- Decade: 1980s
- Organization: Union Carbide Corporation, Silicones and Urethane Intermediates, South Charleston Plant
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1985
J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd on the Plant Project to Eliminate Asbestos Exposure at South Charleston (1985)
Memo from J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd about a project to eliminate asbestos exposure at the South Charleston plant, starting with the No. 2 Steam Plant. It summarizes a February 21 kickoff meeting and a meeting with an insulating contractor, objects to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1985
C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton Transmitting 1983-1984 Asbestos Monitoring Data, South Charleston Plant 514 (1985)
Internal memo dated January 23, 1985 transmitting all asbestos measurements made in 1983 and 1984 at the South Charleston plant. It explains the blank job-class entries and the 1.00 eight-hour TWA values, and attaches computer printouts of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1984
J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson on Asbestos Insulation Replacement at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with Attached Elimination Program and Related Notices (1984)
A December 27, 1984 memo from J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson transmitted a proposal to phase out asbestos insulation at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with an attached 49-item work list. Later pages hold an April 1985 memo on protective gear…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 28, 1985
W. C. Young to Plant Managers Department on Asbestos Exposure Effects and Potential of Non-Insulator Crafts, with Plant 514 Asbestos Dust Measurement Printouts (1985)
Internal memo of June 28, 1985 from the South Charleston Plant to the Managers Department stating that plant asbestos dust measurements were below OSHA limits, but the writer questioned whether any level of inhalation exposure is safe without…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1983
R. A. Ream to L. D. Diggs and Others on Energy Systems Department Asbestos Handling Procedures (1983)
Memo from R. A. Ream to five named recipients, with copies to about a dozen others, shift superintendents and ES routing lists, setting two requirements for the Energy Systems (ES) Department at the South Charleston Plant. Removal of insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1980
J. S. Cornell to L. W. Phair on Forming a Standing Project Insulation Crew at the South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence proposing that the South Charleston Plant keep its Project Insulation Crew as a standing crew of 10 people plus a supervisor to carry out planned blocks of insulation upgrading work. It also describes scheduling, cost…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 2, 1985
J. L. Worstell to EPA Region III Regional Administrator, Notice of Asbestos Removal and Disposal at South Charleston Plant (1985)
…EPA Region III Regional Administrator, under 40 CFR §61.146, that Union Carbide planned renovation and/or demolition at its South Charleston, West Virginia facilities from January 1 to December 31, 1985. It stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 18, 1983
W. C. Young to E. O. Harrah and J. E. Kidd on Asbestos Exposure Potential in Gasket Cutting Operations, South Charleston Plant (1983)
Internal correspondence dated November 18, 1983, reporting that the writer and Dr. Holland observed gasket-cutting operations in the GR Shop (Bldg. 307) and Sheet Metal Shop (Bldg. 320). It states that asbestos dust exposure potential appeared…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1985
C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton on Asbestos Measurements Made in 1983 and 1984 (1985)
One-page internal Union Carbide memo from C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton, sent with an attachment of the asbestos measurements made in 1983 and 1984. It explains how to read the 'Job Class. Code…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 31, 1985
J. G. Roy Memoranda and Work Plan on Asbestos Removal at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston (1985)
Two memoranda from J. G. Roy, the first dated December 31, 1985, transmitting a plan to remove asbestos from idle facilities in the No. 2 Steam Plant and the second sending the work plan and a contractor sign-in form to the ES supervisors. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 20, 1986
J. L. Worstell to EPA Region III Regional Administrator, Notice of Asbestos Removal and Disposal at South Charleston Plant (1986)
…notifying the EPA Regional Administrator, Region III, that Union Carbide planned to remove 2,500 linear feet of friable asbestos pipe insulation at its South Charleston, West Virginia plant between March 1 and March 31, 1986…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 9, 1985
J. R. Soice to W. S. Walker on EPA Asbestos Regulations at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the South Charleston Plant summarizing EPA requirements for asbestos demolition, renovation, removal and disposal at Plant 514. It describes advance notification to the EPA, wet removal into labelled leak-tight containers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1985
W. E. Ballard to R. G. Link on Asbestos Insulation at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a follow-up with Corporate HS&EA on removing asbestos insulation at plant facilities. It states the corporation has no requirements beyond government regulations, summarizes the asbestos programs at Seadrift and Institute, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 18, 1986
J. L. Worstell to Cheryl Wasserman (EPA Region III) Responding to Notice of Deficiency on South Charleston Plant Asbestos Removal (1986)
Letter from Union Carbide's South Charleston Plant to EPA Region III responding to a Notice of Deficiency about prior notification of an asbestos renovation project (removal of insulation from a batch still). The letter says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1984
W. C. Young to C. R. Gillespie on the Reliability of the Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Materials (1984)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the South Charleston Plant, dated February 14, 1984, on the plant's use of an 'asbestos screening test' developed by NIOSH workers to check old insulation materials. The writer lists four…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 12, 1982
L. E. McClure to J. S. Cornell on Asbestosis Cases at the South Charleston Plant (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated November 12, 1982, asking for Divisional direction on handling an emerging issue of increased asbestosis cases at the South Charleston Plant. It says the plant had refused a Union request for…