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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1972 Sept 7 DOC#: KG073 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Asbestos - Kaiser Cements K A I S E R C E m E h T 6- G Y P S U M C O R P O R A T I O N INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM J- E. Toomey - w / a tta c h DATE Se pt e mbe r 7, 1972 These l i e : ^ CUrrent products which asbestos fibers. -1. J e r m a n e nt e P l a n t P l a s t i c Gun Cement - 2 . 5 % by w e i g h t o f a s b e s t o s 2. Permanente P l a n t P l a s t i c Cement - 1.0% by w e i gh t o f a s b e s t o s f i b e r s . 3 - f i b e r s ' " " P l a n t P , a 5 t I C Gun Cement ' 2 - ' % b* wel' 9 h t o f a s b e s t o s These three cements a re u t i l i z e d by the c o n s t r u c t io n trade f o r cement ments e c " i h i a P P ' ied C e X t e r i o r " a 11s o f homes, a p a r t e t s , e t c . The P l a s t i c Gun cements a r e a p p l i e d by machine b l a s t e r usseedd 'ww iTtthh 'bbeettw" een' T k t" o 5T TMp a"r t' s ' b' y avpopluUm' ed oTMf " c" laelaNn . p l aTshet e r sand aTndr / water to produce , coh esive, workable mix. A ll p la s t e i is m a c h "e mixed. There can be c o n s i d e r a b l e a ir - b o r n e d u stin g In the v i c i n i t y hnnn' 6 35 ^ ba9S f Cement a r e b roken and empt i ed i n t o t h e 7 hop e r of the m ixer. As the sand and cement , r , mixed, pr o to he L T c ^ e r n . the " a t " ' th e re '= also . These E d i t i o n s T rl s eve ra |epe r c e n t s eo f e n P 3 ! ' I ! 1. sta n d a rd P o r t la n d cement to which are a p p r o x , m .t e 1y 9b to 96% type I I (s t a n d a rd ) P o r t la n d cement What oth er inform ation is needed, Jim? JCM/mr Attachments FORM 1 I cv/nooonoA n n ^