Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 391-3-14-.01 - Definitions
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following terms as used in these rules shall have the meaning hereinafter respectively ascribed, except that to the extent terms are not defined in these rules, the Act's definitions control; and provided, that definitions within any subsequent rule, or subdivision thereof, which are expressly made applicable to the rule or subdivision within which they appear, shall apply for purposes of such specific rule or subdivision thereof.
(a) "Act" means the "Georgia Asbestos Safety
Act", O.C.G.A. Section
12-12-1
et
seq.
(b) "Asbestos" means
any naturally-occurring hydrated mineral silicates separable into commercially
used fibers, specifically the asbestiform varieties of serpentine, chrysotile;
cummingtomite-grunerite, amosite; riebeckite, crocidolite; anthophyllite;
tremolite; and actinolite.
(c)
"Asbestos Supervisor" means any individual who is employed or engaged by a
contractor to supervise the removal, encapsulation, cleaning, or disposal of
friable asbestos-containing materials.
(d) "Contractor" means any person who
contracts with an owner or operator of a facility or residential dwelling to
perform the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material
from any such facility or residential dwelling. `Contractor' shall not include
any employee of such owner or operator.
(e) "Department" means the Department of
Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
(f) "Demolition" means the wrecking or taking
out of any load supporting structural members of a facility together with the
related handling operations.
(g)
"Director" means the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the
Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia or his
designee.
(h) "Division" means the
Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the
State of Georgia.
(i) "Emergency
Project" means the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing
material from any facility where such activity must be conducted immediately in
order to prevent disruption of a commercial or industrial process or activity
or destruction of property.
(j)
"Encapsulation" means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes or
other structures with a sealant to prevent friable asbestos from becoming
airborne.
(k) "Facility" means any
institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, or building,
including apartment buildings having more than four dwelling units.
(l) "Friable Asbestos-Containing Material"
means any material which is applied onto ceilings, walls, structural members,
piping, boilers, tanks, pumps, ductwork or any other part of the building
containing more than 1 percent asbestos, by weight, and which when dry may be
crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(m) "Outside Air" means the air outside
buildings and structures.
(n)
"Person" means any individual, partnership, association, trust, firm,
corporation, county, municipality, or other entity, including the state and
federal governments.
(o) "Project"
means the removal or encapsulation by a contractor of firable
asbestos-containing material from any facility or residential
dwelling.
(p) "Removal" means to
take out, strip, clean-up, or dispose of friable or potentially friable
asbestos-containing materials from any facility or residential dwelling as
defined by this chapter.
(q)
"Residential Dwelling" means any family residence or apartment building with
four or fewer dwelling units.
(r)
"Small Project" means any asbestos removal or encapsulation project involving
less than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of friable asbestos-containing
materials.
(s) "Structural Member"
means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load
supporting walls; or any nonload supporting member, such as ceilings and
nonload supporting walls.
(t)
"Visible Emission" means any emissions containing particulate asbestos material
that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. This does not
include condensed, uncombined water vapor.
Notes
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