Asbestos Project Notification Form

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

NYC DEP Asbestos Control Program VAR #

ATTACmKENT R 0 REMOTE WORKER AND WASTE DECONTAMINATION UNITS

APPLIES TO VARIANCE FROM TITLE 15, CEAPTER 1, RULES OF TEE CITY OF NEW YORK SECTIONS 1-82(a) and 1-83(a); {15 RCNY 5 1-82(a) AND § 1-83(a)}.

1. The worker decontamination unit shall be constructed outside the work area in accordance with 15 RCNY § 1-82, and attached to individual glovebag work areas (or tents) or common space leading to individual work areas.

2. The remote worker decontamination unit shall consist of, at least, a shower room, and a clean room separated from each other by an airlock and from the glovebag work area.

3. The remote waste decontamination unit shall be constructed in accordance with 15 RCNY 5 1-83, located outside the glovebag work area on the same' floor.

4. The decontamination units shall be maintained in accordance with 15 RCNY § 1-94 (except sub-section b).

5. All asbestos handlers shall wear two disposable suits, including gloves', hood and

• footwear, and appropriate respiratory equipment, after removing street clothes in the clean room.

6. After the ACM removal and bagging {refer 15 RCNY 5 1-105(c)15}, the bagged waste shall. be HEPA-vacuumed then wet cleaned and transferred outside the glovebag work area (or tent) for double bagging, and then moved to the wash room for wet' washing, followed by storage in the holding area, before loading for transportation.

7. Each worker, before leaving the glovebag work area (or tent), shall clean the outside of the respirators and outer protecting clothing by wet 'cleaning and/or HEPA vacuuming. The outer disposable suit shall be removed in the work area and the workers shall then proceed to the shower room. The inner disposable suit and respirator shall be washed thoroughly before removing and prior to aggressive shower.

8. The decontamination units shall be in place for the entire duration of the abatement activities.

9. The following additional conditions must be complied with in order to re-use the attached decontamination enclosure systems as remote decontamination units.

i) Final air clearance must be achieved in the full containment area to which the decontamination enclosure systems are attached.

ii) The decontamination enclosure systems shall be re-plasticized in accordance with 15 RCNY § 1-82 and § 1-83.

NOTE: This attachment is being reviewed for future revision. TRU/JM 6/98

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