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FILE NAME: Asbestos in Hair Dryers (HD) DATE: DOC#: HD0 OCUMENT DESCRIPTION: >ZW^Z'ZZZ KZD^ > --,;: HOUSEWARES AND AUDJO . ....... l )NERAL ,ELECTRIC COMPANY __ > _ > 1285 BOSTON AVENUE: II" BAI~GEPORT. CONNECTICUT 06S02, Phone (203) 334-1.012 BUSINESS DIV1SrON ~pri1 6, 1979 Honorable Sayde E. Dunn Secretary . Consumer Product Safety Commission 1111 Eighteenth Street~ H_ W. Washington, D. C. 20217 I i- ! 1 ... I I i l ! Dear Jol5. Dunn: The following response is submitted in reply to your order of M~rch 29~ 1979: 1. Q. Sta".te the name of your firm and the address of your princ'ipal place of -. business. Specify whether you are a manufacturer~ importer and/or' private labeler of portable hand-held electric hair dryers (?ry~rs). A. The name and address of our business is as follows: Housewares and Audio Business Division General Electric Company 1285 Boston Avenue Bridgeport, Connecticut 06602 2. (a) (a) (b) The Housewares and Audio Business Division imports (purchases) and manufactures hand-held electric hair dryers. Q_ Are asbestos rnateria'l s now being used in dryers your firm is manufacturing, importing or labeling? A. Asbestos materials are not bei~g used in the hand-held electric hairdryers now being imported (purchased), private labeled or manufactured - some units which have been manufactured are enroute to the u_s. Q. Are these asbestos materials in the nozzle lini~g, wire insulation, motor insulation or other location where asbestos is exposed to the dryer's airstream? -. (b) A. Not applicable. 3. (a) Q. Have asbestos materials been ussd in dryers your firm has manufactured, imported, or labeled within the ~ast ten years? (a) A. Asbestos materials have been used in hand-held hair dryers imported (purchased) and manufactured during the last ten years. EXHIBIT J GEGIE 00015 .PageTwo Honorable Sayde E. Dunn Secretary Consumer Product Safety Commission ~ 3. (b) Q.. Are these asbestos materials in the nozzle lining, wire insulation, motor insulation, or other location where asbestos is exposed to the dryer's airstream? (b) A. The asbestos. material was used where it was exposed to the airstream. 4. Q. To questions 2(b) and/or 3{b), please provide the following information, in the order listed, for each identifiable group pf pryers. . . Ca) Q. Identification informption (e.g~ brand name, style, model number and/or production date code number). (t Q. Specific dates during 1I1hich 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 are located in the dryers (e.g: nozzle lining, wire insulation or motor. insulation). . (d) Q. If you are the importer or private labeler, the name and address of the manufacturer. "\ j A. Cal, (b), (c), (d) See Attachment "A". The model numbers shown in Attachment "AN. . were previously. voluntarily submitted by General El~ctric Company at a meeting on April 5,1979. held by the Consumer Product..". Safety Commission staff. to which General Electric Company was inv.ited and attended. 5. (a) Q. Have asbestos materials been used in dryers your firm manufactured. imported or labeled more than ten yea~s 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. Special Order, we are vol.untari ly submitting Attachment nail covering non hand-held hair dryers manufactured by General Electric Company using asbestos materials. . 6. (a) Q. Has your firm or anY9ne on its behalf conducted any tests of . your dryers to determine l-/hether respirable asbestos in your dryers is emitted into the airstream, or any other tests related to the use of asbestos in dryers? Ca} A. Tests have been conducted on hand-held hair dryers by the Company. GEGIE 00016 'Page Three Honorable Sayde E., Dunn Secretary Consumer Product Safety Commission 6. (b) Q.' Do you know of any other tests or studies regarding'the use of , asbestos, in hair dryers? (b) A.. We are aware of other tests regarding the use of asbestos. Some examples of such tests are the Kearney Report* Underwriters laboratories, Inc. Reports, and Technical Assessment of Safety for Hair Dryer's/stylers Report. No. NBSIR 76-1112. , ' . , (c) Q. Please provide the' name, address and telephone number of a person in your firm with whom the CommiSS10n staff could discuss these tests or testing of asbestos in hair dryers in general. (c) A.' The writer can be co.ntacted regarding these tests. 