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b intracompany memo A=^S-k. to Mr. T. E. Withycombe from Mr. C. W. Lehnert subject Information Furnished to Consumer Product Safety Commission location location date Portland Tigard June 2, 1977 As agreed, I returned Mr. Brian Switzer's call requesting information regarding spackling compounds and whether or not they contain asbestos. Mr. Switzer represents A. T. Kearney, Inc., Investment Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 41155. This is a consulting firm who has a contract with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to gather information on spackling materials, in order that the Consumer Product Safety Commission can evaluate the economic effect on the ban of the use of asbestos. The project leader for Kearney in Cleveland is Mr. Jim Lewis, and their representative in the Washington D.C. office is Mr. John Egan. They are contacting some thirty U.S. manufacturers of spackling, tape joint compounds, etc., to determine the brand name of materials distributed, whether or not they contain asbestos, and if not, when the asbestos was phased out. The purpose is to determine whether the asbestos was phased out more than-, twelve months ago. They are making the assumption that if products with asbestos were manufactured during the past year, there will still be material in the marketplace. The information I furnished to Mr. Switzer is as follows: DATE ASBESTOS PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION SIZE CONTAINER WAS PHASED OUT Ready Mix Joint Compound Ready Mix Topping Ready Mix Joint Compound Ready Mix Joint Compound Ready Mix Topping 5 Gallon 5 Gallon 1 Gallon 4 Gallon 4 Gallon 5-3-77 5-3-77 9 months 5-3-77 5-3-77 Bedding Casein Adhesive Topping Casein Adhesive All Purpose Joint Compound Casein 25 lb. bag 25 lb. bag 25 lb. bag 5-3-77 5-3-77 5-3-77 Bedding Vinyl Base Adhesive Topping Vinyl Base Adhesive All Purpose Joint Compound Vinyl Base Adhesive Joint Systems 18 lbs. + tape Triple Duty Vinyl Base Adhesive 25 lb. bag Speed Set Vinyl Gypsum Adhesive 25 lb. bag Wall Texture Ceiling Texture Polystyrene Ceiling Texture Vermiculite 25 lb. bag 32 lb. bag 40 lb. bag 2-3 years 2-3 years 2-3 years 2-3 years 9 months 3 years 5-1-77 3 years 3 years received by JUN 03 1977 GYPSUM DIVISION SGP 0009268 rciv.n^. Ovi fj\ji uiio* i 1^4 SUBJECT: Information Furnished to Consumer Product Safety Commission PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION Joint System Compound Vinyl Joint System Compound Vinyl ATE- June I, 1977 PAGE: 2 SIZE CONTAINER 5 lb. bag 4 lb. bagtape DATE ASBESTOS WAS PHASED OUT 3 years 3 years CWL:jr cc: Mr. G. E. Wilson - Portland Mr. D. C. Corkill - Portland . O' H33 SGP 0009269