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P-FMS1- 0C48 September 18, 1981 Hr. Richard J. Gulmond Special Regulations Branch Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 Subject: Questionnaire on non-asbestos drum brake linings (Informational needs for friction products con taining asbestos) Dear hr. Gulmond: On July 22, 1981 hr. Bob Pigg of the Asbestos Information Association forwarded to our attention a series of eleven questions prepared by your office concerning non-asbestos drum brake linings. This vas done as the Friction Materials Standards Institute is in a better position to respond to your request for Information. You may recall that the Friction Materials Standards Institute participated in an earlier request from your office in regards to disc brake linings. That request vas sent to our full membership of 21 companies. Our response to your office vas based upon replies from only three companies as several of the others felt you were requesting sensitive information. The questions nov being prepared on non-asbestos drum brake linings are even more sensitive to our Membership. Development work on asbestos-free drum brakes is several years behind the work on disc brake linings. As a result, much *of the currently available information is pronrietary. Be cause of the confidentiality of the information your office is seeking, the Institute must respectfully decline the offer to participate. We would suggest that you solicit replies from the friction- materials manufacturers directly. Attached is a list of what ve believe to be all the friction materials manufacturers in the United States. Sincerely, FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE EWD/erc S. V. Drislane Executive Director rSITS STATES MANUFACTURERS OF FRICTIO:: M-.r^lALS Abex Corporation, Friction Products Group Auto Specialties Manufacturing Co. Bendix Corporation, Friction Materials Division Borg Warner Corporation, Spring/Brummer Division Brassbestos Manufacturing Co. Carlisle Corporation, Molded Materials Division Certified Brakes, Lear Siegler Co. Chrysler Corporation, Chemical Division Delco-Moraine Division, General Motors Friction Products Co. Gatke Corporation Guardian Corporation Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. H. Krasne Manufacturing Co. Inland Division, General Motors Lasco Brake Products Corporation, Ltd. Molded Industrial Friction Corporation National Friction Products Nuturn Corporation P. T. Brake Lining Company EL. K. Porter Company, Thermoid Division Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Reddaway Manufacturing Company Scan-Pac Manufacturing Company Standco Industries, Inc. Thiokol Chemical Corporation D. S. Automotive Manufacturing, Inc. Virginia Friction Products, Inc. SrT7~Well3Ban Corporation Wheeling Brake Block Manufacturing Co. Winchester, VA St. Joseph, MI Cleveland, TN Bellwood, IL Paterson, NJ Ridgvay, PA Danville, KY Trenton, MI Dayton, OE Medina, OE Warsaw, IN. Brighton, MA Akron, OH Los Angeles, CA Dayton, OB Oakland, CA Prattville, AL Logansport, IN Nashville, TN Lawrence, MA Huntington, IN Trumbull, CT Newark, NJ Mequon, WI Houston, TX Trenton, NJ Tappahannock, VA Tappahannock, VA Bedford, OB Bridgeport, OH