NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Asbestos Airborne Permissible Exposure Levels (PEL)
Adopted by Various Government Agencies.
Agency Concentration levels
* Occupational Safety & Health Administration 0.1 fibers/cc.
(OSHA).
* National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health 0.1 fibers/cc.
(NIOSH).
* New York City Department of Environmental 0.01 fibers/cc.
Protection (NYCDEP — Title 15 Regulation).
* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 0.01 fibers/cc.
* New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) < 0.01 fibers/cc.
Industrial Regulations Code 56.
* State of New Jersey — Department of Community 0.01 fibers/cc.
Affairs (Sub-chapter 8).
* Environmental Protection Agency (EPA — AHERA) 70.00 structures/mm2
(Transmission Electron Microscopy).
All these readings are applicable after final clean up.
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