Kaiser Cement, Letter Regarding Product Infomation

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October 3, 1989
ATTIS Federal Services, fnc. EPA/AIA Cleqrilg llouse 60ll Executive Boulevard Rockville, l,tarylaod ZOBSZ Docket Control No. 0PTS-620?g; Subuiesion of f,aieer Cenent Corporation in Conpliance with the Asbestos Inforuatioo Act of lgBB
Dear Sirs I 11 coupliaoce with the Asbestos rnf6rnation Act of tggg (the . eod Federal Re{ister lotices pronulgated by the EpA at s4 lrgt") fed, !eg. 15622 (April lB, 1989) and E4 tred. Ee6. 32430 (August 7, 1989), f,aiser Geuent Corporation (,'f,aiser Ceientf') subnits infornation on asbestos-containing buirding products tbat it foruerly nanufactured, f,aiser Ceneat has not oalufactured or narketed asbestoa-contalning building products since 19?6. Thie eubuiesion represents f,aieer Genent's best knonledge at tbis tiue about those products. l. lfaue and addresa of uarufacturer aebcstog-containinf uateriale. of
Tbe naue of the nanufactrrer of aebestos-coutaininEi uaterialg aubnitting infornation is Kalser cement corpora!ion. f,aiser cenent corporation nag known ag pernanente cenent conpany fror 1939 to 1964 and as l(aiger cenent & cypsuD corporatioo irou 196i1to l9?S. f,aiaer Celeatrs corporate beadquarteis are located at 1333 North California Boulevard, tfallut Creek, Califoraie 94596.
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3. Tvoer or clasaeg of products.
Kaiser Cenent nanufactured tinited lioee of asbeetoscontaining ceucnt (for exterior application only) within the "surfacing raaterialt' category and an asbegtos-coltairing DEsoDry ceDent witbin the "uiscellaneous naterialr category es defi.ned io tbe Act. It did not nanufactrire any asbestos-containing bullding products intended for iatcrior application, nor aia it nalufacture any "thernal systel insulationn products as defined iu the Act.
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Identifvinr characterigtics of naaufactured asbeatoe-containinr naterlalr.
l. Plagtic Gun Cereut
Eetweeu 1959 and 1976, Kaiser Cenent nanufactured and sold under the aane ttNaiser Pernanente Plastic Gun Ceneut,) a gray colored powder which, wben nixed rith water, was used to nake etucco for the exterior of houses and other buildinga and was applied by gun with a pLastering nacbine. Tbe product was sold in sacks and wae conposed prinerily of portland cenent plus plasticizing and air-entraining agents. The product included as an ingredient a enall anount of chrysotile asbeetos. The product was sold priuarily but also in several in California, other Pacific Coast States and Nevada. 2. Plaetic Cenent (Eand)
Between 1961 and 1973, Kaiser Ceneat also nanufectured and sold a product called "Kaiser Peruanente Pl.astic Cenent (Hand)" with essenttally tbe sane description and conpositlon as "f,aiser Pernanente Plastic Gun Ceuent- and for the saDe use (except that it nas ranually applied by trowel). The distributioa area for sales of thts product was the sane as for the Plastlc Gun Cenent. 3. l { a r o nr y C e u e n t
Duriog a six-nonth period beginning in April 1973, I(aiser Cenent naoufactured and sold in the Phoenix, Arizona erea a DasoDry ceneut for use as uortar in building corstruction calIed "l(aiser Peruanente Masonry Cerent" wbose ingredients included a trace auouDt of chryeotile asbestos, probably less thao I* whea the-product rdas actually applied. The product was sold in 78 lb. bags (not in bulk) and wae corposed priuarily of a conbination of portland ceuent and air-entraining additives,
ATIIS federal Services, Inc. October 3, 1989 Page three 4. Plastite
In 1944 aud 1945, f,aiaer Ccleot naoufactrtred aad gold (Seaerally in eacks of 100 lbr. net) a cenent product called which was used to lake etucco for the exterior of "Plastite" houses sod other buildings and wae applied nanually. ft was prilarily couposed of portland cenelt, adhesive, plaeterizing aod water repellant agentr and had a erall asbeetos ingredient. It was sold io Northdrn Califoraia atd in l{ashington. If any perEonE seek clarlflcatlon ag to tbe ueaning of any of the foregoln6 inforration, they are invited to direct theii inquiries to the Secretary of t(aiser Cenent Corporation at its headquarters at the above address.
R e s p e c t f u ll y s u b l i t t e d , XAISERCEM ENT CORPORATION
By t Treasurer MAYyI I