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FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1982 DOC BRK080 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from GM to the Swedish National Board of Health and Safety About Asbestos Free Brake Linings with English Translation INTERNATIONAL METALWORKERS FEDERATION President Eugen Loderer General Secretary Herman Rebhan >fi qT RoRouutete des Acacias 54 bibsis Case postale 325 CH 1227 Geneva Switzerland Telephone 022 43 6150 - Telex 23 298 - Telegram INTERMETAL Mr. Barry CASTLEMAN Environmental Consultant 1722 Linden Ave. BALTIMORE MD 21217 Etats LJ Your ref BC Our ref MM Date March 9 1982 Dear Mr. Castleman Thank you for your letter of March 1 1982 asking for a letter from GM to the Swedish National Board of Health and Safety about asbestos free brake linings Herewith and also you will find a translation a copy of above into English mentioned letter As to you can deliver 1984 read from the asbestos free last paragraf brake linings the GM on all objective is car models in Sincerely IMF Marcello Malentacchi Health and safety Department enc Kungl Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen Tillsynsavdelningen Attn Lennart W Holm ' Fack t S 7 GeneralGeneral Genral Motors Motors Motors Nordiska AB NordiskaNordiska AB 101 60 STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM SWEDEN Telefon 08/440180 08/440180 Telox 1569 . Telugram GENMOTNORD 100 26 STOCKHOLM , . 1007 ARBETARSKYDDSSTYRELSEN 1979-03-02 INK AKTNR 74,7 T 03-06 - LOPNR 3950/78 3950/78 3950/78 AM | AD Betr^/ffande Ert brev 1978-09-15 beteckning g^/llandeasbestmaterial i bromsband 514.1 3950/78 Efter _. TSS ande unders^kning vid v^ra fabriker i USA svar till Era fr^gor i har vi f^tt f^lj- rubricerade brev 1. Asbestfria bromsklossar modeller inklusive f^rekommer blandat l^/tta p^ samtliga bil- Pick Up modeller lastbilar typ sk^pmodeller och rias b^rjat kr^/va denna ^tg^/rd - problem f^religger ej Hinder i form av tekniska 3. Uttalande kan endast g^ras f^r General Motors 4. F^r n^/rvarande f^rekommer produkter inte asbestfria bromsklossar bak ES. material till bromsar fram- som bakbromsar p^ samtliga sina bilmodeller p^ s^v^/l Vi hoppas d^/rmed att Ni st^r givetvis ytterligareerht^illllittj^s/vnasrt po^m ss^t^/llda fr^gor men erfordras Med v^/nligh^/lsning GENERAL MOTORS Serviceavdelningen NORDISKA AB ; Pd Translation GENERAL MOTORS NORDISKA AB Royal Board of Occupational Safety and Health March 2 1979 With reference to your letter of September 15 1978 labeled 514.1 3950/78 concerning asbestos material in brake linings After inquiring our factories in the United States we have received the following answers to the questions in the above mentioned letter 1. Asbestos brake pads are partly available on all car models including light trucks like vans and pick up models 2. The transition to asbestos material depends upon various criteria which have begun requiring this action No technical obstacles are present 3. This statement can only be made for products of General Motors 4. At the present time asbestos free brake pads are not present for the rear 5. The objective of General Motors is in 1984 to deliver asbestos material on all car models including front and rear brakes We hope that you have received an answer to the question posed but we hope to be of further service necessary With kindest regards