(A) Notwithstanding any other exclusion of
this rule, and to determine which requirements of this rule and of rules
3745-20-03
and
3745-20-04
of the Administrative Code apply, each owner or operator of any demolition or
renovation operation shall have the affected facility or part of the facility
where a demolition or renovation operation will occur thoroughly inspected by a
certified asbestos hazard evaluation specialist, in accordance with paragraph
(C) of rule
3701-34-02
3745-22-02 of the Administrative Code prior to
the commencement of the demolition or renovation for the presence of asbestos,
including category I and category II nonfriable asbestos-containing material.
[
Note:
Comment:
Inspections pursuant to paragraph (A) of this rule are subject to
the Ohio department of health regulations
under paragraph (C) of rule 3701-34-02
3745-22-02 of the Administrative Code
which states in part that, " no person shall
identify, detect, or assess asbestos containing materials,
[or] determine appropriate response actions
unless he or she is certified as an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist by
the director (
of the
Ohio department of health
)
in accordance with Chapter 3710. of the Revised
Code."]
(B)
The
requirements of rules
Rules 3745-20-03,
3745-20-04, and 3745-20-05 of the Administrative Code apply to each owner or
operator of a demolition or renovation operation as follows:
(1) If the combined amount of regulated
asbestos-containing material is at least two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes
or at least one hundred sixty square feet on other facility components, or at
least thirty-five cubic feet off facility components where the length or area
could not be measured previously in a facility being demolished,
all the requirements of rules
3745-20-03,
3745-20-04,
and
3745-20-05
of the Administrative Code apply, except as provided in paragraph (B)(3) of
this rule.
(2) If the combined
amount of regulated asbestos-containing material is less than two hundred sixty
linear feet on pipes and less than one hundred sixty square feet on other
facility components, and less than thirty-five cubic feet off facility
components where the length or area could not be measured previously or if
there is no asbestos-containing material in a facility being demolished, only
the notification requirements of paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3)(a), and
(A)(3) (d)(i) to (A)(3)(d)(iii), and (A)(4)(a) to (A)(4)(h), (A)(4)(m) and
(A)(4)(n), and (D)(1) to (D)(3), and (E) of rule
3745-20-03
of the Administrative Code apply.
(3) If the operation is an emergency
demolition,
the requirements of paragraphs
(A) (1) , (A)(2), (A)(3)(c), (A)(4) {except (A)(4)(i)}, (B), and (C) of rule
3745-20-03,
and paragraphs (A)(4) to (A)(7), (B) and (D) of rule
3745-20-04,
and rule
3745-20-05
of the Administrative Code apply.
(4) In a facility being renovated, including
any individual nonscheduled renovation operation,
all the requirements of rules
3745-20-03,
3745-20-04
and
3745-20-05
of the Administrative Code apply if the combined amount of regulated
asbestos-containing material to be stripped, removed, dislodged, cut, drilled,
or similarly disturbed is at least two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes or at
least one hundred sixty square feet on other facility components, or at least
thirty-five cubic feet off facility components where the length or area could
not be measured previously.
(a) Paragraph
(B)(4) of this rule applies to planned renovation operations involving a series
of individual nonscheduled operations, that individually are exempt from this
chapter, if the combined amount of regulated asbestos-containing material to be
removed or striped during a calendar year, January first through December
thirty-first, exceeds two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes or at least one
hundred sixty square feet on other facility components or thirty-five cubic
feet off facility components.
(b)
Paragraph (B)(4) of this rule applies to emergency renovation operations if the
combined amount of regulated asbestos-containing material to be removed or
stripped as a result of the sudden, unexpected event that necessitated the
renovation exceeds two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes or at least one
hundred sixty square feet on facility components or thirty-five cubic feet off
facility components.