Regulation 11

Hazardous Pollutants

Rule 2

Asbestos Demolition, Renovation and Manufacturing

11-2-300 STANDARDS

Section 302 Visible Emissions

11-2-302 Visible Emissions: There shall be no visible emissions to the outside air from any asbestos mill or from any operation involving the demolition, renovation, removal, manufacture or fabrication of any product containing asbestos.

302.1 For asbestos milling, or manufacturing or fabrication of products containing asbestos only, rather than meet the no visible emission requirements as specified by Section 11-2-302, a person may elect to use air-cleaning to clean emissions containing particulate asbestos material before such emissions escape to, or are vented to, the outside air. Each owner or operator must meet the following requirements:

302.1.1 Monitor each potential source of asbestos emission from any part of the mill, manufacturing, or fabricating facility, including air cleaning devices, process equipment and buildings that house equipment for material processing and handling, at least once each day, during daylight hours, for visible emissions to the outside air during periods of operation.

302.1.2 Inspect each air cleaning device at least once each week for proper operation and maintenance, including, to the maximum extent possible without dismantling other than opening the device, the presence of tears, holes, and abrasions in filter bags and for dust deposits on the clean side of bags. For air cleaning devices that cannot be inspected weekly, submit a written maintenance plan to the APCO as specified in Section 11-2-404. If the use of fabric filters creates a fire or explosion hazard, the APCO may authorize the use of wet collectors designed to operate with a unit contacting energy of at least 9963 pa (40 in) water gauge pressure. All air cleaning equipment authorized by this Regulation must be properly permitted, installed, used, operated and maintained. By-pass devices may be used only during emergency conditions and then only for so long as it takes to shut down the operation generating the particulate asbestos material.