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An estimated 1.3 million employees in construction and general industry face significant asbestos exposure on the job. Heaviest exposures occur in the construction industry, particularly during the removal of asbestos during renovation or demolition. Employees are also likely to be exposed during the manufacture of asbestos products (such as textiles, friction products, insulation, and other building materials) and during automotive brake and clutch repair work.

Asbestos is well recognized as a health hazard and is highly regulated. OSHA and EPA asbestos rules are intertwined.

Contents

Compliance

• EPA regulations
• OSHA Regulations
  • OSHA Directives
  • Standard Interpretation and Compliance Letters
    • Asbestos removal
    • Sampling and Analysis and Characteristics of ACM
    • Friction Materials Including Brakes
    • Building Evaluation & Use
    • Worker Protection
    • Other Topics
• Laws
  • TSCA
  • Clean Air Act (CAA)

Compliance - Regulations

• EPA - TSCA Standards

  40 CFR Part 763 Asbestos
  

• EPA - NESHAPS

  40 CFR 61 [PDF] - National Emission Standard Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) - The standards for asbestos are contained in 40 CFR 61.140 through 61.157.

  Background Document to the Asbestos NESHAP
  
  Common Questions on the Asbestos NESHAP

  Asbestos NESHAP Adequately Wet Guidance

  Demolition Practices Under the Asbestos NESHAP

  Asbestos NESHAP Regulated Asbestos Containing Materials Guidance

  Reporting and Record keeping Requirements for Waste Disposal

  Regional Asbestos NESHAP Coordinators

OSHA Standards

• OSHA Directives

• Standard Interpretation and Compliance Letters

Asbestos removal

• Asbestos Standard for Construction (1996, March 28), 1 page. OSHA considers the removal of wallboard and joint compounds to be Class II work.
• Clarification of Asbestos standard (1996, August 26), 1 page. Clarification concerning asbestos-containing paint.
• Clarification of "mechanical chipping device" used in floor tile removal (1995, November 1), 1 page.
• Effectiveness of the Glove Box for removal of asbestos-containing pipe insulation (1990, April 4), 1 page.
• High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) Filters For Vacuum Cleaning Equipment (1990, September 6), 1 page. Incorrect use of DOP aerosol for testing & certifying efficiency of HEPA filters.
• Negative exposure assessment for 1926.1101 (1995, December 4), 2 pages.
• Negative Pressure Glovebag Usage in Asbestos Removal (1990, August 27), 2 pages.
• OSHA's requirements for asbestos removal bags (1994, November 17), 1 page.
• Portam Process asbestos abatement equipment use for asbestos removal (1990, August 23), 1 page. OSHA does not approve or certify equipment or processes for use in the workplace. This does discuss OSHA's intent.
• Power Roof Cutter on a Built-up Roof (1996, July 15), 1 page.
• Red Baron Negative Air Enclosure System (1990, May 3), 1 page.
• Responsibility of each person involved in Class I glovebag removal operations (1997, September 18), 1 page.
• Use of a "Negative Air Bag" in the removal of asbestos pipe insulation (1989, July 5), 2 pages.
• The use of "pipe cases" manufactured by Therm-Equip, Inc., in lieu of standard glove bags (1995, December 15), 1 page.

Sampling & analysis, and characteristics of asbestos-containing materials

• Clarification of Asbestos Standard for construction (1996, June 28), 2 pages. Sampling of bulk materials.
• Clarification of the requirement for representative monitoring under the asbestos standard for construction (1987, September 8), 1 page.
• Compliance with OSHA's Asbestos Standard - Composite Bulk Samples (1997, February 7), 4 pages.
• Definition of "statistically reliable measurements" in 1926.58(f)(4) (1987, August 20), 1 page.
• Exposure monitoring requirements (1993, August 19), 1 page. Equivalent methods and samplers.
• NIOSH 582 training requirements relating to asbestos analysis slides (1991, August 28), 1 page.
• OSHA Asbestos Standard (1996, March 4), 1 page.
• OSHA requires a minimum of 2 and at least 10% blanks be taken for all samples regardless of purpose (1990, May 4), 1 page.
• Recommended changes for asbestos sampling from SLCAL (1989, April 26), 1 page.
• Reporting limits for Asbestos air concentrations (1991, August 28), 1 page.
• Sampling of Resilient Floor Covering (1992, January 6), 1 page.
• Sheetrock and joint compound (1997, April 28), 1 page.

