Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Notwithstanding any other exclusion of
this rule, and to determine which requirements of this rule and of rules
3745-20-03 and
3745-20-04 of the Administrative
Code apply, each owner or operator of any demolition or renovation operation
shall have the affected facility or part of the facility where a demolition or
renovation operation will occur thoroughly inspected by a certified asbestos
hazard evaluation specialist, in accordance with paragraph
(B)(2) of
rule 3745-22-02 of the Administrative
Code prior to the commencement of the demolition or renovation for the presence
of asbestos, including category I and category II nonfriable
asbestos-containing material.
[Comment: Inspections pursuant to paragraph (A) of this rule
are subject to paragraph (B)(2) of rule
3745-22-02 of the Administrative
Code which states in part that, " no person shall inspect, identify, detect, or assess asbestos
containing materials, determine appropriate response actions unless
the
person is certified as an asbestos hazard evaluation specialist by the
director ."]
(B) Rules 3745-20-03, 3745-20-04, and
3745-20-05 of the Administrative
Code apply to each owner or operator of a demolition or renovation operation as
follows:
(1) If the combined amount of
regulated asbestos-containing material is at least two hundred sixty linear
feet on pipes or at least one hundred sixty square feet on other facility
components, or at least thirty-five cubic feet off facility components where
the length or area could not be measured previously in a facility being
demolished, rules 3745-20-03, 3745-20-04, and
3745-20-05 of the Administrative
Code apply, except as provided in paragraph (B)(3) of this rule.
(2) If the combined amount of regulated
asbestos-containing material is less than two hundred sixty linear feet on
pipes and less than one hundred sixty square feet on other facility components,
and less than thirty-five cubic feet off facility components where the length
or area could not be measured previously or if there is no asbestos-containing
material in a facility being demolished, only the notification requirements of
paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3)(a), and (A)(3) (d)(i) to (A)(3)(d)(iii), and
(A)(4)(a) to (A)(4)(h), (A)(4)(m) and (A)(4)(n), and (D)(1) to (D)(3), and (E)
of rule 3745-20-03 of the Administrative
Code apply.
(3) If the operation is
an emergency demolition, paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3) (c), (A)(4) {except
(A)(4)(i)}, (B), and (C) of rule 3745-20-03, and paragraphs (A)(4) to (A)(7),
(B) and (D) of rule 3745-20-04, and rule
3745-20-05 of the Administrative
Code apply.
(4) In a facility being
renovated, including any individual nonscheduled renovation operation, rules
3745-20-03,
3745-20-04 and
3745-20-05 of the Administrative
Code apply if the combined amount of regulated asbestos-containing material to
be stripped, removed, dislodged, cut, drilled, or similarly disturbed is at
least two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes or at least one hundred sixty
square feet on other facility components, or at least thirty-five cubic feet
off facility components where the length or area could not be measured
previously.
(a) Paragraph (B)(4) of this rule
applies to planned renovation operations involving a series of individual
nonscheduled operations, that individually are exempt from this chapter, if the
combined amount of regulated asbestos-containing material to be removed or
stripped during a calendar year, January first through
December thirty-first, exceeds two hundred sixty linear feet on pipes or at
least one hundred sixty square feet on other facility components or thirty-five
cubic feet off facility components.
(b) Paragraph (B)(4) of this rule applies to
emergency renovation operations if the combined amount of regulated
asbestos-containing material to be removed or stripped as a result of the
sudden, unexpected event that necessitated the renovation exceeds two hundred
sixty linear feet on pipes or at least one hundred sixty square feet on
facility components or thirty- five cubic feet off facility
components.
