EPA air monitoring chain of custody, Jan 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

§763.90 40 CFR Ch. I (7-1-00 Edition) (1) Damaged or significantly dam­ § 763.90 Response actions. aged thermal system insulation ACM. (a) The local education agency shall (2) Damaged friable surfacing ACM. select and implement in a timely man­ (3) Significantly damaged friable sur­ ner the appropriate response actions in facing ACM. this section consistent with the assess­ (4) Damaged or significantly dam­ ment conducted in §763.88. The re­ aged friable miscellaneous ACM. sponse actions selected shall be suffi­ (5) ACBM with potential for damage. cient to protect human health and the (6) ACBM with potential for signifi­ environment. The local education cant damage. agency may then select, from the re­ (7) Any remaining friable ACBM or sponse actions which protect human friable suspected ACBM. health and the environment, that ac­ (c) Assessment may include the fol­ tion which is the least burdensome lowing considerations: method. Nothing in this section shall (1) Location and the amount of the be construed to prohibit removal of material, both in total quantity and as ACBM from a school building at any a percentage of the functional space. time, should removal be the preferred (2) Condition of the material, speci­ response action of the local education fying: agency. (i) Type of damage or significant (b) If damaged or significantly dam­ damage (e.g., flaking, blistering, water aged thermal system Insulation ACM is damage, or other signs of physical present in a building, the local edu­ damage). cation agency shall: (ii) Severity of damage (e.g., major (1) At least repair the damaged area. flaking, severely tom Jackets, as op­ (2) Remove the damaged material if posed to occasional flaking, minor it is not feasible, due to technological tears to Jackets). factors, to repair the damage. (ill) Extent or spread of damage over (3) Maintain all thermal system insu­ large areas or large percentages of the lation ACM and its covering in an in­ homogeneous area. tact state and undamaged condition. (3) Whether the material is acces­ (c)(1) If damaged friable surfacing sible. ACM or damaged friable miscellaneous (4) The material’s potential for dis­ ACM is present in a building, the local turbance. education agency shall select from (5) Known or suspected causes of among the following response actions: damage or significant damage (e.g., air encapsulation, enclosure, removal, or erosion, vandalism, vibration, water). repair of the damaged material. (6) Preventive measures which might (2) In selecting the response action eliminate the reasonable likelihood of from among those which meet the defi­ undamaged ACM from becoming sig­ nitional standards In §763.83, the local nificantly damaged. education agency shall determine (d) The local education agency shall which of these response actions pro­ select a person accredited to develop tects human health and the environ­ management plans to review the re­ ment. For purposes of determining sults of each inspection, reinspection, which of these response actions are the and assessment for the school building least burdensome, the local education and to conduct any other necessary ac­ agency may then consider local cir­ tivities in order to recommend in writ­ cumstances, including occupancy and ing to the local education agency ap­ use patterns within the school build­ propriate response actions. The accred­ ing, Eind its economic concerns, includ­ ited person shall sign and date the rec­ ing short- and long-term costs. ommendation, provide his or her State (d) If significantly damaged friable of accreditation, and, if applicable, pro­ surfacing ACM or significantly dam­ vide his or her accreditation number, aged friable miscellaneous ACM is and submit a copy of the recommenda­ present in a building the local edu­ tion to the person designated under cation agency shall: §763.84 for inclusion in the manage­ (1) Immediately isolate the func­ ment plan. tional space and restrict access, unless

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