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FILE NAME Kelly Moore KM DATE 1976 DOC KM033 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Manville to KM with Attached M Policy Statement - a Ny JM Manville o Sales Corporation ; . P. O. Box 9067 2430 East 223rd Street Long Beach Calif 90810 213 775-3451.834-6471 775-3451.834-6471 Kelly Moore Paint Co. Inc. Paco Textures Division 1057 Commercial St. _ San Carlos Ca. 94070 . August 23 1976 Gentlemen relating to proposed Federal regulations number In view of recent developments as well as the proliferating governing the use of Asbestos Fiber with asbestos fiber exposure we consider of liability suits associated Statement on behalf of Manville it essential to issue a Policy incorporated Statement as attached will be The conditions of our Policy fibre into our sales policies policies for asbestos assume the potential health liability We will not expect our customers to are attempting to do for the asbestos we supply as other producers 2 of our Policy Statement with Clause 3 on Page who fail to meet applicable However in accordance will refuse to sell asbestos to customers and thereby endanger the we on asbests exposure regulations M to unwarrented liability governmental health of their employees and expose Very truly yours W.P. of W. P. O'Reilly Asbestos Fiber Sales ATTACHMENT KM 01087 MANVILLE POLICY STATEMENTSTATEMENT ON SALES OF ASBESTOS FIBER KMX 03653 MANVILLE POLICY STATEMENT ON SALES OF ASBESTOS FIBER WORLDWIDE Manville is Canada's largest producer of chrysotile asbestos with a projected production level in 1976 of 720,000 tons at the Jeffrey mine and 80,000 tons at the Advocate mine Also M is the largest single consumer of asbestos in the U.S. and Canada in the manufacture of asbestos containing products In addition we are expanding our asbestos production in 1976 at Jeffrey mine and allocating additional funds for the purpose of finding and bringing to production new asbestos sources to alleviate the present and expected shortages It is apparent then that asbestos fiber is of great importance to Manville first to supply this essential mineral to industry and second to manufacture products with it internally The corporate policy of Manville on environmental health is stated as follows It is our Company's policy to equip our plants for the highest degree of personal providing it is technically possible and economically feasible to do so When technology is not available when it is not feasible economically from a competitive standpoint to make these installations will elect to discontinue a particular operation rather than knowingly endanger the health or life expectancy of a single employee We are convinced that asbestos fiber can be produced and used safely and we are installing equipment and expending funds at our asbestos mines and asbestos plants to meet this objective Further as asbestos fiber concentrations in the workplace are re- KMX 03654 + ~ ome duc^"dinjuries to employees and resulting damages will eventually diminish Based on this preamble we can state the Manville sales policy as follows ) We will continue to produce and market asbestos fiber on a worldwide basis recognizing that we cannot ask our customers to accept liability properly belonging to M for health problems resulting from the responsible use of our asbestos fiber 2 We will continue our efforts to inform educate and pro vide information to our customers on the safe use of asbestos in order to facilitate our customers ability to comply with applicable governmental regulations and safe practices relating to the use of asbestos We will continue to offer and provide educational material to our customers so that they can inform and educate their employees on the safe use of asbestos 3 We will reserve the right to refuse to sell`asbestos sell`asbestos fiber to customers who fail to meet applicable governmental regulations on asbestos exposure and thereby endanger the health of their employees and expose M to unwarranted liability In countries where there are no governmental regulations on asbestos exposure accepted industrial hygiene practice shall apply 41 We will continue our research and development efforts in order to find and implement improvements such as new and improved forms of asbestos e.g. blocks and pellets and better packaging and shipping methodtso reduce the possibility of excess exposure to asbestos fiber KMX 03655 MANVILLE POLICY STATEMENT ON SALES OF ASBESTOS FIBER KMX 03656 a = MANVILLE POLICY STATEMENT ON SALES OF ASBESTOS FIBER WORLDWIDE ' Manville is Canada's largest producer of chrysotile asbestos with a projected production level in 1976 of 720,000 tons at the Jeffrey mine and 80,000 tons at the Advocate mine Also M is the largest single consumer of asbestos in the U.S. and Canada in the manufacture of asbestos containing products In addition we are expanding our asbestos production in 1976 at Jeffrey mine and allocating additional funds for the purpose of finding and bringing to production new asbestos sources to alleviate the present and expected shortages It is apparent then that asbestos fiber is of great importance to Manville first to supply this essential mineral to industry . and second to manufacture products with it internally The corporate policy of Manville on environmental health is stated as follows It is our Company's policy to equip our plants for the highest degree of personal providing it is technically possible and economically feasible to do so When technology is not available when it is not feasible economically from a competitive standpoint to make these installations will elect to discontinue a particular operation rather than knowingly endanger the health or life expectancy of a single employee We are convinced that asbestos fiber can be produced and used safely and we are installing equipment and expending funds at our asbestos mines and asbestos plants to meet this objective Further as asbestos fiber concentrations in the workplace are re- KMX 03657 duced injuries to employees and resulting damages will eventually .diminish Based on this preamble we can state the Manville sales policy as follows 1 We will continue to produce and market asbestos fiber on a worldwide basis recognizing that we cannot ask our customers to accept liability properly belonging to M for health problems resulting from the responsible use of our asbestos fiber 2 We will continue our efforts to inform educate and provide information to our customers on the safe use of asbestos in order to facilitate our customers ability to comply with applicable governmental regulations and safe practices relating to the use of asbestos We will continue to offer and provide educational material to our customers so that they can inform and educate their employees on the safe use of asbestos to 3 We will reserve the right to refuse to sell asbestos fiber customers who fail to meet applicable governmental regulations on asbestos exposure and thereby endanger the health of their employees and expose M to unwarranted liability In countries where there are no governmental regulations on asbestos exposure accepted in- dustrial hygiene practice shall apply 4 We will continue our research and development efforts in order to find and implement improvements such as new and improved forms of asbestos e.g. blocks and pellets and better packaging and shipping methods to reduce the possibility of excess exposure to asbestos fiber KMX 03658 _ ! JM Manville Sales Corporation Greenwood Pleza Denver Colorado 80217 303 770-1000 April 16 1976 Kelly Moore Paint Company 909 Old Country Road San Carlos California Attn Mrs. Judy Bullivant Dear Mrs. Bullivant In view of recent developments relating to proposed Federal regulations governing the use of asbestos fiber as well as the proliferating number of liability suits associated with asbestos fiber exposure we consider it essential to issue a Policy Statement on behalf of Manville The conditions of our Policy will be incorporated into our asbestos fiber Statement as sales policies attached for Yours very truly N. W. Hendry Director of A.F.D. U.S. & Canada andy Sales Attach 28002 : 15 15 oe 54200/50/1900 5420 /50/190 B 54200/50/1900 54200/50/1900 B ee 54200/50/1900 54200/50/1900 54200/50/1900 Gang 50t 317ay200 37200 20350 fl 5000 5252252050 ; KMX 03660