There are approximately 23 employees in the DNR and seven inspectors within the four local air agencies that would be required to have the necessary certification. Some small businesses could be impacted because they would no longer have to notify the DNR of asbestos abatement project that are less than 25 linear feet. This act revises the law on asbestos abatement projects. It removes the rulemaking authority of the Missouri Air Conservation Commission for regulation of asbestos abatement projects. The definition of an asbestos abatement project is amended to exclude from regulation any project affecting less than twenty-five linear feet of asbestos materials.
Current law includes projects over ten square feet or sixteen linear feet.
The act excludes from regulation projects affecting single family homes or vacant apartments of four or fewer units being demolished pursuant to a government condemnation order, so long as there is evidence that public health and environment are not endangered. The state asbestos certification exams shall not include tests of knowledge of state rules. An application for an exemption from regulation must meet requirements of statutes, but not state rules. The DNR or the local enforcement agency shall conduct asbestos abatement inspections using persons certified as an asbestos supervisor and as an asbestos inspector. No inspection fee shall be charged unless the inspection is conducted by a person having such certification.