37 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · December 3, 1980
Union Carbide Federal Government Relations Department Draft Issue Summary on Regulation of Asbestos (1980)
…marked UCC Business Confidential, on federal regulation of asbestos. It covers the EPA and CPSC regulatory approach, the possible financial impact on Union Carbide's asbestos business, the company's position, its allies, and its expected…
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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 · June 6, 1980
P. R. Sherman and R. O. Marsten Trip Report on Asbestos Bagging Improvement at Bound Brook and Union Camp (1980)
…NJ, and Union Camp's Lyndhurst plant. It describes why the Union Camp accumulator/loader was judged unsuitable for a dust-proof overwrap of asbestos bags at King City. It then lists the agreed program of…
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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 · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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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 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 · 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 · February 13, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Information Gathering Orders Under TSCA Sections 8(a) and 8(d) (1980)
…It states that the AIA/NA would make no substantive response to the 8(d) proposal, that the author planned no Union Carbide action, and that no commitments would be made without approval from UCC management.
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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 19, 1979
W. B. DeAtley to O. J. Malacarne Transmitting 1979 Sputum Cytology Results for King City Employees (1979)
Internal letter from W. B. DeAtley at King City to O. J. Malacarne enclosing the 1979 sputum cytology results for employees. It reports results better than those predicted from Dr. Saccomanno's data, but notes a marked increase in mild atypical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1976
T. J. Kagetsu to W. C. Thurber Transmitting J. J. Militello's Design Memo and Cost Estimate for a Wetted Supervisbestos Circuit at King City (1976)
A cover memo from T.J. Kagetsu to W.C. Thurber transmitting a preliminary engineering study for producing "Wetted Supervisbestos" at the King City plant. The attached Design Memo No. 1 by J.J. Militello (August 13, 1976) gives the design criteria,…
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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 · 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 · April 22, 1983
L. A. Crisorio to T. W. Carmody et al. Transmitting Minutes of April 7, 1983 Meeting on the Financial Impact of the Miller Bill (1983)
Internal memo transmitting minutes of an April 7, 1983 ad hoc meeting that reviewed the financial impact on the Metals Division of a proposed Miller Bill to fund compensation for asbestos and other toxic substance claims. The attachments include…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1978
Harry Rhodes to T. F. Carmody and Others Transmitting Draft AIA/NA Response to OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
A handwritten cover note from Harry Rhodes of Calidria Asbestos sends recipients a draft Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) response to OSHA's October 4, 1977 generic carcinogen standard proposal. The note asks for comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1968
A. E. Pufahl to F. D. Dexter on the Effect of an Asbestos Business Plan on Pulp and Paper (1968)
…the Pulp and Paper department to F. D. Dexter estimating the financial effects on Pulp and Paper sales if Union Carbide abandoned asbestos. It reviews the paper-industry asbestos customers, including a nine-account "hard core…
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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 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes (signed by John L. Myers) to Dr. J. J. Welsh and T. W. Carmody on Sputum Cytology Results from the King City Asbestos Plant (1978)
A January 1978 memo forwarding Mr. Malacarne's discussion of sputum cytology results from the King City asbestos plant, asking whether the data were sufficient for journal publication or could be used to enhance the company's image. The memo gives…