P. S. Petrunich Cover Memo on Alternative Materials Institute Meetings, with Minutes, Appendices and March 1987 Letter to ICF on GRAFOIL Gaskets (1987)

A February 3, 1987 memo from P.S. Petrunich to Union Carbide staff transmits minutes of the December 4 and 18, 1986 meetings of the Alternate (Alternative) Materials Institute, a non-asbestos coalition. It gives background and an executive summary on the coalition's goal, Union Carbide's GRAFOIL involvement and the expected EPA asbestos ban. The enclosures include meeting summaries, attendance lists, a Science letter on asbestos risk estimates, an Inside EPA article, and a March 4, 1987 letter from Petrunich to ICF, Inc. on GRAFOIL flexible graphite as a substitute for asbestos gasketing.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-3: Memo, P.S. Petrunich to distribution, Feb. 3, 1987: historical background and executive summary of the Alternative Materials Institute meetings
• Pages 4-6: AMI meeting summary, December 18, 1986 (pages 2-4): friction products, gaskets and packings, follow-up submissions to ICF/EPA
• Page 7: AMI/EPA/ICF meeting attendance list, December 18, 1986
• Pages 8-11: Appendix II: AMI general business meeting summary, December 4, 1986
• Page 12: AMI attendance list, December 4, 1986
• Page 13: Appendix III: AMI meeting summary with EPA and ICF, December 18, 1986 (first page)
• Page 14: Appendix IV: letter and response in Science on mesothelioma and lung cancer risk estimates in the NRC report on asbestiform fibers
• Page 15: List of data items requested for the ICF/EPA cost model (asbestos and substitute products)
• Page 16: Appendix VI: list of asbestos product categories (friction products, gaskets, coatings, asbestos-cement, paper, textile, other)
• Page 17: Appendix VII: Inside EPA article, January 9, 1987, on the formation of the Alternative Materials Institute
• Pages 18-21: Letter, P.S. Petrunich to Tony Bansal, ICF, Inc., March 4, 1987: GRAFOIL flexible graphite as a replacement for asbestos gasketing
• Pages 22-24: Table I (gasketing materials characterization) and charts of temperature and pressure ranges for gasketing materials

People and organizations

From P. S. Petrunich (Customer Service Manager (title as shown on the March 4, 1987 letter in the exhibit); Union Carbide Specialty Products Group) to J.C. Arnold (CPD-Danbury); Dr. L.M. Baker (UCC-Danbury); R.M. Berzok (UCC-Danbury); S. Brier (UCC-Danbury); W.J. Burroughs; Dr. P.D. Coulter; T.D. Finigan (UCC-Washington); C.F. O'Brien (UCC Law-Danbury); J.D. Griffith; R.M. Ross; C.H. Pelanne; R. Wishart (UCC-Danbury).

• P. S. Petrunich (author)
• Linda C. Baker (recipient)
• W. J. Burroughs (recipient)
• T. D. Finnigan (recipient)
• J. D. Griffith (recipient)
• C. H. Pelanne (recipient)
• R. C. Ross (recipient)
• R. S. Wishart, Jr. (recipient)
• Specialty Products Group (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Alternative Materials Institute (named)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (named)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Ashland (named)
• Battelle Memorial Institute (named)
• DuPont (named)
• EPA (named)
• Fluid Sealing Association (named)
• Garlock (named)
• ICF (named)
• Inside EPA (named)
• National Research Council (named)
• Science (journal) (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing · Calidria · EPA.

About this copy

This is document UC-2419 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 24 pages. Production numbers UCC 015734 to UCC 015757.