South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-86.1 - STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR ASBESTOS PROJECTS › Section 61-86.1.I - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
1. "Abatement" -
			 Procedures to control fiber release from regulated asbestos-containing
			 materials. This includes removal, enclosure, encapsulation, repair, and any
			 associated preparation, clean up and disposal activities having the potential
			 to disturb regulated asbestos-containing material.
2. "Adequately wet" - To sufficiently mix or
			 penetrate with liquid to prevent the potential release of particulates. The
			 absence of visible emissions is not sufficient evidence of being adequately
			 wet.
3. "Aggressive clearance
			 sampling" - A method of sampling which uses electric fan(s), electric leaf
			 blower(s), and other devices to simulate vigorous activity in the abated area
			 while air samples are being collected.
4. "AHERA" - Regulations developed pursuant
			 to the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 40 CFR Part 763, Asbestos
			 Containing Materials in Schools (October 30, 1987).
5. "AIHA" - American Industrial Hygiene
			 Association.
6. "Airlock" - A
			 chamber which permits entrance and exit with minimum air movement between a
			 contaminated area and an uncontaminated area, consisting of two doorways
			 protected by two overlapping polyethylene sheets and separated by a sufficient
			 distance such that one passes through one doorway into the chamber, allowing
			 the doorway sheeting to overlap and close off the opening before proceeding
			 through the second doorway. The airlock maintains a pressure differential
			 between the contaminated and uncontaminated areas, thereby minimizing
			 flow-through contamination further.
7. "Air sampler - A person licensed by the
			 Department to implement air-monitoring plans and analysis schemes during
			 abatement.
8. "Air sampling" - A
			 method such as NIOSH 7400 for PCM, the OSHA Reference Method, 40 CFR 763
			 Appendix A for TEM, or an equivalent method accepted by the Department used to
			 determine the fiber content of a known volume of air during a specified period
			 of time.
9. "Amended water" - Water
			 to which a surfactant (for example, a non-sudsing detergent) has been
			 added.
10. "Area air sampling" -
			 Any form of air sampling whereby the sampling device is placed at a stationary
			 location either inside or outside the regulated work area.
11. "Asbestos" - The asbestiform varieties of
			 serpentinite (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite
			 (amosite), anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite.
12. "Asbestos abatement entity" - Any
			 individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or
			 other business concern, as well as an employee or member of any governmental,
			 religious, or social organization that is involved in asbestos
			 abatement.
13. "Asbestos containing
			 material (ACM)" - Material containing asbestos of any type, either alone or
			 mixed with other materials, in an amount greater than one percent (1%) as
			 determined by using the method specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix A,
			 Subpart F, Section1, as amended, or an accepted equivalent. (NOTE: "Appendix A
			 to Subpart F" has been redesignated as, and shall hereinafter be referred to
			 as, "Appendix E to Subpart E" - 60 FR 31917, June 19, 1995.)
14. "Asbestos containing waste materials" -
			 As applied to demolition and renovation operations, this term includes
			 regulated asbestos-containing waste materials and materials contaminated with
			 asbestos, including disposable equipment and clothing.
15. "Asbestos project" - Any activity
			 associated with abatement including inspection, design, air monitoring,
			 in-place management, encapsulation, enclosure, renovation, repair, removal, any
			 disturbance of regulated asbestos containing materials (RACM), and demolition
			 of a facility.
16. "Asbestos
			 project design" - A written or graphic plan prepared by an accredited project
			 designer specifying how an asbestos abatement project will be performed that
			 includes, but is not limited to, scope of work and technical
			 specifications.
17. "Asbestos
			 training course" - A Department-approved initial or refresher course in any
			 discipline listed herein (for example, workers, supervisors, management
			 planners, etc.) that meets the requirements of this regulation and is
			 acceptable for licensing purposes.
18. "Asbestos training course instructor" - A
			 Department-approved individual who will teach work practice topics, non-work
			 practice topics, and/or hands-on topics in any Department-approved initial
			 and/or refresher training course and who meets the qualifications of this
			 regulation.
