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STATE OF ALABAMA ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF TALLADEGA) CAM-100 AFFIDAVIT OF LUKER VAN STEWART LUKER VAN STEWART being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1 live at 458 Flagpole Road, Childersburg, Alabama. 1 worked for American Talc Company from 1962 until 1979. During my employment with the American Talc Company, I served as the mine superintendant at multiple talc mines. Throughout my career, I understood that American Talc did not want to receive or process talth that contained asbestos. From 1962 until 1968, I worked at the talc mine in Winterboro, Alabama. During that time. There was never any tremolite or asbestos in the talc ore mined at Winterboro. From 1968 until 1970, I was the mine superntendant at the talc mine in Murphy, North Carolina. The ore mined at the Murphy mine was called "Regal." During that time, there was never any tremolite or asbestos in thetalc mined at Murphy calleij"Regal." Earlier this year, a lawyer with the first name of Audrey came to my home to ask me questions about mines in which I had worked. She asked me repeatedly if the North Carolina mine that yielded "Regal" tale ore contained tremolite, and I repeatedly told her no, it did not Froth 1970 until 1979,1 was.the mine superintendant at the talc mine. Willow Creek, k Montana. The talc mined at Willow Creek contained no asbestos, In 1974, I began to notice trace amounts of treniolite at the footwall of the talc deposit, but trace amounts I detected were not asbestos, as they were not fibrous. To my knowledge, the Alpine plant never processed and distributed talc from the Dadeville, Alabama mine. As I understand it, at some point, American Talc simply tested the Dadeville talc,but decided not to n4ne or process it conunercilly. I have never been diagnosed with any asbestos-related dise?se, and I have never heard of any American Talc Company miner.br Alpine plailt employee becoming sick from working with talc. I swear that this is true and accurate to thebest of my knowledge and belief *A Van' Notary Public, Stateof Alabama Jarne5 Stephens Jr Alabama State At Large My Commission Expires Febcuajy 3,2014 )1/17 &J74/cs' i