Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 502 - ASBESTOS CONTAINING MATERIALS IN SCHOOLS › Section 11-502-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Accessible" when referring to ACM means that the material
				  is subject to disturbance by school building occupants or custodial or
				  maintenance personnel in the course of their normal activities.
"ACBM" means asbestos-containing building materials.
"ACM" means asbestos-containing material.
"AIHA" means the American Industrial Hygiene
				  Association.
"Air erosion" means the passage of air over friable ACBM
				  which may result in the release of asbestos fibers.
"Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of: chrysotile
				  (serpentine); crocidolite (riebeckite); amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite);
				  anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.
"Asbestos-containing building material" means surfacing ACM,
				  thermal system insulation ACM, or miscellaneous ACM that is found in or on
				  interior structural members or other parts of a school building which can
				  include sheetrock, drywall, plaster, mastic, ceiling tiles, floor tiles, sheet
				  linoleum, baseboards, and joint compound.
"Asbestos-containing material" when referring to school
				  buildings means any material or product which contains more than one per cent
				  asbestos.
"Asbestos debris" means pieces of ACBM that can be
				  identified by color, texture, or composition, or means dust if the dust is
				  determined by a certified inspector to be ACM.
"Certified" or "certification" when referring to a person
				  means that the person is certified in accordance with chapter 11-504.
"Damaged friable miscellaneous ACM" means friable
				  miscellaneous ACM which has deteriorated or sustained physical injury such that
				  the internal structure (cohesion) of the material is inadequate or, if
				  applicable, which has delaminated such that its bond to the substrate
				  (adhesion) is inadequate or which for any other reason lacks fiber cohesion or
				  adhesion qualities. Such damage or deterioration may be illustrated by the
				  separation of ACM into layers; separation of ACM from the substrate; flaking,
				  blistering, or crumbling of the ACM surface; water damage; significant or
				  repeated water stains, scrapes, gouges, mars, or other signs of physical injury
				  on the ACM. Asbestos debris originating from the ACBM in question may also
				  indicate damage.
"Damaged friable surfacing ACM" means friable surfacing ACM
				  which has deteriorated or sustained physical injury such that the internal
				  structure (cohesion) of the material is inadequate or which has delaminated
				  such that its bond to the substrate (adhesion) is inadequate, or which, for any
				  other reason, lacks fiber cohesion or adhesion qualities. Such damage or
				  deterioration may be illustrated by the separation of ACM into layers;
				  separation of ACM from the substrate; flaking, blistering, or crumbling of the
				  ACM surface; water damage; significant or repeated water stains, scrapes,
				  gouges, mars, or other signs of physical injury on the ACM. Asbestos debris
				  originating from the ACBM in question may also indicate damage.
"Damaged or significantly damaged thermal system insulation
				  ACM" means thermal system insulation ACM on pipes, boilers, tanks, ducts, and
				  other thermal system insulation equipment where the insulation has lost its
				  structural integrity, or its covering, in whole or in part, is crushed,
				  water-stained, gouged, punctured, missing, or not intact such that it is not
				  able to contain fibers. Damage may be further illustrated by occasional
				  punctures, gouges, or other signs of physical injury to ACM; occasional water
				  damage on the protective coverings or jackets; or exposed ACM ends or joints.
				  Asbestos debris originating from the ACBM in question may also indicate
				  damage.
"Department" means the department of health, state of
				  Hawaii.
"Director" means the director of the department of health,
				  state of Hawaii, or the director's duly authorized agent.
"Elementary school" means a day or residential school which
				  provides elementary education.
"Encapsulation" means the treatment of ACBM with a material
				  that surrounds or embeds asbestos fibers in an adhesive matrix to prevent the
				  release of fibers, as the encapsulant creates a membrane over the surface
				  (bridging encapsulant) or penetrates the material and binds its components
				  together (penetrating encapsulant).
"Enclosure" means an airtight, impermeable, permanent
				  barrier around ACBM to prevent the release of asbestos fibers into the
				  air.
"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
				  Agency.
"Fiber release episode" means any uncontrolled or
				  unintentional disturbance of ACBM resulting in visible emission.
"Friable" means that the material, when dry, may 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.
"Functional space" means a room, group of rooms, or
				  homogeneous area (including crawl spaces or the space between a dropped ceiling
				  and the floor or roof deck above), such as classrooms, cafeterias, gymnasiums,
				  or hallways, designated by a person certified to prepare management plans,
				  design abatement projects, or conduct response actions.
"HEPA" means high-efficiency particulate air.
"High-efficiency particulate air" means a filtering system
				  capable of trapping and retaining at least 99.97 per cent of all monodispersed
				  particles 0.3 µm in diameter or larger.
"Homogeneous area" means an area of surfacing material,
				  thermal system insulation material, or miscellaneous material that is uniform
				  in color and texture, and which does not extend to other floors or
				  buildings.
"Local education agency" means:
(1) The board of education;
(2) The owner or operator of any non-public, elementary, or
				  secondary school building; and
(3) The governing authority of any school operated under the
				  defense dependent's education system provided for pursuant to the Defense
				  Dependents' Education Act of 1978 (
				  20 U.S.C.
				  921, et seq.).
"Major fiber release episode" means the falling or
				  accidental dislodging of more than three square or linear feet of friable
				  ACBM.
"Minor fiber release episode" means the falling or
				  accidental dislodging of three square or linear feet or less of friable
				  ACBM.
