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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: July 1, 1972 DOC#: USG084 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1972 Memo to AR Rump from WW Holloway federal regulations on asbestos Z net today vlth the people vfao are receiving copie of thl letter to dlscum action necessary vlth regard to the federal regulation on aobestos vhleh are effective today Our eoaclmrtona vera as fallows: . 1 There la no present practical mqr to ellalnate asbestos iron the Joist caaent fanaulas If It la legally r",,4W" ve vlnh to mrold the necessity for labelling our formulations as containing anboctos and therefore hazardous, unless and until 1hc leiiwtuwg practice la odopted ty the Industry* We therefore agreed,that ve vould esploy the NA2XSCD service as outside consultanta to evaluate the duet eoncentmtionc vhleh occur vhen R m d y Mix Joists are sanded and idem dry Joint compounds are ~ alxed and vfaen dry compound Joists are sanded* Bopefully, the concentra ting vhleh occur is use vlll sot require labelling* However, ouraction is this respect vlUL he determined vhea ve hove the BAXLSCO report. (As you know, BAZLSCO la the Keqptr Insurance technical a m vhleh vs used fhr industrial hygiene surveys at all USA plants during 1971 and 1972)* Wa a lso agreed t b o t^ F -- noe Hoinp-fl *>unOa vork v lth Beaenrch to evaluate oucr best nsbestos-iT ee jo in t caanound rozguJaand, it x t seerao reaarmnJaZy p ra c tic a l, ve vould try to f l a i l t e s t such a' formula In the near f uture In order to get acne Job experience v lth th e beet ve have to o ffe r a t th is tlma. The m is a long H a t of point products asbestos formulations* Ve ha* a complicated determination of vhether to vork to olialnote asbestos, to label the product, or to drop the product from the line* Because this Is an Involved product Use, ve decided to turn the handling of thla problem over to Mr* McVay and Mr* MUstead for -g the necessary vork vlth the Research Seportacst to arrive at the optima solutions. 3* In the planter area, ve decided to ellalnate Audieote and Hi-Llte iron the product Immediately* . Ve decided to eliminate Oriental Interior from the product line immediately Oriental Exterior formulation vlll be lsnMdlately changed to a nev asbestosfree formulation vhleh baa been developed and successfully tried at Sweetwater* If vo have markets vboxo thla fomulatlon la sot suitable, ' s . i t o u ffle le s tly y ro flt i h lt to p o n aqgf atgaifle a s t pen alty IT ve drop the product/ ao thi ^*n"*t^n chanca v i l i be In sediato a^ In c lu siv o * aro a number of Industrial cantine plasters asbestos, but bora ars substitution opportunities believed to be capable of cirios the juchions* Ve vili tura this netter over to Mr* Loaba to sfcudt end nske recaascsdatlans* N a a m M l e , Nr* Cornell bps notified the plants uslrg asbestos, ubere ve saprei t h U use to occtlaua/ tohcubait their Authority Requests for necessary dust collection equlpcxmfc If tin SAZZSCO surveys taken earlier Indicate they are above the nev threshold H a l t s os asboutos fiber* VHRasc I - C. C. C m #1*7-3 - R. P . Rota #132-1 J*. J. McLaughlin X* 8 . Freosaa J. T. Allen J* D. Cornell 1