13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1977
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Guidance for Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, with Brownsville Plant Asbestos Disposal Correspondence (1977)
A 1977 Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics package on complying with the EPA asbestos regulation (40 CFR 61). It contains a June 22, 1977 cover memo and an outline of removal, disposal and notification requirements, with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
H. C. Lewinsohn to A. L. Barefoot on Employee Pulmonary Problems and Asbestosis, with Barefoot's May 4, 1987 Memo (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which Dr. Lewinsohn responded to A. L. Barefoot's memo quoting his remarks at an OSHA/asbestos meeting. He said employees with asbestosis and pulmonary impairment should not work where they…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 20, 1978
L. T. Windel to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock on Monitoring of Contract Personnel (1978)
Internal correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics office reporting comments by Jim Murray and Joe Triplett on how to handle industrial hygiene monitoring and liability for contractor employees' exposure. It lists six points…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1987
A. L. Barefoot to Location Managers on Employee Pulmonary Problems (1987)
A memo marked Business Confidential reporting that Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Corporate Medical said at an OSHA/Asbestos meeting in Danbury that employees with asbestosis or other severe pulmonary problems should not work with asbestos materials.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1978
L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend Forwarding the Revised EPA Asbestos Air Pollutant Regulation, 40 CFR 61, Brownsville Plant (1978)
A two-page internal memo from L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend at the Brownsville, Texas plant forwarding the revised asbestos air pollutant regulation. It notes the EPA notification requirement for removal of asbestos pipe covering and proposes a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1979
L. T. Windel to D. C. Macauley and R. R. Rankin on RCRA Impact, with Table of Wastes Generated at the Brownsville Plant (1979)
A one-page internal memo from L. T. Windel, dated October 23, 1979, with subject 'RCRA Impact', forwarding a table of wastes generated at the Brownsville Plant. The attached handwritten table, dated 10/18/79, lists residues with annual quantity,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 22, 1973
A. L. Barefoot to W. R. van der Hoeven Transmitting the Final Major Hazard Survey Report on the Normal Paraffins Unit, Texas City (1973)
A confidential transmittal memorandum forwarding the final Major Hazard Survey report for the Texas City plant (the subject line names the Normal Paraffins Unit; the body refers to the Linear Alcohols Unit), followed by a report cover page and one…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 23, 1975
L. T. Windel to Operating Department Heads on Proposed Toxic Substances Legislation Affecting Brownsville (1975, with 1982 memo)
A June 1975 internal memo from L. T. Windel at the Brownsville, Texas plant circulated lists of chemicals on government regulatory lists (OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act). The lists include asbestos, and the attachments mark which…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1978
Brownsville Plant Asbestos Waste Documents: M. Gutierrez to K. G. Townsend Inspection Memo, A. L. Barefoot Disposal Memo to Brown & Root Foremen, and Maintenance Manual Outline Page (1976-1978)
…outline page 5, 'Waste Material Disposal', by R. A. Palmer, dated 5-27-76, with handwritten 'Asbestos ?' note (BRG 0117) Union Carbide internal memo, Mario Gutierrez to K. G. Townsend, 'Asbestos', March 21, 1978, reporting an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1980
A. L. Barefoot to R. C. Glock and D. E. Hockaday on Paint and Sandblast Personnel Exposure at the Brownsville Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence summarizing an April 16, 1980 meeting on paint and sandblasting personnel exposure at the Brownsville, Texas site. It lists an action plan covering paint lead and chromium content, rearranging the sandyard/paint facility,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 7, 1979
L. T. Windel to Allan M. Seils (Texas Department of Water Resources) on Adding Asbestos to the Brownsville Plant Solid Waste Registration (1979)
Letter from Union Carbide's Brownsville plant to the Texas Department of Water Resources asking to add asbestos to the plant's solid waste registration (#31108). It describes the waste as old insulation removed wet, bagged…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 23, 1974
L. T. Windel to W. W. McManus Transmitting Summary of the O.S.H.A. Inspection of the Brownsville Plant (1974)
A cover memo transmits a summary of the U.S. Department of Labor O.S.H.A. inspection of the Brownsville Plant on September 18, 1974. The summary says the inspectors reviewed asbestos exposure records and asbestos removal and disposal procedures,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 16, 1976
A. L. Barefoot to All Brown & Root Foremen on Disposal of Asbestos Material, Brownsville Plant (1976)
Internal Brown & Root memo giving foremen at the Brownsville plant four instructions for disposing of asbestos scrap and cleanings. It covers sealed containers, labeling under OSHA 1910.93, stockpiling for dumpster loads to the Port Dump, and…