R307-801-10. Asbestos Abatement, Renovation, and Demolition Projects: Asbestos Inspection Procedures

  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 of 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.