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FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: 1983 Oct 5 DOC#: ACPS109 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Sales Reps Stating J-M's Position Against EPA's Proposed Asbestos Phase-Out & Attached Newspaper Article Wurifc .-m a *T ^ v l-TTiftMMiii*Miir ^^VimirrirWM>ti)iiitWii.iw>.... To B* M a d * ii* c tiir* : immediately M a n a g e r 's Notice OCTOBER 5, 1983 TO: ALL SALES REPS, CENTRAL DISTRICT M. P, KROSNOSKY, MILWAUKEE J. J. MILLER, SAN ANTONIO MR. PHIL TINSLEY, HOUSTON RE: EPA TO PROPOSE, IN NEXT PEW MONTHS, BAN OR PHASE-OUT OF REMAINING ASBESTOS USES ARTICLE FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL OCTOBER A, 1983 (ATTACHED) THE ABOVE ARTICLE IS SENT TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION; CUSTOMERS MAY CONFRONT YOU WITH IT. J-M*S POSITION DOES NOT CHANGE. "TRANSITE" IS AN ECONOMICAL PRODUCT, IT PERFORMS THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS INTENDED, AND IT IS SAFE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE END USER. MILLIONS OF FEET ARE IN THE GROUND, AND WE DO NOT PLAN TO GO OUT OF THE ASBESTOS/CEMENT PRESSURE PIPE BUSINESS, E. H. PRONSKE C C :'R . K. CHI, STOCKTON W. G. BURNETT, STOCKTON A. A. VERPLOEGH, STOCKTON I* M-4A A ^ exhibitJ ^ L V V W W D E O S O O R 9088 HAR 00012966  ttfS ta * ' ii ii i ' i ... .................... i*:inhiiiiBiiiiiTiiiii<-liiiiiitf, ^ i i r f t i i i i i n i " iTiiiiiiti^iiiifti'[irTiiiii>imiii<iifiii>tiiriiiir ii)iriiTiiTiifli <i^if<ir# -^*fel* * l*tJII**^**^ia^liiiftifili1ii1^ - -- fefehi - THE WALL StriEET JOURNAL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1983 :EPA to Propose, in Next Few Months, Ban Or Phase-Out of Rem aining Asbestos Uses 0 ............................--..... ........ . ............... By Andy P asztt* and Raymond A. J oseph 51 / / R r p n n m o f T hk^Wa u . S i n t c r r J o u rnal WASHINGTON-The Environmental Pro- lection Agency Intends to propose In the next tew months a ban or phase-out of as bestos In the tew products that still use It. EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus agreed In principle with a package of pro posed regulations against the carcinogen that goes beyond any action we Reagan ad ministration was considering only a ' lew months ago, agency officials said. Nevertheless, any such ban would come Jong after the asbestos Industry-battered by thousands of suits from asbestos workers and u sers-has shrunk severely. About 300 companies once used asbestos In their prod ucts, but use has decreased as the danger ous effects of asbestos have become known. The U.S. Bureau of Mines said U.S. con sumption reached a high of 795,000 metric tons In 1373; according to the EPA. current annual consumption Is about 127.000 metric tons. The EPA intends to ban all uses of cer tain construction products such as cement Denver-based Manvllle Corp., the major asbestos-products maker, said the EPA ac tion probably would have "very little Impact on us" because the company has been re placing asbestos with such materials as fi berglass. Manvllle filed for protection under Chap ter It of the federal Bankruptcy Code last year to ward oft thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs who claimed Injury or death of rel atives from asbestos. The material can cause cancer and asbestosIs. an emphy sema-like disease that gradually impairs breathing through scarring of the lungs. Manvllle, once known as the largest as bestos company In the Western world, re cently sold its large Canadian asbestos-min ing operations. In Danbury, conn.. Union Carbide Corp. said It didn't know how any EPA action would affect its mining operations in Colo rado, where it operates a small asbestos mine. Moreover, Union Carbide said, tt "probably won't have much of an effect on us because our kind of asbestos Is of high purity." But the company said its asbestos pipes, roofing materials and floor coverings is used in floor tiles and corking materials, that contain asbestos, a fibrous mineral used in fireproof materials. In addition, the agency is writing proposed regulations that place a cap on the amount of asbestos used for all other products and set tip a timetable for phasing out all but a few minor Uses a r r e the ext tew years. to the past, senior Reagan administration appointees at the EPA have argued that usages that EPA apparently will ban. Raymark Corp.. Trumbill, Conn., asserts that its use of asbestos probably wouldn't be affected Immediately. The company said tu asbestos is used mainly In friction materi als, like car brakes and clutches. In a related development, the Labor De- j partment said Its Occupational Safety and there wasn't adequate scientific evidence to Health Administration trill expand work warrant tough action against asbestos. They place inspections seeking possible violations also asserted that banning, or phasing out of its asbestos-exposure rules. The the material would be too costly In most in job-safety agency estimated It will triple stances, and they wanted .voluntary action such Inspections to about 700 oyer the next tqr industry to reduce public exposure to as year in the construction and manufacturing bestos. Industries, focusing on demolition sites and - But Edward Klein, director of the office that Is drafting the proposals, said the EPA manufacturers with records of asbestos vio now considers asbestos to be a " proven car lations, cinogen*' that should be phased out quickly. OSHA said H will Inspect demolition sites He noted that Industry has developed a vari that have notified the EPA that asbestos de ety of substitutes. molition or removal will occur. 9089 HAR 00012967