63 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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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 · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber giving comments on the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg. Vol. 38, No. 188, Sept. 28, 1973). Rhodes assessed the effect on Calidria sales to paper…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal correspondence responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about the warning text on Calidria asbestos bags. It states that bag labelling began in June 1968 with a 'breathing dust may be harmful' warning, and that in June 1972, when the OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the Occurrence of Ultra-Fine Fibers in Calidria RG-244 Asbestos (1978)
Informal report No. 2196-64 describing a recount of 65 filters from 36 customer locations, collected 1973-1977, to determine whether ultra-fine fibers in Calidria RG-244 asbestos were new or previously missed. It reports that fiber counts of 20-40…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 30, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers on Sending Customers the Materials Safety Data Sheet and Asbestos Health Booklet (1975)
A one-page memo dated June 30, 1975, from W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers, with Byrne, Fusaro and Rhodes also listed. It reports Fusaro's suggestion that each customer be sent a covering letter, enough copies of the soon-to-be-revised Materials Safety…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1978
Gordon L. Dickson to E. W. Shortridge and L. J. Grogan on Expected King City Shipments to Domestic Customers (1978)
Internal memo from Gordon L. Dickson to King City personnel attaching a rough schedule of April 1978 shipments of Calidria asbestos from King City to domestic customers. The memo lists monthly tonnage agreements totaling 907 tons for GAF, Flintkote,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on Substituting a Revised Asbestos Label for the OSHA Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber proposing that a different attached label replace the OSHA-mandated asbestos label on UCC asbestos products shipped to U.S. users, subject to OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 22, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on a Form Statement Regarding Carcinogens (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department to the UCC Law Department. He wrote that a statement had been prepared about the carcinogenic substances listed in the Federal Register, and asked whether a form answer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 18, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to C. R. Allenbach and Others on Revised EPA Effluent Guidelines, with EPA Notice of Issuance of NPDES Permits to Nicolet and Certain-Teed (1977)
Internal Union Carbide memo from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department forwarding an article and an EPA notice about NPDES permits issued to Nicolet and Certain-Teed in Pennsylvania. The memo says the permit…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Draft Letter to Dow Chemical on Toxicology and RG-244 (1975)
…medical examination requirements, and correcting a Dow technical service letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a toxicology statement to Union Carbide. The exhibit also includes that Dow letter and an Asbestos Information Association pamphlet, 'Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 20, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. W. Shortridge on Tailings Disposal at the King City Plant and California Hazardous Waste Fees (1979)
Internal memo reviewing the California Characterization and Assessment System for Hazardous and Extremely Hazardous Wastes as received at a meeting with Dr. Collins. It offers ways to reduce State fees for disposal of King City mill tailings,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the Occurrence of Ultra-Fine Fibers in Calidria RG-244 Asbestos, with Customer Fiber-Count Tables and a Ceilcote Letter (1978)
…of the chronological summary of RG-244 airborne fiber counts (rotated, mostly illegible in OCR) Letter from Ceilcote (signed by its Facilities Manager) to the president of Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Division, dated August 22…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on the State of Minnesota Asbestos Act, with Fusaro's 1973 Reply and an Annotated Outline of the Act (1974)
A May 3, 1974 internal letter from H. B. Rhodes to the Law Department's R. F. X. Fusaro asked whether using an asbestos-containing material in a Minnesota building violates the state Asbestos Act if dust is released only years later, at demolition.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 2, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to Frank Twitty on TOSCA Registration of Calidria Asbestos Products (1978)
Internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes to Frank Twitty, with copies to four others, transmitting registration information on the Calidria asbestos operation for the Toxic Substances Control Act (TOSCA) report. The memo says unmodified asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Asbestos Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal Union Carbide memo responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about bag labelling. It states that bag warnings began in June 1968 with the text 'Breathing dust may be harmful' and that in June…