30 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, 1959
Union Carbide Sales Memo on West Coast Asbestos Markets (1959) with Calidria RG-244 Call Reports and Mixing Tests at Reichhold, Jacksonville (1970, 1975)
Compilation of four Union Carbide documents. A 1959 Sales Development memo reports calls on West Coast asbestos consumers and the tonnage and grades each uses. Two Calidria call reports (1975 and 1970) and a 1970 report…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1969
R. G. Woolery to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos R&D Costs and Sales by Market (1969)
Internal letter from the Research and Development Department reviewing asbestos R&D spending for 1969 against sales in four markets (paper additives, flooring, export, new applications). It reports sales by year, recommends raising the R&D level to…
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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 · February 25, 1971
P. L. Reiber to R. L. Folkman on Asbestos Export Sales in Europe (1971)
Internal memo reporting on the writer's recent trip to Europe, where he met Heinz Trautmann and staff of U. C. Europe S.A. in Geneva to discuss asbestos sales and reseller activity. It describes three product groupings (standard grade for floor…
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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 · 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 · December 15, 1972
Internal Memo to J. W. Rawlings on the December 14, 1972 Asbestos Information Association Meeting (1972)
Internal correspondence from the Mining and Metals Division, 270 Park Avenue, New York, summarizing the December 14, 1972 meeting of the AIA (Asbestos Information Association). The numbered captions cover publicity planning with a PR firm, a draft…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1980
J. T. Kelly to R. L. Folkman Transmitting the Asbestos Strategy Package for the King City Calidria Business (1980)
A cover memo from J. T. Kelly of Financial Control transmits the latest asbestos strategy package, which assumes an OSHA TLV of no more than 1.0 fiber per cc and estimates the cost of a 0.5 fiber limit at King City. The attached slides cover the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on the NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and the King City Plant, with Attached Request and Wall Street Journal Article (1977)
Internal letter in which H. B. Rhodes answered R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA 1975 proposal and the NIOSH position, said the King City plant was generally meeting the 2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1980
R. W. Rebholz Transmittal to G. R. Bailey, R. L. Folkman and F. J. Shortsleeve of J. L. Myers' 1981 Asbestos Business Budget Narrative, with Myers' Memo and 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981' (1980)
Exhibit consists of a one-page cover note from R. W. Rebholz forwarding the 1981 Asbestos Business Budget narrative, a Myers-to-Rebholz internal memo dated October 28, 1980, and Myers' five-page report 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981'. The…
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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 · March 13, 1980
R. W. Rebholz to G. R. Bailey and Others on Asbestos Business Meetings (1980)
Memorandum dated March 13, 1980 announcing that, with the Mineral Products Meeting on March 27, Dr. Rhodes would discuss the current status of health-related regulations on the promotion and use of asbestos products. A discussion to update the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and Calidria Exposure Levels, with Folkman's Request and WSJ Article (1977)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter in which H. B. Rhodes responded to R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA proposal and the NIOSH…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 23, 1979
T. D. Finnigan to R. L. Folkman and Others on the 'Asbestos In Schools' Bill, H.R. 1524 (1979)
…by companies that mined, made or imported asbestos from 1946 to 1972. It gives an estimated Union Carbide share of $180,000 under a $30 million ceiling, discusses possible larger abatement costs, and attaches the bill…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 27, 1980
R. W. Rolley to R. L. Folkman on the 1981 Asbestos Budget (1980)
Internal Metals Division memo transmitting a revised 1981 sales budget for the asbestos business. It describes the aim of offsetting rising plant costs and holding a gross margin of about 30%, an average price increase of 17.9 percent, California…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 10, 1971
J. E. Skvarla to P. J. Colpoys on Weighting Agent Made from King City Asbestos Tailings (1971)
Internal correspondence from J. E. Skvarla to P. J. Colpoys reporting that an experimental 180 lb lot of oil well weighting agent made from King City plant tailings had been shipped. It lists the lot's specifications against the required ones, gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1980
H. B. Rhodes to Asbestos SPU Distribution on Status of Asbestos Regulatory Matters, with Presentation Text and Figures (1980)
Internal Metals Division cover memo from Harrison B. Rhodes dated April 1, 1980, enclosing the text and figures of his March 28, 1980 presentation to the Asbestos SPU Committee on asbestos regulatory matters, plus suggested changes to the asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1979
Memorandum on Strategic Planning for the Asbestos Business, to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others (1979)
Memorandum discussing how to define the industry and business for the Metals Division's Asbestos Business Strategic Plan. It describes California (King City) chrysotile's physical properties and its uses as a viscosity control agent and in paper,…