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Federal Register / Vol. 51, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 1986 / Rules and Regulations 22733 at 1 p.m. E.D.T. on June 17,1988 which [ shall be the time of issuance of this document as provided by 29 CFR 1911.18. The time of issuance is the earliest moment that petitions for review may be filed with United States Courts of Appeals. Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of June, 1986. John A. Pendergrass, ! Assistant Secrelaryfor Occupational Safety and Health. | XIII. Amended Standards j PART 1910--[AMENDED] 1 Part 1910 of Title 29 of the Code of i Federal Regulations is hereby amended as follows: ( 1. The authority citation for Subpart B of Part 1910 continues to read as l follows: : Authority. Secs. 4,6, and 8 of the i Occupational Safety and Health Act. 29 V U.S.C. 653.055,657: Walsh-Healey Act. 41 : U.S.C. 35 et seq.: Service Contract Act of 19B5, 41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.: Pub. L 91-54, 40 U.S.C. 333; Pub. L. 85-742.33. U.S.C. 941; i National Foundation on Arts and Humanities j Act, 20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.; Secretary of Labor's Orders 12-71 (36 FR 8754). 8-70 (41 FR 25059), , or 9-63 (48 FR 35736); and 29 CFR Part 1911. i ; 2. Paragraph (a) of S 1910.19 is hereby i revised to read as follows: f 3 1910.19 Special provisions tor air | contaminants. | (a) Asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, f and actinolite. dust Section 1910.1001 |. .shall apply to the exposure of every \ employee to asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite dust in . every employment and place of S employment covered by 1910.13, 1910.14,1910.15, or 1910.15; in lieu of any { 'different standard on exposure to i asbestos; tremolite,anthophyllite, and | actinolite dust which would otherwise < be applicable by virtue of any of those \ sections. * . * Subpart Z--[Amended] - 3. The authority, citation for Subpart Z of Part 1910 is revised as follows:. I Authority; Secs. 6 and 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act 29 U.S.C. 655,657; .' Secretary of Labor's Orders Nos. 12-71 (36.FR 6754), 6-76 (41 FR 25059), or 9-63 (48 FR 35736), as applicable; and 29 CFR Part 1911. Section.1910.100b Tables Z-l, Z-2, Z-3 also -. issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. * ' Section 1910.1000 not issued under 29 CFR i' Part 1911, except for "Arsenic" and "Cotton DubI" listings in Table Z-l.. 1 Section 1910.1002 not issued under 29 i U.S.C 655 or29 CFR Part 1911; also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. t. Sections 1910.1003 through 1910.1018 also percent of 0.3 micrometer diameter issued under 29 U.S.C. 653. mono-disperse particles. Section 1910.1025 also issued under 29 U.S.C. 653 and 5 U.S.C 556. Section 1910.1043 also issued under 5 U.S.C 551 et seq. Sections 1910.1045 and 1970.1047 also Issued under 29 U.S.C 653. Sections 1910.1499 and 1910.1500 also "Regulated area" means an area established by the employer to demarcate areas where airborne concentrations of asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, actinolite, or a combination of these minerals exceed, issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. or can reasonably be expected to 4, Section 1910.1001 is hereby revised to read as follows; exceed, the permissible exposure limit. "Tremolite, anthophyllite, or actinolite" means the non-asbestos form 1910.1001 Asbestos, tremolite, of these minerals, and any of these anthophyllite, and actinolite. minerals that have been chemically (a) Scope and application. (1) This treated and/or altered. section applies to all occupational (c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). exposures to asbestos, tremolite, The employer shall ensure that no anthophyllite, and actinolite, in all employee is exposed to an airborne industries covered by the Occupational . concentration of asbestos, tremolite, Safety and Health Act, except as anthophyllite. actinolite, or a- provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this combination of these minerals in excess section. of 0.2 fiber per cubic centimeter of air as (2) This section does not apply to an eight (8)-hour time-weighted average construction work as'defined in 29 CFR (TWA) as determined by the method 1910.12(b). (Exposure to asbestos, prescribed in Appendix A of this tremolite, anthophyllite. and actinolite section, or by an equivalent method. in construction work is covered by 29 (d) Exposure monitoring.--(1) CFR 1926.58.) General, (i) Determinations of employee (b) Definitions. "Action level" means exposure shall be made from breathing an airborne concentration of asbestos, zone air samples that are representative tremolite, anthophyllite, actinolite, or a of the 8-hour TWA of each employee. combination of these minerals, of 0.1 (ii) Representative 8-hour TWA fiber per cubic centimeter (f/cc) of air employee exposures shall be determined calculated as an eight (8)--hour time- - on the basis of one or more samples weighted average. representing full-shift exposures for. "Asbestos" includes chrysotile, each shift for each employee in each fob amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, classification in each work area. anthophyllite asbestos; actinolite (2) Initial monitoring. (i) Each asbestos, and aity of these minerals that employer who has. a workplace or work have been chemically treated and/or ' operation covered by this standard, altered. except as provided for in paragraphs "Assistant Secretary" means the (d)(2)(ii) and (d)(2)(iii) of this section, Assistant Secretary of Labor for shall perform initial monitoring of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. employees who are, or may reasonably Department of Labor, or designee. be expected to be exposed to airborne "Authorized person" means any concentrations at or above the action person authorized by the employer and level. required by work duties to be present in (ii) Where the employer has regulated areas. monitored after December 20,1985, and "Director" means the Director of the the monitoring satisfies all other National Institute for.Occupational requirements of this section, the Safety and Health, U.S. Department.of employer may rely on such earlier Health and Human Services, or. monitoring results.to satisfy, the designee! requirements of paragraph (d)(2)(i) of ! "Employee exposure" means that' this section. exposure to airborne asbestos, tremolite, (iii) Where the employer has relied ' anthophyllite, actinolite, or a upon objective data that demonstrates . combination of these minerals that that asbestos, tremolite,- anthophyllite, would occur if the employee were not actinolite, or a combination of these using respiratory protective equipment. minerals is not capable of being "Fiber" means a particulate form of released in airborne concentrations at or asbestos, tremolite, anthophyllite, or above the action level under the actinolite, 5 micrometers or longer, with expected conditions of processing, use, a length-to-diameter ratio Of at lease 3 to or handling, then no-initial monitoring is 1. required. "High-efficiency particulate air. (3) Monitoring frequency (periodic . (HEPA) filter" means a filter capable of monitoring) and patterns. After the trapping and retaining at least 99.97 initial determinations required by '! 1 'hV..!. I.;. i! 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