs v. 84 Lumber Company (2020)
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Font (2020)
• Robinson v. Union Carbide Corporation (2019)
• In re Bestwall LLC (2019)
• Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2019)
• Billok v. Union Carbide Corp. (2019)
• Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
• Wallace & Gale Asbestos Settlement Trust v. Busch (2018)
• Lloyd E. Mitchell, Inc. v. Rossello (2018)
• Turcotte v. 3M Company (2018)
• Arbogast v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2017)
• Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
• Rockman v. Union Carbide Corp. (2017)
• Smith v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
• Arbogast v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2017)
• Kelly v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2017)
• Stallings v. Georgia Pacific Corp. (2017)
• Denbow v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2016)
• Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
• Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight (2016)
• Arbogast v. AW Chesterton Co. (2016)
• Bourke v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2016)
• Herbert v. American Biltrite (2016)
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2015)
• Aubin v. Union Carbide Corporation (2015)
• Taylor v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2015)
• Jones v. 84 Lumber Company (2015)
• Riggs v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2015)
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2015)
• Konstantin v. 640 Third Ave. Assoc. (2014)
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
• Konstantin v. 640 Third Ave. Assoc. (2014)
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2014)
• Berensmann v. Georgia-Pacific (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2014)
• Williams v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI), 2014)
• Abrams v. Foster Wheeler (In re New York City Asbestos Litigation, 2014)
• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
• Bostic v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (2014)
• Konstantin v. Tishman Liquidating Corp. (Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2014)
• Hasenberg v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (2014)
• Lovelace v. Elementis Chemicals, Inc. (2014)
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2014)
• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific LLC (2014)
• Quirin v. Lorillard Tobacco Company (2014)
• Anderson v. Bondex International, Inc. (2014)
• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2014)
• Berensmann v. 3M Co. (2013)
• Vadi v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2013)
• Cary v. 3M Company (2013)
• Matter of New York City Asbestos Litigation v. AW Chesterton Co., Inc. (2013)
• Georgia-Pacific, LLC v. Fields (2013)
• Stitt v. Burham Corp. (2013)
• Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2013)
• Flomenhoft v. Georgia-Pacific LLC (2013)
• Logan v. AP Moller-Maersk, Inc. (2013)
• Stallings v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2013)
• Greer v. Ace Hardware Corporation (2013)
• Baiocco v. AC & S., Inc. (2013)
• Vega v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2013)
• Davidson v. Georgia Pacific, LLC (2012)
• Konstantin v. 630 Third Ave. Assoc. (2012)
• Sadowski v. AO Smith Water Prods. (2012)
• Adler v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp. (2012)
• Dixon v. Ford Motor Company (2012)
• Landry v. Eagle, Inc. (2012)
• Olsen v. Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co. (2012)
• Union Carbide Corporation v. Fields (2012)
• Finazzo v. AO Smith Water Prods. Co. (2011)
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
• Robertson v. Doug Ashy Building Materials, Inc. (2011)
• Saffold v. Bondex International, Inc. (2011)
• Corley v. Bill Vann Co. (In re Liability Litigation, 2011)
• Bozeman v. Union Carbide Corporation (2011)
• Foucha v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2011)
• Wingfield v. John Crane (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (NO. VI), 2011)
• Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
• Kiser v. AW Chesterton Co. (2011)
• Cruz v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2011)
• Freeman v. Georgia-Pacific (In re Asbestos Litigation, 2011)
• Larson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
• Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
• Horn v. A.W. Chesterson Co. (In re Matter of New York City Asbestos Litig., 2010)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Bostic (2010)
• Larson v. Georgia Pacific (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2010)
• Asbury v. AW Chesterton Company (2010)
• Miranda v. Abex Corp. (2010)
• Mahoney v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC (2009)
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
• Anderson v. Bondex Int'l (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation, 2009)
• Jeffries v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation (2008)
• Taylor v. Union Carbide Corporation (2008)
• Gregory v. Beazer East (2008)
• Woody v. AW Chesterton Company (2008)
• Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Stephens (2007)
• Herring v. Texaco, Inc. (2007)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Stephens (2007)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante (2006)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Benjamin (2006)
• Benjamin v. Union Carbide Corporation (2005)
• Flowers v. Union Carbide Corp. (2005)
• Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Pransky (2002)
• Burns v. AP Green Industries, Inc. (2001)
• Vasura v. Acands (2000)
• Harris v. AC & S, Inc. (1995)
• Reid v. Georgia-Pac. Corp. (1995)
• Peerman v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. (1994)
• Harding v. Proko Industries, Inc. (1991)
• District of Columbia v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (1989)

In our library

11 documents in our library name Georgia-Pacific Corporation, by collection.