Friction materials, including brakes

• Asbestos in the car repair industry (1995, March 22), 1 page.
• The protection of employees working with automotive brakes (1995, December 11), 2 pages.
• The use of solvent aerosol for controlling exposure to asbestos during automotive brake repair (1995, September 29), 1 page.

Building evaluation and use

• Building and/or facility owner notification requirements (1996, February 21), 1 page.
• In multi-story buildings "employee notice" requirement of asbestos standard (1996, March 19), 1 page.
• OSHA Asbestos Standard (1996, January 24), 3 pages.
• OSHA Asbestos Standard (1997, February 5), 2 pages.
• (OSHA) revised asbestos standard (1995, May 8), 2 pages. Discusses requirements for asbestos flooring.
• Questions concerning OSHA's Asbestos Standard (1996, September 5), 1 page.
• The requirements of a building owner for conducting a survey, and the labeling of asbestos materials under the OSHA asbestos standard (1996, February 16), 1 page.
• Smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos (1990, September 4), 1 page.

Worker protection

• After changing protective clothing for a lunch break, it should not be reused for the balance of the shift (1993, June 21), 1 page.
• Asbestos and the Hazard Communication Standard (1989, December 26), 1 page.
• Classification of asbestos work for employees performing asbestos inspections and obtaining bulk samples (1997, April 28), 1 page.
• Employee safety and the laundering of contaminated clothing (1997, April 1), 2 pages.
• Evaluation of X-rays and pulmonary function tests for early diagnosis of lung disease (1985, February 4), 2 pages. Notifing employees of medical test results.
• How the Exposure to Asbestos standard regulates activities that involve "thin-layered" asbestos-containing paint (1997, April 25), 2 pages.
• Interpretation of 1926.58, Training and Medical Surveillance as Condition of Employment (1989, December 13), 1 page.
• OSHA Asbestos Standard (1996, January 24), 3 pages. Training of employees.
• Regulation on OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Asbestos (1995, May 9), 1 page. Classification of telecommunication workers.
• Respirator fit testing requirements in the revised asbestos standard (1986, September 25), 1 page.
• Sheetrock and joint compound (1997, April 28), 1 page.
• Trailer mounted vacuum system and bagging station used in asbestos abatement (1990, August 10), 3 pages.
• Training requirements for Class II roofing work (1996, February 29), 2 pages.
• Training requirements of the competent person for Class II roofing work (1996, April 2), 1 page.

Other topics

• Approved Courses for Competent Person Training under the Asbestos Construction Standard, 29 CFR 1926.58 (1988, April 5), 7 pages.
• Asbestos Standard for Construction (1996, September 4), 2 pages. Verses General standard during cleanup of Asbestos.
• HAZWOPER and Asbestos standards apply to any emergency response to an uncontrolled hazardous substance release involving the presence of asbestos (1994, April 26), 2 pages.
• Newly revised asbestos standard as it pertains to roofing (1995, April 5), 2 pages.

Hazard Information Bulletins

• Potential Asbestos Contamination in Soft Concrete (1998, October 8), 2 pages.

• 1915.1001 - All OSHA compliance directives

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Laws

Laws and Regulations

TSCA

TSCA (15 U.S.C. � 2601 et seq. ) Title 1 - Control of Toxic Substances

Please note that most of the full text versions below are those available at Cornell University.

• � 2605. Regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures. 

TSCA (15 U.S.C. � 2601 et seq. ) Title 2 - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response

• � 2641. Congressional findings and purpose. 
• � 2642. Definitions. 
• � 2643. EPA regulations. 
• � 2644. Requirements if EPA fails to promulgate regulations. 
• � 2645. Submission to State Governor. 
• � 2646. Contractor and laboratory accreditation. 
• � 2647. Enforcement. 
• � 2648. Emergency authority. 
• � 2649. State and Federal law. 
• � 2650. Asbestos contractors and local educational agencies. 
• � 2651. Public protection. 
• � 2652. Asbestos Ombudsman. 
• � 2653. EPA Study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings. 
• � 2654. Transitional rules. 
• � 2655. Worker protection. 
• � 2656. Training grants. 
  
  

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CAA (42 U.S.C. � 7401 et seq. ) Title 1 - Programs and Activities

• � 7412. Hazardous air pollutants 

• Clean Air Act

  CAA (42 U.S.C. � 7401 et seq. ) Title 1 - Programs and Activities

  • � 7412. Hazardous air pollutants 

State Regulations and Guidance

• West Virginia

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