John L. Myers to Robert W. Flugge Forwarding Asbestos Spraying Air-Sampling Data for the Proposed Erie County Air Code (1975)

A short cover letter of October 27, 1975 sends Mr. Flugge the attachments that were left out of a mailing with Myers's October 23, 1975 letter. The package includes that letter, Myers's September 25, 1975 presentation to the Erie County Air Pollution Control Division, and tables of airborne asbestos fiber counts taken during spraying operations. The letters and presentation argue that a proposed ban on spraying asbestos-containing materials was overly restrictive, and Myers offers alternative wording.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover letter, Myers to Flugge, Oct. 27, 1975, forwarding attachments omitted from the Oct. 23 mailing
• Pages 2-3: Letter, Myers to Flugge, Oct. 23, 1975, on spraying of asbestos-containing materials, with summary table of airborne fiber concentrations and proposed alternative ordinance wording
• Pages 4-6: Presentation by Myers to the Erie County Air Pollution Control Division, Sept. 25, 1975
• Pages 7-8: Category I: water-based systems with water-soluble binders, description and Table I (interior texture sprays)
• Pages 9-10: Category II: water-based systems with latex binders, description and Table II (exterior coatings)
• Pages 11-13: Category III: resin-based systems, description and Table III (polyester, epoxy and alkyd sprays)
• Pages 14-15: Category IV: asphaltic and coal-tar based systems, description and Table IV

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager) to Robert W. Flugge (Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Quality, Buffalo, NY).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Robert W. Flugge (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Department of Environmental Quality (named)
• EPA (named)
• Erie County Air Pollution Control Division (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-533 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 15 pages. Production numbers A08789 to A08803.