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(cn) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Disposable work suits or coveralls, head covering, eye protection, footwear, gloves and appropriate NIOSH- approved respirators with appropriate NIOSH-approved filters.

(co) Plasticize. To cover floors, walls, ceilings or other surfaces with 6-mil fire- retardant plastic sheeting.

(cp) Presumed Asbestos Containing Material (PACM). All Thermal System Insulations and Surfacing Materials found in buildings constructed no later than 1980. PACM is considered to be ACM unless proven otherwise by appropriate bulk sampling and laboratory analyses.

(cq) Project Air Sampling. Area air sampling conducted in accordance with Subpart 56-4 of this Part during the course of the asbestos project.

(cr) Project Designer. Any person who performs the duties described at Section 56- 3.2(d)(7) of this Part.

(cs) Project Monitor. Any person who performs the duties described at Section 56- 3.2(d)(8).

(ct) Public. Any natural person except:

(1) A person engaged in an asbestos project;

(2) An authorized visitor;

(3) Police, fire, or other public safety personnel.

(cu) Receptor. Any opening, which could admit asbestos fibers into a structure if not properly protected. Examples include but are not limited to operable windows, doors, vents, air intakes or exhausts of any mechanical device within a building or structure.

(cv) Regulated Abatement Work Area. The portion of the restricted area where abatement work actually occurs. For tent work areas, the interior of each tent is a regulated abatement work area. For OSHA Class I and Class II asbestos abatement, the interior of the restricted area containment enclosure is the regulated abatement work area. For exterior non-friable asbestos abatement conducted without the establishment of negative air ventilation systems or containment enclosures, the entire restricted area surrounding the abatement location is considered to be the regulated abatement work area.

(cw) Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material (RACM). Friable ACM or PACM, Category I Non-friable ACM that has become friable or has been or will be subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting or abrading, or Category II Non-friable ACM that has a high probability of becoming or has become crumbled.

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