Union Carbide Brownsville, Texas Facility Asbestos Emergency Cleanup Notifications and Disposal Cost Comparison (1991-1992)

Compilation of records on the emergency cleanup of asbestos-containing material found at Union Carbide's Brownsville, Texas facility in 1991-92. It includes a handwritten Notification of Demolition and Renovation form, an April 13, 1992 internal memo and cost comparison on disposal sites, handwritten calculations, an April 29, 1992 letter to the Texas Air Control Board enclosing a revised notification, a fax cover sheet, a December 18, 1991 letter to the Texas Air Control Board, a site sketch, and blank and partly completed notification forms.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Handwritten Notification of Demolition and Renovation form for Brownsville facility emergency cleanup (BRA 2876-2877)
• Pages 3-4: April 13, 1992 internal memo from Belia Cortez to Mark Tapp comparing asbestos and transite disposal costs at three landfills
• Pages 5-6: Cost comparison tables for disposal and transport (printed upside down or garbled in OCR)
• Pages 7-10: Handwritten calculations and notes on disposal costs; pages 9-10 nearly blank
• Page 11: April 29, 1992 letter from Belia Cortez to Robert Guzman, Texas Air Control Board, enclosing revised notification
• Pages 12-13: Typed revised Notification of Demolition and Renovation form for emergency cleanup
• Page 14: Facsimile transmittal cover sheet from Union Carbide Brownsville
• Pages 15-16: December 18, 1991 letter from Belia Cortez to Robert J. Guzman, Texas Air Control Board, notifying of emergency cleanup
• Page 17: Site sketch of facility (butane storage spheres, reaction facilities, main office, laboratory and maintenance complex)
• Pages 18-19: Earlier notification form with removal contractor, transporter and disposal site pending
• Pages 20-28: Blank notification of demolition and renovation forms

People and organizations

From Belia Cortez (Site Manager) to Mr. Robert Guzman (Regional Director, Texas Air Control Board); Mr. Mark Tapp (League City).

• Belia Cortez (author)
• Mark E. Tapp (recipient)
• Solvents and Coatings Materials Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• BFI McCarty Road Landfill (named)
• Midwest Steel (named)
• Texas Air Control Board (named)
• WPI Transportation, Inc (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-1908 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers BRA 2876 to BRA 2903.