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RULE §295.32 Definitions
The following words and terms, when used with these sections, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Accredited person--A person who has attended and passed, within the last year, the appropriate asbestos course, as described in §295.64 of this title (relating to Training: Required Asbestos Training Courses) offered by an asbestos training provider licensed by the department or one that has been approved by another state, that has the authority from EPA to approve courses, or that has been approved directly by EPA.
(2) Act--The Texas Asbestos Health Protection Act, as amended, Chapter 1954, Texas Occupations Code, effective June 1, 2003, formerly, Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4477-3a.
(3) Adequately wet--Sufficiently mixed or penetrated with liquid to prevent the release of particulates. If visible emissions are observed coming from asbestos-containing material, then that material has not been adequately wetted. However, the absence of visible emissions is not sufficient evidence of being adequately wet.
(4) AHERA--Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986, Public Law 99-519. The act amends the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 United States Code, §2641, et seq., by requiring an inspection of all school buildings (Grades K-12), all school administrations to develop plans for controlling asbestos in or removing asbestos from school buildings, and providing penalties for non-compliance.
(5) AIHA--The American Industrial Hygiene Association.
(6) Airlock--A system for permitting ingress and egress to and from the containment, consisting of doors and/or curtains that control air-flow patterns in the doorway such that no air escapes to the outside of the containment.
(7) Air monitoring--The collection of airborne samples for analysis of fibers.
(8) Asbestos--The asbestiform varieties of chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite.
(10) Asbestos abatement activity--Asbestos abatement, or any on-site preparations or clean-up related to the abatement.
(11) Asbestos abatement contractor--A person who undertakes to perform asbestos removal, enclosure, or encapsulation for others under contract or other agreement.
(12) Asbestos abatement supervisor--An individual who is in direct charge of and responsible for the personnel, practices, and procedures of an asbestos abatement activity or project.
(13) Asbestos consulting activities--Consulting activities in public buildings include: the designing of asbestos abatement projects; the survey for asbestos-containing building materials; the evaluation and selection of appropriate asbestos abatement methods and project layout; the preparation of plans, specifications and contract documents; the review of environmental controls and abatement procedures for personal protection that are to be employed every day of the asbestos abatement activity, from the start through the completion dates of the project; the design of air monitoring of the project; any survey, management planning, air monitoring, or project management performed by or for the consultant or consulting agency; consultation regarding compliance with various regulations and standards; recommending abatement options; and representing the consultant agency or consultant in obtaining consulting work.
(14) Asbestos-containing building material (ACBM)--Surfacing asbestos-containing material, thermal system insulation asbestos-containing material, or miscellaneous asbestos-containing material that is found in or on interior structural members or other parts of a public or commercial building.
(15) Asbestos-containing material (ACM)--Materials or products, including any single material component of a structure or any layer of a material sample, that contain more than 1.0% of any kind or combination of asbestos, as determined by the Environmental Protection Agency recommended methods as listed in EPA/600/R-93/116, July 1993, "Method for the Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Building Materials".
(16) Asbestos-containing waste material--Includes mill tailings or any waste that contains commercial asbestos and is generated by a source subject to the provisions of 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M. This term includes filters from control devices, friable asbestos waste material, and bags or other similar packaging contaminated with asbestos. As applied to demolition and renovation operations, this term also includes regulated asbestos-containing materials, and materials contaminated with asbestos including disposable equipment and clothing.
(17) Asbestos exposure--Airborne asbestos fiber concentrations resulting from disturbance or deterioration of asbestos or asbestos-containing building material.
(18) Asbestos project design--Asbestos abatement project design includes the inspection of public buildings for asbestos-containing building material, the evaluation and selection of appropriate asbestos abatement methods, project layout, the preparation of plans, specifications and contract documents, and the review of environmental controls, abatement procedures and personal protection equipment to be employed every day of the asbestos abatement activity, from the start through the completion dates of the project.
(19) Asbestos-related activity--The disturbance (whether intentional or unintentional), removal, encapsulation, or enclosure of asbestos, including preparations or final clearance, the performance of asbestos surveys, the development of management plans and response actions, asbestos project design, the collection or analysis of asbestos samples, monitoring for airborne asbestos, or any other activity required to be licensed under the Texas Asbestos Health Protection Act.
(20) Asbestos removal--Any action that dislodges, strips, or otherwise takes away asbestos-containing building material.
(21) Asbestos reporting unit (ARU)--An asbestos reporting unit is 160 square feet or 260 linear feet or 35 cubic feet of asbestos-containing building material in public buildings or regulated asbestos-containing material in facilities, as defined under National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
(22) Board--The Texas Board of Health or its successor.
(23) Building owner--The owner of record of any building. A building owner may hire a contractor or other agent such as an architect, engineer, or property manager who may assume certain tasks as outlined in §295.34(b)(5) - (6) of this title (relating to Asbestos Management in Facilities and Public Buildings). (See also the definition of facility owner.)
