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Asbestos Test Study Guide Questions and
Answers 2024/2025
Category 1 nonfriable asbestos-containing material (AMC)
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
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
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
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)
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
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Renovations
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
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)
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)
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
when referring to school buildings means any material or product which contains more
than 1 percent asbestos.
Asbestos-containing building material (ACBM) ~ Schools
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
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