26 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1971
P. W. McDaniel and J. L. Myers Report of Call on EPA Office of Air Programs Regarding Calidria Pellets and Asbestos Emission Standards (1971)
Report of a June 1971 meeting between Union Carbide staff and EPA Office of Air Programs personnel (Source Control Branch) to discuss how Calidria pellets and the production system reduce asbestos dust. It records EPA's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 12, 1973
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt on Implementation of Tuck-In Sleeve Packaging for Asbestos Bags (1973)
Internal memo from W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt saying the present asbestos bags let small quantities of material dribble from the fill hole, creating dust and clean-up problems in customers' plants. It reports preliminary work on tuck-in sleeves and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1974
Table of U.S. Asbestos Producers by Mine, Fiber Type and Estimated Annual Production (1974)
…fiber type, grade groups and remarks. It lists Union Carbide's Joe No. 5 Mine in San Benito Co., California at 20,000 tons of chrysotile and cites a 1973 Mineral Resources Branch publication (Ottawa) as…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 14, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others Confirming RG-244 Packaging Changes (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber confirming discussions of January 11, 1974 on packaging of RG-244. It says cardboard shrouds will be dropped once inventory is used up and that 3-ply bags will give way to slightly larger two-ply bags. It also covers gluing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt, R. J. Klotzbach, F. H. Larrison and J. L. Myers on Shrink Wrapping Bags to Control Fill-Valve Leakage (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber, with a copy line for O. J. Malocarne of Niagara Falls, New York, to four recipients. It says leakage from the fill valve is a major problem in packaging asbestos. It asks for an individual bag shrink film oven and a bag…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1973
R. E. Byrne, Jr. Informal Report on TiO2 Contamination of RG-244 During the T-135 Plant Run (1973)
Informal report describing TiO2 contamination found in RG-244 asbestos produced during the August 15-22, 1973 T-135 plant run at King City. It reports TiO2 levels up to almost 3%, no correlation between TiO2 content and thickening efficiency, sales…
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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 · December 6, 1973
B. L. Ingalls Project Report on Shrink-Wrap Packaging Tests for Calidria Bags and Pallets (1973)
…tests, with Tables I and II, cost information and conclusions Union Carbide Films-Packaging Division sheet on pallet wrapping for outdoor storage, with outdoor exposure test charts Sample cost calculations for bag and pallet shrink-film
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1972
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Product Information Questionnaire for Chrysotile Asbestos (1972)
…transmitting a Product Information Questionnaire prepared for a specific customer and said to be cleared by legal and medical staff in New York. The attached questionnaire gives Union Carbide's answers on chrysotile asbestos (Imcobest, Visbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1973
G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 2, 1976
J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery on a Wetted Dust-Free Supervisbestos Product and Improved Product Quality (1976)
Internal memo from J. E. Skvarla to R. G. Woolery responding to W. C. Thurber's letters on improving Supervisbestos. It proposes making a dust-free wetted product by blending S V filter cake with dry pellets in the Lancaster mixer, citing Niagara…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1972
R. E. Byrne, Jr. to F. H. Larrison on New Interim Plant Control Limits for RG-244, RG-244X and SX-24 (1972)
Internal correspondence from the Research and Development Department to the King City plant listing new interim plant control limits for RG-244, RG-244X and SX-24 (moisture, wet screen, pH, polyester viscosity, TiO2). The memo says the changes were…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne et al. on Bag Spout Leakage and Shrink Wrapping, with Earlier J. L. Myers Memo to Thurber on Packaging (1974)
Exhibit of two pages. Page 1 is a November 4, 1974 letter from W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne and four others stating that leakage from the bag fill valve was a major packaging problem and requesting a bag shrink film oven and a bag cleaning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 19, 1971
H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Telecon with Ken Campbell of Montello, Inc., on Arcovis Order, Oilbestos Lots and Imcobest/Visquick Inventory (1971)
Call report of a telephone conversation between H. B. Rhodes and Ken Campbell of Montello, Inc., a UCC distributor in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. It covers a forewarned 63-ton Arcovis order for Atlantic-Richfield, Oilbestos inventory for a Canadian oil…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1971
P. W. McDaniel and J. L. Myers Report of Call on EPA Source Control Branch about Calidria Pellets and Asbestos Emission Standards (1971)
…and the King City production system reduce asbestos dust, the EPA's work on emission standards for non-occupational exposure, and recommended follow-up actions for Union Carbide staff, including tests on cancer and mesothelioma development.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 28, 1976
R. E. Byrne, Jr. to F. H. Larrison and Others Transmitting February 1976 Production and Shipping Schedules for Calidria Asbestos (1976)
A January 28, 1976 cover memo from R. E. Byrne, Jr. to F. H. Larrison and others attached the February 1976 production and shipping schedules for Calidria asbestos. The memo asked that seven bulk cars of SG-104 be scheduled to maximize plant output…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1974
H. B. Rhodes Transmittal and Report 'Supervisbestos – A Review of Product Quality Trends and Competitive Market Position' (1974)
Internal cover memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting his report on Supervisbestos, the Calidria asbestos drilling-mud additive sold through distributor Montello. The report compares Supervisbestos, Visbestos, Flosal and Atlas 1092 in mixing tests and…