Policy 11-3-1: Asbestos Management Program
Policy: | Policy 11-3-1: Asbestos Management Program | Date Adopted: | ||
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Department: | Environmental Health & Safety | Date(s) Reviewed and/or Revised: |
September 2, 2008 | |
Contact: | EH&S Coordinator | |||
Statement: | The purpose of this policy is to minimize and control potential exposures to asbestos fibers liberated from building materials for all and to assure compliance with all applicable regulations. |
Table of Contents:
- Responsibilities
- Glossary
- Procedure (for work performed by ºÚÁÏÍø¹ÙÍø Facilities Department)
Note: If the State Public Works Board (SPWB) is performing the work all requirements contained here in must be met. However since SPWB and their contractor will perform the work this policy does not apply. EH&S and the facilities departments shall share information with SPWB to ensure that the scope of the work is properly addressed. Similarly SPWB shall provide EH&S with the completed remediation scope and the final clearance and disposal information for the remediation. - Asbestos-Free Renovation and Construction
- Air Monitoring
- Asbestos Waste Disposal
- Employee Training
- Accidental/Unplanned Asbestos Release
- Record Keeping, Labeling, and Warning Signs
- References
Section 1: Responsibilities
- The EH&S Department is responsible for timely completion of Asbestos Containing Material
(ACM) AHERA compliant surveys to be used to structure facilities asbestos subcontracts
and related remodeling work. In addition EH&S shall provide sample analysis, final
acceptance testing and monitoring activities to compliment these activities that are
managed by facilities. EH&S will utilize a licensed asbestos consultant for all abatement
work.
EH&S will provide awareness training for all employees.
EH&S will support the State Public Works Board (SPWB) when they are managing a remediation at ºÚÁÏÍø¹ÙÍø. - The Facilities department will write and manage the asbestos abatement subcontract work scope or provide coordination with the State Public Board Works (SPBW). Facilities department will both abate and maintain asbestos; they will see that all work complies with the contract as well as State, Local, and Federal health and safety requirements. No remodeling shall be undertaken without the completion of an AHERA compliant survey.
- EH&S shall maintain an AHERA trained person on staff. Both EH&S and the Facilities department will confirm that regulatory requirements are met.
- EH&S will verify with the risk management office that the asbestos abatement contractor has the appropriate liability insurance in place prior to abating or remediating asbestos for the ºÚÁÏÍø¹ÙÍø Facilities Department.
- The Facilities department and the State Public Works Board (SPWB) must maintain and monitor construction to assure that ACM are not used in renovations or new constructions.
- NOTE: Per Nevada administrative code 618.961 surfacing material, flooring material or thermal system insulation in a building shall be deemed material presumed to contain asbestos unless the presumption is rebutted by a licensed inspector in accordance with the provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1001 (j) (8) or 29 CFR 14261101 (k) (5).
Section 2: Glossary
- Asbestos: includes chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite and tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite asbestos, actinolite asbestos and any of these materials that have been chemically treated and/or altered.
- Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM): all materials containing greater than 1% asbestos by weight.
- Presumed Asbestos Containing Materials (PACM): any material that is likely to contain asbestos, which has not been positively identified through analysis by a National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) or EPA, accredited laboratory.
- Regulated Asbestos Containing Material (RACM): those friable materials containing greater than 1% asbestos by weight; Category 1 non-friable material that has become friable; Category 1 non-friable material that will be subject to grinding, cutting, sanding or abrading; and Category 2 nonfriable material that will have a high probability of being crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to a powder by the demolition/renovation activity.
- Friable: those