Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 248 - ASBESTOS REQUIREMENTS › Section 340-248-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The definitions in OAR 340-200-0020  and this rule apply to this
				division. If the same term is defined in this rule and 340-200-0020, the
				definition in this rule applies to this division.
(1) "Accredited inspector" means a person who
			 has completed training, received accreditation, and maintains valid
			 accreditation under  40 C.F.R. Part 763  Subpart E, Appendix C (Model
			 Accreditation Plan), Section B (Initial Training), Subsection 3
			 (Inspector).
(2) "Accredited
			 trainer" means a provider of asbestos abatement training courses authorized by
			 DEQ to offer training courses that satisfy requirements for worker and
			 supervisor training.
(3)
			 "Adequately wet" means to sufficiently mix or penetrate asbestos-containing
			 material or asbestos-containing waste material with liquid to prevent the
			 release of particulate asbestos materials. An asbestos-containing material or
			 asbestos-containing waste material is not adequately wetted if visible
			 emissions originate from that material. Precipitation is not an appropriate
			 method for wetting asbestos-containing material or asbestos-containing waste
			 material.
(4) "Agent" means an
			 individual who works on an asbestos abatement project for a contractor but is
			 not an employee of the contractor.
(5) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform
			 varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite),
			 cummingtonite-grunerite (amosite), anthophyllite, actinolite, and
			 tremolite.
(6) "Asbestos abatement
			 project" means a demolition, renovation, repair, construction, or maintenance
			 activity of a facility that involves the repair, enclosure, encapsulation,
			 removal, salvage, handling, or disposal of asbestos-containing material with
			 the potential of releasing asbestos fibers from asbestos-containing material
			 into the air.
(7) "Asbestos
			 manufacturing operation" means the combining of commercial asbestos, or in the
			 case of woven friction products, the combining of textiles containing
			 commercial asbestos, with other material including commercial asbestos, and the
			 processing of this combination into a product as specified in OAR
			 340-248-0210(3).
(8)
			 "Asbestos-containing material" means a material containing more than
			 one-percent asbestos by weight.
(9)
			 "Asbestos-containing waste material" means waste that contains or is
			 contaminated by asbestos-containing material. Asbestos-containing waste
			 material includes, but is not limited to:
(a)
			 Waste asbestos tailings or commercial asbestos;
(b) Waste generated by a source subject to
			 OAR 340-248-0205  through 340-248-0280;
(c) Filters from control devices;
(d) Bags or containers that previously
			 contained commercial asbestos; and
(e) Asbestos abatement project waste
			 including:
(A) Disposable equipment and
			 clothing;
(B) Material used to
			 establish a negative pressure enclosure;
(C) Demolition or renovation
			 debris;
(D) HEPA filters;
			 and
(E) Other asbestos abatement
			 project waste that cannot be decontaminated.