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During an inspection, can a local education agency (LEA) just assume that some or all homogeneous areas of friable and nonfriable suspected ACBM are ACM rather than take samples?
Yes. 40 CFR part 763.85(a)(4)(iv) explicitly permits homogeneous areas of friable and non-friable suspected asbestos-containing building material (ACBM) to be assumed to be asbestos-containing material (ACM). (See also 40 CFR part 763.86(a), (b), (c), and (d)). Other Frequent Questions about Asbestos Learn About Asbestos Asbestos and School Buildings Information for…
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Under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), must a local education agency's (LEA's) Designated Person be an employee of the LEA, or can this person be an outside consultant, available on a part-time basis?
The Designated Person does not have to be an LEA employee. The designated person can be an outside consultant and does not have to be on-site at the LEA. Other Frequent Questions about Asbestos Learn About Asbestos Asbestos and School Buildings Information for Owners and Managers of Buildings that Contain…
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If a non-friable component such as a piece of floor tile is broken into small pieces in a removal process and the resulting pieces still can't be reduced to powder by hand pressure, does EPA require accredited workers?
If floor tiling is removed by a method that does not render it friable (not able, when dry, to be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure) then removal is not considered to be a response action that requires workers accredited under the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan (MAP)…
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How can we have the air tested in my school?
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) only requires air testing following an asbestos response action (e.g., asbestos repair or removal activity) to determine whether the activity has been properly completed. This is done by measuring the amount of asbestos in the air where the asbestos response action took place…
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Will areas of newly friable asbestos-containing building material (ACBM) or newly friable assumed ACBM be required to undergo initial cleaning in accordance with 40 CFR part 763.91?
Yes, the following requirements as stated in 40 CFR part 763.91(c)(1) of the asbestos in schools rule will apply: “Initial Cleaning. Unless the building has been cleaned using equivalent methods within the previous 6 months, all areas of a school building where friable ACBM, damaged or significantly damaged thermal system…
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