"Miscellaneous ACM" means miscellaneous material that is ACM
				  in a school building.
"Miscellaneous material" means interior building material on
				  structural components, structural members, or fixtures such as floor and
				  ceiling tiles, and does not include surfacing material or thermal system
				  insulation.
"NIST" means the National Institute of Science and
				  Technology.
"NIOSH" means the National Institute for Occupational Safety
				  and Health.
"Nonfriable" means material which when dry may not be
				  crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
"NVLAP" means the National Voluntary Laboratory
				  Accreditation Program administered by the National Institute of Science and
				  Technology.
"Operations and maintenance program" means a program of work
				  practices to maintain friable ACBM in good condition, ensure clean up of
				  asbestos fibers previously released, and prevent further release by minimizing
				  and controlling friable ACBM disturbance or damage.
"PLM" means polarized light microscopy.
"Potential damage" means circumstances in which:
(1) Friable ACBM is in an area regularly used by building
				  occupants, including maintenance personnel in the course of their normal
				  activities; and
(2) There are indications of a reasonable likelihood that the
				  material or its covering will become damaged, deteriorated, or delaminated due
				  to factors such as changes in building use, changes in operations and
				  maintenance practices, changes in occupancy, or recurrent damage.
"Potential significant damage" means circumstances in
				  which:
(1) Friable ACBM is in an area regularly used by building
				  occupants, including maintenance personnel, in the course of their normal
				  activities;
(2) There are indications of a reasonable likelihood that the
				  material or its covering will become significantly damaged, deteriorated, or
				  delaminated due to factors such as changes in building use, changes in
				  operations and maintenance practices, changes in occupancy, or recurrent
				  damage; and
(3) The material is subject to major or continuing
				  disturbance, due to factors including accessibility or, under certain
				  circumstances, vibration or air erosion.
"Preventive measures" means actions taken to reduce
				  disturbance of ACBM or otherwise eliminate the reasonable likelihood of the
				  material's becoming damaged or significantly damaged.
"Removal" means the taking out or the stripping of
				  substantially all ACBM from a damaged area, a functional space, or a
				  homogeneous area in a school building.
"Repair" means returning damaged ACBM to an undamaged
				  condition or to an intact state to prevent fiber release.
"Response action" means a method, including removal,
				  encapsulation, enclosure, repair, operations, and maintenance that protects
				  human health and the environment from friable asbestos.
"Routine maintenance area" means an area, such as a boiler
				  room or mechanical room, that is not normally frequented by students and in
				  which maintenance employees or contract workers regularly conduct maintenance
				  activities.
"School" means any elementary or secondary school.
"School building" means:
(1) Any structure suitable for use as a classroom, including
				  a school facility such as a laboratory, library, school eating facility, or
				  facility used for the preparation of food;
(2) Any gymnasium or other facility which is specially
				  designed for athletic or recreational activities for an academic course in
				  physical education;
(3) Any other facility used for the instruction or housing of
				  students or for the administration of educational or research programs;
(4) Any maintenance, storage, or utility facility, including
				  any hallway, essential to the operation of any facility described in paragraph
				  (1), (2), or (3);
(5) Any portico or covered exterior hallway or walkway;
				  and
(6) Any exterior portion of a mechanical system used to
				  condition interior space.
"Secondary school" means a day or residential school which
				  provides secondary education except that it does not include any education
				  provided beyond grade twelve.
"Significantly damaged friable miscellaneous ACM" means
				  damaged friable miscellaneous ACM where the damage is extensive and
				  severe.
"Significantly damaged friable surfacing ACM" means damaged
				  friable surfacing ACM in a functional space where the damage is extensive and
				  severe.
"Small-scale, short duration" means activities that involve
				  removal of three square or linear feet or less of friable material, such as
				  surfacing or thermal system insulation, or 0.5 cubic feet or less of friable
				  debris, and are tasks such as, but not limited to:
(1) Removal of asbestos-containing insulation on
				  pipes.
(2) Removal of asbestos-containing insulation on beams or
				  above ceilings.
(3) Replacement of an asbestos-containing gasket on a
				  valve.
(4) Installation or removal of drywall.
(5) Installation of electrical conduits through or proximate
				  to asbestos-containing materials.
(6) Removal of ACM only if required in the performance of
				  another maintenance activity not intended as asbestos abatement.
(7) Removal of asbestos-containing thermal system
				  insulation.
(8) Minor repairs to damaged thermal system insulation which
				  do not require removal.
(9) Repairs to a piece of asbestos-containing
				  wallboard.
(10) Repairs, involving encapsulation, enclosure, or removal
				  of friable ACM only if required in the performance of emergency or routine
				  maintenance activity and not intended solely as asbestos abatement.
"Surfacing ACM" means surfacing material that is ACM.
"Surfacing material" means material in a school building
				  that is sprayed-on, troweled-on, or otherwise applied to surfaces, such as
				  acoustical or decorative plaster on ceilings or walls, fireproofing materials
				  on structural members, or other materials on surfaces for acoustical,
				  decorative, fireproofing, or other purposes.
"Thermal system insulation" means material in a school
				  building applied to pipes, fittings, boilers, breeching, tanks, ducts, or other
				  interior structural components to prevent heat loss or gain, or water
				  condensation, or for other purposes.
"Thermal system insulation ACM" means thermal system
				  insulation that is ACM.
"Vibration" means the periodic motion of friable ACBM which
				  may result in the release of asbestos fibers.