John L. Myers Oral Presentations to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board on Asbestos Action Levels and Medical Surveillance, with Baker Botts Cover Letters (1979-1980)

Six versions of John L. Myers's prepared texts and speaking notes for hearings of the California Standards Board on the Title 8 asbestos general industry safety orders (August 30, 1979 in San Diego; May 29, 1980 in Fresno). Each is preceded or followed by a November 21, 2002 Baker Botts cover letter to Baron & Budd listing the Bates ranges produced. The 1979 texts argue against lowering the monitoring and medical-exam action level from 1 fiber/cc to 0.1 fiber/cc. The 1980 texts, given for the Asbestos Information Association/North America, address housekeeping wording, sputum cytology, employee training and medical surveillance of previously exposed workers.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-10: UC-5435a: prepared text of Myers's oral presentation to the California Standards Board, Aug. 30, 1979 (UCASB00658612-21)
• Page 11: Baker Botts cover letter, Cynthia Crawford to Scott L. Frost, Baron & Budd, Nov. 21, 2002, listing Bates ranges
• Pages 12-16: UC-5435b: Myers's oral presentation notes in response to Mr. O'Hara's requests for comments, Aug. 30, 1979 (UCASB00889028-32)
• Page 17: Baker Botts cover letter, Nov. 21, 2002 (repeat)
• Pages 18-25: UC-5435c: annotated prepared text of Myers's presentation for AIA/NA, Fresno, May 29, 1980 (UCASB00113389-96)
• Page 26: Baker Botts cover letter, Nov. 21, 2002 (repeat)
• Pages 27-34: UC-5435d: prepared text of Myers's presentation for AIA/NA, Fresno, May 29, 1980, cleaner copy (UCASB01287463-70)
• Page 35: Baker Botts cover letter, Nov. 21, 2002 (repeat)
• Pages 36-38: UC-5435e: Myers's response on proposed subsection (n), employee information and training, for AIA/NA, May 29, 1980 (UCASB00521247-49)
• Page 39: Baker Botts cover letter, Nov. 21, 2002 (repeat)
• Pages 40-47: UC-5435f: prepared text of Myers's presentation for AIA/NA, Fresno, May 29, 1980; pages 41-43 not sent (UCASB00704422-29)
• Page 48: Baker Botts cover letter, Nov. 21, 2002 (repeat)

People and organizations

From John L. Myers (Marketing Manager, "Calidria" asbestos products, Union Carbide Corporation (speaking for the Asbestos Information Association/North America in the 1980 texts)); Cynthia Crawford (Baker Botts L.L.P. (author of the 2002 cover letters)) to California State Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (audience of the oral presentations); Scott L. Frost (Baron & Budd, Dallas (addressee of the cover letters)).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Scott L. Frost (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• California State Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (named)
• OSHA (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 · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-5435 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 48 pages. Production numbers UCASB00658612 to UCASB00704429.