Asbestos abatement technical specifications, 130 Cedar Street, July 2004

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Asbestos Abatement Technical Specifications For 130 Cedar Street, New York, NY f. Before leaving the work area all personnel shall remove gross contamination from the outside of their respirators and protective clothing by brushing, vacuuming or wet wiping procedures.

g. Personnel shall proceed to equipment room where they shall remove all protective equipment except respirators.

h. Reusable, contaminated footwear shall be stored in the equipment room when not in use in the work area.

While still wearing respirators personnel shall proceed to the shower area, dean the outside of the respirators and the exposed face area under running water prior to removal of respirator, then shower and shampoo to remove residual asbestos contamination. Filter cartridges must be replaced for each new entry into the work area.

After showering and drying off, workers may proceed to the clean room and don street clothing.

3.0 Waste Container Pass-Out Procedures

These procedures shall be followed during the removal of waste from the work area:

3.1 Asbestos contaminated waste that has been containerized shall be transported out of the work area through the waste container enclosure system (or through the worker decon. enclosure if a separate waste chamber has not been constructed).

3.2 Waste pass-out procedures shall utilize two teams of workers, an "inside" team and an "outside" team.

3.3 The inside team, wearing appropriate protective clothing and respirators shall clean the outside, including bottoms, of properly labeled containers (bags, drums, or wrapped components). Using HEPA vacuums and wet wiping techniques, they shall transport the containers into the waste container pass-out air lock. No worker from the inside team shall further exit the work area through the air lock of the enclosure system.

3.4 The outside team, wearing protective clothing and appropriately assigned respirators, shall enter the air lock from outside the work area, enclose the containers in clean, labeled, 6-mil polyethylene bags or sheeting as the items' physical characteristics demand, and remove them from the air lock to the outside. No worker from the outside team shall further enter the work area through this air lock, which shall be secured to prevent unauthorized entry.

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