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FILE NAME: Scotts (SCTS) DATE: 0000 DOC#: SCTS001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Barry Castleman Notes on Scotts Documents, Organized by Date Barry Castleman Notes on Scotts Documents Date 1972 June 9 1973 M ay 11 1975 June 13 1975 Dec 8 1976 Jan 14 1976 Jan 16 1976 M ar 17 1977 July 19 1977 July 19 1977 Aug 19 1977 Nov 14 1977 Dec 8 1978 Jan 24 1978 Jan 30 1978 June 12 1978 July 25 1978 Dec 5 1980 May 9 1981 Jan 20 1982 Sept 27 1985 July 24 File # 17 24 6 11 25 13 12 22 23 14 20 21 18 19 2 16 15 3 8 9 4 Notes WRG tells Scotts - reports fiber sam pling test results at M arysville of up to 8.3 f/cc (other counts 0-2.1 f/cc) O SH A letter to Scotts re asbestos regulations IT &T "urgently recom m ended" Scotts im plem ent OSHA asbestos regulations in verm iculite expansion in M arysville "Asbestos" memo says proposed 0.5 f/cc limit "very difficult if not im possible to meet." Gruenbaum notes he was first told of asbestos in verm icu lite by Eaton at W RG in "late 1971." W RG took 8 air sam ples 0-8.3 f/cc, mean >2 (5/30/72), sim ilar to WRG analysis of Scotts Sam ples (3/8/72) 0.2-8.8 f/cc, mean 2.5; May 1973 - 33 sam ples up to 59.3 f/cc, mean >4 "Alternatives to Verm iculite" M em o to w orkers re annual clean-up, m edical & air m onitoring W RG notice m entions proposed O SHA PEL .05 f/cc as too stringent for current technology to achieve W RG M SDS notes trem olite asbestos in Libby verm iculite W RG M SDS notes trem olite asbestos is in expanded South Carolina ve rm icu lite WRG tells Scotts that verm iculite ore shipm ents will carry OSHA warnings on hopper cars Scotts' M onday mowing grass around the Ohio plant .028 f/cc (169 m in u tes) W RG finds no asbestos in Scotts' Turf Builder Drop test Scotts' Product Application test confirms fiber exposure (spreader, operator) up to 1 f/cc (for 5 micron size) Sarge considers asking WRG to remove placard on verm iculite shipm ents (with a warning) to Scotts Grace agrees to remove warning placards Scotts VP Kennedy reports bloody pleural effusion in M arysville plant workers (to EPA, OSHA) M onitoring results 1972-1980, 0.3-4.0 f/cc; notes 200K exp. to contain A fibers in 1976-1977 C PSC found trace am ounts of chrysotile in Scotts' Turf Builder EPA contractor MRI reports Libby dust sam ples had "very high am phibole content," reduced during beneficiaton (pg. 5) Alternate Carrier Cost Analysis looks at fly ash and corn cob fiber to replace vermiculite 1 1994 Jan 3 2001 Dec 20 2011 Aug 5 Fiber Counts 0.21-0.28 f/cc in pilot plant m aking Turf Builder w / verm iculite sand (Scotts) 7 Chris W eiss (EPA) w arns of asbestos in Libby verm iculite 10 (5-11) Fibers in air sam pling in M arysville, 1972-; IH plant control im plem ented in 1974; (EPA Tox Review o f LAA draft]; M arysville plant exp. from late 1950's est. falling from 3.7 f/cc (1965) to flat line (1977-); Libby ore first used there in 1957-1960 (5-52) 2