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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: 1974 Feb 20 DOC#: USG086 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to AL Hampton from JR Hood re elimination of asbestos fibre from plaster products V TMC INFORMATION RE0U E5TE0 ^R N nH E D U L 0* B * ACCORDANCE WITH AND PURSUANT TO T1 INTER COUPANT SERVICE AGREEMENT EXISTING BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE Co m pa n ies. February 20, 1974 TO : C hicago# 1 5 1 , A .L . Heapton FROM: Tor o n t o , 270Q , J . R - Hood SUBJECT: TT.TVTm .Tm o r ASBESTOS FIBRE FROM PIASTER PRODUCTS F o llo w in g t h e r e c e i p t o f your Ja n u a ry 2 8 / 7 4 l e t t e r , t h i s s u b je c t was d iscu sse d and our plan o f a ctio n i s a s f o llo w s t - H illsborough Asbestos has been e lim in a te d fro a th e ir regu lar Bardvall p la s te r . M ontreal ORIENTAL E x t e r i o r F i n i s h S t u c c o has n o t been made f o r so a e t i n e due t o t h e c u r r e n t s t r i k e . Future production w il l n o t con tain asbestos. M ontreal p la n t p le a s e su b m it b u lle tin re v isio n and tr a n s fe r s to c k s o f a s b e s to s to R a g e rs v ille . E agersviU e A s a a p le o f BONDCRETE a a d e w ith o u t a s b e s to s has been forwarded to your a tt e n t io n fo r evalu ation and comnent. A f i n a l d e c is io n w ill be nade I a fte r th is evalu ation . He p la n to c o n tin u e t h e p ro d u c tio n o f AUDICOTE u n t il the use o f a s b e s to s i s p ro h ib ited . Should th e n o n -a s b e s to s BONDCRETE fo r m u la tio n be sa tisfa cto ry , the a sb e sto s in stock a t H agersville, plus th a t tr a n s fe rre d from M ontreal, w ill be used in AODICOCE p r o d u c tio n . No s o r e a s b e s to s w i l l be purchased. Should t h i s sto ck be deleted, b e fo re th e u se o f a s b e s t o s i s p r o h i b it e d we w il l c e a s e p ro d u ctio n o f AUDICOTE a t t h a t e a r l i e r d a te . c .e . C h icag o , 1S1, P .L . Henkels C h ic a g o , 1 S 9 , E .C . Mobbs T oron to, 244, E.E. E liasso n T o r o n to , 2 7 0 , H .F. Howe H a g e r s v ille , R.C. Nelson M o n tr e a l, W.C. Flem ning H illsborough, F .J . Schooley F ile *nz ^7 F&. . . : s. ' fc/r ~E> 7 ''