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Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT CAM-131 THAN-60S 555 South Rower Street Los Angeles. California 90071 Telephone 213) 489-3700 "TWX 910) 321-5753 February IS, 1978 Talc and the OS,HA .! Asbestos Standard 29C~R 1910.1001 I I cyprus Industrial Minerals ~ompa~y's Montana talc based products are considered to:be free of asbestos as defined by the OSHA Safe~y and Health Standards (CFR 1910.1001 (a. I I Although our California ta1 based products g'enerally show no asbestos minerals at the! lower limit of detectability by X-ray diffraction, they may: occasionally show trace (0.1%-0.3%) amounts of trenlol:ii.te. Our program of continuing checks of airborne dust at lall CyPrus manufacturing plants show negative results molite, thus assuring fcoomrp~aisabnecset9sunmdeirn erals the s including tretandard outlined under 1910.0110 (2) which ~as ef:fective July 1, 1975. I We attach a list of Montanci- and :California talcs for your reference and suggest that:this letter be kept with previous correspondence on this subject. As new regulatory data is published we will provide further clarification. Sincerely, 4-Go~rdConL-..r.-:~:&-:J.. ~~~f. Technical Director GJ'G:rh attach. SubJ. to Slipulalion o(Conndtnrialit) & Order. Soul,. D.L ... A.P, G,un R~fr4ct.rjn. C ilL. Jackson (oun" .\to. C ... lio. OOOC"2070S6 ' THAN 010465 CYPRUS