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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: July 2, 1970 DOC#: USG112 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1970 Memo to WR Hogan from CP Kipp regarding Health and Safety Council Asbestos Cement Products Association OQj -tfi*! / 7 -J& V M * X Chicago #187#* V . H . Hogan. Ju ly 2/1970 " Chicago #185, C .i P ..n p p ! Health and Sa fety- C o u n cil Asbeyfcoa C asent Products A s s o c ia tio n . s - s - * ; >' * / r*7. . I . ^ t. # ' - . . a iw * . * t * %* ' *5**^ % ^ , * V > * ** / * . Geneva Hugg I s under th e ln p resalon you approved the In ro lo e * th a t accompanied th e attach ed nemo b u t n o t n e c e s s a r ily the request fo r lncjreasa in the budget In lin e w ith the dues In crease from #350 t o $640. R e la tiv e 0 youir c assents on the degree o f ou r a c t i v i t y , a s you are aw are, jLou Tobey in Hew York has been given perm is sion by Ruse Spah r to Involve him self In th is area In the hope he can e v e n tu a lly su b stitu te f o r me. I f e e l I t l a v i t a l a t thita time th a t we continue our member s h ip . The boundary lin e s o f the a sb e sto s hazard s t i l l have not been id e n t i f i e d . KeaxriQille, the th resh old U n i t has once more bean neduoed and i s now 17< o f what i t was two years ag o . Ala<p, you have probably seen re c e n t neva a r t i c l e s in which th e N a tio n a l Commission on Product S a fe ty has . recommended s t l f f e r le g i s la t i o n and r e g u la tio n concerning products, e s p e c ia lly thoae containing hazardous In gred ien ts. This can 't help h u t a ffe c t asbestos products. As a m atter o f I n t e r e s t , the C i t y .o f New York has issued r e g u la tio n s on tjhe tise o f spray f ir e p r o o fin g c o n ta in in g asbestos t h a t ar|e ao r e s t r i c t iv e th a t the r e g u la tio n s may cause t h i s tjype o f p ro d u o t.to be n o n -co m p etitive w ith other types o f fire p ro o fin g . As an In d ic a tio n , o f our uaa o f a sb e s to a , in 1959, 19 o f our plants usad 6,260 tons o f asb esto a. The b ig g est user was East Chicago^ follow ed by New B r ig h to n , Oypsua, B a lia s and Chamblee. The new Midway P la n t w i l l be a heavy u s e r o f asbestos. As you can a e a , ou r Involvem ent w ith th e asbeatoa problem i s v ery r e a l and I t la im portant we be kep t advioed o f developm ents. I t has p re v io u s ly been decided 4ry management th a t our v e h ic le f o r blng kept advioed would be membership on the H ealth -an d S a fe ty Council o f the A sbestos Cement Products A s s o c ia tio n . Our primary a c t i v i t y has been in attending m eetings In which the current s ta tu s o f the asbestos problem has been d is c u ss e d . O th er companies, p rim a rily Jo h n s -H ja n v ille , oro doing most o f the woJc in developing the inform ation th at is discussed a t the m eetings. CPK/trp attach.