(24) Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material (ACM)--Asbestos-containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor covering, and asphalt roofing products containing more than 1.0% asbestos as determined using Polarized Light Microscopy.
(25) Category II nonfriable asbestos-containing material (ACM)--Any material, excluding Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material, containing more than 1.0% asbestos as determined using Polarized Light Microscopy that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(26) CFR--The Code of Federal Regulations.
(27) Commissioner--The Texas Commissioner of Health.
(28) Commercial asbestos--Any material containing asbestos that is extracted from ore and has value because of its asbestos content (National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant definition, 1990).
(29) Commercial Building--The interior space of any industrial, federal-government-owned building, or residential structure, installation or building (including any structure, installation, or building containing condominiums or individual dwelling units operated as a residential cooperative, but excluding residential buildings having four or fewer dwelling units). Interior space includes exterior hallways connecting buildings, porticos, and mechanical systems used to condition interior space.
(30) Competent person--The individual designated as the competent person by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations in 29 CFR §1926.1101. For an asbestos National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant (NESHAP) project, this is a person with asbestos NESHAP training.
(31) Containment--A portion of the regulated area that has been sealed and placed under negative air pressure with air machines using high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters.
(32) Contractor--A person who constructs, repairs, or maintains a public building as an independent contractor, or is under contract to perform a service with wage or income reporting and tax responsibility to the state or federal government. The term includes a subcontractor.
(33) Demolition--The wrecking or removal of any load-supporting structural member of a public building or facility or the intentional burning of any public building or facility.
(34) Department--The Texas Department of Health or its successor.
(35) Designated person--The individual designated under 40 CFR Part 763 Subpart E to oversee all asbestos activities including compliance with all laws, regulations, and rules.
(36) Disturbance--Activities that disrupt the matrix of ACM, render ACM friable, or generate visible debris from ACM.
(37) Employee--A person who is paid a salary, wage, or remuneration by an entity for services performed and has a relationship with the entity that would result in the entity being liable for that person's acts or judgments.
(38) Encapsulation--A method of control of asbestos fibers in which the surface of asbestos-containing material is penetrated by or covered with a liquid coating prepared for that purpose.
(39) Enclosure--The construction of an airtight, impermeable, permanent barrier surrounding asbestos to prevent the release of asbestos fibers into the air.
(40) Environmental Protection Agency regulations--Regulations found in 40 Code of Federal Regulations at 40 CFR Parts 61-62 and Parts 700-789.
(41) EPA--The United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(42) Facility--Any institutional, commercial, public, industrial or residential structure installation or building (including any structure, installation, or building containing condominiums or individual dwelling units operated as a residential cooperative, but excluding residential buildings having four or fewer dwelling units); any ship; and any active or inactive disposal site. Any structure, installation or building that was previously subject to 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M is not excluded, regardless of its current use or function.
(43) Facility owner--The owner of record of any facility or any person who exercises control over a facility to the extent that said person contracts for or permits renovation to or demolition of said facility. (See also the definition of building owner.)
(44) Federal-government owned building--Any building, which is not a school building as defined by 40 CFR 763.83, owned by the United States Federal Government.
(45) Friable material--Materials that when dry can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure, and includes previously nonfriable material after such previously nonfriable material becomes damaged to the extent that, when dry, it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(46) HEPA--A high-efficiency particulate air filter, capable of trapping and retaining 99.97% of mono-dispersed airborne particles 0.3 micron or larger in diameter.
(47) HVAC--Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
(48) Independent third-party air monitor--A person retained to collect area air samples to be analyzed for the owner of the building or facility being abated. The person must not be employed by the abatement contractor to analyze any area samples collected during the abatement projects being monitored or the clearance samples subject to the provisions of §295.37 of this title (relating to Licensing and Registration: Conflicts of Interests).
(49) Individual--A person acting on his or her own behalf.
(50) Industrial building--Any building where industrial or manufacturing operations or processes are conducted and to which access is limited principally to employees and contractors of the facility operator or to invited guests under controlled conditions.
(51) Inspection--An activity undertaken in a school building, public building, or commercial building to determine the quantity, presence or location, or to assess the condition of, friable or non-friable asbestos-containing building material or suspected asbestos-containing building material, whether by visual or physical examination, or by collecting samples of such material. This term includes reinspections of friable and non-friable known or assumed asbestos-containing building material which has been previously identified. The term does not include the following:
(A) periodic surveillance of the type described in 40 CFR §763.92(b) solely for the purpose of recording or reporting a change in the condition of known or assumed asbestos-containing building material;
(B) inspections performed by employees or agents of federal, state, or local government solely for the purpose of determining compliance with applicable statutes or regulations; or