Purple Book (Guide for Controlling ACM in Buildings) Part 13 PDF

asbestos measured in air samples indicate that, on an average, about 30 fibers counted by the NIOSH procedures equal one nanogram of asbestos. This relationship applies to samples collected during the spray application of asbestos insulation. For these samples, each fiber counted weighs an average o...

asbestos measured in air samples indicate that, on an average, about 30 fibers counted by the NIOSH procedures equal one nanogram of asbestos. This relationship applies to samples collected during the spray application of asbestos insulation. For these samples, each fiber counted weighs an average of 0.033 ng, or about 37 times more than those in the example, and 2,000,000 of them would weigh about 67,000 ng. B-2 Appendix C. USEPA National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) Asbestos Regulations (40 CFR 61, Subpart M) A UTHORITY Secs. 112 and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7412, 7601(a)). SOURCE : 49 FR 13661, Apr. 5, 1964, unless otherwise noted. § 61.140 Applicability. The provisions of this subpart are applicable to those sources specified in §§ 61.142 through 61.153. § 61.141 Definitions. All terms that are used in this subpart and are not defined below are given the same meaning as in the Act and in Subpart A of this part. Active waste disposal site means any disposal site other than an inactive site. Adequately wetted means sufficiently mixed or coated with water or an aqueous solution to prevent dust emissions. Asbestos means the asbestiforrn varieties of serpentinite (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonitegrunerite, anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite. Asbestos-containing waste materials means any waste that contains commercial asbestos and is generated by a source subject to the provisions of this subpart. This term includes asbestos mill tailings, asbestos waste from control devices, friable asbestos waste material, and bags or containers that previously contained commercial asbestos. However, as applied to demolition and renovation operations, this term includes only friable asbestos waste and asbestos waste from control devices. Asbestos material means asbestos or any material containing asbestos. Asbestos mill means any facility engaged in converting, or in any intermediate step in converting, asbestos ore into commercial asbestos. Outside C-1 storage of asbestos material is not considered a part of the asbestos mill. Asbestos tailings means any solid waste that contains asbestos and is a product of asbestos mining or milling operations. Asbestos waste from control devices means any waste material that contains asbestos and is collected by a pollution control device. Commercial asbestos means any asbestos that is extracted from asbestos ore. Demolition means the wrecking o r taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations. Emergency renovation operation means a renovation operation that was not planned but results from a sudden, unexpected event. This term includes operations necessitated by nonroutine failures of equipment. Fabricating means any processing of a manufactured product that contains commercial asbestos, with the exception of processing at temporary sites for the construction or restoration of facilities. Facility means any institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, or building (excluding apartment buildings having no more than four dwelling units). Facility component means any pipe, duct, boiler, tank, reactor, turbine, or furnace at or in a facility: or any structural member of a facility. Friable asbestos material means any material containing more than 1 percent asbestos by weight that hand pressure can crumble, pulverize, or reduce to powder when dry. Inactive waste disposal site m e a n s any disposal site or portion of it where additional asbestos-containing waste material wiIl not be deposited and where the surface is not disturbed by vehicular traffic. Manufacturing means the combining of commercial asbestos-or, in the case of woven friction products, the combining of textiles containing commerother any cial asbestos-with material(s), including commercial asbestos, and the processing of this combination into a product. Outside air means the air outside buildings and structures. Particulate asbestos material means finely divided particles of asbestos material. operations renovation Planned means a renovation operation, or a number of such operations, in which the amount of friable asbestos material that will be removed or stripped within a given period of time can be predicted. Individual nonscheduled operations are included if a number of such operations can be predicted to occur during a given period of time based on operating experience. Remove means to take out friable asbestos materials from any facility. Renovation means altering in any way one or more facility components. Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are excluded. Roadways means surfaces on which motor vehicles travel. This term includes highways, roads, streets, parking areas, and driveways. Strip means to take off friable asbestos materials from any part of a facility. Structural member means any loadsupporting member of a facility, such as beams and load supporting walls; or any nonload-supporting member, such as ceilings and nonload-supporting walls. Visible emissions means any emissions containing particulate asbestos material that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. This does not include condensed uncombined water vapor. [49 FR 13661, Apr. 5, 1984; 49 FR 25453, June 21, 19841 §61.142 Standard for asbestos mills. Each owner or operator of an asbestos mill shall either discharge no visible emissions to the outside air from that asbestos mill or use the methods specified by $61.154 to clean emissions C-2 containing particulate asbestos material before they escape to, or are vented to, the outside air. §61.143 Standard for roadways. No person may surface a roadway with asbestos tailings or asbestos-containing waste material on that roadway, unless it is a temporary roadway on an area of asbestos ore deposits. [49 FR 13661, Apr. 5, 1984; 49 FR 25453, June 21, 19841 §61.144 Standard for manufacturing. (a) Applicability y. This section applies to the following manufacturing operations using commercial asbestos. (1) The manufacture of cloth, cord, wicks, t u b i n g , t a p e , t w i n e , r o p e , thread, yam, roving, lap, or other textile materials. (2) The manufacture of cement products. (3) The manufacture of fireproofing and insulating materials. (4) The manufacture of friction products. (5) The manufacture of paper, millboard, and felt. (6) The manufacture of floor tile. (7) The manufacture of paints, coatings, caulks, adhesives, and sealants. (8) The manufacture of plastics and rubber materials. (9) The manufacture of chlorine. (10) The manufacture of shotgun shell wads. (11) The manufacture of asphalt concrete. (b) Standard. Each owner or operator of any of the manufacturing operations to which this section applies shall either: (1) Discharge no visible emissions to the outside air from these operations or from any building or structure in which they are conducted or (2) Use the methods specified by § 61.154 to clean emissions from these operations containing particulate asbestos material before they escape to, or are vented to, the outside air. §61.145 Standard for demolition and renovation Applicability. The requirements of $$61.146 and 61.147 apply to each owner or operator of a demolition or renovation operation as follows: (a) If the amount of friable asbestos materials in a facility being demolished is at least 80 linear meters (260 linear feet ) on pipes or at least 15 square meters (160 square feet ) on other facility components, all the requirements of §§61.146 and 61.147 apply, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. (b) If the amount of friable asbestos materials in a facility being demolished is less than 80 linear meters (260 linear feet) on pipes and less than 15 square meters (160 square feet ) on other facility components, only the requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) (l), (2), (3), (4), and (5) of 361.146 apply. (c) If the facility is being demolished under an order of a State or local governmental agency, issued because the facility is structural y unsound and in danger of imminent collapse, only the requirements in § 61.146 and in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) of $61.147 apply. (d) If at least 80 linear meters (260 linear feet ) of friable asbestos materials on pipes or at least 15 square meters (160 square feet ) of friable asbestos materials on other facility components are stripped or removed at a facility being renovated, all the requirements of $861.146 and 61.147 apply. (1) To determine whether paragraph (d) of this section applies to planned renovation operations involving individual nonscheduled operations, predict the additive amount of friable asbestos materials to be removed or stripped over the maximum period of time a prediction can be made, not to exceed 1 year. (2) To determine whether paragraph (d) of this section applies to emergency renovation operations, estimate the amount of friable asbestos materials to be removed or stripped as a result of the sudden, unexpected event that necessitated the renovation. (e) Owners or operators of demolition and renovation operations are exempt from the requirements of §§ 61.05(a), 61.07, and 61.09. [49 FR 13661, Am. 5, 1984; 49 FR 25453. June 21, 19841 §61.146 Standard for demolition and renovation: Notification requirements. Each owner or operator to which this section applies shall: (a) Provide the Administrator with written notice of intention to demolish or renovate. (b) Postmark or deliver the notice as follows (1) At least 10 days before demolition begins if the operation is described in § 61.145(a); (2) At least 20 days before demolition begins if the operation is described in § 61.145(b); (3) As early as possible before demolition begins if the operation is described in § 61.145(c); (4) As early as possible before renovation