Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 159 - Certification And Training Course Requirements For Asbestos Activities › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 159.04 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Accreditation" means approval by the
				  department of a training course for a specific discipline based on its
				  compliance with subch. IV.
(2)
				  "AHERA" means , Subpart E, the asbestos-containing materials in schools rule
				  promulgated by EPA under the authority of , the asbestos hazard emergency
				  response act of 1986 as amended by the asbestos school hazard abatement
				  reauthorization act of 1990.
(3)
				  "Asbestos" means chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, fibrous tremolite, fibrous
				  actinolite or fibrous anthophyllite.
(4) "Asbestos abatement activity" means any
				  activity that disturbs asbestos-containing material, including but not limited
				  to, the repair, enclosure, encapsulation, or removal of asbestos-containing
				  material and the repair, operation, service, maintenance, renovation or
				  demolition of any part of a facility where asbestos-containing material or
				  suspect asbestos-containing material is present, including all associated set
				  up of work-site containment, clean-up and loading-out of asbestos-containing
				  material for disposal and any air sampling or air monitoring conducted before,
				  during or after the activity to determine that the containment or regulated
				  area is intact or that clean-up is complete and the containment or regulated
				  area can be disassembled.
(5)
				  "Asbestos company" means a person that performs, supervises, or offers to
				  perform or supervise a regulated asbestos activity. "Asbestos company" includes
				  an exterior asbestos company.
(6)
				  "Asbestos-containing material" or "ACM" means a material or product that
				  contains more than 1% of asbestos, as determined using the method specified in
				  , Appendix E to Subpart E, Section I, "Polarized Light Microscopy," and a
				  material meeting the definition of suspect asbestos-containing material.
Note:
In Appendix E to Subpart E, 40 CFR Part
					 763, Section I, EPA describes the acceptable method of identifying
					 asbestos-containing materials, which uses polarized light microscopy (PLM). If
					 the asbestos content of friable asbestos-containing material is less than 10%,
					 as determined by a method other than point counting by PLM, EPA requires the
					 asbestos content to be verified by point counting using PLM.
(7) "Asbestos inspection" means any
				  activities undertaken to specifically determine the presence or location or
				  assess the condition of asbestos-containing material or suspect
				  asbestos-containing material, by visual or physical examination or by
				  collecting a sample or samples of the materials. "Asbestos inspection" includes
				  re-inspection of known or suspect asbestos-containing material that has been
				  previously identified. "Asbestos inspection" does not include:
(a) Visual inspections of the type described
				  in (i) that are conducted solely to determine the completeness of response
				  actions in schools.
(b) Periodic
				  surveillance of the type described in (b) that are conducted solely for
				  recording or reporting a change in the condition of known or suspect
				  asbestos-containing material.
(c)
				  Inspections conducted by employees or agents of federal, state or local
				  government solely for determining compliance with applicable statutes or
				  regulations.