W. N. Johnson Transmittal to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall of AIA/NA Memos on FDA and Bureau of Mines Asbestos Actions (1972)

A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson forwarding AIA/NA materials "for your information" to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The enclosures are an AIA/NA membership and committee list, a November 27, 1972 letter from Matthew Swetonic on a meeting with FDA staff about asbestos filters, and a December 6, 1972 letter on proposed Bureau of Mines asbestos dust standards. They also include an industry description of asbestos-cellulose filter material, a Bureau of Mines organization chart, and Occupational Safety & Health Reporter articles on asbestos in coal mines.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover note from W. N. Johnson to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall, December 12, 1972, 'For your information'
• Page 2: AIA/NA member companies, Environmental Control Sub-Committee, legal and public relations counsel, and consultant (with handwritten routing)
• Page 3: cc list of recipients of the AIA/NA mailing, with companies and institutions
• Pages 4-6: AIA/NA letter from Matthew M. Swetonic, November 27, 1972, on the November 8 meeting with FDA asbestos task force members about asbestos filters
• Pages 7-9: Industry description of asbestos-cellulose filter material and its uses, attached to the FDA letter
• Pages 10-15: AIA/NA letter from Matthew M. Swetonic, December 6, 1972, on Bureau of Mines coal mine and asbestos mine and mill dust standards and the December 5 meeting with Dr. Aurel Goodwin
• Page 16: Chart of the Bureau of Mines health and safety organization (Department of the Interior), enclosure to the December 6 letter
• Pages 17-18: Occupational Safety & Health Reporter articles (10/21/71, a 1972 item, 3/23/72) on asbestos dust in strip mining and the NIOSH/UMWA survey
• Page 19: Final page; no OCR text

People and organizations

From W. N. Johnson (Union Carbide; identified as 'Bill Johnson of Union Carbide' in the December 6, 1972 AIA/NA letter); Matthew M. Swetonic (Asbestos Information Association/North America (author of the two enclosed letters)) to F. H. Larrison; E. A. Piersall.

• William N. Johnson (author)
• Matthew M. Swetonic (author)
• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (recipient)
• E. A. Piersall (recipient)
• Amatex Corporation (named)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Atlas Asbestos Company (Coalinga, California) (named)
• Cassiar Asbestos Corp (named)
• Cement Asbestos Products Company (named)
• Certain-Teed Products Corp (named)
• Congoleum Industries, Inc (named)
• Cunningham & Walsh (named)
• FDA Office of Compliance (named)
• Flintkote (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• GAF Corporation (named)
• H. K. Porter Co., Inc (named)
• Jim Walter Corporation (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Kentile (named)
• National Gypsum Co. (named)
• Nicolet Industries, Inc (named)
• North American Asbestos Corporation (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• Supradur Manufacturing Corporation (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Johns-Manville · Raybestos-Manhattan · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document UC-4282 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers UCC 011788 to UCC 011805.