NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Asbestos Abatement Technical Specifications
For 130 Cedar Street, New York, NY
b. Fixtures must be thoroughly HEPA vacuumed and wet wiped.
c. Clean fixtures should be protected with two layers of 6-mil fire
retardant polyethylene sheeting during the removal activities.
8.0 Asbestos Containing Material Removal
8.1 Roof Membrane, Perimeter Flashing, Flashing Tar, Parapet & Bulkhead
Tar, Pitch Pocket and Tar Paper over Plywood Removal:
Removal of ACM on the roof shall be performed utilizing DEP Attachment FR
"Procedures for Use of Foam or Similar Viscous Liquid in Removal of
Asbestos Containing Roofing Material (ACRM) in New York City".
Preliminary examination shall be conducted and precautions taken to
prevent damage to the interior of the building and to ensure no
adverse effect on the structural stability of the roof due to abatement
activity.
2. Abatement shall not be carried out during adverse weather conditions
(e.g. precipitation, heavy winds, etc.).
3 The work area on the roof shall be cordoned off and only authorized
persons shall have access to the work area. In addition, electric
power in the work area shall be shut down and isolated.
4. Movable objects shall be removed from the work area or kept in place
and wrapped in one (1) sheet of 6-mil polyethylene. Fixed objects
including perimeter walls, bulkheads, cooling towers, ducts and other
rooftop appurtenances shall be covered in one sheet of plastic to a
minimum height of 6 feet.
5. The worker decon unit shall be constructed at, an entry/exit from each
work area in accordance with 15 RCNY § 1-117, with at least a shower
room and a clean room. In addition to the shower head(s), the shower
room shall be equipped with a flexible hose for waste decontamination
(for removal of less than 1,000 square feet). For more than 1,000
square feet of removal, a separate waste decontamination facility as
per 15 RCNY § 1-118 shall be located at an entry/exit from each work
area.
6. Remote decontamination facilities will be considered however a
variance must be requested from 15 RCNY § 1-117(a) and, also from
15 RCNY § 1-118 (if more than 1,000 square feet will be removed).
7. The remote holding area for the asbestos containing waste shall
comply with Title 16, Chapter 8, Rules of the City of New York. (16
RCNY 8 et seq.).
Prepared by JLC Environmental Consultants, Inc. Project No. 04-3271 Page 42
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