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'aking asbestos off the ceilings, walls, pipes, etc.; no time during the 8-hour period may the airborne ``removal" to refer to taking stripped asbestos 'aterial out of ttte tnnlcfing for disp&afTTT tfiatcfnfT'*''' concentration exceed 10 fibers longer than 5 air (10f/cc)*The- .jnnot be removed wet because of freezing lOf/cc concentration is called the ceiling concentration. temperatures or damage to equipment by water, the NIOSH has recommended lowering the 8-hour twa to EPA NESHAPS Coordinator should be notified. In 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter (O.lf/cc). some cases dry removal of asbestos material requires Contractors must use air monitoring to determine written permission from EPA. whether the airborne concentration of asbestos exceeds Stripped asbestos material must be placed in leak- these exposure limits. The regulations prescribe the tight containers while still wet before removal from the method to be used for air monitoring and where and building. Containers of asbestos material may not be how often air samples must be taken. dropped out of windows or down from one Poor to the If the airborne concentration does exceed the next. Asbestos material must be transported within the specified exposure limits (either the 8-hour twa or the building in containers or dust-tight chutes. ceiling concentration), then the contractor performing Containers must be marked with a warning label (use removal, encapsulation, or enclosure must: the OSHA label on page and be buried in a waste (1) Provide employees with approved respirators. The disposal site meeting the requirements of Section 61.25 OSHA regulations require different types of respirators of the EPA regulations. In most cases a State-approved under different conditions. The OSHA Regional Offices sanitary landfill will be an acceptable disposal site. listed in Appendix D can provide information on Before contractors begin any asbestos removal respirator requirements. The NJOSH Regional Offices operation, they must send a written notification to the listed in Appendix E can provide information on EPA NESHAPS Coordinator before starling the approved respirators. removal operation. The notification must contain the (2) Provide change rooms and two separate lockers following information: or storage containers so that employees can keep street (1) Name and address of the contractor. clothes and work clothes separate. (2) Address and description of (he building, including In addition, if the ceiling concentration is exceeded, the age. and prior use of the building and amount of contractor must provide his employees with protective .I'bTe ftsbestos'rrtutterinf present -(squarc-fecth- clothing. i /v*--- is. (5) Scheduled starting and completion dates for The regulations require contractors to place caution removal. signs inside and immediately outside of the work area. (4) Procedures that wilt he employed to comply with The signs must advise people entering the area of the the regulation. hazards of exposure to asbestos. (5) The name and address of the waste disposal site Containers of waste asbestos material must be where the asbestos waste will be deposited. marked with a warning label which slates: When contractors send in notification of an asbestos CAUTION removal operation to EPA. the EPA NESHAPS CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS Coordinator will notify the OSHA office for that area AVOID CREATING DUST (hat a,removal.operation is planned. BREATHING ASBESTOS DUST MAY CAUSE See Appendix A for tlie full text of die EHA asbestos SERIOUS BODILY HARM regulations. Questions about the regulations and compliance problems can be ItnsWered bythe'NESHA PS 1 `See Appendix for the full text of the OSHA asbestos Coordinator listed in Appendix II. regulations. Questions about the regulations and . cornpjipnce problems can be answered by the OSHA OSHA Regulations OSHA regulates workplace practices and the airborne concentration levels to which asbestos workers can be exposed. The OSHA regulations apply to removal, Regional Offices h'sie'd In Apperidix' B: information on contractor training and occupational safety is also available from these OSHA offices and the NIOSH Regional Offices listed in Appendix E. encapsulation, and enclosure operations involving asbestos materials. Contract Specifications OSHA has established limits on the amount of The following general specifications are recommended airborne asbestos to which a worker may be exposed on daily basis. Over an 8-hour period the average `'borne asbestos concentration level (also known as for removal and encapsulation contracts. Some of these specifications are also appropriate for enclosure contracts. If these recommended specifications are -he time weighted average (twa)) to which a worker incorporated into contracts and strictly enforced, the may be exposed may not exceed two fibers longer than building environment will be protected against five micrometers per cubic centimeter of air (2f/cc). At contamination. 8006 0365 21 PRODUCED BY FORD