Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 425 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES: ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS › Section 096-425-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following terms as used in the Maine Asbestos Law and in
				  this rule shall have the following meanings, unless the context indicates
				  otherwise.
A.
Abrade:
"Abrade" means to wear away or rub off by friction asbestos-containing
				materials such that theasbestos-containing material is friable.
B.
ACM:
"ACM" means
				asbestos-containing material.
C.
Adequately wet:
"Adequately wet" means to sufficiently mix or
				penetrate with liquid to prevent visible emissions and the release of any
				particulates during handling. Asbestos-containing material that is adequately
				wet will have no visible emissions when handled and will feel moist to the
				touch. The absence of visible emissions is not sufficient evidence of being
				adequately wet.
D.
Aggressive method:
"Aggressive method" means removal or disturbance by
				sanding, cutting, grinding, or abrading.
E.
Aggressive sampling:
"Aggressive sampling" means sweeping the walls, ceiling and floor of a
				regulated area with the exhaust of a minimum one (1) horsepower leaf blower
				immediately preceding air clearance sampling, then placing a stationary fan at
				a shallow angle to the floor for each 10,000 cubic feet of regulated area with
				the fan air directed to the ceiling, and running the fan(s) throughout the air
				sampling event.
F.
AHERA:
"AHERA" means Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act Enabling
				legislation, enacted on October 22, 1986, authorizing EPA to promulgate the
				"Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools" rule, 40 CFR Part 763 [as amended],
				with an effective date of December 14, 1987.
G.
AIHA:
"AIHA" means American
				Industrial Hygiene Association.
H.
Air clearance sampling:
"Air clearance sampling" means air
				monitoring conducted by a certified asbestos air monitor at the conclusion of
				an asbestos abatement activity.
I.
Air monitoring:
"Air monitoring" means collecting samples of air
				before, during, or after an asbestos abatement activity to measure the
				concentration of airborne fibers.
J.
Alter:
"Alter" means to
				modify, change, or remove.
K.
Applicant:
"Applicant" means an individual, business entity, or
				public entity formally requesting from the Department a license or certificate
				to engage in an asbestos abatement activity regulated by this rule.
L.
Area monitoring:
"Area
				monitoring" means air monitoring, excluding personal sampling, performed
				inside, outside, and/or adjacent to the regulated area in order to determine
				whether elevated fiber counts are being generated during a particular abatement
				activity.
M.
Asbestos:
"Asbestos" means a group of naturally occurring minerals that
				separate into fibers of high tensile strength and are resistant to heat, wear,
				and chemicals, including, but not limited to, the asbestiform varieties of
				serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-gunerite
				(amosite), anthophyllite, actinolite, tremolite, and any of these minerals that
				have been chemically treated or altered.
N.
Asbestos abatement activity:
For purposes of this rule, "asbestos abatement activity" means any activity
				involving the removal, demolition, enclosure, repair, encapsulation, or
				handling of asbestos-containing materials in an amount greater than 3 square
				feet or 3 linear feet. "Asbestos abatement activity" includes associated
				activities such as design, monitoring, analysis, and inspection of
				asbestos-containing materials in an amount greater than 3 square feet or 3
				linear feet, and conducting training for persons seeking a state certificate or
				license.
O.
Asbestos
				abatement contractor:
"Asbestos abatement contractor" means a business
				entity licensed by the Department that engages in, or intends to engage in,
				asbestos abatement activities as a business service and that employs or
				involves one or more asbestos abatement project supervisors, asbestos abatement
				workers, asbestos abatement design consultants, asbestos air monitors, or
				asbestos inspectors for asbestos abatement activities.
P.
Asbestos abatement design
				consultant:
"Asbestos abatement design consultant" means a
				Department-certified individual engaged in preparing and supervising the
				implementation of facility plans for the removal or abatement of asbestos.
				These activities include, but are not limited to: the performance of air
				quality and bulk sampling; advising building owners, contractors, and project
				supervisors on health impacts of asbestos abatement activities; and supervising
				the conduct of training courses. This category of specialists includes, but is
				not limited to, engineers, architects, health professionals, industrial
				hygienists, private consultants, or other individuals involved in asbestos risk
				assessment or regulatory activities.
Q.
Asbestos abatement project
				supervisor:
"Asbestos abatement project supervisor" means a
				Department-certified individual with responsibility for the supervision of
				asbestos abatement activities. These persons include, but are not limited to:
				project supervisors employed by contractors or by in-house asbestos abatement
				units; and employees of governmental or public entities who coordinate or
				directly supervise asbestos abatement activities performed by public schools,
				governmental, or other public employees in a school district, governmental, or
				other public buildings.
