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<br />2.0 STANDARDS REGULATING ASBESTOS <br /> <br />The following is a summary of some of the rules and regulations governing asbestos. <br />This is not a complete list of all regulations which discuss asbestos. <br /> <br />2.1 Minnesota OSHA <br /> <br />Minnesota OSHA has two asbestos-related rules that affect building owners. One of the <br />rules states that friable asbestos-containing materials must be maintained in good <br />condition. The other rule states that an inspection survey for asbestos must be performed <br />prior to any renovation or demolition project where there is reason to suspect that <br />asbestos might be present. <br /> <br />2.2 MDH <br /> <br />The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regulations require building owners to keep <br />records of all asbestos abatement or asbestos maintenance work performed at their <br />facility for the current calendar year.- The records must be retained for three years; <br /> <br />2.3 MPCA <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) enforces rules from the US. <br />Environmental Protection Agency (US. EPA) regarding the disposal of asbestos- <br />containing materials (ACM), removal of ACM prior to building demolition, and <br />notification of ACM removal actions. <br /> <br />2.4 U.S. EPA <br /> <br />The US. EPA has two acts which regulate asbestos. One is the Asbestos Hazard <br />Emergency Response Act (AHERA), which regulates asbestos in schools. AHERA <br />states that any building material containing greater than one percent asbestos must be <br />properly inspected and managed. <br /> <br />The Asb~stos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act (ASHARA) requires that <br />any asbestos inspection must be done by an accredited asbestos building inspector. <br />Asbestos abatement projects must be designed and performed by accredited individuals. <br /> <br />The NESHAP for Asbestos (40 CFR 61, Subpart M) addresses milling, manufacturing, <br />fabrication operations, demolition and renovation activities, waste disposal issues, active <br />and inactive waste disposal sites, and asbestos conversion processes. <br /> <br />The EPA defines friable ACM as any material containing more than one percent asbestos <br />that, when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />Demolition Asbestos Survey <br />DPRA Project No. 5781,0002.0001 <br />September 15,2000 <br /> <br />Roseville Activity Center <br />Roseville, MN <br />