Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Division 10 - Air Conservation Commission › Chapter 6 - Air Quality Standards, Definitions, Sampling and Reference Methods and Air Pollution Control Regulations for the Entire State of Missouri › Section 10 CSR 10-6.250 - Asbestos Projects-Certification, Accreditation and Business Exemption Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If the commission adopts this rule action, the department
				  does not intend to submit this rule amendment to the U.S. Environmental
				  Protection Agency because the rule is administrative and the rule has never
				  been approved as part of the Missouri State Implementation Plan. The evidence
				  supporting the need for this proposed rulemaking is available for viewing at
				  the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Air Pollution Control Program at
				  the address listed in the Notice of Public Hearing at the end of this rule.
				  More information concerning this rulemaking can be found at the Missouri
				  Department of Natural Resources' Proposed Rules web-site
www.dnr.mo.gov/proposed-rules
PURPOSE: This rule requires individuals who work in
				  asbestos projects to be certified by the Missouri Department of Natural
				  Resources Air Pollution Control Program. This rule requires training providers
				  who offer training for asbestos occupations to be accredited by the Missouri
				  Department of Natural Resources Air Pollution Control Program. This rule
				  requires persons who hold exemption status from certain requirements of this
				  rule to allow the department to monitor training provided to employees. Each
				  individual who works in asbestos projects must first obtain certification for
				  the appropriate occupation from the department. Each person who offers training
				  for asbestos occupations must first obtain accreditation from the department.
				  Certain business entities who meet the requirements for state-approved
				  exemption status must allow the department to monitor training classes provided
				  to employees who perform asbestos projects. The purpose of this rulemaking is
				  to comply with Executive Order 17-03 and related comments and will remove the
				  unnecessary use of restrictive words, add definitions specific to this rule,
				  update incorporated by reference information, and remove the requirement to
				  provide a forty-five (45)-day comment period for revisions to
				  department-supplied forms. This proposed rulemaking will also add conditions
				  for denial of asbestos occupation certification applications, clarifying
				  requirements to receive and keep asbestos certifications, and is consistent
				  with 643.230.1, RSMo. The evidence supporting the need for this proposed
				  rulemaking, per 536.016, RSMo, is staff comments dated August 23, 2013 and July
				  11, 2016; and Executive Order 17-03 Red Tape Reduction Review and related
				  comments.
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The secretary of state has
				  determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is
				  incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome
				  or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be
				  maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the
				  public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of
				  reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text
				  of the rule is printed here.
(1) Applicability. This rule applies to-
(A) All persons who authorize, design,
				conduct and work in asbestos projects;
(B) Those who monitor airborne asbestos as a
				result of asbestos projects;
(C)
				Individuals who conduct asbestos inspections and develop Asbestos Hazard
				Emergency Response Act (AHERA) management plans and project designs;
				and
(D) Those who provide training
				for individuals involved in subsections (1)(A)-(C) of this
				rule.