R.
Asbestos abatement worker:
"Asbestos abatement worker" means a
				Department-certified individual engaging in any asbestos abatement activity for
				any employer.
S.
Asbestos air
				analyst:
"Asbestos air analyst" means a Department-certified individual
				engaging in the analysis of air samples for fiber count including, but not
				limited to, asbestos.
T.
Asbestos air monitor:
"Asbestos air monitor" means a
				Department-certified individual who is responsible for conducting air and/or
				project monitoring prescribed by this rule and other rules and regulations in
				order to protect the public health from the hazards associated with exposure to
				asbestos.
U.
Asbestos
				analytical laboratory:
"Asbestos analytical laboratory" means a business
				entity or public entity licensed by the Department that qualitatively or
				quantitatively analyzes samples of solids, liquids or gases for fibers
				including asbestos fibers.
V.
Asbestos associated activity:
"Asbestos associated activity" means
				asbestos-related activity, such as inspection, design, monitoring, analysis,
				and the provision of training to persons seeking to become certified as
				asbestos professionals, conducted generally in support of asbestos abatement
				activity, but excluding removal, demolition, enclosure, handling, repair, or
				encapsulation of ACM.
W.
Asbestos bulk analyst:
"Asbestos bulk analyst" means a
				Department-certified individual engaging in the analysis of bulk samples for
				asbestos and/or other material composition for qualitative or quantitative
				purposes.
X.
Asbestos-containing cementitious product:
"Asbestos-containing
				cementitious product" means any pre-formed material or product manufactured
				with asbestos mixed into cement. Commonly referred to as transite, it includes
				but is not limited to piping, board, and siding.
Y.
Asbestos consultant:
"Asbestos consultant" means a business entity licensed by the Department that
				engages in, or intends to engage in, the design, inspection, or monitoring of
				asbestos abatement activities.
Z.
Asbestos-containing material:
"Asbestos-containing material" means
				any material containing asbestos in quantities greater than or equal to 1% by
				volume as determined by weight, visual evaluation, and/or point count
				analysis.
AA.
Asbestos-contaminated material:
"Asbestos-contaminated material" means
				any solid, liquid, or waste material that contains asbestos or is contaminated
				with asbestos.
BB.
Asbestos
				impact survey:
"Asbestos impact survey" means asbestos
				inspection.
CC.
Asbestos
				inspector:
"Asbestos inspector" means a Department-certified individual
				whose activities include, but are not limited to, collecting bulk samples and
				assessing the potential for exposure associated with the presence of
				ACM.
DD.
Asbestos management
				planner:
"Asbestos management planner" means a Department-certified
				individual who assesses hazards associated with the presence and condition of
				ACM in schools, and who develops a response action plan based upon
				assessment.
EE.
Asbestos
				professional:
"Asbestos professional" means an individual certified by
				the Department to engage in asbestos abatement activities, including but not
				limited to, asbestos abatement worker, asbestos abatement project supervisor,
				asbestos air monitor, asbestos inspector, asbestos abatement design consultant,
				asbestos management planner, asbestos bulk analyst, and asbestos air
				analyst.
FF.
Asbestos waste:
"Asbestos waste" means any asbestos-contaminated material, asbestos
				debris, or asbestos-containing waste generated from an asbestos abatement
				activity or any other source that is discarded and considered a waste
				material.
GG.
Asbestos waste
				storage facility or AWSF:
"Asbestos waste storage facility" or "AWSF"
				means a temporary storage container or building where more than one cubic yard
				of asbestos waste is stored. An "asbestos waste storage facility" does not
				include the storage of asbestos waste on the site of generation during the
				asbestos abatement activity and for a period not exceeding 5 days after
				completion of the project or areas where asbestos waste is being stored or
				placed for less than 1 day such as vehicles, loading docks and staging
				areas.
HH.
Board:
"Board" means the Maine Board of Environmental Protection.
II.
Building:
"Building" means
				any discrete structure suitable for housing individuals, equipment, or other
				items, including but not limited to the heating, ventilation, and air
				conditioning systems servicing that building. The foundation layout generally
				comprises the dimensions of a "building". For purposes of this rule, structures
				connected by a portico, exterior hallway, corridor, or similar passageway are
				not considered to be the same "building".
JJ.
Business entity:
"Business
				entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole
				proprietorship, or any other form of business concern.
KK.
Certificate:
"Certificate"
				means a document issued to an individual by the commissioner affirming that an
				individual has successfully completed the training and other requirements set
				forth in this rule to qualify as an asbestos professional.
LL.
Clean room:
"Clean room"
				means the section of a decontamination facility or unit where clean clothes and
				towels are located and that separates the shower room from the outside of a
				containment or regulated area. The clean room must be a minimum of 24 square
				feet for projects involving 3 or fewer certified individuals working for the
				contractor entering the regulated area per work shift and a minimum of 32
				square feet for all other projects.
MM.
Commissioner:
"Commissioner"
				means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
NN.
Competent person:
"Competent
				person" means, for roofing, cementitious products, and demolition by large
				equipment projects subject to OSHA jurisdiction, the individual capable of
				identifying existing asbestos hazards in the work site who has the authority to
				take prompt corrective measures to eliminate such hazards, as defined in the
				OSHA Asbestos Standard for Construction,
				29 CFR
				1926.1101 (amended and corrected), effective
				date August 10, 1994.
________________________________________________________________________
Note: A competent person must attend a comprehensive asbestos
				  training course (i.e. the asbestos abatement supervisor training course set
				  forth in EPA's Model Accreditation Program, ( 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix C to
				  Subpart E) conducted by an accredited asbestos training provider, or a course
				  that is equivalent in length and content.
________________________________________________________________________
OO.
Containerize:
"Containerize" means the sealing of asbestos waste in fiber-tight polyethylene
				sheeting, in a fiber-tight metal, plastic, or fiber drum with a locking lid, or
				in leak-proof containers.
PP.
Containment:
"Containment" means a specific area designated for
				asbestos abatement activity in which engineering control measures have been
				implemented to prevent the release of asbestos fibers to the atmosphere by
				means of: covering the walls, ceilings, and floors, and openings of such areas
				with polyethylene sheeting; establishing reduced atmospheric pressure within
				the area; and controlling personnel access to the area.
QQ.
Critical barrier:
"Critical
				barrier" means a fiber-tight barrier within 15' (fifteen feet) of the regulated
				area and within the room(s) in which the project is conducted consisting of one
				layer of (six) 6-mil polyethylene sheeting, that is a separate layer from
				containment, used to seal windows (excluding fixed windows), doors, vents,
				drains, wall penetrations, and any other penetrations.
RR.
Cut:
"Cut" means penetrate
				with a sharp-edged instrument, including sawing, but not including shearing,
				slicing, or punching.
SS.
Decontamination facility or unit:
"Decontamination facility or unit"
				means an enclosed area adjacent and connected to the containment consisting of,
				at a minimum, an equipment room, a shower room, and a clean room, that is used
				for the decontamination of workers, materials and equipment.
TT.
Demolition:
"Demolition"
				means the act or process of tearing down or razing a building or discrete
				portion thereof together with any associated handling operations, or the
				intentional burning of a building.
UU.
Department:
"Department"
				means the Maine Department of Environmental Protection composed of the Board
				and the Commissioner.
VV.
Deteriorated:
"Deteriorated" means the condition of a material in which
				the binding or matrix is losing or has lost its integrity so that the material
				is friable.
WW.
Emergency
				asbestos abatement activity:
"Emergency asbestos abatement activity"
				means an asbestos abatement activity necessitated by a sudden, unexpected event
				such as non-routine failures of equipment or by actions of fire and emergency
				medical personnel pursuant to duties within their official
				capacities.
XX.
Employee:
"Employee" means each person who may be permitted, required,
				or directed by an employer in consideration of direct or indirect gain or
				profit to engage in any employment.
YY.
Employer:
"Employer" means
				an individual, business entity, or public entity that gives an employee,
				whether directly or indirectly, gain or profit in exchange for performing any
				task.
ZZ.
Encapsulant:
"Encapsulant" means liquid sealant applied to ACM to reduce
				the tendency of ACM to release asbestos fibers.
AAA.
Encapsulation:
"Encapsulation" means the application of a liquid sealant to ACM or the
				wrapping of ACM with rewettable cloth and mastic to reduce the tendency of the
				ACM to release asbestos fibers.
________________________________________________________________________
Note: Except for friable surfacing ACM, painting or sealing
				  intact ACM in order to prevent damage or to enhance appearance is not an
				  asbestos abatement (encapsulation) activity as long as the painting or sealing
				  intact ACM will not disturb or damage the ACM.
________________________________________________________________________
BBB.
Enclosure:
"Enclosure" means the covering of ACM in, under, or behind any kind of
				fiber-tight barrier such as walls.
________________________________________________________________________
Note: Enclosing intact ACM in order to prevent damage or to
				  enhance appearance is not asbestos abatement (enclosure) activity as long as
				  enclosing the intact ACM will not disturb or damage the ACM.
________________________________________________________________________
CCC.
Equipment room:
"Equipment room" means an asbestos-contaminated room located within the
				decontamination facility or unit that is connected to both the containment and
				the shower, and supplied with impermeable bags or containers for the disposal
				of contaminated protective clothing, equipment and asbestos waste. The
				equipment room may or may not be part of a designated waste load-out
				unit.
DDD.
Facility:
"Facility" means an institutional, commercial, public, industrial, or
				residential structure, installation, or building or set of buildings at a
				single geographic location, including those containing condominium units, or
				individual dwelling units operated as a residential cooperative, military or
				company housing, or ship.
EEE.
Friable ACM or friable asbestos:
"Friable ACM" or "friable
				asbestos" means any ACM that, when dry, has the potential to readily release
				asbestos fibers when crumbled, pulverized, handled, deteriorated, or subjected
				to mechanical, physical or chemical processes. It also means
				potentially-friable ACM that has deteriorated or has been or will be processed
				to the extent that, when dry, it may readily release asbestos fibers. Sanding,
				cutting, abrading, or grinding are processes that will readily release asbestos
				fibers from potentially-friable ACM.
________________________________________________________________________
Note: Activities that render potentially friable
				  asbestos-containing materials friable include but are not limited to: removal
				  of asbestos flooring by an aggressive method, and subjecting
				  asbestos-containing cementitious products andasbestos-containing latex,
				  asphaltic or petroleum-based materials to sanding, grinding, abrading, or
				  cutting with a mechanical cutter or to mechanical and/or physical forces such
				  that the material is no longer intact.
________________________________________________________________________
FFF.
Glove bag:
"Glove bag" means a polyethylene bag, minimum (six) 6-mil in thickness or
				equivalent with built-in gloves that is used to remove ACM in small
				quantities.
GGG.
Grind:
"Grind" means to reduce to powder or small fragments using such
				methods as, but not limited to, mechanical chipping, grinding, drilling, or
				shot or bead blasting.
HHH.
Gross visible debris:
"Gross visible debris" means visible debris, other
				than dust, in the regulated area.
III.
Handling:
"Handling" means
				to lift, impact, dislodge, process, remove, store, or otherwise manipulate
				friable ACM.
JJJ.
HEPA:
"HEPA" means high efficiency particulate air filter capable of
				retaining 0.3-micrometer diameter particles with 99.97% efficiency, including
				N-100, R-100, or P-100 filter cartridges.
KKK.
Homogenous area:
"Homogenous area" means a discrete portion of surfacing material, thermal
				system insulation, or miscellaneous ACM that is uniform in color, texture, and
				composition.
LLL.
In-house
				asbestos abatement unit:
"In-house asbestos abatement unit" means an
				employee or group of employees of a Department licensed business or public
				entity that engages in, or intends to engage in, asbestos abatement activities
				at projects solely within the confines of property owned or leased by the
				entity and that employs one or more asbestos abatement supervisors or other
				asbestos professionals.
MMM.
Independent business relationship:
"Independent business relationship"
				means a relationship between two businesses in which no financial or
				shareholder control is exerted by one over the other, except by contract to
				perform services for a specific project where the relationship between the
				contracting businesses is otherwise independent and the facility owner or agent
				is aware of the contractual relationship. Circumstances where a relationship
				between two businesses is not independent include, but are not limited to: 
				
										When a person and/or immediate family member or
					 business entity has ownership shares in both businesses;
										When a person and/or immediate family member has
					 ownership in, or serves as an officer, director, or employee of, one business
					 and serves as an officer, director, or employee of the other
					 business;
										When a person or business entity with ownership in, or
					 serving as an officer, director, or employee of, one business has provided
					 capital or other financial support to the other business; and
										When a person or business entity hires another person
					 or business entity to conduct visual evaluation(s) and/or air clearance
					 sampling using a fixed-price contract that does not fully compensate for
					 additional sampling, analytical and labor costs necessitated by failure of the
					 visual evaluation and/or air clearance sampling.
_________________________________________________________________________
Note: The term "independent business relationship" is defined
				  for purposes of the independence requirements in sections 2(G), 4(E)(4)(a),
				  5(C)(1)(c), and 8(A)(1) of this rule and the financial interest disclosure
				  requirements in sections 6(D)(1) and 6(D)(2).
_________________________________________________________________________
NNN.
Inspection:
"Inspection" means the process of visually identifying the locations,
				collecting bulk samples, and assessing the condition of suspect ACM present in
				or around a facility. This process includes sampling and assessing suspect ACM
				and creating records documenting the same. Inspection includes conducting a
				comprehensive building survey by a certified asbestos inspector prior to
				renovation and/or demolition activities to determine the presence of any
				asbestos-containing materials that may be impacted by the renovation and/or
				demolition project.
OOO.
Intact:
"Intact" means that the ACM has not crumbled, been pulverized or
				otherwise deteriorated so that the asbestos is no longer likely to be bound
				with its matrix.
PPP.
License:
"License" means a document issued by the commissioner to a
				business entity or public entity affirming that the entity has met the
				requirements set forth in this rule to engage in asbestos abatement activities
				including but not limited to, asbestos abatement contractor, in-house asbestos
				abatement unit, asbestos consultant, asbestos analytical laboratory, and
				training provider.
QQQ.
Maine asbestos law:
"Maine asbestos law" means Maine Revised Statutes
				Title 38, Sections 1271 to 1284.
RRR.
Mastic:
"Mastic" means
				petroleum or asphalt based adhesive, glue, or protective coating used to adhere
				or fasten a product to a surface or to protect a surface from corrosion or
				decay. As used in this rule, mastic does not include surfacing materials or
				thermal system insulation.
SSS.
Mechanical chipping:
"Mechanical chipping" means grinding by
				machine or tool, including but not limited to ice scraper, spud bar, pry bar,
				and mechanical chipping machine.
TTT.
Miscellaneous ACM:
"Miscellaneous ACM" means all ACM that is not surfacing material or thermal
				system insulation.
UUU.
Model Accreditation Plan (MAP):
"Model accreditation plan" means
				Appendix C, the Interim Final Rule-59 FR 5236-5260 (effective April 4, 1994) to
				Subpart E of the Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools rule, 40 CFR, Part
				763 (effective December 14, 1987).
VVV.
Non-friable ACM:
"Non-friable ACM" means ACM that is not friable ACM and is intact and
				not deteriorated. Non-friable ACM generally contains asbestos that is mixed
				into another medium or matrix such as vinyl or cement, and does not emit fibers
				readily unless deteriorated or subjected to sanding, cutting, grinding, or
				abrading.
WWW.
NVLAP:
"NVLAP" meansNational Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation
				Program.
XXX.
OSHA:
"OSHA" means the Federal Occupational Safety and Health
				Administration.
YYY.
Owner or
				Operator:
"Owner" or "operator" means any person who owns, leases,
				operates, controls, or supervises an asbestos abatement activity within a
				facility or who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the facility at
				which an asbestos abatement activity occurs, or both.
ZZZ.
PAT:
"PAT" means
				Proficiency Analytical Testing, prescribed by AIHA to determine asbestos
				analytical laboratory or analyst proficiency.
AAAA.
Person:
"Person" means any
				individual, business entity, governmental body, or other public or private
				entity.
BBBB.
Physical
				barrier:
"Physical barrier" means a partition utilized to prevent access
				into a regulated area by a person not associated with the project.
CCCC.
Potentially Friable:
"Potentially friable" means intact ACM that is not currently friable but will
				become friable if it is sanded, grinded, abraded or cut with a mechanical
				cutter or subject to mechanical/physical forces such that it is no longer
				intact.
DDDD.
Project:
"Project" means the asbestos abatement activities outlined in a project
				design, including any pre-cleaning and the hanging of polyethylene sheeting,
				that occur within a single building during a discrete and finite time period
				and with a lapse in abatement activity of no more than 10 working
				days.
EEEE.
Project
				completion:
"Project completion" means the end of all asbestos abatement
				activities in a regulated area.
FFFF.
Project design:
"Project
				design" means an asbestos-specific plan or any related set of directions, work
				orders, bid documents or specifications developed by an asbestos abatement
				design consultant for the removal, enclosure, encapsulation handling, or repair
				of more than 3 square or 3 linear feet of ACM, or for the demolition or
				renovation of a facility or facility component which contains or impacts more
				than 3 square or 3 linear feet of ACM.
GGGG.
Project monitoring:
"Project monitoring" means an asbestos associated activity undertaken by an
				asbestos air monitor that documents whether an asbestos abatement activity is
				conducted and completed according to design specifications and applicable rules
				and regulations, or that performs area monitoring inside, outside, and/or
				adjacent to the regulated area in order to determine whether elevated fiber
				counts are being generated during a particular abatement activity.
HHHH.
Public entity:
"Public
				entity" means the state, any of it's political subdivisions, or any agency or
				instrumentality of either.
IIII.
Regulated area:
"Regulated area" means an area established by the
				owner or operator to demarcate the geographic boundaries where asbestos
				abatement activities take place. Whenever a work area containment is used, it
				demarcates the regulated area. Establishing the regulated area includes
				demarcation, pre-cleaning, hanging polyethylene sheeting, and any other
				activities which have the potential to disturb asbestos-containing materials at
				the site.
JJJJ.
Remote
				decontamination facility or unit:
"Remote decontamination facility" or
				"remote decontamination unit" means a decontamination facility or unit that is
				not contiguous with the regulated area, where negative air pressure is not
				required.
KKKK.
Removal:
"Removal" means taking out ACM or facility components that
				contain or are covered with ACM from a facility.
LLLL.
Renovation:
"Renovation"
				means the removal of any asbestos-containing facility component(s) and/or
				building materials together with any related handling operations.
MMMM.
Repair:
"Repair" means an
				asbestos abatement activity that involves sealing, patching, and/or enclosure
				of damaged ACM.
NNNN.
Responsible person:
"Responsible person" means an individual having
				ultimate legal control of actions of a business entity, public entity, or
				employer, or such individual's agent.
OOOO.
Sampling:
"Sampling" means
				the process of obtaining representative portions of materials or air suspected
				to contain asbestos, including, but not limited to, the taking of bulk samples
				of materials, the collection of liquids, or the collection of air for the
				purposes of enumerating asbestos or fiber concentrations.
PPPP.
Sand:
"Sand" means to
				polish or rub off with sandpaper.
QQQQ.
Shower room:
"Shower room"
				means a section of the decontamination facility or unit that has a shower
				equipped with continuous running, adjustable, hot and cold water, soap, and a
				mechanism of containing and collecting shower water that must be filtered with
				a 5 micron filter prior to discharge.
RRRR.
State:
"State" means the
				State of Maine.
SSSS.
Static
				Air Clearance Sample
: Static air clearance sample means an air clearance
				sample that is collected from a regulated area that is not subjected to
				aggressive sampling.
TTTT.
Surfacing material:
"Surfacing material" means ACM that was sprayed-on,
				troweled-on, or otherwise applied to surfaces for acoustical, fireproofing, or
				other purposes.
UUUU.
TEM:
"TEM" means transmission electron microscopy.
VVVV.
Thermal system insulation:
"Thermal system insulation" means ACM that was applied to pipes, ducts,
				fittings, boilers, breaching, tanks, or other components to prevent heat loss
				or gain, or water condensation, or for other purposes.
WWWW.
Training provider:
"Training provider" means a person licensed by the Department to provide
				training that is necessary to fulfill certification or licensing requirements
				under this rule.
XXXX.
US
				EPA:
"US EPA" meansthe United States Environmental Protection
				Agency.
YYYY.
Visible
				debris:
"Visible debris" means any particulate residue, such as dust,
				dirt, or other extraneous material that may or may not contain asbestos,
				capable of detection by the human eye without the aid of instruments.
ZZZZ.
Visible emission:
"Visible
				emission" means any emission originating from ACM during abatement activities
				and capable of being detected by the human eye without the aid of instruments.
Aa.
Visual evaluation:
"Visual
				evaluation" means the process by which the regulated area is scrutinized by a
				certified asbestos air monitor to ascertain whether visible debris is present
				upon completion of an asbestos abatement activity.
Bb.
Waste disposal site:
"Waste
				disposal site" means a land area, facility, location, or combination of them,
				including landfills, utilized for final disposal of asbestos waste.
Cc.
Waste load out unit:
"Waste
				load out unit" means part of a containment through which asbestos waste or
				asbestos-contaminated material or supplies is removed from the regulated area.
				Waste load-out units shall be equipped with an air-lock contiguous with the
				containment to allow cleaning and packaging of waste.
Dd.
Work area:
"Work area" means
				any physical space within the regulated area in which an asbestos abatement
				activity is being performed.
Ee.
Work practices:
"Work practices" means the minimum standards,
				procedures, or actions taken or used in carrying out any asbestos abatement
				activity.
Ff.
Work
				site:
"Work site" means the geographic location, as indicated by street
				address, at which an asbestos abatement activity takes place.