Asbestos/NESHAP regulated asbestos-containing-materials guidance

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5328035

Shafer, R; Throwe, S; Salgado, O; Garlow, C; Hoerath, E

In the initial Asbestos NESHAP rule promulgated in 1973, a distinction was made between building materials that would readily release asbestos fibers when damaged or disturbed and those materials that were unlikely to result in significant fiber release. The terms friable and nonfriable were used to make this distinction. EPA has since determined that, if severely damaged, otherwise nonfriable materials can release significant amounts of asbestos fibers. Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material (RACM) is (a) friable asbestos material, (b) Category 1 nonfriable ACM that has become friable, (c) Category 1 nonfriable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading, or (d) Category 2 nonfriable ACM that has a high probability of becoming or has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations. The purpose of the document is to assist asbestos inspectors and the regulated community in determining whether or not a material is RACM and thus subject to the Asbestos NESHAP.

• Research Organization: Alliance Technologies Corp., Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5328035
• Report Number(s): PB-91-218701/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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