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R. L. Foster to F. D. Bess and Others Transmitting Ed Light's Toxic Water Pollution Comments, with Attached Report (1979)

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A Union Carbide internal memo from R. L. Foster transmitted to a list of recipients a document by Ed Light of the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund. Light's January 1979 report, presented to the State Water Resources Board at the NPDES permitting hearings, argues for added controls on toxic water pollutants from Kanawha Valley chemical plants. The report discusses cancer, drinking water, fish accumulation, aquatic toxicity, and plant discharge inventories, including asbestos at the FMC South Charleston plant and Union Carbide plants.

Author
R. L. Foster (Union Carbide, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston, W. Va. (cover memo)); Ed Light (Staff Scientist, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Inc. (attached report))
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-2154
Date
March 8, 1979
Number
Bates UCC 006776 to UCC 006851
Library no.
ACL Doc 17170 · asbestosclaims.law/library/17170
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Union Carbide internal memo from R. L. Foster, March 8, 1979, transmitting Ed Light's comments on toxic water pollution control
  • Pages 2-40: Ed Light, 'Toward a New Toxic Water Pollution Control Policy: Documentation for Additional Standards' (Jan. 15, 1979), with index, chapters 1-7, and tables of Kanawha Valley effluents (pp. 3-40 of the exhibit)
  • Pages 41-72: Not provided in the text sent; presumably the remainder of the Light report (regulatory policy, expert statements, references)
  • Pages 73-77: Handwritten notes on an apparatus or cell operating procedure (mentions asbestos gloves and protective clothing); the last page is largely illegible

People and organizations

From R. L. Foster (Union Carbide, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston, W. Va. (cover memo)); Ed Light (Staff Scientist, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Inc. (attached report)) to F. D. Bess; F. L. Boggs; N. W. Gaines; J. C. Hovious; E. Q. Hull, M. D.; G. F. Hurley; R. T. Kramer; D. C. Macauley; J. L. Worstell.

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This is document UC-2154 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 77 pages. Production numbers UCC 006776 to UCC 006851.

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R. L. Foster (Union Carbide, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston, W. Va. (cover memo)), Ed Light (Staff Scientist, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Inc. (attached report)). “R. L. Foster to F. D. Bess and Others Transmitting Ed Light's Toxic Water Pollution Comments, with Attached Report.” March 8, 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-2154, Bates UCC 006776 to UCC 006851. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 17170. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/17170.

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