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FILE NAME: Z,, DATE: DOC#: , OCUMENT DESCRIPTION: >ZW^Z'ZZZ ZKZD^ r .,,--;: 'NcRAL ELECTRIC COM?ANY . " " 1285 80STON AVENUE 8P.I~GE?ORT" CONN ECTICUT O!>S02, Phon" (ZO;,) :SJ4'i.Ol~ J?pril 6, 1979 HOUSEWARES AND AUDIO BUSINESS OIV!SfON Honorable Sayde E. Dunn Secretary Consumer Product Safety Com~;ssion 1111 Eighteenth Street, N. W. l:rashington, D. C. 20217 Dear Ms. Dunn: The following response is submitted in reply to your order of March 29, 1979; L Q. Sta'.te the name of your firm and the address of ,Your principal p1ace of". business. Specify whether you are a manufacturer. importer and/or private labeler of portab1e hand-held electric hair dryers (~ryers). A. The name and address of our business is as follows: - : .... Housewares and Audio Business Division ...' . '1 General Electric Company '. i ' 1285 Boston Avenue Bridgeport, Connecticut 06602 The Housewares and Audio Business Division imports (purchases) and manufactures hand-held electric hair dryers. . ,. 2. (a) Q. Are asb~stos materials now being used in dryers your firm is manufacturi"ng, importing or label ing? Ca) A. Asbestos matc:rials are not bein.9 used in the hand-held electric hair' dryers now being imported (purchased), private labeled or manufactured - some units whi ch have been manufactured are en.route to the U.S. b Q. Are these asbestos materials in the nozzle lining, wire insuT!tion. motor insulation or other location where asbestos is exp0sea to the dryer I s airstream? (b) A. Not applicable. 3. (a) Q. Have asbestos materials been us~d in dryers your firm has manufactured, imported, or 1abe1ed within the last ten years? (a) A. Asbestos mater~als have been used in hand-held hair dryers imported (purchased) and manufac:ured during the last ten years. EXHIBI':' J 0001 GEGIE 00015 PageTwo Honorable Sayde E. Dunn Secretary Consumer Product Safety Commission 3. (b) Q. Are these asbestos materials in the nozz1e lining, '.'lire inslJlation~ motor insulation, or other location where asbestos is exp~sed to the dryer's airstream? (b) A. The asbestos. material i-.laS used 't'here it was exposed to the airst~am. 4. Q. "Fo questions 2(b} and/or 3(b), please provide the foiiowing information, in the order listed, for each identifiable group pf dryers . . (a). Q. Identification information (e.g. brand name, style, model number and/or production date code number). (p) Q. Specific dates during which your firm manufactured, imported and/or labeled the dryers and the approximate number of dryers manufactured, imported and/or labeled during each date or time period. {c} Q. Specific description of where the' asbestos materials a.e located in the dryers (e.g __ nozzle lining. wire insulation or motor insul ation). (d) Q. If you are the importer or private labeler, the name and address of the manufacturer. A. (a), (b), (c), Cd) See Attachment "A". The model numbers shown in Attachment "AM were previously, voluntarily submitted by General Electric Company at a meeting on April 5, 1979, held by the Consumer Product.. Safety Commission staff. to which General Electric Company was inv.i ted and attended. 5. (a) Q. Have asbestos materials been used in dryers your firm manufactured, imported or labeled more than ten years ago? (a) A. Asbestos materials have not been used in hand-held hair dryers imported (purchased), private labeled and manufactured more than ten years ago. Although not requested by this.~~i~Lder__\wye~------------ --------------aarlee-'vVlo:r'lnurrn"'t:ar11y sucmlttffi"g"AttachmenT"S" coveri ng non hand-~d hair' dryers manufactured by General Electric Company using asbestos materialS. . 6. (a) Q. Has your firm or anyone on its behalf conducted any tests of your dryers to determine "'nether respirable asbestos in your dryers is emitted into the airstream, or any other tests re;ated to the use of asbestos in dryers? (a) A. Tests have been conducted' on hand-held hair dryers by the Company. 0002 GEGIE 00016 ... __ _ _...... . .. ...,.:;_ ......."""'-:. Hcnorab1e Sayde E., Durtn Secretary Consumer Product Safety Commission 5. (b) Q. Do you know of any other tests or studies regarding the use of asbestos in ha;. dryers? (b) A.' We are aware of other tests regarding the use of asbestos. Some examples of such tests are the }(ear"ney Report 2 Underwriters laboratories, Inc. Reports, and Technical Assessment of Saf~ty for Hair Dryers/sty1ers Report, No. NBSIR 76-1112. (c) Q. Please provide the name, address and telephone number of a person in your firm with \'Ihom the Commission staff cou1d discuss these tests or testing 07 asbestos in hair dryers in general. (c) 7. Q. A.' The writer can be contacted regarding these tests. Please provide the name, title, address, and telephone number of the, person filing the response to this Order. A. The writer has been delegated as the representative of the Chief Executive Offlce and authorized to make claims of confidentiality on behalf of the Company. With regard to information shown 1n Attachment "A" in response to question "', 4(b) and Attachment "B" of this letter, we claim exemption from disclosure for ; statements and references under the Freedom of Information Act, SUSC552(b) and 18USC190S or regulations issued thereunder. This information is confidential. commercial information that would cause substantial financial harm if released to our competitors. It has never been released in a~y manner to person who was not an employee or in a confidential relationship with'" the Company and is not commonly known within the industry nor is it readily a~certainable by outside persons with a minimum of time and effort. Very truly yours, .r::::..: ,;i ,-: ",'," ....., -- J''j' -<' ~, - . ".. . I Robert W. Mazzacane. Manager _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~t-~~~S~vr~~------------- Housewares Engineering Department - Telephone - (203) 332-3556 RWM/1s att. STATE OF CONNECTICUT COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD ~ 5S: Br,i dgeport Apri 1 7. 1979 Personally appeared, ROBERT W. MAZZAC~NE, signer and sealer of the foregoing ;nstr~ment and affirmed and deClared that the statements contained here~n are true to the best of his information and belief. ~ / J ,I '":'::iCt'.-n_< \... / 1'/7 /1" 0003 / - . . I ,I..;~ /" :-ndLc:.. 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