Asbestos Pipe Insulation Removal at the Tarrytown IBM Building and Westchester Airport Hangar D: Contractor Quotes, Notices and Memos (1983-1984)

Forty-page file on removing or sealing asbestos pipe, tank and wall insulation at the IBM Eastview building in Tarrytown and at Union Carbide's leased Hangar "D" at Westchester County Airport. It holds contractor proposals (United Painting, Duall Inc., N. Fabian), air-sample results, EPA/OSHA/state notices, IBM correspondence, a December 1983 Union Carbide industrial hygiene memo, and the Corporate Occupational Health Manual's contractor on-site policy.

What the document holds

• Page 1: United Painting Co. proposal to Union Carbide, Tarrytown, to remove about 560 sq. ft. of pipe insulation at the IBM building, $4,875 (Feb. 1, 1984)
• Page 2: B.F. O'Reilly to Gerard W. Kottman on removing asbestos on two hot water tanks and pipes at the airport hangar (Feb. 9, 1984)
• Page 3: United Painting proposal to E. R. Majka for removal and replacement of pipe and tank insulation, $9,754 (Mar. 20, 1984)
• Page 4: R. L. Bujalski memo to E. R. Majka on his April 27-28 visits to Hangar D during asbestos removal (May 8, 1984)
• Page 5: United Painting (A. M. Stein) to Majka transmitting air sample test results for Hangar D (undated; received stamp July 1984)
• Pages 6-7: Testwell Craig Testing Laboratories report on airborne asbestos fiber counts for United Painting, Hangar D (June 25, 1984)
• Page 8: United Painting handwritten air monitoring log sheet
• Pages 9-10: B.F. O'Reilly to Gerard W. Kottman with cost options for asbestos removal and painting of Hangar D (Sept. 8, 1983)
• Page 11: IBM (Frank G. Evon) to Frank Gallo forwarding test results on piping insulation at Eastview (Jan. 16, 1984)
• Page 12: Clayton Environmental Consultants results of analyses for IBM: amosite and chrysotile in pipe insulation sample
• Pages 13-16: Duall Inc. quotation to Robert Ricciardi for asbestos removal at IBM Research, Eastview, $8,700 (Jan. 30, 1984)
• Page 17: United Painting (A. M. Stein) to E. R. Majka transmitting notices of intention to remove asbestos (Apr. 4, 1984)
• Pages 18-27: United Painting notices of intention to remove asbestos at Hangar D, sent to Union Carbide, EPA Region II, OSHA, EPA NESHAP coordinator and NYS DEC (Apr. 4, 1984)
• Pages 28-31: Duall Inc. (George Loper) asbestos abatement quotations #1-#3 for Hangar D to E. Majka (Aug. 29, 1983)
• Pages 32-33: Duall Inc. (Anthony Natale) cover letter to Majka on its removal methods and testing (Aug. 29, 1983)
• Page 34: Francis M. Gallo to J. Clark, IBM, on planned work on asbestos pipe insulation, to be awarded to N. Fabian Company (Feb. 15, 1984)
• Pages 35-36: IBM letter to Frank Gallo setting guidelines for insulation removal and sealing at Eastview (Feb. 12, 1984)
• Pages 37-38: L. W. Youngblood memo to A. J. Wiltjer on the Dec. 6, 1983 hangar inspection and recommended controls for asbestos materials (Dec. 16, 1983)
• Pages 39-40: Union Carbide Corporate Occupational Health Manual policy, Contractor On-Site (Oct. 2, 1980)

People and organizations

From A.M.Stein (President, United Painting Co., Inc.); B.F. O'Reilly (Union Carbide Building Services (Manager, Building Services, on the 1983 letter)) to Mr. Gerard W. Kottman (Westchester County Airport, White Plains, N.Y.).

• EPA (named)
• IBM (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Purchasing Department (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos insulation: pipe covering, block, and insulating cement · EPA · Industrial Hygiene · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-450 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 40 pages. Production numbers A03440 to A03441.