19. "Asbestos training
			 course provider" - The person, sole proprietorship, public corporation, or
			 incorporated entity that meets the qualifications of this regulation to provide
			 instruction in any of the work practice topics or disciplines, non-work
			 practice topics, and/or hands-on topics in any Department-approved initial
			 and/or refresher training course.
20. "ASHARA" - Regulations developed pursuant
			 to 40 CFR Part 763, Subpart E, Appendix C Model Accreditation Plan, Asbestos
			 School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act (November 28, 1992).
21. "Authorized visitor" - The facility
			 owner/operator, or any representative of a regulatory or other agency having
			 jurisdiction over the project. This is limited to government project
			 inspectors, police, paramedics, fire-safety personnel, nuclear plant operators,
			 and insurance loss prevention safety auditors, or other personnel as approved
			 on a case-by-case basis by the Department.
22. "Background monitoring" - Area sampling
			 performed prior to abatement to obtain an index of existing airborne fiber
			 levels under typical activity.
23.
			 "Building inspection" - An activity undertaken at a facility by a
			 Department-licensed asbestos building inspector to determine the presence and
			 location of regulated and non-regulated ACM, and to assess the condition of
			 materials identified as ACM. This includes visual or physical examination and
			 bulk sample collection.
24.
			 "Building inspector" - A person licensed by the Department to examine a
			 facility for the presence of ACM, to identify and assess the condition of the
			 material, and to collect bulk samples.
25. "Category I nonfriable asbestos
			 containing material (ACM)" - Nonfriable asbestos or nonfriable
			 asbestos-containing packing, gaskets, and resilient floor covering; and asphalt
			 roofing products containing greater than one percent (1%) asbestos as
			 determined using the method specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix E, Subpart
			 E, or an accepted equivalent.
26.
			 "Category II nonfriable ACM" - Any material that cannot, when dry, be crumbled,
			 pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act upon it in the
			 course of demolition or renovation operations, excluding Category I nonfriable
			 ACM and containing greater than one percent (1%) asbestos as determined using
			 the methods specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix E, Subpart E, or an accepted
			 equivalent.
27. "Clean room" - An
			 uncontaminated area or room that is part of the decontamination enclosure
			 system and that has provisions for storage of street clothing and protective
			 equipment.
28. "Clearance
			 monitoring" - Area air sampling performed using Department accepted aggressive
			 clearance sampling techniques to determine the airborne concentrations of
			 residual fibers upon conclusion of asbestos abatement.
29. "Commercial labor provider" - Any
			 individual, partnership, corporation, or other business concern that is not
			 engaged in an asbestos project but does provide temporary workers or
			 supervisors to the owner/operator of the project.
30. "Contractor" - Any individual,
			 partnership, corporation or other business concern that performs asbestos
			 abatement but is not a permanent employee of the facility owner.
31. "Control measure" - Use of amended water,
			 negative pressure differential equipment, encapsulant, high efficiency
			 particulate air filtration device, glove bag or other state-of-the-art
			 equipment designed to prevent fiber release into the air.
32. "Critical barrier" - At minimum, two
			 independent layers of 6-mil plastic sheeting applied to any opening into a work
			 area in a manner that creates a leak-tight seal within the work area to isolate
			 vents, windows, doors, switches, outlets, and any other cavity or opening to
			 the contaminated work area.
33.
			 "Cut" - To penetrate with a sharp-edged instrument. This includes sawing, but
			 may not include shearing, slicing, or punching.
34. "Decontamination enclosure system" - An
			 enclosed area adjacent and connected to the regulated work area consisting of
			 an equipment room, shower area, and clean room, each separated by airlocks,
			 that is used for the decontamination of employees, materials, and equipment
			 that are contaminated with asbestos.
35. "Demolition" - Wrecking or taking out any
			 load-supporting structural member of a facility together with any related
			 handling operations, the burning of any facility, or moving of a
			 structure.
36. "Department" - The
			 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's Asbestos
			 Section.
37. "Electrical generating
			 facility" - Any establishment primarily engaged in the generation, transmission
			 and/or distribution of electrical energy for sale.
