J. L. Myers to B. J. Pigg on the California Asbestos Standard Hearing, with Enclosures and Other Asbestos Papers (1980)

Compilation of 33 pages. It opens with a May 30, 1980 letter from John L. Myers to B. J. Pigg of the Asbestos Information Association/NA reporting on a California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board hearing on changes to the asbestos standard, followed by the hearing notice, the proposed changes and Myers's oral presentation. The remaining pages hold a reprinted National Safety News article on asbestos, AIA/NA news notes dated 31 December 1975, December 1975 press clippings, a December 31, 1975 legal memo on OSHA's proposed asbestos standard, and an H. B. Rhodes memo with a table of Calidria shipments to the Bound Brook plant and asbestos litigation there.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, J. L. Myers (Union Carbide Metals Division) to B. J. Pigg, AIA/NA, May 30, 1980, on the California standards hearing
• Page 2: Enclosure (A): California OSHSB notice of public meeting and hearing, Fresno, May 29, 1980
• Pages 3-7: Enclosure (B): Standards Presentation, proposed changes to Title 8 Section 5208 on medical examinations and employee training
• Pages 8-9: Enclosure (C): Myers's oral presentation for AIA/NA to the Board on the training section, May 29, 1980
• Pages 10-17: Reprint from National Safety News, 'Asbestos', on hazards, uses, regulation and dust control (undated)
• Pages 18-23: AIA/NA 'News Notes', 31 December 1975, on the OSHA proposed standard revision and related government actions
• Pages 24-27: Press clippings, Nov-Dec 1975, on asbestos health, the NIOSH Homestake study, asbestos in office buildings, and asbestos prices (Business Week, Dec. 15, 1975)
• Pages 28-30: Memo, David H. Mintzes to J. B. Rhodes and W. C. Thurber, December 31, 1975, with legal and labor-relations comments on OSHA's proposed asbestos standard
• Pages 31-33: Memo, H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, 1982, on Bound Brook (NJ) liability and Calidria involvement, with Table 1 of shipments to Bound Brook (HBR - 9/3/82)

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager) to Mr. B. J. Pigg (Asbestos Information Association/NA, Arlington, VA).

• John L. Myers (author)
• B. J. Pigg (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/NA (named)
• California Chamber of Commerce (named)
• California State Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (named)
• CMA (named)
• PG&E (named)
• State of California Department of Industrial Relations (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-2386 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 33 pages. Production numbers UCC 015331 to UCC 015315.