SECTION 380:50-4-1. General requirements  


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  • (a)   No asbestos abatement may begin until a project design for that project, if required, has been approved by DOL.
    (b)   Project designs shall contain at a minimum:
    (1)   A statement that DOL Abatement of Friable Asbestos Materials Rules apply.
    (2)   Sequencing and phasing of work.
    (3)   Identification of means of egress, a fire protection plan and a diagram for emergency escape routes, and fire extinguisher placements.
    (4)   The quantity, type, percentage with bulk analysis unless presumed and a diagramed location of asbestos materials to be abated.
    (5)   Abatement methods, and techniques, and numbers of containments, glovebags or mini-containments.
    (6)   Details of personal and area air monitoring samples.
    (7)   Numbers and locations of Clean Test samples and type of analysis to be employed.
    (8)   Numbers, capacities, a diagram to identify the locations, and discharge points, if any, of negative air machines.
    (9)   Details of the project containment(s), glovebag or mini-containments, including drawings. Details shall include all applicable subchapters of the Oklahoma Asbestos Control Act, including but not limited to scaffolding requirements and live electric isolation.
    (10)   Details of the decontamination system(s).
    (11)   The extent to which asbestos-contaminated soils, if any, must be removed, and the sampling methods of determining the efficacy of such removal.
    (12)   Special materials or methods required to protect objects in the work area should be detailed, (e.g., plywood over carpeting or hardwood floors to prevent damage from scaffolds and falling material).
    (13)   Any variances from the Abatement of Friable Asbestos Materials Rules.
    (c)   Project designs for enclosure or encapsulation may provide for alternate methods to section 380:50-17-4, with the approval for such alternate methods at the discretion of DOL.
    (d)   Project designs for industrial sites may be generally performance based specifications, subject to approval by DOL.
[Source: Amended at 9 Ok Reg 3309, eff 7-27-92; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1887, eff 7-1-10]