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Asbestos TSCA, NESHAP and OSHA regulations to download free from Environmental Health & Safety Online

An estimated 1.3 million employees in construction and general industry face significant asbestos exposure on the job. Heaviest exposures occur in the construction industry, particularly during the removal of asbestos during renovation or demolition. Employees are also likely to be exposed during the manufacture of asbestos products (such as textiles, friction products, insulation, and other building materials) and during automotive brake and clutch repair work.

Asbestos is well recognized as a health hazard and is highly regulated. OSHA and EPA asbestos rules are intertwined.

• Compliance
• EPA Regs
• OSHA Regs
• Preambles to OSHA Standards
• OSHA Directives
• Review Commission Decisions
• Standard Interpretation and Compliance Letters
• Asbestos Removal
• Sampling and Analysis and Characteristics of ACM
• Friction Materials Including Brakes
• Building Evaluation & Use
• Worker Protection
• Other Topics


Compliance

• EPA - TSCA Standards

  40 CFR Part 763 - ASBESTOS Regulations (1997)
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• EPA - NESHAPS

  40 CFR Part 61 - Subpart M--National Emission Standard for Asbestos (1997)
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  Background Document to the Asbestos NESHAP
  
  Common Questions on the Asbestos NESHAP

  Asbestos NESHAP Adequately Wet Guidance

  Demolition Practices Under the Asbestos NESHAP

  Asbestos NESHAP Regulated Asbestos Containing Materials Guidance

  Reporting and Record keeping Requirements for Waste Disposal

  Regional Asbestos NESHAP Coordinators
  

• OSHA Directives

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• Standard Interpretation and Compliance Letters

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Laws

Laws and Regulations

Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Federal Register Notices (FR)


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TSCA

TSCA (15 U.S.C. CFR# 2601 et seq. ) Title 1 - Control of Toxic Substances

Please note that most of the full text versions below are those available at Cornell University.

• CFR# 2605. Regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures.

TSCA (15 U.S.C. CFR# 2601 et seq. ) Title 2 - Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response

• CFR# 2641. Congressional findings and purpose.
• CFR# 2642. Definitions.
• CFR# 2643. EPA regulations.
• CFR# 2644. Requirements if EPA fails to promulgate regulations.
• CFR# 2645. Submission to State Governor.
• CFR# 2646. Contractor and laboratory accreditation.
• CFR# 2647. Enforcement.
• CFR# 2648. Emergency authority.
• CFR# 2649. State and Federal law.
• CFR# 2650. Asbestos contractors and local educational agencies.
• CFR# 2651. Public protection.
• CFR# 2652. Asbestos Ombudsman.
• CFR# 2653. EPA Study of asbestos-containing material in public buildings.
• CFR# 2654. Transitional rules.
• CFR# 2655. Worker protection.
• CFR# 2656. Training grants.
  
  

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CAA (42 U.S.C. CFR# 7401 et seq. ) Title 1 - Programs and Activities

• CFR# 7412. Hazardous air pollutants

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• Clean Air Act

  CAA (42 U.S.C. CFR# 7401 et seq. ) Title 1 - Programs and Activities

  • CFR# 7412. Hazardous air pollutants

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State Regulations and Guidance

• West Virginia

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