Asbestos Test Study Guide with
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Category 1 nonfriable asbestos-containing material (AMC) - Answer -means asbestos-
containing packages, gaskets, resilient floor covering, and asphalt roofing products
containing more than 1 percent asbestos as determined using the method specified in
appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy
Category II nonfiriable AMC - Answer -means any material, excluding Category I
nonfirable AMC, containing more than 1 percent asbestos as determined using the
method specified in appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF part 763, section 1, Polarized Light
Microscopy that , when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by
hand pressure
Demolition - Answer -means the wrecking of tacking out of any load-supporting
structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations or the
international burning of any facility
Friable asbestos material - Answer -means any material containing more than 1 percent
asbestos as determined using the method specified in appendix E, subpart E, 40 CRF
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
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.
Regulated asbestos-containing material (RAMC) - Answer -means (a) Friable asbestos
material, (b) Category I nonfriable AMC that has become friable, (c) Category I
nonfirbale AMC that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting, or
abrading, or (d) Category II Nonfirable ACM that has become crumbled, pulverized, or
recorded, or reduced to powder by the forces expected to act on the material in the
course of demolition or renovation operations regulated by this subpart
Renovations - Answer -means altering a facility or one or more facility components in
any way, including the stripping or removal of RAMC from a facility component.
Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out of
demolitions.
Visible emissions - Answer -means any emissions, which are visually detectable with
out the help of instruments, coming form RAMC or asbestos-containing waste material,
, or form any asbestos milling, manufacturing, or fabricating operations. This does not
include condensed, uncombined water vapor
61.145 Standard for demolition and renovation (a) 1 (i) - Answer -At least 80 linear
meters (260 linear feet) on pipes or at least 15 square meters (160 square feet) on
another facility components
61.145 Standard for demolition and renovation (a) 1 (ii) - Answer -At least 1 cubic meter
(35 cubic feet) off facility components where the length or area could not be measured
previously
Asbestos containing material (AMC) ~ Schools - Answer -when referring to school
buildings means any material or product which contains more than 1 percent asbestos.
Asbestos-containing building material (ACBM) ~ Schools - Answer -means surfacing
AMC, thermal system insulation, or miscellaneous AMC that is found in or on interior
structural members of other parts of a school building
Functional Space ~ Schools - Answer -means any room, group of rooms, or
homogeneous area (including crawl spaces or the space between a dropped ceiling and
the floor or roof deck above), such as classroom(s), a cafeteria, gymnasium, hallway(s),
designated by a person accredited to prepare management plans, design abatement
projects, or conduct response actions
Homogeneous area - Answer -means any area of surfacing material, thermal systems
insulation material, or miscellaneous material that is uniform in color and texture
Miscellaneous material - Answer -means interior building material on structural
components or fixtures, such as floors and ceiling tiles, and does not include surfacing
material or thermal system insulation
Response action - Answer -means a method including removal, encapsulation,
enclosure, repair, operations and maintenance, that protects human health and the
environment from friable ACMB
Surfacing material - Answer -means material in a school building that is spray-on,
toweled-on, or otherwise applied to surfaces, such as acoustical plaster on ceilings ans
fireproofing materials on structural members, or other materials on surfaces for
acoustical, fireproofing, or other purposes
Thermal system insulation - Answer -means material in a school building applied to
pipes, fittings, boilers, breaching , tanks, ducts, or other interior structural components
to prevent heat loss or gain, or water condensation, or for other purposes
763.85 Inspections and reinspections