Background IV: Asbestos Project Plan and NESHAP

Learn about the EPA's Asbestos Project Plan and NESHAP.

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Project Plan Background: EPA’s NESHAP for asbestos was first promulgated in 1973 and has been amended several times, with the most recent substantive amendment in1990. The asbestos NESHAP regulates asbestos mills, asbestos product manufacturing, building demolition and renovation, fabricating, insulating materials, waste disposal and the conversion of asbestos into non-hazardous materials (vitrification).

The rule establishes work practice standards and sets the emissions limit at “no visible emissions.” Regulated asbestos-containing material is defined by the NESHAP as containing more than1 percent asbestos. The NESHAP does not regulate asbestos mines, because they are under the authority of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, nor does it regulate asbestos as a contaminant.

Courtesy of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency