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c-hm cv i-rj E. I. du Pont de Nemouw & Company "* wium Wilmington, Delaware -r1ANSFCRTATION * OI*TAIUTION OCPAPTMENT j < Strong, J. Sar.dford March 11, 1930 R. A. BOZIS PHCTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT BERG DIVISION SMIGSVILLE PLANT PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPT. BERG DIVISION (Ref: Your request to our Jack Dempsey concerning asbestos in vermiculite.) Per our phone conversation, Berg purchases small quantities of vermiculite from a local nursery for use as package cushioning and there is concern about it containing some quantity of asbestos. Asbestos is a common contaminant in vermiculite that is mined in the United States. A laboratory analysis can be obtained from your existing source. Filter Media Inc. of Houston, TX, phone #713-780-9000, is one company that markets an asbestos-free vermiculite that they import from the Palabora Mining Co. in South Africa. A copy of their brochure and purity statement is attached. If we can assist further, please call. REC/nh Attachments R. E. Clough TRANSPORTATION SAFETY 6 EQUIPMENT DIVISION . ^ /- So'ooL^i *7.5o S/'200^8 1 DUp 0910652 CTTCft things ros tCT-rcn living . . . rnmouG* cHCMisrmr " * Du 029234 FILTER-MEDIA CO. f> O SOX I91S4 HOUSTON TEXAS 7705 713 - 780-9000 PLANTS IN HOUSTON ANO NEW ORLEANS z*May 5, 1980. E. I. DuPont de Nemours S Co., Inc., Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware. 19898 Dear Bob: Attention: Mr. Robert E. Clough Transportation & Distribution Department. Thank you for your telephone call today requesting information on our vermiculite products. We are pleased to enclose several folders on this material, and with regard to asbestos content, we refer you to the inside cover of Bulletin No. 7 (blue). You will note the crude ore used by our company is completely free of this mineral. No small item these days. Included is a "Material Safety Data Sheet" filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that should be of interest to you. Should additional information be required, please let us know. Yours truly, . *. Enclosures Dtjp 0910653 DU 029235 iZ u> j M n. I - Mr. Bill Wooten .?. Austin Associates, Inc. 00 Mt. Lebanon Blvd. ittsburch, PA 15234 elepncne: -412/563-3300 r. John Brouk rcuk Cc. 1367 S. Kincshichway Elvd. St. Louis, MO 63110 Telephone: 314/533-9022 Mr. Ned Scott, Or. Filter Media Company P.0. Box 19156 Houston, TX 77024 Telephone: 713/780-9000 Mr. Forrest McConnell Koos, Inc. 4500 Thirteenth Court Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140 Telephone: 414/654-5301 Mr. Dwayne Jones Mico Pellets, Inc. 1120 Oak Street DeKalb, IL 60115 Telephone: 815/756-9525 Mr. Win Brown P & H, Inc. 459 Harding Street, N.E. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Telephone: 612/331-1702 Mr. Bruce Schundler The Schundler Company P.0. Box 251 Metuchen, NO 08840 Telephone: 201/287-2244 Mr. Willi am Strong Strcng-Lite Products, Inc. P.0. Box 8068 Toney Field Pine Bluff, Arkansas 71601 Telepnone: 501/535-4753 Mr. Richare Schme'tzer, Or. Verlite Cortoany P.C. Box 11385 62C0-55tr, Street Nortn Tampa, FL 35610 Telephone: 813/621-2065 Mr. Edwin Bognar Vermiculite Industrial Corp. 1012 Benedum Trees Building Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Telephone: 412/281-9902 Mr. Gordon Shaw Vermiculite Insulating Ltd. 1775 - 52nd Avenue Lachine, Quebec Canada Telephone: 514/631-4251 Mr. Frank Hoerst Vermiculite Ltd.., Inc. 1601 Boulevard Avenue Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Telephone: 609/662-5444 &Up 9less DU 029237 AMERICAN ''ERMICLXIT M EXtCLTVt PAR A SOUTH aTLsn'TA. GEORC.A 3C3J9 -jly 23, :S80 Mr. Cl ifforc T. Early Hazardous Materials Analyst E.I. DuPont de Nemours 4 Company, Polymer "roaucts Department Wilmington, Delaware 19898 Inc. Dear Mr. Early: Please find enclosed the report on Asbestos free Palabora Mine vermiculite. Also enclosed is a list of our customers around the country who exfoliate this material. As we had discussed, since these customers exfoliate other ore, you must specify Palabora Mine venr.icullte In order to receive an asbestos free product. We hope this Information will prove valuable to you and if you nave further questions, please feel free to contact us here in Atlanta. HFA/rmf enc H.F. Anderson DUP 0910656 ( a : c ? ' m T : . ; ih C 6 C O * CC*an < * DU 029238