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n t e r -O f f ic e L etter OAKLAND FORMULATORS FOR MR. Oakland #18 FROM O F F IC E DATE SUBJECT OFFICE Oakland-Los Angeles Dem*. A p r il 12, 1973 T a lc - Asbestos REFER TO LETT E R O F cc : RRB RCL CRM^JDB FHC DICTATED BY F o llo w in g is the s ta tu s o f Oakland fa c to r y t a lc purchases w ith re sp e ct to 0SHA asbestos re g u la tio n s. 62 20 21 62 20 23 Mot used a t Oakland In te rn a tio n a l-A s b e s tin e #1 Contains fib ro u s p a rtic le s ii ii 62 20 24 S ie rra MSC - "Fibre free" 62 20 25 62 20 26 62 22 00 62 23 00 62 27 22 62 30 21 62 30 23 62 32 00 62 32 25 62 33 00 62. 3 00 62 35 00 62 40 00 62 40 21 62 41 23 62 21 21 Not used a t Oakland Engelhard Emtal 5490 In te r n a tio n a l A sbestine 5X P fize r-T 'a lcr'o n MP15-38 Not used a t Oakland Engelhard Emtal 41 . Not used a t O akland ( Desert Hi F ire 80 {.S ie rra M is tro n 139 Not used a t Oakland /"S ie rra T076 7 D esert 507 ' . P fiz e r MP20/40 W ill be voided . ' W hittaker-S oapstone 1767 Not used a t Oakland Not .used a t Oakland . S ie rra C400 "Fibre free" "Fibre free" Contains fib ro u s p a rtic le s "Fibre free" Contains fib ro u s p a rtic le s " F ibre` free" ' "Fibre free" ` Contains fib ro u s p a rtic le s "Fibre free" "Fibre free" "Fibre free" Contains fib ro u s p a rtic le s "Fibre fre e " "Fibre fre e : "Fibre free" "Fibre free" "Fibre free" Oakland c o n tr o lle d fo rm u la tio n s s c o n ta in in g 62 20 23 and 62 22 22 should be re vise d to one o f th e asbestos fre e grades, ' ' For 62 32 00 and 62 33 00, the Desert (Jo h n s-M a n sville ) source has an excessive fib ro u s c o n te n t b u t the U nited S ie rra source does meet-OSHA requirem ents. Over the past few years o u r purchases have been about 50/50 from the two s u p p lie rs . There should be no d i f f i c u l t y in moving e n t ir e ly to S ie rra and dropping Desert as an approved source. Purchasing should ta ke t h is ste p as soon as p o s s ib le . As an a lte r n a te source f o r 62 32 00 we should c o n sid e r P fiz e r MP30/36. P fiz e r recommended t h e i r MP15-38/62 23 00 as a p a r a lle l to S ie rra . T076, 62 33 00. I t is very probable th a t we can drop one o f th e s e codes a t le a s t a t Oakland. -U -' kJ. A, Stepnenson, T echnical Manager Forest Products K JA S /jh .. PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT WCD-132 DS 0175