Other library documents (11)

• Label: Asbestos Asphalt Roof Coating can (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Label: Patching Plaster (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Label: Speed Set (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Label: Speed Set quick setting joint compound (Georgia-Pacific) (1970) (publisher)
• Label: all purpose joint compound casein (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Label: denswall wall texture (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Package: GP Ready Mix Joint Compound can (Georgia-Pacific / Bestwall) (publisher)
• Package: Ready Mix Joint Compound 5-gallon pail (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Package: Ready mix joint compound, 5 gallon pail (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Package: Wallboard Joint System bag, front and back (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)
• Product photograph: Asbestos Asphalt Roof Coating (Georgia-Pacific) (publisher)

In the Union Carbide documents

Georgia-Pacific Corporation is named in 138 Union Carbide documents dated 1966 to 2003 (22 as the source, 138 mentioned), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. All are published in our collection.

• Chemplast Development Market Manager Detail Sheets: Asbestos Sales by Customer, August (1966) UC-432 (mentioned)
• Minutes of the Gypsum Association Safety Committee Meeting, Buffalo, New York (1966-09-20) UC-5489 (mentioned)
• Gypsum Association Safety Committee Meeting Minutes, Saddle Brook, New Jersey (1967) UC-5490 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Acme, Texas Plant Weekly Reports of Inbound Shipments, Folder 'Asbestos Shipments to Acme' (1970) UC-4982 (mentioned, source)
• G. E. Wilson to C. W. Lehnert on Replacing Asbestos in Joint Cement Formulas, Georgia-Pacific (1970) UC-5469 (mentioned, source)
• E. F. Fatz to H. F. Fink on Mt. Sinai Lung Research and Drywall Joint Finishers (1970) UC-5470 (source, mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Safety Supervisor to F. J. Rogers, Gypsum Association Safety Committee, on Asbestos in Joint Systems (1970) UC-5471 (mentioned, source)
• R. P. Entz to A. J. (surname partly illegible) on Hazardous Labelling of Joint Compounds (1970) UC-5464 (mentioned)
• J. E. Morgan to J. W. Rawlings Forwarding R. P. Villeneuve's Asbestos-Surfaced Pressed-Wood Panel Proposal (1971) UC-2252 (mentioned)
• M. F. Fink to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Mica-Asbestos Controls (1971) UC-5472 (source, mentioned)
• National Gypsum Company (Building Products Division) to W. H. Hunt, Georgia-Pacific, on Potential Hazards of Sanding Joint Treatment and Spraying Wall Finishes (1971) UC-5473 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Calidria Invoices and Packing Lists for Georgia Pacific Corp., Chicago (1972) UC-4599 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division Invoices to Georgia-Pacific for Calidria Asbestos (1972) UC-5403 (mentioned)
• Minutes of the Gypsum Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Including Safety Committee Remarks on Asbestos (1972) UC-5475 (mentioned)
• H. B. Rhodes to Harold Rigden (Georgia-Pacific) on Magnesium Analysis of Joint Compound Samples and 'Lump' Problem (1972) UC-4495 (mentioned)
• W. N. Gettel to C. W. Lehnert on Asbestos Replacement in Acme Joint System Products, Georgia-Pacific (1972) UC-5476 (source, mentioned)
• Union Carbide Report on Airborne Dust Counts at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Marietta, Georgia (1972) UC-4993 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Report on Asbestos Fiber Counts at Georgia Pacific Corporation, Chicago (1972) UC-4994 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Purchase Orders, Union Carbide Calidria Invoices and Shipping Records for Asbestos Sold to Georgia-Pacific, Quanah, Texas (1973) UC-4984 (mentioned)
• D. E. Furlani Trip Report on Inspection of Shrink-Wrapped Asbestos Pallets Shipped to Georgia-Pacific, Akron, New York (1973) Union Carbide 223 (mentioned)
• D. E. Furlani Report on Inspecting a Rail Shipment of Shrink-Wrapped Asbestos Pallets at Georgia-Pacific, Akron, New York (1973) UC-5081 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia Pacific, Marietta, on April 1973 SG-210 Price Increase (1973) UC-2050 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia, Regarding April 1973 SG-210 Price Increase (1973) UC-4969 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia Pacific, Marietta, on SG-210 Price Increase and Dust Count Data (1973) UC-5135 (mentioned)
• Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia Pacific Corporation, Akron, New York (1973) Union Carbide 227 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Airborne Fiber Counts at Georgia Pacific Corporation, Akron, New York, with Trip Report 73-T-7 and Call Report (1973) UC-5132 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Milford, Virginia, Tape Joint Compound Plant (1973) UC-4974 (mentioned)
• Calidria Sales Call Report on Georgia-Pacific, Columbus, Ohio (Pete Herault), Phenolic Adhesive End Use (1973) Union Carbide 236 (mentioned)
• Call Report on Georgia-Pacific, Columbus, Ohio (Pete Herault) on RG-244 in Phenolic Adhesive (1973) UC-4614 (mentioned)
• R. E. Byrne, Jr. and T. P. Norris Call Report on Georgia-Pacific, Columbus, Ohio, Regarding RG-244 in Resorcinol Glue (1973) UC-4977 (mentioned)
• B. L. Ingalls Call Report on Telephone Call to Georgia-Pacific Bestwall Gypsum, Akron, on EPA Asbestos Regulations and OSHA Citations (1973) UC-4616 (mentioned)
• B. L. Ingalls Call Report on Telecon with John Rauch, Georgia-Pacific Bestwall Gypsum, About EPA Asbestos Regulations and OSHA Citations (1973) UC-4972 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber, Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Milford, VA (1973) UC-4992 (mentioned)
• H. B. Carlsen to the Gypsum Association Board of Directors on the OSHA Meeting about Asbestos in Joint Treatment Compound (1973) UC-5478 (mentioned)
• C. W. Lehnert to John Woodsmall on Asbestos Fiber in Joint Compounds (1973) UC-5477 (source, mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Akron Plant OSHA Citation and Related Union Carbide Correspondence (Tomczak, Myers, Thurber, 1973) UC-578 (mentioned)
• J. L. Myers and E. J. Kleber Report of Call on Georgia-Pacific, Akron, NY, on OSHA Citation and Dust Control (1973) UC-4621 (mentioned)
• R. C. Tomczak to J. L. Meyers on Georgia-Pacific's Request for OSHA Asbestos Information, with Handwritten Reply by John Myers (1973) UC-4963 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to John DiLorenzo (Georgia Pacific) Enclosing EPA Regulations and Dust Sampling Information (1973) UC-4964 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on the OSHA Citation Issued to Georgia-Pacific's Akron, New York Plant (1973) UC-4623 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia, on Dust Counts at a Joint Compound Plant (1973) Union Carbide 251 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Georgia-Pacific, Marietta, Georgia, on Dust Counts in Tape Joint Compound Mixing (1973) UC-4626 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne, G. L. Dickson, B. L. Ingalls, T. P. Norris, H. B. Rhodes and J. E. Walsh on Test Pallets of SG-210 and Tuck-In Sleeve (1973) UC-5106 (mentioned)
• Edward J. Kleber to Doug Jones (Georgia-Pacific) Enclosing Procedure and Equipment List for Airborne Asbestos Fiber Counts (1973) UC-4627 (mentioned)
• E. D. O'Neill to C. W. Lehnert on the First Gypsum Association Special Committee Meeting on Joint Compound Hazards (1973) UC-5480 (mentioned, source)
• Gypsum Association Special Committee on Asbestos in Joint Treatment Compound: Report of August 8, 1973 Meeting on Field Testing Plan (1973) UC-5455 (mentioned)
• G. E. Wilson to E. B. Hollingsworth, T. W. Richards and J. DiLorenzo on Monitoring Asbestos Fiber in Joint Cement Operations (1973) UC-5482 (source, mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia-Pacific, Marietta, on Air Sampling and a Boxcar of SG-210 Asbestos (1973) Union Carbide 258 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia Pacific, Marietta, on Air Sampling and a Boxcar of SG-210 Asbestos (1973) UC-5080 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division Airborne Fiber Counts and Call Reports on Georgia-Pacific and Other Tape Joint Compound Makers (1972–1974) UC-5133 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division, Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Marietta, GA (1973) UC-5415 (mentioned)
• G. L. Dickson to Dr. H. B. Rhodes on SG-210 Sales Forecast for the Remainder of 1973 (1973) Union Carbide 262 (mentioned)
• G. L. Dickson to H. B. Rhodes on SG-210 Sales Forecast for the Rest of 1973 (1973) UC-1500 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Telecon with Georgia Pacific (Marietta, Ga.) on Dust Count Results and OSHA Inspection (1973) UC-4975 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Reports of Calls on Mortell (Griffin, GA), Georgia-Pacific (Marietta, GA) and Holman Construction (Anderson, SC) About OSHA Dust Counts and Asbestos Health Concerns (1973-1974) Union Carbide 267 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, GA, on OSHA Asbestos Dust Count and Health Information Request (1973) UC-5088 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call and E. J. Kleber Airborne Fiber Count Reports for Georgia-Pacific Plants at Marietta, GA and Milford, VA (1974) UC-4520 (mentioned)
• G. L. Dickson and E. J. Kleber Report of Call on Georgia-Pacific, Akron NY, About First Car of 8-Layer Pallets (1974) UC-4968 (mentioned)
• O. E. Burch to G. E. Wilson Forwarding Walls & Ceilings Magazine Item on Asbestos in Joint Compound (1974) UC-5483 (source, mentioned)
• O. E. Burch to D. C. Corkill on Warning Labels for Joint Cement Products (1974) UC-5484 (source, mentioned)
• J. R. Hurd to W. A. Nalbone on Asbestos Caution Labels for Joint System Products (1974) UC-5485 (mentioned, source)
• C. W. Lehnert to Ed Sing on Asbestos Caution Labels at Georgia-Pacific (1974) UC-5486 (source, mentioned)
• G. L. Dickson and E. J. Kleber Call Report on Georgia Pacific Corp., Milford, VA, Joint Compound Plant (1974) Union Carbide 294 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia-Pacific, Marietta, on SG-210 Dust Sampling and All-210 Joint Compound Formula (1974) UC-4634 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia: Dust Count at SG-210 Carload Account (1974) UC-4976 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Georgia Pacific (George Fowler) re All SG-210 Joint Compound Formula and Asbestos Caution Labels (1974) UC-2048 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber, Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia Pacific Corp., Milford, VA (1974) UC-4966 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber's Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia Pacific Corp., Milford, VA, with Cover Letter to Harry Scharf (1974) UC-4995 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber to Harry Scharf (Georgia Pacific) Transmitting Airborne Fiber Counts from the Milford, VA Plant (1974) UC-576 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber to R. Favero (Georgia-Pacific) Sending Airborne Asbestos Fiber Counts for the Marietta Plant, with a 1977 Calidria Polyethylene Report and an Unidentified Plant Review Excerpt (1974) UC-575 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber to R. Favero, Georgia-Pacific, Transmitting Airborne Fiber Counts from the Marietta Joint Cement Plant (1974) UC-5131 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific Chemicals & Resins Division (Dr. L. F. Bornstein) re Calidria RG600 and RG144 (1974) Union Carbide 304 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia-Pacific (Dr. L. F. Bornstein) on Calidria RG600, RG144 and RG100 (1974) UC-2049 (mentioned)
• E. J. Kleber to R. Favero Transmitting Airborne Asbestos Fiber Count Report for Georgia-Pacific, Marietta (1974) UC-574 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Purchase Orders, Union Carbide Calidria SG-210 Invoices and Shipping Records for Acme, Texas (1975) UC-4981 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia (SG-210 Carload User) (1975) Union Carbide 316 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia, on SG-210 Orders and Akron, N.Y. Board Plant Closing (1975) UC-2047 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Marietta, Georgia, Joint Compound Plant (1975) UC-4971 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia Pacific (Decatur, Georgia) on Asbestos Toxicology and 244 Adhesive (1975) UC-2051 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia-Pacific (Decatur, Georgia) Toxicology Discussion with Walter Boyles (1975) UC-4970 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call on Georgia-Pacific (Walter Boyles, Decatur) on Asbestos Toxicology and Calidria 144/244 (1975) UC-5129 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Georgia Pacific (Decatur, Georgia) on Asbestos Toxicology and the 244 Adhesive (1975) UC-5136 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific (Dr. Bornstein) Regarding a New