§ 15-106. Definitions.

For the purposes of this division only, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section unless the context requires otherwise. In the event of any conflict between the definitions contained herein and those definitions contained in section 15-70 or the state rules adopted by reference pursuant to section 15-90 hereof, the definitions contained herein shall control.

Asbestos means the asbestiform varieties of serpentinite (chrysotile), riebeckite (crocidolite), cummingtonite-grunerite, anthophyllite, and actinolite-tremolite and includes trade acronyms products such as amosite.

Asbestos-containing materials or ACM means any materials which contain more than one (1) percent asbestos as determined by Polarized Light Microscopy.

Asbestos removal project means a renovation or demolition operation in a facility that involves the removal of a threshold amount of regulated asbestos-containing material.

Category I nonfriable ACM means asbestos-containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor covering, and asphalt roofing products containing more than one (1) percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix A, Subpart F, 40 CFR Part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.

Category II nonfriable ACM means any material, excluding Category I Nonfriable ACM, containing more than one (1) percent asbestos as determined using the methods specified in Appendix A, Subpart F, 40 CFR Part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

Demolition means the wrecking or taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations or the intentional burning of any facility.

Emergency renovation operation means a renovation operation that was not planned but results from a sudden, unexpected event that, if not immediately attended to, presents a safety or public health hazard, is necessary to protect equipment from damage, or is necessary to avoid imposing an unreasonable financial burden. This term includes operations necessitated by nonroutine failures of equipment.

Facility means any institutional commercial, public, industrial, or residential structure, installation, or building (including any structure, installation, or building containing condominiums or individual dwelling units operated as a residential cooperative, but excluding residential buildings having four (4) or fewer dwelling units); any ship; and any active or inactive waste disposal site. For purposes of this definition, any building, structure, or installation that contains a loft used as a dwelling is not considered a residential structure, installation, or building.

Friable asbestos material means any material containing more than one (1) percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix A, Subpart F, 40 CFR Part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, that, when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. If the asbestos content is less than ten (10) percent as determined by a method other than point counting by Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM), verify the asbestos content by point counting using PLM.

Nonscheduled renovation operation means a renovation operation necessitated by the routine failure of equipment, which is expected to occur within a given period based on past operating experience, but for which an exact date cannot be predicted.

Ordered demolition means a demolition under an order of a state or local government agency, issued because the facility is structurally unsound and in danger of imminent collapse.

Owner or operator of a demolition or renovation activity means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the facility being demolished or renovated or any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the demolition or renovation operation, or both.

Planned renovation operation means a renovation operation, or a number of such operations, in which regulated asbestos-containing material will be removed or stripped within a given period of time and that can be predicted. Individual nonscheduled operations are included if a number of such operations can be predicted to occur during a given period of time based on operating experience.

Renovation means the alteration in any way of a facility or of one (1) or more facility components. Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions.

Regulated asbestos-containing material or RACM means:

(a)

Friable asbestos material;

(b)

Category I nonfriable ACM that has become friable;

(c)

Category I nonfriable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or abrading; or

(d)

Category II nonfriable ACM that has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder or has a high probability of becoming crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations regulated by this division.

Residential dwelling means any structure or building intended to house a single family, or a residential building having no more than four (4) dwelling units. This term is not intended to include any institutional, commercial, public, or industrial structure, installation or building, any structure or building being demolished as part of a public project, regardless of its previous use, function or ownership, or any building, structure or installation being used partly for residential purposes and partly for commercial, public or industrial use.

Threshold amount of regulated asbestos-containing material means at least two hundred sixty (260) linear feet on pipes, or at least one hundred sixty (160) square feet on other facility components, or at least thirty-five (35) cubic feet off [of] facility components where the length or area could not be measured previously.

(Ord. No. 2012-12 , § 10, 6-5-12)