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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: July 2, 1970 DOC#: USG112 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1970 Memo to WR Hogan from CP Kipp regarding Health and Safety Council Asbestos Cement Products Association t&b-'fe.f / \* y \ * -- r- / * C hicago # 18 7, V . H. Hogan. July 2, 1970 Chicago #185, ' ` *\:r Kipp . .- Vi ' ' ! * . ! : - Health and S afety Cquneil_Aabevtoa. Cement Product! * j# .* i****'_. * * * ? * . v * r . l v * ^ . ' * ^1 ,* * -- , v j * -- * . - . Association " : * * , *. ,. ' *. .*. .- , tt hhaitt a^cceoem^painfiej d^ tSh re iaitt!a c*h ?e d mem* o* b7uTMt naopt pnroevceeds stahrei llya vthaai o n ' ' request f or i ncrease in the budget in lin e w ith the dues in cre a se from $350 to $5t0. R e la t iv e 0 yonir comments on th e d e g re e o f o u r a c t i v i t y , a s you a re a w a re , jLou Tobey in Hew Y o rk h a s been g iv e n p erm is sion by Russ Spah r to in volve h im se lf in t h is a re s in the hope he can e v e n tu a lly su b stitu te f o r me. \ i t i s v i t a l a t th ils tim e t h a t we c o n tin u e o u r membera h ip . The boundary lin e a 1 o f th e a ab eato s hazard s t i l l have not been io e n t lf ie d . H ean ih ile, th e th resh o ld U n it has once more been red u ced and i s now 17 o f w hat i t wsa two y e a rs ago. A ls q , you have p ro b ab ly seen r e c e n t news a r t i c l e s in which th e N a tio n a l Commission on P rod u ct S a fe ty has . recoaznended s t i f f e r l i g l a l a t l o n and r e g u la t io n con cern in g products, e s p e c ia lly those containing hazardous in gred ien ts. This can` t help h u t a ffe c t asbestos products. As a m a tte r o f i n t e r e s t , th e C i t y . o f Hew Y o rk has is s u e d r e g u la t io n s on t|h* -use o f s p r a y f i r e p r o o f i n g c o n ta in in g aabew tos t h a t ar|e so r e s t r i c t i v e t h a t th e r e g u la t io n a ay cause th is type o f produot .to be non-com petitive w ith other types o f fire p ro o fin g . . As an in d ica tio n ; o f our use o f a a b e sto a , in 1969, 19 o f our p lan ts used 6,260 tons o f a sb e sto s. The b lg g e a t u se r *a s E a st C h ic a g o , fo llo w e d b y New B r ig h t o n , Gypsum, B a l i a s and Cham blee. The new Midway P la n t w i l l be a h e a vy uoer o f asbestos. As you can s e e , o u r in volvem en t w ith th e a s b e s to s problem i s v e r y r e a l and i t i s im po rtan t we be k e p t ad v io ed o f a ev elo p m sn ts. I t h as p r e v io u s l y boon d e c id e d Jry management th a t our v e h i c le f o r b ein g k e p t a d v is e d would be ir e o b f^ h jn 2J r h Ka? l t h -" *4 S a f e t y C ou n cil o f th e A abeatoo C eS eS t P products A s s o c ia tio n . Our prim ary a c t i v i t y has been in atten din g m eetings in which th e cu rre n t s ta tu s o f the asbestos problem has been dinouosed. O ther companies p r im a r ily J o h n o -M a n v ille , nro d o in g c o s t o r th o ytct In Oe v i l oping th a in fo r m a tio n t h a t l a d ia c u s o e d a t th e m e e tin g s . CPg/sp attach.