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FILE NAME: Hercules Chemical (HERC) DATE: 1976 June 7 DOC#: HERC030 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Loss of Asbestos Raw Material from Closing South African Mine & Exploration of Other Avenues of Supply Exhibit 44 TO: FROM: SUBJECT! G e o rge L,, S q u ire I I WKC IMU SJ1WK.S, JNT_ illlO CrrrlllonL Kuml \> ii s u m : m s . uKi A m u r , iviiob E . B . O 'N eill ' A sb e sto s Raw M ate rial Supply DATE Jun e 7, 1976 M. O. C O. PHOJECT NO. Xw as in fo rm ed today by A dam Novak that the South A frican m ine which ia currently supplying our a sb e sto s w ill be shutting down this y e a r, because the quality o f the o r e body h as d e terio rate d to the point w h ere they believe it is no lo n ger ec o n o m ical to m in e it. They w ill continue to su p p ly ua with so m e a sb e sto s, h o pefu lly about 100 tons, for the b alan ce of this y ear- M r, Novak is going to co n tact h is other asb estoB so u r c e s , and w ill c a ll b ack within a w eek with w h atever in fo rm atio n he h a s been ab le to obtain . I called S p e c ia l A sb e sto s Com pany, but D ick W areham is in A frica and is not expected b ack until Jun e 16. e. We w ill continue to try to lo c a te new a s b e s t o s so u r c e s , but, in c a s e w e a re u n su cc e ssfu l, I b eliev e we should im m ediately in v estigate the following a lte rn a tiv e s, 1. D e te rm in e w hat H aveg form ulation changed w ill be n e c e s s a r y to allo w u s to u t i l i s e m u ch sh o r te r g r a d e s of a s b e s t o s . We w ould p ro b a b ly re q u ir e add ition al d e w ate rin g equipm en t in the a s b e s to s p lan t to p r o c e s s thiE type of m aterial, 2. In v e stig a te p urch asin g untreated a sb e sto s to m ak e H aveg 41. T h is would req u ire a m uch sh o rter grad e of a sb e sto s , b ec au se w e w ould not have to allow for fib er d e g rad atio n during p ro c e ssin g , and this type of m a te ria l should be m ore re ad ily a v a ila b le . T h is would co n serv e our leach a b le a sb e sto s supply fo r H av e g 61 u s e a n d w o u ld p r o v id e ab ou t a two y e a r s u p p ly . T h e r e would a l s o be a su b stan tial c o st savin g with this approach . I w ill co n tin u e to Btay in c lo s e con tact w ith th is situ atio n , and w ill keep you inform ed of any new developm ents. EBO'N /gf cc: H. D. Barton L, dcBrabander R. W. Sm ith Pltfs Champ-Herc Exhibit 183 HERC 01004