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FILE NAME: Montello (MNT) DATE: 1982 July 28 DOC#: MNT005 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Montello to Union Carbide RE Asbestos Product Advertisements 6106 EAST 32ND PLACE / TULSA. OKLAHOMA 74135 (916) 665-1170 TW X 910-645-2396 01896 s,sn +/ July 28, 1982 Hr. Jack Walsh Union Carbide Corporation 17 Executive Park Drive A tla n ta , Georgia 30329 ' Dear Jack: We wish to make the fo llo w in g statements in our Super Visbestos and U nivis a d ve rtise m en ts: 1. I t is n o t ille g a l to use Super Visbestos o r U nivis. 2. With (7 -8 ) hour TWA' s (Time Weighted Averages) below 1/10 fib e r /c c 0SHA does not re q u ire physicals, medical records on personnel, o r re g u la r m onitoring o f the workplace. 3. According to OSHA In s tru c tio n CPL 2-2.21A physicals o r medical records are not required on personnel where exposure le v e ls are less than 1/10 fiber7cc. 4. F ie ld m onitoring a t actual a p p lic a tio n s ite s revealed th a t 8-hour TWA's on personnel mixing Super Visbestos and U nivis were c o n s is te n tly below 1/10 f1 b e r/cc. 5. With good work practices and reasonable care In handling Super Visbestos and U n iv is , 8-hour TWA values below 1/10 fib e r/c c can be expected. 6. OSHA requirements o ther than medicals and m onitoring, ( i. e . change rooms, special c lo th in g , warning signs, e tc .) are only Imposed i f exposure to fib e r counts above the PEL ( i . e . 10 fib e r/c c maximum c e ilin g value; 2 fib e rs /c c 8-hour TWA) are expected. Would you please secure Union Carbide's speedy approval fo r H ontello to use the above statements in our sales lit e r a tu r e , m a ile rs, etc.