58 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1979
Ron Ritchie to J. B. Leverton and R. J. Taylor Forwarding OSHA Jobsite Information Survey Correspondence (1979)
Cover memo from Ron Ritchie passing along correspondence about OSHA Jobsite Information Surveys, with an Employee Relations memo from R. V. Welty (Oct. 1, 1979) and a Sept. 21, 1979 letter from Law Department attorney John W. Whittlesey to J. B.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Filter Changing at Texas City (1979)
Internal memo from an industrial hygienist reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's October 16, 1979 visit to the Texas City plant to investigate potential employee exposure during changing of ethylene oxide filter cartridges. It describes an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1985
Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer and D. R. Reem on Texas City Plant Asbestos Concerns (1985)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Industrial Hygiene department at Texas City, reporting that asbestos-containing insulation and other materials at the Texas City Plant had become a health and public relations concern. It describes six…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 9, 1987
J. B. Leverton to Eli Bell, Texas Air Control Board, on Asbestos Insulation Removal at Texas City Marine Terminal (1987)
Letter notifying the Texas Air Control Board, under 40 CFR 61.146, of planned renovation to remove insulation from steam service headers at the Texas City marine terminal. It gives the amount (about 584 feet), the scheduled dates (January 22 to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1985
J. B. Leverton to Texas Air Control Board on Asbestos Insulation Removal from Fluid Bed Dryer at Texas City Plant (1985)
Letter to the Texas Air Control Board giving notice, under 40 CFR 61.146, of planned removal of about 400 square feet of insulation from the fluid bed dryer at Bldg. 121 of the Texas City plant. It gives the schedule (after August 26, 1985, to be…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1980
A. P. Yalcinkaya to L. A. Smith and D. B. Whittington Posting OSHA Notice of Trial, Docket 80-1943, Texas City Ethanol Unit (1980)
…July 22, 1980, asking that the Notice of Trial be posted at the Ethanol Unit OSHRC Notice of Trial, Secretary of Labor v. Union Carbide Corporation, Docket 80-1943, signed by Judge Erwin L. Stuller, dated…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Filter Change at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from an industrial hygienist at Texas City reporting an October 16, 1979 OSHA visit on potential employee exposure during changing of ethylene oxide filter cartridges at the loading rack. It describes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 26, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to A. L. Welch on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at Texas City, with Attached OSHA Appendix A and Related Correspondence (1987)
…1987 memo in which Kirk E. Martin responded to a contractor's complaint that Union Carbide's Texas City laboratory air-sample results for asbestos were inaccurate, stating the results stood and citing the OSHA counting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 23, 1985
J. B. Leverton to Texas Air Control Board on Renovation Notification for Asbestos Insulation Removal at Texas City Plant (1985)
…under 40 CFR 61.146, of Union Carbide's plan to remove about 1800 square feet of asbestos insulation from steam lines and valves in Building 180 at its Texas City plant. Removal was scheduled from…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1979
J. B. Leverton to F. S. Provenzano Transmitting the Texas City Plant Asbestos Standard Compliance Audit (1979)
Cover letter dated November 9, 1979 from J. B. Leverton to F. S. Provenzano, with copies to plant and corporate staff, attaching an audit of Texas City Plant compliance with the OSHA asbestos standard (29 CFR 1910.1001). Leverton concurred with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 12, 1987
J. B. Leverton to Eli Bell, Texas Air Control Board, Renovation Notification for Asbestos Insulation Removal at Texas City (1987)
…Board, under 40 CFR 61.146, that Union Carbide planned to remove asbestos insulation from the 1st and 2nd effect columns at building 94 of its Texas City plant. It gave about 238 square feet, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1977
T. J. Covin to J. P. Alexander and Others on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
Internal correspondence from T. J. Covin of the Taft EP Dept. to plant recipients about the EPA National Emission Standard for Asbestos (40 CFR 61), which requires EPA notification of removal of asbestos-containing insulation or fireproofing above…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 26, 1987
J. B. Leverton to Eli Bell, Texas Air Control Board, Notifying of Asbestos Steam Line Insulation Removal at Texas City Plant (1987)
…under 40 CFR 61.146, that Union Carbide planned to remove asbestos insulation from 520 linear feet of 3-inch steam line north of building 56 at the Texas City plant, from March 23 to June…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 17, 1980
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on the October 29 and November 4 OSHA Inspection of the Amines Spill at Texas City (1980)
…al., dated November 17, 1980, on the OSHA inspection of the amines spill OSHA complaint form (log # 1188) alleging no protective equipment for employees cleaning up a chemical leak at the Union Carbide Texas City plant
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to M. Hightower and K. Klyng on Pre-Demolition Walk-Through of Bldg 187 and #32 Boiler Turbine, Texas City (1987)
Letter from Kirk E. Martin reporting industrial hygiene concerns from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of Bldg 187 and the #32 Boiler Turbine at Texas City. It reported no concerns for Bldg 187, a significant amount of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 13, 1985
S. J. Footer to F. S. Provenzano on the Texas City Plant Insulation Repair Program (1985)
Internal memo of August 13, 1985 recommending that the Texas City plant insulation repair project be split into operating facilities and facilities shut down for future demolition, with repair completion targets of one to three years depending on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 19, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. F. Erdmann on Industrial Hygiene Test of Powerhouse Pipe Insulation for Asbestos, Texas City Plant (1984)
Internal Union Carbide industrial hygiene preliminary report dated November 19, 1984, on a pipe insulation sample removed from the #2 Powerhouse at Texas City on November 12, 1984. The sample was analyzed for percent water by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's follow-up inspection on October 30, 1979 at the Texas City Plant, prompted by employee complaints of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes while welding…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to R. M. Arnold and M. Hightower on Pre-Demolition Walk-thru of the Phenolic Resins Unit, Texas City (1987)
Memo reporting industrial hygiene concerns identified from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of the Phenolic Resins Unit at Texas City. It notes asbestos insulation on lines and vessels, states the company policy on…