ABSTRACT
The three federal agencies who regulate asbestos and asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in the United States are the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). OSHA is
CONTENTS
15.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 617 15.2 OSHA-Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in General Industry,
Construction Industry, and Shipyards (29 CFR 1910.1001, 29 CFR 1926.1101, and 29 CFR 1915.1001) .............................................................................................................. 618 15.2.1 Discussion of Common Elements of the Three OSHA Standards .......................... 618 15.2.2 Discussion of Industry-Speci“c Requirements ........................................................ 620
15.2.2.1 General Industry 29 CFR1910.1001 ........................................................... 620 15.2.2.2 Construction Industry 29 CFR 1926.1101 and Shipyard Industry
29 CFR 1915.1001 ...................................................................................... 620 15.3 OSHA-Responsibility within the National Response Framework ................................... 621 15.4 MSHA-Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in Surface Metal and Nonmetal Mines,
Underground Metal and Nonmetal Mines, and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines (30 CFR Parts 56, 57, and 71) .......................................................................... 621
15.5 EPA-Asbestos Worker Protection Standard (40 CFR 763 Subpart G) ............................. 622 15.6 EPA-Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986: ACMS in School,
Rules 1987 ........................................................................................................................... 623 15.7 EPA-Manufacture, Importation, Processing, and Distribution in Commerce
Prohibitions: “The Asbestos Ban and Phase Out Rule” ......................................................624 15.8 EPA-The NESHAP, Asbestos NESHAP 40 CFR 61 Subpart M ..................................... 625 15.9 EPA-Asbestos at Superfund Sites: Framework for Investigating Asbestos-
Contaminated Superfund Sites, OSWER Directive 9200-68, September 2008 ................. 627 15.10 EPA-Guidance for Catastrophic Emergency Situations Involving Asbestos, OECA
December 23, 2009, Replacement of the Guidelines for Catastrophic Emergency Situations Involving Asbestos Issued in 1992 ..................................................................... 627
required to protect employees from harmful working conditions when handling asbestos and ACMs in most workplaces. MSHA is required to protect employees from harmful working conditions when handling asbestos or ACMs in mines and mills. The EPA is required to protect human health and the environment through rules and regulations, which provide standards for handling asbestos and ACMs that enter the environment, resulting in some form of exposure.
