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FILE NAME: Oil Industry and American Petroleum Institute (API) DATE: 1973 Jan 22 DOC#: API192 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Division Headquarters RE OSHA Compliance with Discussion of Timelines of Various Companies for Transferring to Asbestos-Free Products Q ftLIC/AltJ/Wo Mwlalon Headquarcara January 22, 1973 f . 3, SOLON - 1 Woat ac: R. M. Billing* K. M. Fanner - 4 i t W : T. P. W ililaaa C. W. Watcaea 3 > \1 Attached yaa 111 find aani correapoodeaea bm iaaa Cht d istric t aalaa penpla and ana af ear cuatonera, Sunbie Oil and la f la ia i Conpany, aancarnl&g chair decision ta ftsh lblt the nan af asbestos Beartag inaalaclana la chair pleat. 1m art fa a ilU r with the aaclng " Bad with A s Shall Oil h * ^ * < and, in addition ta Chat, Hera rt. Fanner, Ratcan, and apaalf lava had outings with ttaoa and Uahacar, Rargaanc and Lundy, and athat Laduatrial laaalatlon uaara eancarnlng chair raluecaaea ta aa athattea baafiag lnaalattana an chair jobs. Texaco, Anarlcast M i Conpaay, and any athara ha already nada tha daelstoa that aafcaataa bearing nacarlala i l l ret ha permitted la chair plants Iran mv an* , Aa yen bare, wa 111 act ha eaaplatoiy sonart ad ta aa aahaatoa*fraa taenia t i n until tha latter part af 1973 and are finding i t Inareaaiagly d iffic u lt ta convinea ur caatanara that they ahanld vaatlnaa ta b q ear Ifctrnobastoa with aabaatea. Share are aohaticuta natariaia available Ire thin aarela a , and i t anly ranainn ta be acan uhether there la anfficlant a l i a of aahaataafraa laanla tlaa avallabla ta creplete praaaat prejacta chat are am* an tha beaha. She reloctanee to aa Ae aabaatea bearing preducta relatae ta A a added coat for nenltorlng and phyaleal examinations, in addition ta tha potential exposure af future lnauranca or conpanaatlaa alaina that night reanit free tha aa af asbestos bearing preducta. To*date, we bare net bean able ta arcane this fear on Aa part of A a eaataner. Any pregran you night hare that coaid aaalet ua with Aaaa caatanara would ba neat balpful. 1 would appreciate aa opportunity to talk to yew about i t . R. A. STAKXTCtt M Stlna