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Roles

Responsibilities

Building Managers

Notify the EHS Division of suspected or known ACM that may pose a health hazard.

Environmental Protection Group

• Submits written notification to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) at least 10 working days in advance of all demolitions (notification must be given at all times, even when ACM is not present) and renovations involving removal of regulated asbestos-containing material (RACM) greater than or equal to 100 linear feet, 100 ft² or 35 ft³, unless the notification is completed by a subcontractor performing the work.
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• Prepares written requests to the BAAQMD for approval of alternate removal methods, such as dry removals.

Facilities Division

• Maintains ACM to prevent employee exposures and releases to the environment
• Responsibilities related to asbestos bulk sampling are as follows:
  
  • Ensures that buildings and equipment are surveyed for ACM prior to demolitions and renovations. (Note: This is a dual responsibility shared with the Health and Safety Department.)
  • Ensures industrial hygiene services are budgeted for large-scale asbestos abatement projects. This is to provide day-to-day on-site industrial hygiene oversight for the project.
  • Includes site-specific contract specifications for large-scale asbestos abatement projects.
  • Notifies the Industrial Hygienist and/or Environmental Protection of every demolition, whether or not it involves asbestos, and every removal of RACM prior to starting.
  • Ensures that contract specifications are followed by abatement contractors. (Note: This is a shared responsibility with the Health and Safety Department.)
  • Submits copies of all contractor air-monitoring results to an EHS Industrial Hygienist.
  • Notifies an EHS Industrial Hygienist of all asbestos abatement projects involving Class I & II work verbally as far in advance as feasible.
  • Performs asbestos abatement or encapsulating work in accordance with Work Process D and Work Process E, as applicable, of this program.
  • Ensures Facilities employees performing work with ACM or potentially exposed to asbestos at a concentration above the PEL or excursion limit have current training appropriate for the type of asbestos work they are performing.
  • Obtains written approval from an EHS Industrial Hygienist prior to purchasing new ACM.

EHS Industrial Hygienist

• Reviews specifications for large-scale abatement projects and associated compliance plans involving the large-scale disturbance of ACM.
• Ensures buildings and equipment are surveyed for ACM by Facilities or contract consultants prior to demolitions and renovations. (Note: This is a dual responsibility shared with Facilities.)
• Performs representative personal air monitoring and area air monitoring (e.g., clearance sampling) as appropriate for asbestos abatement work involving Berkeley Lab employees. Notifies the employee and the employee's supervisor of the results in writing within five working days of their receipt.
• Performs quantitative respirator fit tests annually for employees routinely involved with asbestos abatement work. (Note: Given the limited amount of asbestos work performed by asbestos-trained employees in Facilities, employee fit tests may not be current. In these cases, asbestos work may not be performed until the fit test is made current again.)

• Provides consultation and inspection for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved Building Inspector/Management Planner, Contractor/Supervisor, and Project Designer, with the EHS Industrial

• Hygienist’s current certification. Note: Certified Industrial Hygienists do not have to attend the Building Inspector course (29 CFR 1926.1101[k][ii][B]).

Health Services Group

Provides, as necessary, complete asbestos physical examinations as described in 29 CFR 1926.1101 or 29 CFR 1910.1001 for Berkeley Lab employees who may be enrolled in the asbestos medical surveillance program.

Supervisors of employees who routinely work with or may disturb ACM

• Ensure employees are provided the appropriate protective clothing and respiratory protection.
• Ensure employees who conduct asbestos work comply with Berkeley Lab's Asbestos Hazards and Controls program and 29 CFR 1926.1101. Also ensure employees handling asbestos, or who may be exposed to asbestos at or above the PEL or excursion limit, have received required training.
• Ensure appropriate employees receive medical surveillance if necessary.

