TDSHS Texas Asbestos Inspectors Study Guide Questions Well Studied & Correctly Answered

TDSHS Texas Asbestos Inspectors Study Guide Questions Well Studied & Correctly Answered 29 CFR 126.1101 - ANSWER OSHA Asbestos Standard for the Construction Industry 40 CFR 763 - ANSWER EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Asbestos requirements for schools. Competent Person - ANSWER OSHA- A Person who is capable of of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and who has the authority to take corrective action. PEL - ANSWER OSHA- The Permissible Exposure Limit- a level of Airborne asbestos above which no employee shall be exposed. The PEL is 0.1 f/cc of air as an 8 hour time weighted average. Regulated areas - ANSWER OSHA- Areas that may exceed airborne concentration beyond Permissible Exposure Limits of .1 f/cc LEA - ANSWER EPA - Local Education Agency Facility - ANSWER EPA- Any Institutional, Commercial or industrial structure, installation or building, excluding private homes or apartment buildings with four or less units. Owner/ Operator - ANSWER EPA- Any Persons who owns, leases operated controls or supervisorses a building. Friable Asbestos Containing Material - ANSWER EPA- Material that contains more than 1% asbestos and when dry may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure. Demolition - ANSWER The wreaking or taking out of any load supporting structural member if a facility together with any related handling operations. Renovation - ANSWER Altering in any way one or more facility components except structural members. Facility Component - ANSWER Any pipe, duct, boiler, tank, reactor, turbine or furnace at or in a facility or any structural member of a facility. Structural Member - ANSWER Any load-supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load-supporting walls. Visibile Emissions - ANSWER Any Emissions containing particulate asbestos material that are visually detectable without the aid of instruments. NBS - ANSWER National Bureau of Standards ( establishing lab accreditation for bulk sampling) NIST - ANSWER National Institute of Science and Technology AHERA - ANSWER Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986- School rules. Technical guidance and assistance to schools concerned about potential health effects of friable asbestos. NESHAPS - ANSWER National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. OSHA - ANSWER Asbestos in Construction Standard- Chapter 12 EPA - ANSWER Worker Protection Rule- Chapter 12 Elements of a Sample Diagram - ANSWER ID number Description of sampling area Area, dimensions and drawing scale Name & address of building Inspector's name, date of inspection Preparer's name, date of drawings Friable - ANSWER Material that, when dry can easily can be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by normal hand pressure.