Texas Air Control Board Asbestos Investigation/Violation Form and Inspection Comments on Union Carbide Brownsville Site, with NESHAP Asbestos Rules and Abatement Contractor Checklist (1988)

A Texas Air Control Board file on an October 11, 1988 asbestos inspection of a Union Carbide site at Brownsville, Texas. It contains an investigation/violation form and the investigator's comments, followed by the text of the EPA asbestos NESHAP rules (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M) and an asbestos abatement contractor qualifications checklist. The comments say suspect asbestos material was being removed without wetting, with visible emissions, and that the contractor and a salvage company representative were told they were in violation of Section 61.147.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Texas Air Control Board Harlingen regional office cover sheet (Robert J. Guzman, Regional Director)
• Page 2: Investigation/Violation Form, asbestos, Union Carbide Corporation, investigation dated 10-11-88, approved 10/14/88
• Page 3: Investigator's comments on the 10-11-88 inspection of the Brownsville site
• Pages 4-13: Appendix B: EPA NESHAP asbestos standard, Subpart M (40 CFR 61.140-61.156)
• Pages 14-16: Asbestos abatement contractor qualifications requirement checklist

People and organizations

From Investigator, Texas Air Control Board (staffcode HXC1) (Investigator; name not legible in the signature).

• Texas Air Control Board (its organization)
• Brownsville Navigation District (named)
• Brownsville Technical Park, Inc (named)
• EPA (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1905 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 16 pages. Production numbers BRA 2507 to BRA 2522.