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Engineers at Risk for Asbestos Exposure: Changes in the Asbestos Standard

The Industry Announces Significant Changes in Standards for Asbestos Engineers Significant Changes in the Asbestos Standard for General Industry (June 29, 1995) including:

  • The PEL was reduced from 0.2 fibers/cc to 0.1 fibers/cc from 0.2 fibers/cc as a TWA. The Excursion Limit remains 1.0 fibers/cc averaged over 30 minutes.
  • Asphalt and vinyl flooring material installed before 1980 also must be treated as asbestos-containing.
  • Installed thermal system insulation and sprayed-on and troweled-on surfacing materials found in buildings constructed no later than 1980 are presumed to be asbestos-containing materials (greater than 1% asbestos).
  • Sanding of asbestos-containing flooring material is prohibited. Building and facility owners must determine the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos-containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM) and keep records of ACM/PACM.
  • Building and facility owners must inform other employers, and their own employees who will perform housekeeping activities, of the presence and location of such materials.
  • Employers must post signs at entrances to mechanical rooms/areas that contain ACM/PACM and that employees may enter.
  • Employers must provide an asbestos awareness training course to employees who will perform housekeeping activities in an area containing ACM or PACM. EPA regulations (CFR Title 40: Protection of the Environment). The TSCA Asbestos regulations are found in 40 CFR 763, Asbestos.

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