Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 391 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 391-3 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Subject 391-3-14 - ASBESTOS REMOVAL AND ENCAPSULATION
Rule 391-3-14-.01 - Definitions
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following terms as used in these rules shall have the meaning hereinafter respectively ascribed, except that to the extent terms are not defined in these rules, the Act's definitions control; and provided, that definitions within any subsequent rule, or subdivision thereof, which are expressly made applicable to the rule or subdivision within which they appear, shall apply for purposes of such specific rule or subdivision thereof.
(a) "Act" means the "Georgia Asbestos Safety Act", O.C.G.A. Section 12-12-1 et seq.
(b) "Asbestos" means any naturally-occurring hydrated mineral silicates separable into commercially used fibers, specifically the asbestiform varieties of serpentine, chrysotile; cummingtomite-grunerite, amosite; riebeckite, crocidolite; anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.
(c) "Asbestos Supervisor" means any individual who is employed or engaged by a contractor to supervise the removal, encapsulation, cleaning, or disposal of friable asbestos-containing materials.
(d) "Contractor" means any person who contracts with an owner or operator of a facility or residential dwelling to perform the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material from any such facility or residential dwelling. `Contractor' shall not include any employee of such owner or operator.
(e) "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
(f) "Demolition" means the wrecking or taking out of any load supporting structural members of a facility together with the related handling operations.
(g) "Director" means the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia or his designee.
(h) "Division" means the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Georgia.
(i) "Emergency Project" means the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material from any facility where such activity must be conducted immediately in order to prevent disruption of a commercial or industrial process or activity or destruction of property.
(j) "Encapsulation" means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes or other structures with a sealant to prevent friable asbestos from becoming airborne.
(k) "Facility" means any institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, or building, including apartment buildings having more than four dwelling units.
(l) "Friable Asbestos-Containing Material" means any material which is applied onto ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, boilers, tanks, pumps, ductwork or any other part of the building containing more than 1 percent asbestos, by weight, and which when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(m) "Outside Air" means the air outside buildings and structures.
(n) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, trust, firm, corporation, county, municipality, or other entity, including the state and federal governments.
(o) "Project" means the removal or encapsulation by a contractor of firable asbestos-containing material from any facility or residential dwelling.
(p) "Removal" means to take out, strip, clean-up, or dispose of friable or potentially friable asbestos-containing materials from any facility or residential dwelling as defined by this chapter.
(q) "Residential Dwelling" means any family residence or apartment building with four or fewer dwelling units.
(r) "Small Project" means any asbestos removal or encapsulation project involving less than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of friable asbestos-containing materials.
(s) "Structural Member" means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load supporting walls; or any nonload supporting member, such as ceilings and nonload supporting walls.
(t) "Visible Emission" means any emissions containing particulate asbestos material that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. This does not include condensed, uncombined water vapor.
The Georgia Asbestos Safety Act, O.C.G.A. Sec. 12-12-1 et seq., The Georgia Air Quality Act of 1978, O.C.G.A. Sec. 12-9-1 et seq.