38. "Emergency operation" - A renovation or
			 demolition operation that was not planned but results from a sudden, unexpected
			 event that, if not immediately attended to, will present an imminent safety or
			 public health hazard, will cause equipment damage, or will impose an
			 unreasonable financial burden. This term specifically excludes routine
			 equipment maintenance.
39.
			 "Encapsulation" - A form of abatement involving the treatment of regulated
			 asbestos-containing material (RACM) with a liquid that covers the surface with
			 a protective coating (bridging) or embeds fibers in an adhesive matrix
			 (penetrating) to prevent the release of asbestos fibers.
40. "Enclosure" - A form of abatement
			 involving placement of a leak-tight, impermeable, permanent barrier to prevent
			 access to regulated asbestos-containing material and to prevent the release of
			 asbestos fibers.
41. "EPA" - United
			 States Environmental Protection Agency.
42. "Equipment room" - A contaminated area or
			 room that is part of the decontamination enclosure system and that has
			 provisions for the storage of contaminated clothing and equipment.
43. "Examination date" - The date printed on
			 the Departmental Asbestos Abatement License that indicates the date of
			 successful completion of an examination administered upon completion of an
			 asbestos training course.
44.
			 "F/cc" - Fibers per cubic centimeter.
45. "Facility" - Any institutional,
			 commercial, public, industrial, or residential structure, installation, or
			 building (including any structure, installation, or building containing
			 condominiums or individual dwelling units operated as a residential
			 cooperative, but excluding residential buildings having four or fewer dwelling
			 units); any bridge; any ship; and any active or inactive waste disposal site.
			 For purposes of this definition, any building, structure, or installation that
			 contains a loft used as a dwelling is not considered a residential structure,
			 installation, or building. Any structure, installation or building that was
			 previously subject to this requirement is included in this definition,
			 regardless of its current use or function.
46. "Facility component" - Any part of a
			 facility including equipment.
47.
			 "Friable" - Refers to ACM, which may, when dry, be crumbled, pulverized, or
			 reduced to powder by the forces expected to act upon it in the course of
			 demolition or renovation operations. This also refers to previously non-friable
			 ACM after such material becomes damaged to the extent that when dry, can be or
			 has been crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder.
48. "Friable asbestos containing material" -
			 Any material that, when dry, can be or has been crumbled, pulverized, or
			 reduced to powder and contains greater than one percent (1%) asbestos as
			 determined using the method specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix E, Subpart
			 E, as amended, or an accepted equivalent.
49. "Goose neck" - Process for sealing the
			 outer bag by twisting the opening of the bag, folding twisted portion of bag
			 over, and creating a loop. Adequately secure the opening of the bag to the base
			 of the twist, using duct tape.
50.
			 "Glovebag" - A sealed compartment with attached inner gloves used for the
			 handling of asbestos-containing materials. Information on glovebag
			 installation, equipment and supplies, and work practices is contained in the
			 Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) final rules on
			 occupational exposure to asbestos,
			 29 CFR
			 1926.1101 (August 10, 1994), as amended, and
			 any subsequent amendments or editions.
51. "Grind" - To reduce to powder or small
			 fragments. Grinding includes mechanical chipping or drilling.
52. "HEPA filter" - A high efficiency
			 particulate air filter that will capture particles with an aerodynamic diameter
			 of 0.3 micrometers with a minimum efficiency of 99.97 percent.
53. "Homogeneous area" - Area of surfacing
			 material, thermal system insulation material, or a miscellaneous material that
			 is uniform in color or texture.
54.
			 "HVAC" - Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
55. "Industrial manufacturing facility" - Any
			 establishment whose Standard Industrial Classification code falls within Major
			 Groups 20 through 39, excluding any office space that is part of such an
			 establishment.
56. "In poor
			 condition" - Refers to any ACM where the binding of the material is losing its
			 integrity as indicated by peeling, cracking, or crumbling of the
			 material.
57. "Installation" - Any
			 building or structure or any group of buildings or structures at a single
			 demolition or renovation site that are under the control of a single owner or
			 operator (or of owners or operators under common control).
58. "Issue date" - The date a license is
			 issued by the Department.
59.
			 "Leak-tight" - Dust, solids, or liquids cannot escape or spill out.
