310 likes | 543 Views
www.kdheks.gov. ASBESTOS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. Presented by Scott C. Bangert Bureau of Air & Radiation Kansas Department of Health and Environment. BACKGROUND. Greek adjective meaning inextingushible Mineral Serpentine Chrysotile - most commonly used (95%) Amphibole
E N D
www.kdheks.gov Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
ASBESTOSINDUSTRIAL FACILITIES Presented by Scott C. Bangert Bureau of Air & Radiation Kansas Department of Health and Environment Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
BACKGROUND • Greek adjective meaning inextingushible • Mineral • Serpentine • Chrysotile - most commonly used (95%) • Amphibole • Amosite, crocidolite, anthophyllite, tremolite, actinolite • Rock crushed, milled and graded Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
HAZARDS • Inhalation is primary hazard • Smoking and asbestos Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
DISEASES • ASBESTOSIS - scarring (fibrosis) of the lung • LUNG CANCER - malignant tumor of the bronchi covering • MESOTHELIOMA - cancer of the mesothelium, the lining of the chest/abdominal wall • LARYNGEAL CANCER – cancer of the larynx Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
FRIABLE vs. NONFRIABLE • Friable ACM - >1% asbestos that can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure when dry • Nonfriable ACM - >1% asbestos that cannot be ...... • Nonfriable can be made friable by sanding, grinding, abrading, weathering Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
ASBESTOS BANS • Spray-applied surfacing of ACM • 1973 NESHAP • 1978 NESHAP • Thermal System Insulation ACM • 1975 NESHAP • EPA Asbestos Ban and Phaseout Rule (40CFR 763 subpart I, Sect 762-160 - 763.179) • Products still banned • Products not banned Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
USES OF ASBESTOS • Used in over 3600 products • Enhance strength • Insulation/condensation control • Acoustical Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Common ACBM • Cement Products – (Cat. II nonfriable) • Asbestos pipe & fittings, sheets, shingles • Construction Products • Wallboard, roofing, siding, pipe insulation • Felts & Papers ( Cat I nonfriable) • Roofing felts, pipe wrap • Floor Coverings (friable) • Tile & sheet flooring Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Common ACBM • Paints, coatings, sealants • Calking, glazing & patching compounds • Plaster & Stucco • Textured paints & tile cement • Mastics (nonfriable) • Fire proofing Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
ASBESTOS REGULATIONS • OSHA • CONSTRUCTION STANDARD • GENERAL STANDARD • EPA • NESHAP • WORKER PROTECTION RULE • AHERA • STATE • ASBESTOS CONTROL STATUTE & REGS. Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
OSHA • 29CFR 1910.1001 General Standard • 29CFR 1926.1101Construction Standards • 29CFR 1910.134 Respiratory Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
EPA • National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) (40 CFR Part 61.145) Demolition/Renovation • Asbestos Hazard Environmental Response Act (AHERA) (40 CFR 763) • Worker Protection Rule (40 CFR 763.120) Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
STATE STATUTES Asbestos Control Statutes (KSA 65-5301 through 65-5315) Asbestos Control Regulations (KAR 28-50-1 through 28-50-14) Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Requirements for Industrial Facilities. • Inspect and identify all asbestos containing materials • Evaluate the Condition of Any Asbestos • Train personnel • Do not disturb if you don’t have too • If the asbestos is going to be disturbed then hire a licensed contractor or use trained employees of the facility to remove Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Training Requirements • Awareness – Work around but don’t disturb (janitorial) • 16 hour training – Work around and possibly disturb (maintenance) • 40 hour training – actively abate Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Demolition of Structures and Buildings • Inspect (if safe to do so) • Evaluate the Condition of Any Asbestos (friable or nonfriable) • Hire a licensed contractor or use trained employees of the facility to remove friable (notification required) • After friable is removed - demolish or renovate (notification required) Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
What Should You Do With Damaged Buildings & Debris? • If unsafe to inspect the assumption must be made that friable asbestos is present • Debris should be wetted when disturbed for demolition or loading (Class II Supervisor on site) • Sort by trained personnel may be a option • Vehicles should be covered when transporting waste that contains or is assumed to contain friable asbestos Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Disposal • Disposal should be at a landfill approved by KDHE Bureau of Waste Management. • Friable – Approved Landfill • Nonfriable – to any landfill that will take • Burning of debris that contains or is assumed to contain asbestos is prohibited Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
CONTACTS • KDHE • Scott Bangert (785) 296-1689 • Aaron Short (785) 296-6426 • Notifications (785) 296-1549 • Web page www.kdheks.gov • EPA • Larry Hacker (913) 551-7602 • http://www.epa.gov/oppt/asbestos/ • OSHA • www.osha.gov • www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_data/1910_1001.html • www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_data/1926_1101.html Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments
www.kdheks.gov Our Vision - Healthy Kansans living in safe and sustainable environments