H. B. Rhodes to EPA's Stanley T. Cuffe Agreeing to a Calidria Mill Visit by EPA Contractors, with EPA's Request Letter and Enclosures (1981)

A March 9, 1981 letter from H. B. Rhodes agreed to let EPA contractors (RTI and Battelle Columbus Laboratory) visit the Calidria asbestos mill in King City, California. It declined to provide details on Items 5(a)-(f) of EPA's information list. Behind it are EPA's February 25, 1981 request letter and enclosures: authority under Clean Air Act Section 114, contractor designations, confidentiality procedures, a questionnaire on asbestos milling and baghouses, and a Battelle work assignment.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, H. B. Rhodes (Union Carbide Metals Division) to Stanley T. Cuffe (EPA), March 9, 1981, agreeing to the King City mill visit and limiting information provided
• Pages 2-4: Letter, Stanley T. Cuffe (EPA) to Dr. Harry Rhodes, Feb. 25, 1981, requesting a visit to the King City mill for NESHAP asbestos review
• Pages 5-6: Enclosure 1: EPA's information gathering authority under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act
• Page 7: Enclosure 2: Designation of Research Triangle Institute as EPA authorized representative
• Page 8: Enclosure 3: Designation of Battelle Columbus Laboratories as EPA authorized representative
• Pages 9-20: Enclosure 4: EPA procedures for safeguarding privileged information, with attached control record and contractor confidentiality form
• Pages 21-23: Enclosure 5: Request for information on asbestos milling, manufacturing and fabricating (process, baghouses, work practices, waste disposal)
• Pages 24-25: Enclosure 6: EPA work assignment to Battelle on feasibility of source sampling methods for asbestos emissions

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (Technology Manager); Stanley T. Cuffe (Chief, Industrial Studies Branch, Emission Standards and Engineering Division, EPA) to Stanley T. Cuffe (Chief, Industrial Studies Branch, Emission Standards and Engineering Division, U.S. EPA); Dr. Harry Rhodes (Technology Manager, Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division).

• Stanley T. Cuffe (author, recipient)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (author, recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Battelle Columbus Laboratory (named)
• Emission Standards and Engineering Division (named)
• EPA (named)
• Industrial Studies Branch (named)
• Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (named)
• Office of General Counsel (named)
• Research Triangle Institute (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-36 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 25 pages. Production numbers A16332 to A16358.