433 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 3 of 22
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 31, 1977
John L. Myers (Union Carbide) and EPA's Linda Chaput on the Asbestos Spray-On Exemption, with EPA Call Memo and Union Carbide Asbestos Health Statement (1977)
Letter, J. L. Myers (Union Carbide) to L. Chaput (EPA), Aug. 31, 1977, on proposed wording of an exemption from the spraying prohibition Letter, L. S. Chaput (EPA) to J. L. Myers, Sept. 12, 1977, enclosing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1977
Union Carbide Metals Division to Consumer Product Safety Commissioners on the Proposed Ban of Asbestos Joint Taping Compounds (1977)
…containing free-form asbestos. It criticizes the staff's exposure assumptions, presents Union Carbide's alternative exposure and excess-death estimates from OSHA and consumer drywall data, and compares them with U.S. deaths from other…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1976
F. J. Shortsleeve Memorandum on Metals Division Activities in Union Carbide Eastern, with Tomoe Asbestos Sales in Japan and Attached H. F. Reichard Letter (1976)
Memorandum 'Metals Division Activities in Union Carbide Eastern, Inc.', prepared by F. J. Shortsleeve, 4/28/76: Japan sales, Tomoe asbestos contract, recommendations and Tokyo office fee Letter of April 22, 1976 from H. F. Reichard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 23, 1976
Union Carbide Metals Division Manual, The Laboratory Use of Asbestos (1976)
A Union Carbide Metals Division manual dated September 23, 1976 for supervisors and employees who use asbestos in laboratories, apparently at Niagara Falls. It covers asbestos and health, an employee briefing checklist, recommended work practices, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Union Carbide's Lack of Response to the DOT Asbestos Shipping Proposal, Docket HM-180 (1979)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter on DOT Docket HM-180, the Department of Transportation rule on shipping commercial asbestos. It explains why the company did not respond separately to the March 2, 1978 proposal, quotes…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide Metals Division Customer Call Reports on Wyandotte Paint and Wyandotte-Togo Calidria Prospects (1978-1981)
Six Metals Division customer call reports (1978-1981) on sales calls to Wyandotte Paint, its Canadian plant and the Wyandotte-Togo sealant venture, all concerning Calidria RG-144 and RG-244 asbestos for coatings and sealants. They record contacts…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide Calidria Asbestos Typical Product Characteristics for High Purity Pellets (HPP) (undated)
One-page Calidria Asbestos data sheet from Union Carbide's Metals Division, Niagara Falls, listing typical property values for High Purity Pellets (HPP), such as moisture, pH, surface area, fiber aspect ratio and shipping density. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 16, 1978
John L. Myers to G. R. Adams on 1977 Calidria Export Sales Summary (1978)
Internal Metals Division memo summarizing 1977 export sales of Calidria asbestos products, with developments by customer and country (Brazil, Australia, Japan/Tomoe, Grace-Europe, Mercomed, Daubert/Holland) and 1978 budget figures. It closes with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1976
J. E. Walsh Call Report on Proko, Dallas, Texas, on Asbestos Levels and Fiber Supply (1976)
Customer call report by salesman J. E. Walsh on a visit with R. E. Byrne to Proko in Dallas, Texas, a joint cement and spray customer. It records carload orders, Proko's replacement of TiO2 and cellulosic in its formulations, and its reduction of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1976
J. E. Walsh Customer Call Report on Island Plastics, Waco, Texas, Concerning RG-600 Asbestos Fiber (1976)
Customer call report dated April 1, 1976 on a visit to Island Plastics, a Waco, Texas maker of molded sports equipment, with R. E. Byrne and P. Smallwood. It records that Island had been unable to disperse a pallet of RG-600, tried compounding…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1980
John L. Myers to R. W. Rebholz and Others, Transmitting 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981' (1980)
Two internal cover memos from John L. Myers, dated October 28, 1980, transmit a revised report, "The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981." The report covers 1980 sales and earnings, export and domestic markets, the 1981 sales budget and price increases,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 19, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Review of King City Plant Monitoring and Medical Records (1980)
Internal correspondence summarizing the status of a project to review air-monitoring data and medical records for employees at the King City plant. It describes available exposure data back to 1963, worker time cards, and two proposed projects:…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1978
John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Domestic Tape Joint Compound Manufacturers Buying Calidria Asbestos (1978)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber, with copies to G. R. Adams, R. E. Byrne Jr., R. F. X. Fusaro, H. B. Rhodes and the file. It transmits a list of domestic tape joint compound (TJC) manufacturers that bought asbestos, mainly SG-210…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 24, 1980
J. F. Collins to P. J. Fournier Transmitting the Grace Sylodex Distributor Contract Amendment, with the September 12, 1980 Amendment Letter and Exhibit B Pricing (1980)
A cover letter from J. F. Collins sent the executed amendment letter (dated 9/12/80) to the Sylodex asbestos distributor contract with W. R. Grace & Co. to P. J. Fournier for filing in Corporate Records. The enclosed amendment letter adds a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 25, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber on State Asbestos Regulation in New Jersey and Connecticut (1977)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter reporting that New Jersey narrowed its ban on spraying asbestos-containing materials to friable materials above 0.25% asbestos, still permitting roof-coatings and paints, and that Connecticut enacted three…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 26, 1976
T. P. Norris Call Reports on Chevron Asphalt and Chevron Chemical HPP Trials in Asphaltic Coatings (1975-1976)
Two Metals Division customer call reports by salesman T. P. Norris on efforts to sell HPP asbestos grade for asphaltic coatings to Chevron. The 3/26/76 report describes a production trial at Chevron Asphalt in Oakland, including mixing times against…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
Internal Memo to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products (1979)
Internal Metals Division memo, originating from the "Calidria" Asbestos department, proposing a meeting at the King City plant on April 25, 1979 to discuss packaging of asbestos products. It says the packaging "deficiencies" were not new, that DOT…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 29, 1977
J. E. Walsh Call Report on Proko Company, Dallas, Texas, Reporting Its Switch to Asbestos-Free Joint Compounds (1977)
Customer call report on a visit to Proko Company of Dallas, Texas, a former HPO customer in joint compounds, with Murl Self (President) and Kelly Booth (Purchasing Agent). It records that Proko stopped using asbestos in its joint compounds on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 17, 1979
Customer Complaint Report on Broken Bags and Dusty Rail Car, Michael-Walters Industries, Valier, IL (1979)
A Union Carbide customer complaint report dated May 17, 1979, about a rail car of HPO grade asbestos (81,900 lbs in 35 lb bags) shipped from King City, CA on 4/4/79 to Michael…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1979
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, K. S. Lane and F. J. Shortsleeve Forwarding an Editorial on the Time of Recognition of Asbestos-Related Cancer (1979)
A one-page Union Carbide Metals Division internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes, dated January 11, 1979, forwarding an attached study on the time of recognition of asbestos-related cancer. The attachment is a 1978 editorial…