Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Subject 391-3-14 - ASBESTOS REMOVAL AND ENCAPSULATION › Rule 391-3-14-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27,
				2024
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the
				  following terms as used in these rules shall have the meaning hereinafter
				  respectively ascribed, except that to the extent terms are not defined in these
				  rules, the Act's definitions control; and provided, that definitions within any
				  subsequent rule, or subdivision thereof, which are expressly made applicable to
				  the rule or subdivision within which they appear, shall apply for purposes of
				  such specific rule or subdivision thereof.
(a) "Act" means the "Georgia Asbestos Safety
				Act", O.C.G.A. Section
				12-12-1
et
				seq.
(b) "Asbestos" means
				any naturally-occurring hydrated mineral silicates separable into commercially
				used fibers, specifically the asbestiform varieties of serpentine, chrysotile;
				cummingtomite-grunerite, amosite; riebeckite, crocidolite; anthophyllite;
				tremolite; and actinolite.
(c)
				"Asbestos Supervisor" means any individual who is employed or engaged by a
				contractor to supervise the removal, encapsulation, cleaning, or disposal of
				friable asbestos-containing materials.
(d) "Contractor" means any person who
				contracts with an owner or operator of a facility or residential dwelling to
				perform the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material
				from any such facility or residential dwelling. `Contractor' shall not include
				any employee of such owner or operator.
(e) "Department" means the Department of
				Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
(f) "Demolition" means the wrecking or taking
				out of any load supporting structural members of a facility together with the
				related handling operations.
(g)
				"Director" means the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the
				Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia or his
				designee.
(h) "Division" means the
				Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the
				State of Georgia.
(i) "Emergency
				Project" means the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing
				material from any facility where such activity must be conducted immediately in
				order to prevent disruption of a commercial or industrial process or activity
				or destruction of property.
(j)
				"Encapsulation" means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes or
				other structures with a sealant to prevent friable asbestos from becoming
				airborne.
(k) "Facility" means any
				institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, or building,
				including apartment buildings having more than four dwelling units.
(l) "Friable Asbestos-Containing Material"
				means any material which is applied onto ceilings, walls, structural members,
				piping, boilers, tanks, pumps, ductwork or any other part of the building
				containing more than 1 percent asbestos, by weight, and which when dry may be
				crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(m) "Outside Air" means the air outside
				buildings and structures.
(n)
				"Person" means any individual, partnership, association, trust, firm,
				corporation, county, municipality, or other entity, including the state and
				federal governments.
(o) "Project"
				means the removal or encapsulation by a contractor of firable
				asbestos-containing material from any facility or residential
				dwelling.
(p) "Removal" means to
				take out, strip, clean-up, or dispose of friable or potentially friable
				asbestos-containing materials from any facility or residential dwelling as
				defined by this chapter.
(q)
				"Residential Dwelling" means any family residence or apartment building with
				four or fewer dwelling units.
(r)
				"Small Project" means any asbestos removal or encapsulation project involving
				less than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of friable asbestos-containing
				materials.
(s) "Structural Member"
				means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load
				supporting walls; or any nonload supporting member, such as ceilings and
				nonload supporting walls.
(t)
				"Visible Emission" means any emissions containing particulate asbestos material
				that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. This does not
				include condensed, uncombined water vapor.
The Georgia Asbestos
				  Safety Act, O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  12-12-1
et seq.
,
				  The Georgia Air Quality Act of 1978, O.C.G.A. Sec.
				  12-9-1
et
				  seq.