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SUBPART 56-4 GENERAL PROJECT AIR SAMPLING AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS REQUIREMENTS

56-4.1 Qualifications of Air Sampling Personnel. The project air sampling shall be conducted by an asbestos project air sampling technician who has been trained in the selected methodology of air sampling and who possesses an asbestos project air sampling technician certificate issued by the Department.

56-4.2 Laboratory Certification. The laboratory used for air sample or bulk sample analysis shall be one approved by the New York State Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (NYSDOH ELAP) for the selected asbestos analysis methodology.

56-4.3 Independent Third Party Sampling and Analysis. A third party air sampling firm asbestos contractor, who must be contracted by the property owner or owner’s agent, and is completely independent of all asbestos abatement contractors involved with the asbestos project, shall conduct all project air sampling and analysis as required by this Part.

(a) Exception. If the property owner is the asbestos abatement contractor for the asbestos project, the owner shall contract with an independent air sampling firm asbestos contractor for the necessary project air sampling on the asbestos project.

56-4.4 Asbestos Contractors Allowed to Perform Project Air Sampling on an Asbestos Project. Air sampling procedures shall not be performed by any asbestos contractor involved with the asbestos project, except as follows:

(a) The non-abatement asbestos contractor firm that performed the building/structure asbestos survey, or is acting as the project monitor or project designer on the asbestos project, may perform project air sampling, provided that the individual or firm performing the building/structure asbestos survey or acting as project monitor or project designer, will not perform any asbestos abatement work on the project and has not retained or been retained by the asbestos abatement contractor for work on the asbestos project, unless the asbestos abatement contractor is also the property owner.

56-4.5 Air Sample Log. A project air sample log shall be created by the firm performing the project air sampling and it shall contain the following information for all area air samples collected on the asbestos project:

(a) Name of the firm and the certified air sampling technician performing the project air sampling, per workshift or day for all area air samples collected.

12 NYCRR56 Subpart 4, Page 35

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