John L. Myers Letters to Calidria Customers on the DOT Asbestos Packaging Rules (1979) and the CPSC Patching Compound Ban (1977), with Attached Regulations

A compilation of two Calidria Asbestos letters over the name of John L. Myers, Marketing Manager, with attached regulatory texts. The June 13, 1979 draft letter told distributors and warehouses about new DOT rules on packaging and shipping asbestos effective August 20, 1979. The December 22, 1977 letter explained the CPSC ban on consumer patching compounds containing free-form asbestos. The exhibit also includes Federal Register excerpts on the DOT rules and California Division of Industrial Safety asbestos orders (Section 5208).

What the document holds

• Page 1: Plaintiff's exhibit slip (UC-5180; exhibit G stamp dated 1-25-95), nearly blank
• Pages 2-3: Draft letter, June 13, 1979, J. L. Myers to Calidria distributors and warehouses on the DOT asbestos packaging/transport rules effective August 20, 1979, with ORM-C marking and a signature acknowledgment block
• Pages 4-5, 7: Federal Register, Dec. 4, 1978: DOT/MTB final rule on transportation of asbestos (Docket HM-160), preamble and amended regulatory text
• Pages 6, 8: Federal Register, March 29, 1979: revision of Amendment 173-123 and extension of the effective date to August 20, 1979
• Pages 9-10: Corporate Distribution Department reissued Federal Register supplement pages (4-16-79) for Docket HM-160 (vessel and highway sections and 173.1090)
• Page 11: Exhibit sticker page
• Pages 12-17: California Division of Industrial Safety, General Industry Safety Orders, Section 5208 Asbestos (exposure limits, controls, monitoring, caution signs and labels, medical examinations, reports of use)
• Page 18: Routing slip from Tom Norris's desk, stamped received Dec 29 1977, San Francisco, with handwritten copy notations
• Pages 19-20: Letter, Dec. 22, 1977, J. L. Myers, Marketing Manager, to a customer on the CPSC ban on consumer patching compounds containing respirable free-form asbestos

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager) to "Calidria" Asbestos Distributors & Warehouses.

• John L. Myers (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• "Calidria" Asbestos Distributors & Warehouses (named)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• California Division of Industrial Safety (named)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (named)
• Corporate Distribution Department (named)
• DOT (named)
• Materials Transportation Bureau (named)
• Research and Special Programs Administration (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-5180 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers UCAREF00013877 to UCAREF00013897.