Waste Management Group

• Provides assistance with labeling, storage, and disposal requirements for ACM. Selects a Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)-approved disposal site for all RACM and asbestos-contaminated waste material. (Note: DTSC approvals are not required for non-RACM materials, including undamaged floor tiles and Sheetrock containing less than 1% asbestos by point counting analysis.)
• Ensures proper packing and loading of ACM onto transport vehicles.
• Ensures vehicles transporting RACM and asbestos-contaminated waste materials (e.g., clothing and equipment) are placarded in compliance with BAAQMD Rule 11-2-304.5, and that waste shipment records comply with BAAQMD Rule 11-2-502.
• Manifests RACM and asbestos-contaminated waste materials from Berkeley Lab to the disposal site.
• Maintains disposal records.
• Ensures Hazardous Waste Handling Facility employees who handle asbestos-containing waste are adequately trained.
• Provides the Facilities Division with necessary waste-disposal information prior to abatement projects.

Term

Definition

ACM (asbestos-containing material)

Building materials that contain asbestos in an amount greater than 1.0% by weight, area, or count

Asbestos

A generic term referring to naturally occurring fibrous mineral silicates. The three most common types are chrysotile (white) asbestos, amosite (brown) asbestos, and crocidolite (blue) asbestos.

BAAQMD

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

Class I Asbestos Work

Activities involving the removal of thermal system insulation (TSI) and surfacing ACM

Class II Asbestos Work

The removal of asbestos-containing wallboard, floor tile, roofing materials, transite, construction mastic, gaskets, etc. This does not involve the removal of TSI or surfacing materials.

Class III Asbestos Work

Activities involving repair and maintenance operations where ACM (including TSI and surfacing materials) are likely to be disturbed. The amount removed must fit into one glove bag or waste bag less than 60 inches in width.

Class IV Asbestos Work

Maintenance or custodial activities in which employees contact ACM or PACM, and activities to clean up waste and debris containing ACM and PACM

Friable ACM

A material containing asbestos that can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to a powder when dry, under hand pressure, or that has been crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to a powder

Nonfriable ACM (Category I)

Intact asbestos-containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor coverings, and asphalt roofing products

Nonfriable ACM (Category II)

Asbestos-containing material (excluding Category I) that when dry and in its present form cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. This includes asbestos cement products, transite board, pipe, plaster, stucco, paint, and mastics.

PACM (presumed asbestos-containing material)

Material that may contain asbestos and has not been sampled for asbestos content. It should be assumed to contain asbestos and treated accordingly.

PEL

Permissible Exposure Level

RACM (regulated asbestos-containing material)

• Friable ACM
• Nonfriable Category I ACM that has or will become friable, or that has been subjected to sanding, drilling, grinding, cutting, or abrading
• Nonfriable Category II ACM that may become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act upon the material in the course of demolition or renovation

TSI (thermal system insulation)

Insulation applied to pipes, fittings, boilers, ducts, etc., to prevent heat loss or gain

Document number

Title

Type

07.07.002.001

Asbestos Hazards and Controls

Program

07.07.002.002

Work Process A, General Requirements

Process

07.07.002.003

Work Process B, Asbestos Identification Process

Process

07.07.002.004

Work Process C, Training Requirements

Process

07.07.002.005

Work Process D, Class I and II Asbestos Work Procedures

Process

07.07.002.006

Work Process E, Class III Asbestos Work Procedures

Process

07.07.002.007

Work Process F, Class IV Asbestos Maintenance and Custodial Work

Process

07.07.002.008

Work Process G, Waste Disposal Requirements

Process

07.07.002.009

Work Process H, Reports and Tests

Process

07.07.002.010

Asbestos Management Plan

Plan

Date

Revision

By Whom

Revision Description

Section(s) Affected

Change Type

1/2/2012

0

R. Connelly

Rewrite for wiki (brief)

All

Minor

5/15/2013

1

R. Connelly

Rewrite for wiki (policy)

All

Minor

8/18/2020

1.1

R. Brown

Reference update to Cal/OSHA to reflect 10 CFR 851 variance

Source documents

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