New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 23 - UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE
Subchapter 8 - ASBESTOS HAZARD ABATEMENT SUBCODE
Section 5:23-8.12 - Application of asbestos
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:23-8.12
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) This section shall apply to the application of asbestos, except as provided in (a)1 below.
1. This section shall not apply
to asbestos materials which are applied in solid, non-friable form, such as
floor tiles or cement pipe.
(b) The requirements of this section are set forth in order to prevent the contamination of the building environment which may be caused by improperly performed asbestos application work.
1. No person may cause or allow surface
coating by spraying on any building structure, facility, installation or
internal or external portion thereof, using asbestos or any friable material
containing in excess of 0.25 percent by weight of asbestos. See N.J.A.C.
7:27-17.
2. The direct application
of asbestos material during construction or renovation of structures,
facilities or installations by means such as troweling by hand shall be
prohibited.
3. The only permissible
applications of asbestos-containing materials during construction or renovation
of structures, facilities or installations shall be those in which the asbestos
is securely bound into a solid matrix before the application is performed, such
as floor tiles in which asbestos is a minor component.
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