Adhesive Containing 244 and Toxicology Update (1975) Union Carbide 329 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific (Dr. Bornstein) Regarding Calidria 244 in a New Adhesive and Toxicology Update (1975) UC-4640 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific (Dr. Bornstein) Regarding a New Adhesive Using Calidria 244 (1975) UC-4967 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Quanah, Texas (1975) Union Carbide 333 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Quanah, Texas, on Asbestos in Joint Cement Sanding and 35 lb Bags (1975) UC-4462 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers, The Asbestos Situation: Canadian Supply Shortage and Calidria Position (1975) UC-2643 (mentioned)
• H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on the American Institute of Timber Construction EPA Letter, with Related EPA Correspondence (1975) UC-3703 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to Calidria Sales and Technical Staff Transmitting GDCI Drywall Article on Asbestos and Silica Dust (1975) UC-48 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Metals Division Customer Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Albany, Oregon, and Calidria RG 244 (1976) UC-4148 (mentioned)
• Customer Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Albany, Oregon: Asbestos (RG 244) in Phenolic Adhesives and the Toxicology Problem (1976) UC-4465 (mentioned)
• Customer Call Report on Georgia Pacific Corp., Albany, Oregon: Proposed Use of RG 244 Asbestos in Phenolic Adhesives (1976) UC-4978 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh to Wilmer Davis (Monarch Paint Company) on the Status of OSHA Asbestos Regulations and Tape Joint Compounds (1976) UC-1592 (mentioned)
• R. E. Byrne, Jr. to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on the CPSC Petition to Ban Asbestos in Patching and Spackling Compounds (1976) UC-4339 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh to Bob Favero (Georgia Pacific) on OSHA Asbestos Rules and Joint Compounds (1976) Union Carbide 389 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh to Bob Favero (Georgia Pacific) on OSHA Asbestos Regulations and Joint Compound (1976) UC-577 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh to Bob Favero, Georgia Pacific, on the Status of OSHA Asbestos Regulations and Joint Compounds (1976) UC-4965 (mentioned)
• J. E. Walsh to Bob Favero (Georgia Pacific) on OSHA Asbestos Regulations and Tape Joint Compounds (1976) UC-5032 (mentioned)
• E. L. Aasen to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Price Increase (SG-210) (1976) UC-4471 (source, mentioned)
• E. L. Aasen to Georgia-Pacific Plant Managers on Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Price Increase (1976) UC-4987 (source, mentioned)
• John L. Myers to E. W. Shortridge on Shrink-Wrapping of Calidria Asbestos Products (1977) UC-3576 (mentioned)
• Harrison B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on CPSC Action Toward a Ban on Asbestos Spackling and Joint Compounds (1977) Union Carbide 403 (mentioned)
• H. B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on CPSC Action Toward a Ban on Asbestos Spackling and Joint Compounds, with Aasen's Reply (1977) UC-1601 (mentioned)
• Harrison B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on CPSC Action Regarding Asbestos in Spackling and Joint Compounds (1977) UC-4979 (mentioned)
• Harrison B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on CPSC Action Against Asbestos Spackling Compounds, with Georgia-Pacific Reply (1977) UC-5134 (mentioned)
• Edward L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Discontinuing Asbestos in Joint Compounds and Moving Calidria Inventories (1977) UC-4475 (mentioned, source)
• C. A. Speer to E. B. Hollingsworth on Production of Georgia-Pacific's Asbestos-Free Ready-Mix (1977) UC-4961 (mentioned, source)
• John L. Myers to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on the Proposed CPSC Ban on Asbestos Joint Compounds, with Enclosures (1977) UC-579 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on the CPSC Proposed Ban on Consumer Asbestos Patching Compounds (1977) UC-4962 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on the CPSC Proposed Ban on Consumer Asbestos Joint Compounds, with Enclosures (1977) UC-4980 (mentioned)
• Edward L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Discontinued SG-210 and HPO Asbestos Inventories (1977) UC-4990 (source, mentioned)
