Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113) › Chapter 27 - MISCELLANEOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS (§§ 20-27-101 — 20-27-2705) › Subchapter 10 - REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS MATERIAL (§§ 20-27-1001 — 20-27-1012) › Section 20-27-1003 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
"Air monitor" means any person who collects airborne samples for analysis of asbestos fibers;
(2)
"Asbestos abatement consultant" means any person or other legal entity, however organized, that acts as an agent for the owner or operator in performing demolitions, renovations, or response actions which will involve, or may involve, the removal or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials in any facility;
(3)
"Asbestos abatement contractor" means any person or other legal entity, however organized, that acts as an agent for the owner or operator in performing demolitions, renovations, or response actions which will involve, or may involve, the removal or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials in any facility;
(4)
"Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material" means asbestos-containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor coverings, and asphalt roofing products containing more than one percent (1%) asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E,
40 C.F.R. Part 763, Section 1
, Polarized Light Microscopy;
(5)
"Category II nonfriable asbestos-containing material" means any material excluding Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing materials containing more than one percent (1%) asbestos as determined using the methods specified in Appendix E, Subpart E,
40 C.F.R. Part 763, Section 1
, Polarized Light Microscopy, that when dry cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure;
(6)
"Certificate" means a document issued by the Division of Environmental Quality to any person certifying that that person has satisfactorily completed asbestos training, examination, and other requirements established by the division to perform the duties of the following:
(A)
Air monitor;
(B)
Contractor/supervisor;
(C)
Inspector;
(D)
Management planner;
(E)
Project designer; and
(F)
Worker;
(7)
"Contractor/supervisor" means any person who supervises the following activities with respect to friable asbestos-containing material in a facility:
(A)
A response action other than a small-scale short-duration activity;
(B)
A maintenance activity that disturbs friable asbestos-containing material other than a small-scale short-duration activity; or
(C)
A response action for a major fiber-release episode;
(8)
"Demolition" means the wrecking or taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations or intentional burning of a facility;
(9)
[Repealed.]
(10)
[Repealed.]
(11)
"Eligible structure" means a structure that:
(A)
Contains friable asbestos materials;
(B)
Unexpectedly collapses, is at imminent risk of collapse, or fails in its structural integrity; and
(C)
Is not a single or multifamily dwelling;
(12)
(A)
"Facility" means:
(i)
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 (4) or fewer dwelling units;
(ii)
Any ship; and
(iii)
Any active or inactive waste disposal site.
(B)
For purposes of this definition, any building, structure, or installation that contains a loft used as a dwelling is not considered a residential structure, installation, or building. Any structure, installation, or building that was previously subject to this rule is not excluded, regardless of its current use or function;
(13)
"Friable asbestos materials" means any materials containing more than one percent (1%) asbestos as determined by using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E,
40 C.F.R. Part 763, Section 1
, Polarized Light Microscopy, that when dry can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure;
(14)
"Inspector" means any person who inspects for asbestos-containing material in a facility;
(15)
"License" means a document issued by the division to an asbestos abatement contractor, asbestos abatement consultant, or training provider who meets the criteria for licensing as established by the division;
(16)
"Management planner" means any person who prepares management plans for a school;
(17)
"Nonfriable asbestos-containing material" means any material containing more than one percent (1%) of asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E,
40 C.F.R. Part 763, Section 1
, Polarized Light Microscopy, that when dry cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure;
(18)
"Owner or operator" means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the facility being demolished or renovated or any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the demolition or renovation operation, or both;
(19)
"Project designer" means any person who designs the following activities with respect to friable asbestos-containing material in a facility:
(A)
A response action other than a small-scale short-duration activity;
(B)
A maintenance activity that disturbs friable asbestos-containing material other than a small-scale short-duration activity; or
(C)
Response action for a major fiber-release episode;
(20)
"Regulated asbestos-containing material" means:
(A)
Friable asbestos material;
(B)
Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material that has become friable;
(C)
Category I nonfriable asbestos-containing material that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading; or
(D)
Category II nonfriable asbestos-containing material that has a high probability of becoming or has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations regulated by this subchapter;
(21)
"Renovation" means altering a facility or one (1) or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of regulated asbestos-containing material from a facility component. Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions;
(22)
"Response action" means a method, including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, and operation and maintenance, that protects human health and the environment from friable asbestos-containing material;
(23)
"Stabilization and abatement activity" means an activity relating to the abatement of friable asbestos materials in an eligible structure, including without limitation inspection, removal, site stabilization, and remediation;
(24)
"Training provider" means any person or other legal entity, however organized, that conducts some or all of the training programs for asbestos professional disciplines which are regulated by the division; and
(25)
"Worker" means any person who carries out any of the following activities with respect to friable asbestos-containing material in a facility:
(A)
A response action other than a small-scale short-duration activity;
(B)
A maintenance activity that disturbs friable asbestos-containing material other than a small-scale short-duration activity; or
(C)
A response action for a major fiber-release episode.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 2097, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3214, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3213, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3212, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3211, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 389,§ 45, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 456,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 489,§ 2, eff. 3/22/2013.
Acts 1985, No. 394, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-1945; Acts 1987, No. 531, § 2; 1993, No. 817, § 2; 1997, No. 308, § 1; 1999, No. 1164, § 175.