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tutiiMi Asbestos Removal Contracts. II-NH Case: 48100-1 jot BelLaboratc PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT ATT-97 March 14, 1984 D. Rainer MH-77621 1F-104 X7512 Mr. L. Schumacher: Per our discussion, attached for your review Is recomnended language to be included In all asbestos renoval contracts. The contract covers all facets of renoval and defines the State and Federal laws that must be adhered to. The Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Safety Center should be contacted to evaluate jobs that new contractors are Involved with to ensure that they adhere to the requirements. MH-77621-DR-jve Attachments Copy to: (w/attch) W. J. Schreibels G. H. Wllkenlng David Rainer C.>< V < 1 -c ^ .V ' S&V`,iL A` \.*t. Cc\ ^ ^cW^v:> V- t V* . . C V u-CCAf' -r w** & a- LLA 000798 Asbestos Removal Contracts, BL-NH Case: 48100-1 Off Ml Laboratories March 14, 1984 * 0. Rainer MH-77621 1F-104 X7512 Hr. L. Schumacher: Per our discussion, attached for your review Is recommended language to be Included In all asbestos removal contracts. The contract covers all facets of removal and defines the State and Federal laws that aust be adhered to. The Environmental Health, Environmental Management, and Safety Center should be contacted to evaluate jobs that new contractors are Involved ulth to ensure that they adhere to the requirements. MH-77621-OR-jve Attachments Copy to: (w/attch) J. Schreibels M. tfilkening LLA 000799 AT&T BELL LABORATORIES ASBESTOS REMOVAL REQUIRIHEfTTS Contract Specifications 1. Regulations Contractors shall comply with the requirements of the EPA National Eaiission Standards for Asbestos, and the OSHA regulations on asbestos, Section 1910.1001 (and any applicable State and local government regulations) which are incorporated by reference. Work cannot commence until appropriate notification of regulatory agencies is complete. 2. Scope of Mark A. The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, services, insurance, and equipment necessary to carry out the removal operation, in accordance with EPA and OSHA regulations and any applicable State and local government regulations. B. The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining approval for a waste disposal site in compliance with AO CPR Section 61.25 of the EPA regulations and appropriate state regulations. C. Contractors shall post the EPA and OSHA regulations (and any applicable State and local government regulations) at the job site. 3. Worker Protect ion A. The contractor shall provide workers with approved respirators. The contractor shall provide a sufficient quantity of filters approved for asbestos so that workers can change filters during the work day. Filters shall not be used any longer than one (1) work day. The respirator filters shall be stored at the job site in the change room and ill be totally protected from exposure to asbestos prior to their use. B. Workers shall always wear a respirator properly fitted on the face in the work area. C. Contractors shall instruct and train workers in proper respirator use. D. Workers shall wear disposable, full-body coveralls and disposable head covers and footwear in the work area. Footwear nay be disposable. Non-disposable footwear shall be left in the work area at all times until disposal at job completion. E. The contractor shall set up a change room and a shower outside of the work area. 3- - asbestos contamination and remove all items and equipment from the work area, and than return these items and equipment to the work area after the job has been completed and the area has been decontaminated. F. The contractor shall cover all non-removable items and equipment in the work area with plastic sheeting taped securely in place. C. After work ares isolation, the contractor ahall take out all detachable electrical, heating, ventilation equipment, and other items containated with aabestoa, clem them before covering with plastic sheeting taped securely in place, and reeurn them to their proper place after the job has been completed and the work area has been decontainated. 8. The contractor shall remove all heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systa filters, peck them in sealable plastic bags (6-mil minimum) for burial in the approved waste disposal site and replace them with new filters. I. The contractor shall establish aergency and fire exits from the work sree. Emergency procedures shall have priority. 5. Method of Bemoval A. The asbestos material shall be sprayed with water containing a netting agent to enhance penetration. The wetting agent shell be 50Z polyoxyethylene ester and 50Z polyxyethylene ether (Aqua-CBO*), or the equivalent, in a concentration of one (1) ounce in five (5) gallons of water. A fine spray of the amended water shall be applied to reduce fiber release preceding the removal of the asbestos material. The material shall be sufficiently saturated to prevent amission of airborne fibers in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in the OSHA regulations. B. The asbestos material shall be removed in small sections by tim-man teams on staging platforms. Before beginning the next section, the material shall be packed while still wet into sealable plastic bags (6-mil minima) and placed into fiber or metal drat or skips for transport. Bags, dries, and skips shall be marked with the OSHA label prescribed by the OSHA regulations referenced in these specifications. The outside of all containers shall be clean before leaving the work area. C. All plastic sheeting, tape, cleaning material, clothing, and all other disposable material or items used in the work area shall be packed into sealable plastic begs (6-mil minimum) and placed into metal or fiber dras or skips for transport. The drums and skips shall be marked with OSHA label prescribed by the OSHA regulations. D. The contractor shall transport the sealed drtas or skips to the approved waste disposal site. The sealed plastic bags may be dumped from the drums into the burial site unless the bags have been broken or damaged. The damaged bags shall be left in the drum and the entire contaminated drum shall be buried. Uncontaminated drtas may be recycled. lla -4- 6. Decontamination of Work Area A. The contractor ahall clean all aurfacea in the work area with water and/or with a High Efficiency Particulate (HEPA) filter vacuus. (A HIPA vacuuw will fail if uaed on wet naterial.) After cleening the work area, the contractor ahall wait 2A houra to allow for settlement of duat, and then wet-clean all aurfacea in the work area again. After completion of the aecond cleaning operation, the contractor ahall perform a coaplete visual inapection of the work area to ensure that the work area is dust free. The contractor shall take two air samples within A8 hours after couplet ion of all cleaning work. (Minima voltae of air smaple ia 700L 7.5 hours at minimum of 1.5 liters per auoute.) B. If the work area has not been decontaminated, the contractor ahall repeat the cleaning and air monitoring until the work area ia in compliar :e. C. After the work area ia found to be in compliance, all entrances and exits are unsealed and the plastic sheeting, tape, and any other trash and debris is disposed of in sealable plastic bags (6*mill minimum) and buried in the approved waste disposal site. 7. Air Monitoring A. Throughout the entire reareval and cleaning operations, air monitoring shall be conducted to ensure that the contractor is complying with the EPA and OSHA regulations (and any applicable 8tate and local government regulations). B. Air monitoring will be conducted according to the method prescribed by Section 1910.1001 (f) of the OSHA regulations. C. Air monitoring shall be performed to provide the following samples during the period of asbestos removal. Areas to be Sampled Work Area Outside Work Area Outside Building Minimum timber of Samples for Each Work Pay Each Sample Minis Volume L 120L 120L 240L D. Samples should only be taken after actual removal work has proceeded. LLA 000802