begins. (c) Include the following information in the notice: (1) Name and address of owner or operator. (2) Description of the facility being demolished or renovated, including the size, age, and prior use of the facilit y. (3) Estimate of the approximate amount of friable asbestos material present in the facility in terms of linear feet of pipe, and surface area on other facility components. For facilities described in § 61.145(b), explain techniques of estimation. (4) Location of the facility being demolished or renovated. (5) Scheduled starting and completion dates of demolition or renovation. (6) Nature of planned demolition or renovation and method(s) to be used. (7) Procedures to be used to comply with the requirements of this Subpart. (8) Name and location of the waste disposal site where the friable asbestos waste material will be deposited. (9) For facilities described in § 61.145(c), the name, title, and authority of the State or local governmental representative who has ordered the demolition. (Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 20000264. ) [49 FR 13661, Apr. 5, 1984; 49 FR 25453, June 21.19841 C-3 §61.147 Standard for demolition and renovation. Procedures for asbestos emission control. Each owner or operator to whom this section applies shall comply with the following procedures to prevent emissions of particulate asbestos material to the outside air (a) Remove friable asbestos materials from a facility being demolished or renovated before any wrecking or dismantling that would break up the materials or preclude access to the materials for subsequent removal. However, friable asbestos materials need not be removed before demolition if: (1) They are on a facility component that is encased in concrete or other similar material; and (2) These materials are adequately wetted whenever exposed during demolition. (b) When a facility component covered or coated with friable asbestos materials is being taken out of the facility as units or in sections: (1) Adequately wet any friable asbestos materials exposed during cutting or disjointing operations; and (2) Carefully lower the units or sections to ground level, not dropping them or throwing them. (c) Adequately wet friable asbestos materials w h e n t h e y a r e b e i n g stripped from facility component s before the members are removed from the facility. In renovation operations, wetting t h a t w o u l d unavoidably damage equipment is not required if the owner or operator (1) Asks the Administrator to determine whether wetting to comply with this paragraph would unavoidably damage equipment, and, before beginning to strip, supplies the Administrator with adequate information to make this determination, and (2) When the Administrator does determine that equipment damage would be unavoidable, uses a local exhaust ventilation and collection system designed and operated to capture the particulate asbestos material produced by the stripping and removal of the friable asbestos materials. The system must exhibit no visible emissions to the outside air or be designed and o p erated in accordance with the requirements in §61.154. (d) After a facility component has been taken out of the facility as units or in sections, either: (1) Adequately wet friable asbestos materials during stripping or (2) Use a local exhaust ventilation and collection system designed and operated to capture the particulate asbestos material produced by the strip ping. The system must exhibit no visible emissions to the outside air or be designed and operated in accordance with the requirements in §61.154. (e) For friable asbestos materials that have been removed or stripped (1) Adequately wet the materials to ensure that they remain wet until they are collected for disposal in accordance with § 61.152; and (2) Carefully lower the materials to the ground or a lower floor, not dropping or throwing them; and (3) Transport the materials to the ground via dust-tight chutes or containers if they have been removed or stripped more than 50 feet above ground level and were not removed as units or in sections. (f) When the temperature at the point of wetting is below 0ºC (32°F): (1) Comply with the requirements of paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section, The owner or operator need not comply with the other wetting requirements in this section; and (2) Remove facility components coated or covered with friable asbestos materials as units or in sections to the maximum extent possible. (g) For facilities described in § 61.145(c), adequately wet the portion of the facility that contains friable asbestos materials during the wrecking operation. § 61.148 Standard for spraying. The owner or operator of an operation in which asbestos-containing materials are spray applied shall comply with the following requirements (a) Use materials that contain 1 percent asbestos or less on a dry weight basis for spray-on application on buildings, structures, pipes, and conduits, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section. (b) For spray-on application of materials that contain more than 1 percent C-4