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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

(3) Removal to Airlock. The equipment and cleaned/containerized waste shall be moved into the airlock that leads from the washroom. The washroom workers shall not enter this airlock or the regulated abatement work area until waste transfer is finished for that transfer period. Once waste transfer is complete, the washroom workers shall proceed to the regulated abatement work area and then to the personal decontamination system, or immediately to the remote personal decontamination system. (d) Removal to Holding Area, Lockable Trailer Or Lockable Hard Top Dumpster. Bags/containers and equipment shall be moved from the airlock and into the holding area, lockable trailer or lockable hardtop dumpster by persons attired in clean personal protective equipment who have entered from uncontaminated areas. Asbestos waste may stay in the holding area no longer than one week or in a lockable trailer or lockable hard top dumpster until filled but in no instance longer than ten calendar days after successful completion of Phase II C for all regulated abatement work areas at the site. (e) Cart Usage and Cieaning. The cleaned containers of asbestos waste and equipment shall not be stored in the clean room but shall be placed in holding carts adjacent to but outside of the clean room, after passing through the decontamination unit. The carts may be used for temporary storage adjacent to the clean room until the end of the work shift. (f) Holding Carts. The carts shall be watertight and have doors or tops that shall be closed and secured. The carts shall be HEPA-vacuumed and wet cleaned at least once a day. (g) Trailers and Dumpsters. Waste transport trailers and dumpsters used to transport RACM waste, shall be hard topped, lockable and lined with two (2) layers of six (6) mil fire-retardant polyethylene. Prior to transport from the work site, all waste trailers and dumpsters shall be sealed to ensure air, dust and watertight integrity, utilizing six (6) mil plastic, duct tape and expandable foam sealant as necessary. The waste transporter is responsible for cleaning/decontamination of waste trailers or dumpsters, once the waste has been properly disposed of at the appropriately licensed and permitted landfill facility. (h) Enclosure Security. The entrance to and exit from the waste decontamination system enclosure(s) shall be secured to prevent unauthorized entry. Signs per Section 56-7.4 shall be posted at the entrance to the decontamination units. (i) Assigned Persons For Small Asbestos Projects. Where only one egress exists and the shower is used as a waste removal washroom, workers shall be stationed in each area/room of the decontamination system enclosure to transfer/process the contaminated bags/containers and equipment through adjacent areas/rooms as per this section. These workers shall not cross the airlocks into the adjacent areas/rooms until waste transfer is finished for that transfer period and all other workers have decontaminated as per these regulations. The clean room/holding area workers shall enter from uncontaminated areas attired in clean personal protective equipment.

12 NYCRR56 Subparts, Page 85

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