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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1975 Apr DOC#: RTV199 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Windsor Minerals Co. with IL EPA Talc Sample Results Showing No Asbestos with Cover Letter .A p ril 16, 1975 Johns-Manville Products Corp,,. Waukegan, . Illin o is . 60085 Attn: Mr. Peter Nicoli Roofing-Supt. Dear Mr. Nicoli: I am.attaching a letter from The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency vhich 1 "believe will be qf interest to you and should.'"be.; in. your files. This warns difficult situation to resolve end the regula tions need'amendment but v/c are glad'to "be able to provide you with this assurance of quality. '' \Ic thank you for your confidencein, and use of our pro'du Yours very truly V/IND30R- MINERALS INC RNM:rg Enc. EPA Letter Roger N. Miller President CRMC-HT-TALC-000268 r .i . . i X '/ ILLINOIS EN\rONM fiN'L\L ''0 0 Churchill Rond ' 0 H 7 0 `G PUOTI^TION AO LN CY ?i>n^iri':5d- lt'm.ois Dr. Richard H. nrici-and. Director Aprii O, i975 Windsor Min'-rah Company P. O .B ox 80 Windsor, Ver/nonf 05089 Afin: Mr. Rager MiHerwfycsideh? Deor Air. M iller: P.ply io: Environmental rricllon Agency D iv. of.A ir Pollution Contro! Nava! ArmoryCeni Rondolph ct th lo ie O cago, IH moli 60&02 A s you know Mie Stoic of Illin o is E. P. A . h as-co lle cte d samples of* t a lc in m an y m a n u fa c tu rin g / plants during the Icr.t year, These samples w ould be rou tin e ly forw arded io ou r lab o ra to ry . ^ w ith o request lo a n a ly z e (he samples for asbestos 4 rltrec o f ibe W indsor la ic sam ples, colic-cled from loco! roo fin g materiel p la n ts, were reported os d e fin ite ly co n ta in in g a form o f csbestos. A t this lime the C. P, A - d id not hove on e le ctron se c n n 'n y m icroscope on d bad to re ly on the elect ion m icroscope work of flic U n iv e rsity o f Illinois, - During a series of telephone calls to our local office you seriously objected to those findings end it v/os decided to have a woo tin g in C h ic a g o to resolve the issue. D u rin g the m ooting Ian Stewart of W a lte r C . M e C to n e A ssociate s, In c , , presented c le a r and lo g ic a l reasons w hy la ic can bo m istaken far asbestos. It wos then d e c id e d to resolve the issue b y in k in g iw o random samples, from local plants arid presenting a-portion of each sam ple to M c C r o n c ond our lab ora tory, : In ibis w a y a n y d iscre p an cy in the'results c o u ld .be Unsolved between the respective technicians an d h o p e fu lly a "uniform o p in io n w ou ld rdsulf. ' As you know M cC ron c was prompt in reporting their results. O ur own results were delayed p o n d in g the final in stallatio n .an d d e b u g g in g of the E .P . A . '; new electron m icroscop e . W e w ould lik e to icport that b oib laboratories have found no asbestos in the random .talc sam ples. Y/e w ould o h o like to express our regrets to you ond your customers for a n y in c o n ve n ie n ce w h ic h our in itia l findings may h o ve -cau se d , I am sure you know that we were p ro c e e d in g In good faith and did not hove good reason to doubt the original finding', of our lab oratory and the U n ive rsity of 1linos?,. CRMC-HT-TALC-000269 V /M 'f n.M )H V i A p r il .10,. 1975 . U ' " . W indsor M ineroU Com pany W e do intend Jo '>rifinuc` random sam p lin g o f lo ic in fat; legion.. A t this p o in t in iirr.e WC feel l!ioi o yr joborol c-?y loos have ihc c a p a b ilit y to do fins w ork and problem s such as *lie one enum erated 'above w ill not occur in the future. if you h a w v n y further questions on this mcritor, please foe! free to contact our C h ic a g o O ffice, M JSiek cc; fry foofing Com pany ~ M r, D . Foster riirilScote- M r . J. BuSorc Certain - Ic e d - M r, W . j, N e ville M artin jA Sheahan Sub-U nit Supervisor Hi s ) CRMC-HT-TALC-000270