7. Q. 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 Office and authorized to make claims of confidentiality on behalf of the Company. With regard to information shown in Attachment "A" in response to question . __\ 4(b) and Attachment "8" of this letter, we claim exemption from disclosure for j statements and references under the Freedom of Information Act. 5USC552(b) and 1BUSC1905 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 aQY manner to person who was not an employee or in a confidential relationship wi.t~'' 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, _. . . / ___ " .,.1'_ .... . ,,' -. . , ' / - . ' ,,,II!' ' I ~/'/;t;- .' - w. Robert Mazzaca'ne~ Hanager Product Safety and Standards, ,Housewares Engineering Department Telephone (203) 382-3556 RWM!1s att. STATE OF CONNECTI CUT ) ss: B.r,; dgeport COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD } ,April 7. 1979 Personally appeared, ROBERT W. MAZZACANE, signer and sealer of the fo~egoin9 -.~-. 2 )1, l~~n<1',{t:.k(',b,. instrument and affirmed true to the best of his I ' ; . and declared that the statements contained herein are information and belief. /1 ..' '1 c..7t.{ , '. r~ot.ary Pu51 i c - " GEGIE 00017 ". . , '. I I HAND HELD HA IR DRYERS rlpe Uame 'ro Pistol Super Turbo 'ro Pistol 'ro Phtol . Power Turbo Super Pro 'ro PISlOI "ower Pr" 'ro PI$to 1 I'ro Dryer 'ro Pistol "I uol Dryer 'ro Pllto\ SlJper Pro 'ro Plslol "ower Pro' 'owl.r Brush Power Brush ity',ng Dryer StY,llng Dryer ityllng Oryer Sty I Ing 0rye r hyllng Con:b I1lst Styling Comb Styling Comb Styling Comb Model No. 1'1\0-11/5" 6-005 PRO-IO/SIIS-OI3 Pl\o-6/S11?-00S PIIO-S/SI 10-013 ' PRO-"JSIO~-OOI 1'1\0-3/5107:01\ PRO-2/5106-005 Pllo-I/510$-0\3 PH/SIIl-OOS SO-"/5101-013 50-111 STC-2 STC-1/1A -,Mfg. Code 'r " 3.7 3.7 3 3 3,5,6 3.5.6 ' 3 2 2 It It -Usage Code 1 1 .1 1 I 2 2 TOTAL I. - - ....... - - .!.ill. llli1 . Yeal: of S,al. to com~anx Custome[s - a} 1969 1969 1976 "........ 1971 1972 ......" .1.....7..3-- .1.9.'.~- .'.9..1...5-. 19/6 ~ 19/1 1978 78 9~ 177 ' 139,' ;\06 126 571 116 373 $81 H9 079 100 ISS )33 1)~ 542 87 87 57 19 86 191t 113 297 U7 199 61 ~97 92 2.50 62 II ~IS 36 180 109 85 ~IO 311 241 12 5C,~ 3S ~~ 38 328 .1...6..7.. Jj - - .. = !?'!. !'!? ~96 5Ii9 '~ 917 ~ 1Z6 52lt ~ =639 -=S67S (a-UnIt Sales In 000', A cilim of confidentiality on portion, of this mater,lal has bien filed In the I.tt.r dUed April 6, 1979 ffom R. W. Matlacen. to K" Savda Dunn. /oIAIIUFACTUII.ING COOE It) 'ClE, BrIdgeport. CT, !2') Yamad., Jap'" 3) Slmatelex, Hong Kon~ (Iil, 1:1.11111, Japan 'CS) Teseolll. Japan (6). Koyama, Japan (71 GE. Slngepore USAGE CQDE U1 NO~ll. Llntng/Heat Shl.ld tal. lIu'.r Support Vern ,C.,.>., C> ,.,.., ATTACHMENT A -o o o ~ ....... '" ,;! " '" ': 'j :! ': 1l01l. ~~D" H~LO, HAI:I\ b~YE~S .! Type Hallie Salon Dryar Portable Pro fe~slonal Hodal No, UH-I0 H'fll. Ung. ~ode ,Coda 3 Ig6g lli1 lli! lliI .Year of Sate ta comea~ustomars.a) ill.[ 1lli ill! 1m Uti !lliO ill! ill! ill! Tota I. 35 29' 20 Il 9 2 108 Salon Dryer' ~ortllbl.e Pro- MO-55 3 fesslonal' Salon Dryer Salon Style HO-30/UH)1 3 Speed pfyer S410n Dryer Salon Sty'le 'liD-56 ) 61 93 S 163 " S S 1\ 12 2 3'& ,. 29 2.7 ;1,3 IS 88 Salon Dryer Salon Style HD-H 3 13l . 8z 18 23~ 56lon Dryer Salon Style HD-52 3 2.4 ,49 31 21 7 6 155 Sa Ion Dryer Salon Style 110-51 3 62 137 97 1"6 86 . 71 IDS ~O 67 $2 ~17 " Salon Dryer Salon Style Mist HO-63/6355' 60 ' 41 4 ~ 103 ",. " Salon PrYelr Supe r- 5pllld HD-63S5/5063-008 Salon Style Mist 11 18 6 13, 17 7S Salon Dryer Salon Style Hlst 80nnet Pryer Portable, Bonnet TOTAL (a-Unit Sales In OOOIS, MD-S3 HO-20 I 4.3 6) 65 1t8 36 'I' 3 - - - - .& ill ill. ..ll ~ ..li ill ill. ~ m .lli. ill ~ ~ J:! .!2. db 212 ... .ill -25~4 A clall/l of conflden~lalltY on this material hQS b~en'flled In the letter dated April 6, 1~79 from R. W. Mazzatane to Hs. Sayde Dunn. MANUFACTURING CODE ('I) GE,' Bridgeport. cr USAGE CODE (3) Heat Shield ~Flber;lass/asbesto& sheet) (4) Pad ATTACKKENT B -m .-o 0, o \,Q / .... ..~.~.