SECTION 252:100-40-5. Additional provisions for handling, storing, and transporting of friable asbestos during demolition or renovation operations

  In addition to the requirements set forth for the handling of asbestos found in 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M, the following provisions shall also apply to owners, operators and other persons.

(1)   Before being handled, stored or transported in or to the outside air, friable asbestos from demolition/renovation operations shall be:

(A)   wetted,

(B)   double bagged in six-mil plastic bags, or,

(C)   single bagged in one six-mil plastic bag and placed in a disposable drum, or,

(D)   contained in any other manner approved in advance, by the Division Director.

(2)   When demolition/renovation operations must, of necessity take place in the outdoor air, friable asbestos removed in such operations shall be immediately bagged or contained in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Section.

(3)   Friable asbestos materials used on pipes or other outdoor structures shall not be allowed to weather or deteriorate and become exposed to, or dispersed in the outside air.

(4)   Friable asbestos materials shall, in addition to other provisions concerning disposal, be disposed of in a facility approved for asbestos by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Land Protection Division.

[Source: Added at 24 Ok Reg 1246, eff 6-15-07]