• Edward L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Return of a Railcar of Asbestos from Marietta to King City (1977) UC-4991 (source, mentioned)
• Edward L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Payment for Returned HPO Asbestos, with Credit Memo AU 561100 (1977) UC-4989 (source, mentioned)
• John L. Myers to S. L. Baye on Air Monitoring Reports and a Proposed Listing of UCC Asbestos Dust Counts (1984) UC-1288 (mentioned)
• John L. Myers to S. L. Baye on Air Monitoring Reports and a Customer Dust-Count Listing (1984) UC-4678 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation's Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Standard Interrogatories in Brauch v. Bondex International (2001) UC-5457 (mentioned, source)
• Union Carbide Corporation's Responses to Plaintiff's Requests for Admissions in Dixon v. A. P. Green Industries, Galveston County, Texas (2002) UC-5334 (mentioned)
• Affidavit of John L. Myers with Attached Calidria Toxicology Reports, Customer Literature Lists and Safety Data Sheets, MDL 875 (2003) UC-5450 (mentioned)
• Affidavit of John L. Myers in Support of Union Carbide's Motion for Summary Judgment, Kavanaugh v. AcandS, Inc., with Attached Toxicology Reports and Customer Literature (2003) UC-5439 (mentioned)
• Affidavit of John L. Myers on Union Carbide's Calidria Business and Its Sales to Florida (2003) UC-5438 (mentioned)
• Affidavit of Andrew McCampbell Gibson (Alston & Bird) Authenticating U.S. Gypsum and Georgia-Pacific Repository Documents, with Attached Exhibits (2003) UC-5448 (mentioned)
• Affidavit of Susan W. Gilefsky Attaching U.S. Gypsum and Georgia-Pacific Interrogatory Responses (2003) UC-5449 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Shorts/Waste Shipments to Georgia-Pacific: Freight Bills, Bills of Lading, Invoices and Packing Lists (1970-1975) Union Carbide 1 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Division Purchase Orders, Invoices and Freight Bills for Union Carbide Asbestos Shipped to Acme, Texas and Other Plants (1970s) Union Carbide 2 (mentioned, source)
• H. P. Rhodes and B. L. Ingalls, "Asbestos and Silica Dust in the Drywall Industry. Business-Health-Life Part 2" (GDCI Drywall Magazine article) UC-92 (mentioned)
• Two Calidria Sales Call Reports: Georgia Pacific, Milford VA (1974) and U.S. Gypsum, South Gate CA (1972) UC-571 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Calidria Sales Call Reports on Georgia-Pacific Plants, Many Duplicated, with OSHA Citation and Dust Count Reports and an Adhesives Age Reprint (1973-1975) UC-573 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Airborne Asbestos Fiber Counts at Tape Joint Compound Makers, Including Georgia-Pacific, Marietta (1972-1974) UC-1408 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Shipping Records, Invoices and Purchase Orders for Calidria Asbestos Shorts and Wastes Sold to Georgia-Pacific (1970-1975) UC-4561 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Purchase Orders, Invoices and Freight Bills for Union Carbide Asbestos Shipped to Acme and Quanah, Texas, and Other Plants (1972-1977) UC-4563 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Division Purchase Orders, Union Carbide Invoices and Shipping Records for Calidria SG-210 Asbestos (1971-1973) UC-4983 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Division Purchase Orders, Receiving Reports and Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Invoices and Shipping Papers (1972-1977) UC-4986 (mentioned)
• Georgia-Pacific Purchase Orders, Bills of Lading, Invoices and Receiving Records for Calidria Asbestos Shipments from Union Carbide (1972-1977) UC-4988 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Sales Call Reports on Georgia-Pacific Corporation Plants, OSHA Citations and Dust Counts (1973-1975) UC-5130 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide's Responses to Plaintiffs' Set No. 46 Interrogatories on Asbestos Exports and Imports at the Ports of Stockton and Sacramento (undated) UC-5327 (mentioned)
• Union Carbide Sales Account Cards and Invoices for Georgia-Pacific Corporation Plants (1965-1975) UC-5425 (mentioned)
• Handwritten Notes on Union Carbide SG-210 Asbestos Use in Georgia-Pacific Joint System Products, by Plant (undated) UC-5446 (mentioned)

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