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When multiple contractors are involved in a single renovation, must every contractor provide pre-renovation education? Can a certified firm assign its responsibility to a property management company?
All firms performing, offering or claiming to perform renovations are responsible for ensuring compliance with the pre-renovation education requirements of the RRP Rule. However, it is unnecessary for the same notifications and information to be given out repeatedly during a single renovation. Accordingly, a firm may discharge the task by…
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Under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), can a building inspector use his/her own lab to analyze the bulk samples or air samples taken?
Yes, but only if the lab is currently accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), formerly known as the National Bureau of Standards. (40 CFR part 763.87(a) and 40 CFR part 763.90 (i)(2)(ii)) Other Frequent Questions about Asbestos…
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Under the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), can a group of local education agencies (LEAs) share a Designated Person?
Yes. There is nothing in the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) or the asbestos in schools rule that prohibits this. Other Frequent Questions about Asbestos Learn About Asbestos Asbestos and School Buildings Information for Owners and Managers of Buildings that Contain Asbestos Protect Your Family from Exposures to Asbestos…
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If an Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) accredited-training course is taught by someone other than instructors certified by the state or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), can an approved contractor/instructor sign certificates?
No. An EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) accredited training course must be taught by EPA/state approved instructors and only those approved instructors may issue AHERA approved training course certificates. Other Frequent Questions about Asbestos Learn About Asbestos Asbestos and School Buildings Information for Owners and Managers of Buildings…
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If a door is outside the work area but used by workers to enter and exit the room, does the door need to be covered with plastic?
If the work area is smaller than the entire room, and the door is not within the work area, you do not need to cover the door with plastic. However, all personnel, tools, and other items, including the exterior of containers of waste, must be free of dust and debris…
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What is being done to control dust?
Norfolk Southern contractors use engineering controls to reduce dust generated from cleanup activities and disturbed soil surfaces. All contaminated material leaving the derailment site is secured and tarped, and all contaminated material on site is tarped nightly. Trucks are decontaminated before they leave the site, and large water trucks are…
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Pesticide applicator quantity applied to threshold or transportation exemption
A farmer contracts with an applicator to spray pesticides on his fields. The applicator drives a tank truck onto the farmers' field and sprays the pesticide from the truck onto the fields. For purposes of Section 302 emergency planning requirements, are the EHSs in the truck considered present at the…
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Hazardous chemicals used for medical or research purposes
A medical facility uses liquid nitrogen for the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. The spectrometer is used for medical diagnostic purposes. In addition, the facility is required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to have a material safety data sheet (MSDS) available for the liquid nitrogen. Is the liquid…
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Should follow-up release information be sent to the state environmental agency?
Should the written follow-up information go not only to the local emergency planning committee and the state commission but also to the state environmental agency? Section 304(c) of Title III mandates that written follow-up notification go to the same entities that received the initial oral notification, i.e., the state commission…
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"Regulatory Synonym" listings in Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4
What determines whether a "Regulatory Synonym" is listed for a substance in Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4? In general, no entry is made in the "Regulatory Synonym" column of 40 CFR 302.4 , Table 302.4 for a substance if only one chemical name is used to identify that substance…
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CERCLA hazardous substances and relationship to U.S. DOT's Hazardous Materials Regulations
What is the relationship between CERCLA hazardous substances and the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Hazardous Materials Regulations? CERCLA section 306(a), as amended, requires the DOT to list and regulate as hazardous materials all CERCLA hazardous substances. Thus, all CERCLA hazardous substances are covered by the DOT's Hazardous Materials Regulations…
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What is EPA’s role in sampling?
EPA is part of the Unified Command consisting of different agencies to review, approve and direct Norfolk Southern’s workplans and site activities. Surface water sampling is performed by Norfolk Southern contractors, with EPA and Ohio EPA oversight. Soil sampling is performed both by Norfolk Southern contractors and EPA contractors. Air…
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Do Sections 311 and 312 pre-empt exisiting state and local programs?
What effect will Sections 311 and 312 requirements have on existing State and local "Right-to-Know" programs? Title III does not pre-empt existing state or local laws. Sections 311 and 312 requirements establish "ground rules" for submitting information about the presence of hazardous chemicals in the community. Where existing "Right-to-Know" laws…
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Should hazardous chemicals present in vehicles be considered as present in the "facility"?
The definition of "facility" for EPCRA Sections 311 and 312 does not include "motor vehicles, rolling stock and aircraft." Do hazardous chemicals present in cars, trucks, forklifts and other vehicles need to be considered for Sections 311 and 312 reporting as present in the "facility?" Hazardous chemicals present in vehicles…
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Is diesel fuel exempt when used solely to apply pesticides?
A citrus grove service owner stores pesticides and diesel fuel at his facility. The owner's business consists of transporting the pesticides to citrus groves and applying them to trees. This application is the only use of the pesticides; the owner does not sell them or use them in any other…
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