31 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 21, 1971
Correspondence between J. W. Rawlings (Union Carbide) and G. W. Johns (Western Chemical & Manufacturing Co.) on Distribution and Grinding of Calidria (1971)
Exhibit of three letters. On April 5, 1971 Western Chemical & Manufacturing Company wrote Rawlings about reselling Calidria asbestos fiber bought from the King City mill and expanding distribution in California. Rawlings replied on April 21, 1971,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 16, 1972
Statement of James W. Rawlings, Union Carbide, at OSHA Hearing on Proposed Asbestos Standards (1972)
…King City mill, the specialty thixotropic asbestos products, fiber-count test results from spraying, sanding, grinding and resin-tank mixing, and Union Carbide's objections to the proposed regulations and a 2 fiber per milliliter limit.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1971
Correspondence between J. W. Rawlings (Union Carbide) and G. W. Johns (Western Chemical & Manufacturing Co.) on Reselling and Grinding Calidria Pellets (1971)
Three letters from April 1971. Western Chemical & Manufacturing Company (April 5) wrote to Union Carbide's J. W. Rawlings about reselling Calidria asbestos in California. Rawlings replied on April 21 and mentioned the possibility of Western…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 16, 1972
Statement of James W. Rawlings, Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division, at OSHA Hearing on Proposed Asbestos Standards (1972)
Prepared statement by a Union Carbide vice-president for a hearing on proposed OSHA asbestos standards. It describes the King City mine and mill and the company's specialty asbestos products, especially a thixotropic agent for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 16, 1972
James W. Rawlings Statement for Union Carbide at OSHA Hearing on Proposed Asbestos Standards (1972)
…given at the March 16, 1972 hearing on proposed OSHA asbestos standards. It describes Union Carbide's King City asbestos operation and its specialty (thixotropic) products, reports fiber counts from recent tests, and comments on the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 9, 1973
Floyd H. Larrison Jr. to E. S. Prochnik on Press Coverage of Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)
…a clipping reporting Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony. He wrote that the Salinas reporter was told Union Carbide had no comment on the testimony, but that the problems in general, the company's concern…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 10, 1972
James W. Rawlings to Reichhold Chemical Industries (R. C. Sulick) on Asbestos Regulations and RG-244 Customers (1972)
…Air Act asbestos regulations as they applied to users of RG-244. It summarizes the OSHA exposure limits and respirator requirements, and reports Union Carbide's test fiber counts from resin mixing, spraying and sanding operations.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Draft Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
A Feb. 18, 1972 internal memo from John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson sends Calidria's version of a proposed interim toxicology report and asks him to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for a general customer mailing. The exhibit also holds…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 21, 1971
Compilation: J. W. Rawlings Action Memo on Asbestos Test Program and King City Dust Control (1971), W. N. Johnson Memo on Airborne Asbestos Tests (1972), and B. A. Osby Memo on Institute Plant Landfill (1986)
Compilation of three Union Carbide internal memoranda. The 1971 Rawlings memo sets out action items after a December 17 asbestos meeting: simulated dust-count tests on customer uses, a two-year King City dust-control program…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 30, 1974
James W. Rawlings to Dr. Raymond T. Moore (NIOSH) Commenting on Proposed Asbestos Standards for Surface Coal Mines (1974)
…two fibers per cubic centimeter (8-hour TWA) as unnecessary and inconsistent with OSHA and Interior standards. It urged a uniform five-fiber standard until July 1, 1976, and was copied to six Union Carbide recipients.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 5, 1972
W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery on Following Up by Phone (1972)
A one-page note from W. N. Johnson to R. G. Woolery dated January 5, 1972. It says that, following a telephone conversation, Johnson would be in touch with the recipient on Friday or Monday. The note lists an enclosure, but none is included in the exhibit.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1972
W. N. Johnson to P. W. McDaniel and Others on the Test Program for Airborne Asbestos (1972)
Memo summarizing arrangements agreed at a January 12 meeting in Niagara for a program to measure airborne asbestos. The program covered a survey of employee exposure at customers' plants near Bartow, Florida, and laboratory tests at Niagara of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 10, 1972
James W. Rawlings to R. C. Sulick, Reichhold Chemical Industries, on Asbestos Regulations and RG-244 Customer Compliance (1972)
Letter from a Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division vice-president to the technical director of Reichhold Chemical Industries, a customer for RG-244 asbestos. It addresses federal asbestos regulations and the OSHA exposure limits and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1972
James W. Rawlings to Cargill Company (Attn. H. Nakano) on Asbestos Regulations and RG-244 Customers (1972)
Letter from Union Carbide's Mining and Metals Division to a customer that uses RG-244 asbestos. It discusses the then-current and proposed OSHA and Clean Air Act asbestos regulations, the 5 fibers/ml exposure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 9, 1972
Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to W. N. Johnson on Air Sampling Program Results near the King City Mill and Mine (1972)
Internal letter from the King City office reporting results of air sampling taken around the King City mill (Feb. 29 and Mar. 1, 1972) and the mine area (Mar. 2, 1972). The letter concludes that no particle counted near the mill was asbestos, says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
…medical and legal approvals so it could be mailed to customers. The report discusses asbestos health effects, the OSHA and EPA rules of 1971-72 and dust control, and states Union Carbide's position on asbestos.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 19, 1971
James W. Rawlings to H. Trautmann on Degussa's Contract Offer and a Possible European Reseller for RG-244 (1971)
A two-page Union Carbide teletypewriter message from James W. Rawlings to H. Trautmann in Geneva. It says Degussa's contract offer for RG-244 was unacceptable on price, quantity and term, and discusses transferring European…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1972
W. N. Johnson to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall Forwarding AIA/NA Memos on the FDA Asbestos Task Force and the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Standard (1972)
A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson, dated December 12, 1972, sends two Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) letters to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The first letter (Nov. 27, 1972) reports a meeting with FDA staff…