Asbestos inspectors shall use the following procedures when
conducting an asbestos inspection of facilities to be abated, demolished, or
renovated:
(1) Determine the scope of
the abatement, demolition, or renovation project by identifying which parts and
how the facility will be abated, demolished, or renovated (e.g. conventional
demolition methods, fire training, etc.).
(2) Inspect the affected facility or part of
the facility where the abatement, demolition, or renovation project will occur.
(3) Identify all accessible
suspect asbestos-containing material (ACM) in the affected facility or part of
the facility where the abatement, demolition, or renovation project will occur.
Residential facilities built on or after January 1, 1981, are
only required to identify all accessible sprayed-on or painted-on ceiling
treatment that contained or may contain asbestos fiber, asbestos cement siding
or roofing materials, resilient flooring products including vinyl asbestos
tile, sheet vinyl products, resilient flooring backing material, whether
attached or unattached, and mastic, thermal-system insulation or tape on a duct
or furnace, or vermiculite type insulation materials in the affected facility
or part of the facility where the abatement, demolition, or renovation project
will occur.
(4) Follow the
sampling protocol in
40 CFR
763.86 (Asbestos-Containing Materials in
Schools) or a sampling method approved by the director to demonstrate that
suspect ACM required to be identified by R307-801-10(3) does not contain
asbestos.
(5) Asbestos samples are
not required to be collected and analyzed if the certified inspector assumes
that all unsampled suspect ACM required to be identified by R307-801-10(3)
contains asbestos and is ACM; and
(6) Complete an asbestos inspection report
containing all of the following information in a format approved by the
director:
(a) A description of the affected
area and a description of the scope of activities as described in
R307-801-10(1);
(b) A list of all
suspect ACM required to be identified by
R307-801-10(3) in the affected area.
Include a description of the suspect ACM sufficient to be able to identify the
material. For each suspect material required to be identified by
R307-801-10(3), provide the following information:
(i) The amount of suspect ACM required to be
identified by R307-801-10(3) in linear feet, square feet, or cubic feet;
(ii) A clear description of the
distribution of the suspect ACM required to be identified by R307-801-10(3) in
the affected area;
(iii) A
statement of whether the material was assumed to contain asbestos, sampled and
demonstrated to contain asbestos, or sampled and demonstrated to not contain
asbestos; and
(iv) A written
determination or table f whether the material is regulated asbestos-containing
material (RACM), Category I non-friable ACM, Category II non-friable ACM that
may or will become friable when subjected to the proposed abatement,
renovation, or demolition project activities, or other suspect ACM that has
either not been tested and assumed to contain asbestos, or has been tested by
an accredited asbestos laboratory and found not to contain asbestos greater
than 1%.
(c) A list of
all asbestos bulk samples required to be identified from suspect ACM by
R307-801-10(3) in the affected area, including the following information for
each sample:
(i) Which suspect ACM required
to be identified by R307-801-10(3) the sample represents;
(ii) A clear description of each sample
location;
(iii) The types of
analyses performed on the sample;
(iv) The amounts of each type of asbestos in
the sample as indicated by the analytical results.
(d) A list of potential locations of suspect
ACM required to be identified by R307-801-10(3) that were not accessible to
inspect and that may be part of the affected area; and
(e) A list of all the asbestos inspector
names, company names, and certification numbers.
(7) Floor plans or architectural drawings and
similar representations may be used to identify the location of suspect ACM or
samples required to be identified by R307-801-10(3).
(8) Analysis of samples shall be performed
by:
(a) Persons or laboratories accredited by
a nationally recognized testing program such as the National Voluntary
Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), or
(b) Persons or laboratories that have been
rated overall proficient by demonstrating passing scores for at least two of
the last three consecutive rounds out of the four annual rounds of the Bulk
Asbestos Proficiency Analytical Testing program administered by the American
Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) or an equivalent nationally-recognized
interlaboratory comparison program.
