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The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) (Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title II) This law required EPA to promulgate regulations (e.g., the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule) requiring local educational agencies to inspect their school buildings for asbestos-containing building material, prepare asbestos management plans and perform asbestos response actions to prevent or reduce asbestos hazards. AHERA also tasked EPA with developing a model plan for states for accrediting persons conducting asbestos inspection and corrective-action activities at schools. The Toxic Substances Control Act defines asbestos as the asbestiform varieties of: chrysotile (serpentine); crocidolite (riebeckite); amosite (cummingtonite/grunerite); anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.
Asbestos Information Act (Public Law 100-577) This law helped to provide transparency and identify the companies making certain types of asbestos-containing products by requiring manufacturers to report production to the EPA.
Clean Air Act (CAA) (42 USC § 7401 et seq.) This law defines the EPA's responsibilities for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and the stratospheric ozone layer and includes provisions for the EPA to set national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, including asbestos.
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the federal law that helps ensure the quality of Americans' drinking water. Under the SDWA, EPA sets standards for drinking water quality and oversees the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement those standards.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) This law, also known as Superfund, was enacted to address abandoned hazardous waste sites in the U.S. The law has subsequently been amended, by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), and the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002. CERCLA authority may be appropriate to respond to the release or potential release of asbestos into the environment.
Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools Rule Pursuant to the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools rule requires local education agencies to inspect their school buildings for asbestos-containing building material, prepare asbestos management plans and perform asbestos response actions to prevent or reduce asbestos hazards. Public school districts and non-profit private schools, including charter schools and schools affiliated with religious institutions (collectively called local education agencies) are subject to the rule’s requirements.
40 CFR Part 763, Subpart I -- Prohibition of the Manufacture, Importation, Processing and Distribution in Commerce of Certain Asbestos-Containing Products; Labeling Requirements Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
40 CFR Part 302.4 - Designation of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities Other Federal Agencies with Asbestos Regulations
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) OSHA oversees the working conditions for U.S. workers by implementing and managing occupational safety and health standards. The following regulations pertain to handling asbestos in the workplace.
Asbestos General Standard—Specification of permissible exposure limits, engineering controls, worker training, labeling, respiratory protection, and disposal of asbestos waste 29 CFR 1910.1001
Asbestos Construction Standard—Covers construction work involving asbestos, including work practices during demolition and renovation, worker training, disposal of asbestos waste, and specification of permissible exposure limits 29 CFR 1926.1101
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) The CPSC protects consumers and families from consumer products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. Below are the following CPSC bans or restrictions on asbestos-containing products:
Emberizing Materials 16 CFR Part 1305
Patching Compounds 16 CFR Part 1304
Asbestos Containing Garments for General Use 16 CFR § 1500.17(a)(7)
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) MSHA is responsible for overseeing the safety and health of miners in the U.S. The following MSHA regulations apply to asbestos in mines:
Surface Mines: exposure limits, engineering controls, and respiratory protection measures for workers in surface mines 30 CFR part 56, subpart D
Underground Mines: exposure limits, engineering controls, and respiratory protection measures for workers in underground mines 30 CFR part 57, subpart D