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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT UTX-15 UTEX INDUSTRIES, INC. PO.eOX 79227 HOUSTON. TEXAS 77079 TELEX 79-4137 713/467-1000 July 29, 1986 Michael H. Shapiro, Dt reci-or Economics and Technology Division United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticides and Topic Substances Washington, D.C. 2046 0 Dear Mr. ShapIro: This Is In reply to your letter dated July 7, 1905, copy attached, advising us that your agency Is presently developing regulations for asbestos products. That In order to evaluate the proposed regulatory options, you will need current production and sales Information from manufacfurers and processors of asbestos products. We wish to advise that our company discontinued the processing of or the manufacture of any products containing asbestos as of the end of the day. May 31, 1985. We are now In the process of trying to I iquldate all Inventories of raw asbestos materials or finished products containing asbestos, and after August 8, 1986, will not process or manufacture products containing asbestos, or sell any products containing asbestos to the trade. It was Impossible for our company to obtain Insurance due to the fact that we were a processor of and the manufacturer- of products containing asbestos so we elected to drop products containing asbestos fran our product I Ine. In I leu of the above Information, we ask that you please el Imlnate our company as a processor and manufacturer of products containing asbestos. Yours very truly, E. B. PIppert Ylce Chairman of the Board EBP/mmd UTEX 000296