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FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1977 DOC#: GE016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters from Johns-Manville to GE Jo hn s-M a nville Sales Corporation K '*n C .irvl H-inr'h r 't 'ilvi' f . C o in c id o i!0?1 / I M Ionnor Vn.i- I'in s id rn t O upolnr. Inv ironm onl.il S nvio o s I loollh, S.ifoty A Environment Departmenl M a r c h 2.3, 1977 MTiru. liVi.'i.h:P.SpcPcl iica.g1ei s t MP 1en1eCmom1 mle' .rlccec tDr irciveCor]). f a k h r o n h , II, 00 521 Dear Mr. P l i e g o : p1i he anved ubr eesen f oasrkemdo ntiot orrei npgl y a tior b oyronuer ai ns qb ue si rt yo s c of inbceerr n i n g c o n e m t r a t i o n s on a j ob s i t e . <I(finpt b1ei onpcuer powsiet h ofthetheOCHmAonaitsobreisntgo, s iss t atno d da redt e, r mt hi ne e opnn.l'ynna.'pilpr oavier d s apmr opcleedr u rtee c hins i qtuhee ms peme cbirfaineed f bi yl t ethr /e s t a ml a l d . dImf vryoIuoprnde/eOdDIIsAp eacpi fpircovejdn fot ermc ha nt iiqour e ,as p ltoe a steh e c Mo TnOtSaIcI t nmeI athnde pi i wiHi'lcldn b1eo . p l e a s e d to forward to you a d e s c r i p t i o n Vei y truly you i s , ma M l Johns-M anville KSean-Clearsyl flCencohrp o ra tio n Denver, Colorado 8021 7 Edmund M. Fenner Vice President Director, Environmental Seivices Health, Safety & Environment Department May 16, 1977 Mr. W. P. F l i e g c Turbine Specialist General I-lectric Corp. 814 Commerce Drive Oak Brook, IL 60521 Dear Mr. Fliege: It is o b v i o u s tha t my Lett er o l M a r c h 25, 1.97 7 does not a d d r e s s the p r o b l e m d i s c u s s e d in y o u r l e t t e r to me of May 12, 1977. T h e r e is no simple method that your field engineers can use to identify asbestos insulation prior to removal. The simplest laboratory procedure would involve examination of a sample by a petrographic microscopist. A great majority of the pipe and block insulations m a n u f a c t u r e d p r i o r to 1972 c o n t a i n e d asbestos. The bes t a d vice I can give is to e x a m i n e a small piece of the .insulation and if it a ppears to co n t a i n fibrous reinforcement, assume that the fibrous material is a s b e s t o s . Very truly yours, FM F :jh Johns-M anville Sales C orporation Ken Cmyl Ranch Denver, Colorado 80217 Edmund M. Fenner Vice President Director, Environmental Services Health, Safety & Environment Department J une 2 7, 1 97 7 Mr. John Hopkins Project Engineer M a t e r i a l s fr P r o c e s s e s General Electric Company Circuit Protective Devices Product Department 41 Woodford Avenue Plainville, CT 06062 Dear Mr. Hopkins: As r e q u e s t e d in y o u r l e t t e r of J u n e 1 5 , 1977, T. enclose Mat e r i a l Safety Data Sheets (form OS11A-20) ior the following Johns-Manville products: ELEXBOARD TRANS m ; Asbestocitc A and ELEXBOARD arc identical products. Very truly yours, EME :jh Enel.