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FILE NAME: Montello (MNT) DATE: 1975 Oct 2 DOC#: MNT003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter RE Information of Super Visbestos in the Drilling Industry October 2 , 1975 M A w n r r s EXHIBIT DMA.IW7 M r. Tom U ttre ll MoQcobcr O ilfie ld Products Division . Dresser Industries, Ine. 2501 Northwest Expressway Suite 501 Oklahoma C ity, Oklahoma 73112 Deer M r. U ttre lli Thanks far your time by telephone yesterday. The purpose of this le tte r Is to offer In formation which we hope w ill be uiefal to you, regarding the application o f our Super Visbestoe in the d rillin g Industry. A file folder is enclosed which includes double copies o f the followings 1. A resume o f the monitoring tests performed during the fa ll of 1972. 2 . A one sheet flye r which recaps the major paints concerning those tests. 3 . Three separate sets of monitoring test results run In March of this yocr cut of Woodward, O kla . CA representative from Dresser-Safety In Houston participated.) 4 . A cita tio n form covering monitoring tests in Utah, where no excess fiber counts ware detected. The problem you describe appcrently stems from a flu rry o f Inspections during November, 1974, In West Texas and the Panhandle. The compliance officer* were operating out of the Lubbock area OSHA o ffic e . Small citations were levied far non-posting o f caution signs, however no iS h ltcrln g was performed. Our feeling was that the citations were improper, since signs ore only required In areas "containing excessive olrbcme concentra tions of asbestos fib e rs". We do not believe It Is possible to ascertain whether such en excess exists, w ithout monitoring tests, further, our years o f experience In such testing have failed to produce evidence o f such excesses in d rillin g opesetlons. Following the Incidents in November, 1974, we pursued the matter through the Oklahoma Area office in Tulsa to the Regional office In Dallas. The result was Indecisive, w ith the exception of two points) Mr. Tom Uttrell October 2, 1975 Page 2 1. In tholr rotponM to M, OSHA it*t*d that th* eompllone, officer, lodgement wutt bo backed up with documentation, In nch cow * (No dooumontotlon of ony kind wo, produeod In th* Novwnbor citation*, o far m w# or* owero.) - ' 2 . Th* Im pocton hovo, to our knowlodgo, tud no^furthor citation to oror, o f Supor Vhberto, In thot oroo Inc* th * Novwnbor flu rry . A . to th . quotlon o f cita tio n , whon urlng S u p ^ V ld to ^ vto know o f ~ W TM * n * * U .S. where any have boon laued on th * barf, of *xee flb w count, m o n lto rln o c ic lffa d in th * r e la tio n ,. ^ ^ fa lfa d fa for ov*r thro* yean. (Th. form from Utah I, on ew m pl* o f monitoring which fa !l*d to rov*al any excois fib e r count*.) A, to th . qooitlon of the hwrlth hotafa whon Ming Super V I* .* , ^ n ' monltori6 data In d icia , o rof.ty In of opproxlmat.ly 5 to 1 In rp\ Thl, w fo ty margin, the porodlc and >hart Mm* 1 a ir work place, and th * to ll pounda*, required, or* d l plu** * * \Zltb*Wor Ve b * li* v * thor* 1, no recwmobl# expectation of exceeding th * regulation, when Ming Supor Vllbedo*. PIoom lot w know If you hov* further question,, or wh.novw w* can b* of * " ! ln V P way. W* appreciate your bmlneu and w ill look forward to applying you gain soon. Slncoroly, MONTEOD, IN C. Kenneth N . Campboli KNC/w) Enci (folder) cu Mr. H. R. M otley, > cs