60. "License" - A document issued by the
			 Department that allows an asbestos abatement contractor, building inspector,
			 project designer, management planner, air sampler, supervisor, worker, or other
			 to engage in asbestos projects.
61.
			 "Long-term, in-house contractor" - A contractor having a long-term, often
			 multi-year, contractual arrangement with an industrial manufacturing or
			 electrical generating facility to provide construction and maintenance
			 services, including asbestos abatement. The employees of a designated
			 long-term, in-house contractor shall be covered under the group license of the
			 assigned facility.
62. "Management
			 planner" - A person licensed in accordance with the requirements of this
			 regulation who interprets inspection reports, conducts hazard assessments of
			 asbestos-containing materials, determines appropriate response actions,
			 develops a schedule for implementing response actions, and prepares written
			 management plans.
63. "Manometer" -
			 Instrument for the measurement of gas pressure whose units are represented in
			 inches of water column.
64. "Minor
			 project" - A project where 25 or fewer square or linear feet of regulated
			 asbestos-containing material (RACM) are removed, or where 10 or fewer cubic
			 feet of RACM off a facility component are cleaned up.
65. "Movable object" - A structure within the
			 work area that can be moved (e.g., chair, desk, etc.).
66. "Negative pressure differential
			 equipment" - A portable exhaust system equipped with a HEPA filter.
67. "NESHAP" - National Emission Standards
			 for Hazardous Air Pollutants, 40 CFR 61, Subpart M, February 3, 1994, as
			 amended, and any subsequent amendments or editions.
68. "NESHAP project" - An asbestos project
			 which involves at least 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of regulated
			 asbestos containing material (RACM), or 35 or more cubic feet of RACM off a
			 facility component such that the area or length could not be measured prior to
			 abatement. If several contemporaneous projects in the same area within the same
			 building being performed by the same contractor are smaller than 160 square or
			 260 linear feet individually but add up to that amount, then the combination of
			 the smaller projects shall be considered one NESHAP project.
69. "NIOSH" - National Institute for
			 Occupational Safety and Health.
70.
			 "Non-industrial facility"- Any public, private, institutional or governmental
			 entity that does not meet the definition of an electrical generating or
			 industrial manufacturing facility as defined in this regulation.
71. "Operation and maintenance (O&M)
			 activity" - The disturbance of regulated asbestos-containing material only when
			 required in the performance of an emergency or routine maintenance activity
			 that is not intended solely as asbestos abatement. In no event shall the amount
			 of ACM disturbed exceed that which can be contained in one glovebag or 6-mil
			 polyethylene bag that shall not exceed 60 inches in length and width.
72. "O&M worker" - An individual licensed
			 under a facility group license to perform an operation and maintenance activity
			 at that facility.
73. "OSHA" -
			 Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
74. "Owner/operator" - Any person or
			 contractor who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a facility being
			 demolished or renovated, or any person who operates, controls, or supervises
			 the demolition or renovation operation, or both.
75. "Owner's representative" - A licensed
			 supervisor, management planner, project designer, or air sampler designated by
			 the facility owner to manage the asbestos project, and who serves to ensure
			 that abatement work is completed according to specification and in compliance
			 with all relevant statutes and regulations.
76. "Personal air sampling" - A method used
			 to obtain an index of an employee's exposure to airborne fibers. Samples are
			 collected outside the respirator in the worker's breathing zone.
77. "Planned renovation operations" - A
			 renovation operation, or a number of such operations, in which some RACM will
			 be disturbed, removed, or stripped within a given period of time and that can
			 be predicted. Individual non-scheduled operations are included if a number of
			 such operations can be predicted to occur during a given period of time based
			 on operating experience.
78.
			 "Project designer" - A person licensed in accordance with the requirements of
			 this regulation who is directly responsible for planning all phases of an
			 asbestos abatement project design from project site preparation through
			 complete disassembly of all abatement area barriers.
79. "Reciprocity" - A written agreement
			 between another state and South Carolina to use the same or equivalent auditing
			 criteria when evaluating training course materials, course presentations, and
			 instructor qualifications.
80.
