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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1974 Sept 30 DOC#: UC230 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Call Record with Roach Plant to Determine What1 Going on with SC-210 report of call :. T. P. Norris . H. B. Rhodes W. C. Thurber J E Piiae. NF Files Chicago Niagara Falls NY 38 ( f o llc / r m .^ ,,,^ , UNION CAP3IDE CORPORATION P.O. Box 579 Niagara Falls, N.Y. 14302 By Union 306 I I I t 0. E. Walsh Date q.^q.74 * h-l Full Name Roach Paint Interviewed Address Dallas, Texas Mfrs. of Protective Coatings, joint cements & sprays Doc C^rthome, Chemist Jerry Fautenberry, Purchasing Agent Jerry Nichols, General Manager Call made with JT. L. Myers to try and determine what's going on re SG-210. Jerry Sirmons, the previous lab contact here, has left and gone into his own (non-coatings) related business. Doc informed us that Roach's objective was to eliminate asbestos from all their products as soon as possible an< that is what he is now working on. He claims he has already eliminated it from their redi-mix with a . readily available, lower cost material that gives them a better quality nroduct Based on what the major manufacturers have been able to do so far, I have some doubts that Doc has achieved all he claims. A hint from our discussion was that the replace- be 8 silicace material. Doc's impression was that they had switched from 210 to 7RF9 in redi-mix prior to his working out the new formula which they are test-mar keting now. They still make asbestos-containing joint cements but he felt that only Canadian was being used which is contrary to what Simmons had advised on my last call here. Doc also showed us a booklet of toxicology info he had picked up at a John ' Myer seminar given in Dallas last week. Asked Doc who we could appeal the "asbestos out decision to and he felt our best bet was Jerry Nichols, their General Manager. Nichols was out of th office, tut I reached him later in the day and made an appoint ment for John and I to return 8:30 A.M, the next day. Stopped over to Jerry Fautenberry to find out what their inventory was and, as usual, got the same old runaround. They weren t positive hit it was at least a little over a carload. Jerry also had a freight bill for a 100M lb car from Canada that cost $2600 ($2.60/cwt.) Besides the various Jerrys here, none of whom seem to have any information on what is going on, it seems incredible to me that if we have, in fact; been replaced by Canadian that they wouldn't at least use up the 210 they have just to get rid of it or ask to return it rather than tie up both space and cash for nine months. Hopefully, tomorrow's call on Nichols will shed some light on what is going on. Call made with J. L. Myers on Jerry Nichols to try again to find out what is going on and appeal the "asbestos out" edict. Well, the story we got from Nichols was a slight revision in some parts from unat v g had heard the previous day. 210 is still being used, but only in one redi-mix REPORT OF CALL - J. E. Walsh Roach Paint - Dallas, Texas Page 2. formulation which is a small volume item w<th them. Their asbestos-l^cc raj* of formula is a much larger volume item supplied to one of S e largest L i i redi`iaix tractors who requires that it be asbestos-free because d i f f i c u l t i e s h e h l T h a d ^ t h sanding joint events S d ^ a J S i t S S r S ^ S S ; , onlfone w ^ e l o w l h e v L l he srateSlly belnS " lth 'a ODICI little different from ,,hat we heard the previous day from Doc Cawthorie " > - . r L S i t t r i . t e ^ s S t S ? the Falls M th a ov*r u t " r - r - S i s - i toy s r ; S " " OIS " saa i f ha " aa* any heip *