35 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 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 · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1973
W. C. Thurber to K. S. Lane, J. L. Myers and P. J. Morgan on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs, with AIA Memo and Federal Register Notice (1973)
…memo from W. C. Thurber to three Union Carbide recipients forwarding an Asbestos Information Association memorandum of October 1, 1973 and the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs. Thurber stated his…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 10, 1971
J. W. Rawlings to E. Epremian and Others on Preparing an Asbestos Safety and Control Information Package for Customers (1971)
Memorandum from J. W. Rawlings asking seven recipients to draft assigned sections of an educational document on asbestos safety and control for customers, with drafts due September 27. The attached outline lists the proposed sections (introduction,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1976
Internal Memo to J. J. Franscell on the King City Safety Audit of August 25-26, 1976 (1976)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo reporting on a safety audit of the King City operation conducted August 25-26, 1976. It rated the safety program as very good and offered suggestions on dust control at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1973
John L. Myers to J. Crane Transmitting Redrafted Management Newsletter Item on Safe Use of Calidria Asbestos (1973)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to J. Crane saying he redrafted Crane's information for the Management Newsletter and that P. J. Morgan should approve it before submission. The attached redraft, dated 6/15/73, is a suggested newsletter item stating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers Transmitting Comments and Questions on the EPA Asbestos Regulations, with King City Environmental Impact Analysis Forms (1973)
A May 21, 1973 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers transmits a compilation of comments and questions, dated April 6, 1973, on the new EPA asbestos emission regulations. The memo says customers might switch to other materials if made to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 12, 1972
Gerald E. Grayson to J. L. Myers Enclosing New York State Regulation Prohibiting Asbestos Spraying (1972)
Letter from Union Carbide's Law Department to J. L. Myers of the Mining & Metals Division, with copies to four others, enclosing the text of a newly enacted New York State regulation that prohibits surface coating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 31, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to G. L. Dickson, E. J. Kleber, T. P. Norris and J. E. Walsh on OSHA Inspections of Calidria Customers (1974)
Internal memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting five instances in which Calidria customers described what he called overzealous application of OSHA asbestos regulations by inspectors. It asks recipients to gather facts from customers using an attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Interpretation of EPA Asbestos Regulations, with Attached Comments and Questions (1973)
A May 21, 1973 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers forwarding a compilation of comments and questions on the new EPA asbestos emission regulations. The memo says most customers are not major emission sources, suggests legal counsel…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 22, 1971
J. L. Myers Report of Call on Telecons with EPA's Dr. J. U. Crowder about Proposed Asbestos Emission Standards (1971)
Report of call summarizing telephone conversations on 10/12, 10/21 and 11/16/71 between J. L. Myers and Dr. J. U. Crowder of the EPA in Durham, N.C., about the status of EPA's proposed emission standards for non-occupational asbestos exposure. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall Transmitting J-M Letter on EPA Regulation of Taconite Tailings as Asbestos (1978)
Union Carbide internal memo, Rhodes to Piersall, Oct. 31, 1978, on regulation of taconite tailings as asbestos Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, R. P. Carter to J. Padgett, EPA, Oct. 9, 1978, objecting to EPA taconite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 29, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on California Emergency Asbestos Regulations (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter-memo forwarding detailed comments on the new California emergency asbestos regulations (Section 5208), with an attached numbered list of comments and questions. The cover letter identifies the 1 fiber/cc criterion, undefined…
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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…