H. B. Rhodes to Distribution on Releasing Airborne Asbestos Concentration Data at the California Mine and Mill, with Draft Letter and Report for Science Applications, Inc. (1980)

A June 4, 1980 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes circulates for comment an attached report on airborne asbestos concentrations at the Union Carbide mine and mill in California, prepared at the request of Science Applications, Inc. under an EPA contract. Attached are a draft cover letter to Dr. Ziskand, the draft report dated June 3, 1980, and tables and figures of fence-line and mining-operation fiber measurements from 1963 to 1980.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal memo from H.B. Rhodes to distribution, June 4, 1980, circulating the attached report for comment before release
• Page 2: Draft cover letter from Rhodes to Dr. Richard A. Ziskand, Science Applications, Inc., transmitting the report
• Pages 3-6: Draft report, 'Outdoor Airborne Asbestos Concentrations at the Union Carbide Asbestos Mining and Milling Operations in California' (June 3, 1980): introduction, background, measurement methods, results and discussion
• Pages 7-9: Figures 1-3: graphs of airborne concentrations and mill property layout (largely illegible in OCR)
• Page 10: Table I: airborne area filter concentrations at fence lines and mill locations, 1963-1980
• Pages 11-17: Table II: airborne concentrations during mining and hauling operations, 1963-1977, including partly handwritten sheets and sketches

People and organizations

From H.B. Rhodes (Technology Manager) to Messrs. G.R. Adams, W.B. DeAtley, R.L. Folkman, E.W. Kantz, R.G. Beverly, P.W. McDaniel, J.L. Myers, R.W. Rebholz, F.J. Shortsleeve, G. Rouse, J.B. Rouse, J.J. Sibley, A.G. Voress, J.J. Whittlesey (internal distribution); Dr. Richard A. Ziskand (Science Applications, Incorporated, Los Angeles (addressee of draft letter)).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Richard A. Ziskand (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• EPA (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• Science Applications, Incorporated (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1599 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A21056 to A21057.