John L. Myers to K. C. Stevenson (Ditto Freight Lines) on 'Asbestos Shorts or Waste' Description of Calidria Container Shipment (1985)

Letter from Calidria's Product & Production Manager to a freight carrier about an overseas container of Calidria asbestos short fiber (750 50-lb bags, bound for Nagoya, Japan) loaded January 2, 1985. It explains that the bill of lading used the National Motor Freight Classification wording 'Asbestos Shorts or Waste', says the carrier's citations came from a misunderstanding over the word 'waste', and says Calidria would use only 'asbestos shorts' on shipping documents from then on. A blind note to the cc list asks for action to change the classification wording and says shipments comply with DOT regulations. The attachments are a bill of lading, tariff pages and a final page that is mostly illegible.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from John L. Myers, Calidria Corporation, to K. C. Stevenson, Ditto Freight Lines, with cc list and blind note to R. M. Mitchell
• Page 3: Ditto Freight Lines memorandum copy of the bill of lading (Carrier's No. 11010201) for the container of asbestos shorts to Nagoya, Japan (Attachment I)
• Pages 4-5: Pages from the National Motor Freight Classification tariff, including the 'Asbestos: Shorts or Waste' item (Attachments II and III)
• Page 6: Mostly illegible page stamped UCC 009113 with a fragment that may be an administrative hearings address

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Product & Production Manager, Calidria Corporation) to K. C. Stevenson (Ditto Freight Lines, San Jose, CA); T. R. Alexander (cc); R. O. Marsten (cc); R. M. Mitchell (cc; addressed in the blind note); W. C. Thurber (cc).

• John L. Myers (author)
• T. R. Alexander (copied)
• R. O. Marsten (copied)
• R. G. Mitchell (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• DOT (named)
• Trans-Continental Freight Bureau (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-3512 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCC 009108 to UCC 009113.