Union Carbide Texas City Correspondence with Galveston County Health District on Asbestos Demolition Notices of Violation (1984-1985)

Compilation of Union Carbide Texas City papers on asbestos insulation demolition at the No. 2 Powerhouse. It includes a December 11, 1984 letter contesting a Notice of Violation, a January 1985 Notice of Violation for inadequately wetted friable asbestos, a March 28, 1985 letter from the Health District commending the plant's corrective efforts, and handwritten notes.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter, Dec. 11, 1984, J. F. Erdmann to Dr. E. R. Ibert responding to a Dec. 3, 1984 Notice of Violation on the No. 2 Powerhouse demolition and requesting that it be rescinded
• Page 3: Galveston County Health District Notice of Violation to F. S. Provenzano, dated January 9, 1985, for an inspection on January 7, 1985 (friable asbestos insulation not adequately wetted)
• Page 4: Handwritten page, illegible in OCR; content not determined
• Page 5: Letter, March 28, 1985, from the Galveston County Health District Interim Director to F. S. Provenzano commending Carbide's efforts on the asbestos problem, with handwritten marginal notes
• Pages 6-8: Handwritten notes (OCR failed) apparently about the inspection, the Notice of Violation and the demolition site; content not reliably legible
• Page 9: Partial, poor-quality copy of the Notice of Violation form with received stamps dated January 10, 1985

People and organizations

From J. F. Erdmann, P.E. (Environmental Protection Coordinator, Union Carbide); Jackie W. Ickes (Galveston County Health District, Air Control Division (signer of Notice of Violation)); Porter, M.D. (Interim Director, Galveston County Health District) to Dr. E. R. Ibert, Ph. D. (Director, Environmental Control, Galveston County Health Dept.); F. S. Provenzano (Plant Manager, Union Carbide Corporation).

• J. F. Erdmann (author)
• Jackie W. Ickes (author)
• E. R. Ibert (recipient)
• Foley Provenzano (recipient)
• Galveston County Health Dept (named)
• Galveston County Health District (named)
• Kimmins Corp (named)
• Law Department (named)
• Texas Air Control Board (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1066 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCTC 10706 to UCTC 10715.