			 "Regulated area" - An area established by the owner/operator of an asbestos
			 project to demarcate areas where asbestos abatement activities are conducted;
			 any adjoining area where debris and waste from such asbestos work is stored;
			 and any work area within which airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed, or
			 there is a reasonable possibility they may exceed, the permissible exposure
			 limit.
81. "Regulated
			 asbestos-containing material (RACM)" - (a) Friable asbestos-containing
			 material; (b) Category I nonfriable ACM that has become friable; (c) Category I
			 nonfriable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding,
			 cutting, drilling, or abrading; or (d) Category II nonfriable ACM that is
			 likely to become or has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by
			 the forces expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or
			 renovation operations subject to this regulation.
82. "Removal" - Taking out RACM or facility
			 components that contain or are covered with RACM from any facility.
83. "Renovation" - Altering a facility or one
			 or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of
			 RACM from a facility component. Operations in which load-supporting structural
			 members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions.
84. "Repair" - Returning damaged
			 asbestos-containing material to an undamaged condition or to an intact state so
			 as to prevent fiber release.
85.
			 "Resilient floor covering" - Asbestos-containing floor tile, including asphalt
			 and vinyl floor tile, and sheet vinyl floor covering containing greater than
			 one percent (1%) asbestos as determined using polarized light microscopy
			 according to the method specified in 40 CFR Part 763, Appendix E, Subpart E,
			 Polarized Light Microscopy, or an accepted equivalent.
86. "Shower room" - A room located between
			 the clean room and the equipment room in the decontamination enclosure system
			 containing a shower with hot and cold or warm running water controllable at the
			 tap.
87. "Small project" - A
			 project where more than 25 but fewer than 160 square feet or more than 25 but
			 fewer than 260 linear feet of RACM are to be abated, or where more than 10 but
			 fewer than 35 cubic feet of RACM off a facility component are to be cleaned
			 up.
88. "Start date" - The date
			 printed on the Departmental-issued asbestos abatement project license, which
			 indicates when asbestos renovation or demolition operations, including any
			 abatement activity having the potential to disturb RACM, will begin.
89. "Strip" - To remove RACM from any part of
			 a facility or facility component.
90. "Structural member" - Any load-supporting
			 member of a facility, such as beams and load-supporting walls; or any
			 non-load-supporting member, such as ceilings and non-load-supporting
			 walls.
91. "Structures per square
			 millimeter" - Reporting measure for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
			 Analysis. TEM clearance requires fewer than 70 structures per square millimeter
			 (70s/mm2).
92. "Supervisor" - A person licensed by the
			 Department and designated as the contractor's representative to provide direct
			 on-site supervision and guidance to workers engaged in abatement of
			 RACM.
93. "Surfactant" - A chemical
			 wetting agent added to water to improve penetration, such as a non-sudsing
			 detergent.
94. "Temporary storage
			 license" - A license issued by the Department that authorizes storage of
			 asbestos waste from small and minor projects at a secure location deemed
			 acceptable by the Department.
95.
			 "Variance" - Written Departmental approval for the use of alternative work
			 practices at an asbestos project.
96. "Visible emissions" - Any emissions that
			 are visually detectable without the aid of instruments that originate from RACM
			 or asbestos-containing waste material or a regulated work area.
97. "Waste generator" - Any owner/operator of
			 an asbestos project covered by this regulation whose act or process produces
			 asbestos-containing waste material.
98. "Waste shipment record" - The shipping
			 document, required to be originated, prepared, and signed by the waste
			 generator, used to track and substantiate the disposition of
			 asbestos-containing waste material.
99. "Wet cleaning" - The process of removing
			 asbestos contamination from facility surfaces and objects by using cloths,
			 mops, or other cleaning tools that have been dampened with amended
			 water.
100. "Work area" -
			 Designated rooms, spaces, or areas in which asbestos abatement activities are
			 to be undertaken, or that may be contaminated as a result of such abatement
			 activities.
101. "Worker" - A
			 person licensed by the Department to perform asbestos abatement under the
			 direct guidance of an accredited and licensed supervisor.
102. "Working day" - Monday through Friday,
			 including holidays that fall on any of the days Monday through
			 Friday.