ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 15 ASBESTOS
C15.1. SCOPE
C15. CHAPTER 15
ASBESTOS
This Chapter contains criteria to control and abate threats to human health and the environment
from asbestos, and describes management of asbestos during removal and disposal. Policy
requirements for a comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety program are not covered in
this chapter. To protect personnel from asbestos exposure, refer to DoDI 6055.1, “DoD Safety
and Occupational Health (SOH) Program,” and DoDI 6055.5, “Industrial Hygiene and
Occupational Health,” and concomitant service instructions.
C15.2. DEFINITIONS
C15.2.1. Adequately Wet. Sufficiently mix or penetrate with liquid to prevent the release
of particulates. If visible emissions coming from ACM are observed, then that material has not
been adequately wetted. However, the absence of visible emissions is not sufficient evidence of
being adequately wet.
C15.2.2. Asbestos. Generic term used to describe six distinctive varieties of fibrous
mineral silicates, including chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite asbestos, anthophyllite
asbestos, actinolite asbestos, and any other of these materials that have been chemically treated
and/or altered.
C15.2.3. Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM). Any material containing asbestos.
C15.2.4. Friable Asbestos. Any material containing asbestos that, when dry, can be
crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
C15.2.5. Category I Nonfriable ACM. Means asbestos-containing packings, gaskets,
resilient floor covering, and asphalt roofing products.
C15.2.6. Category II Nonfriable ACM. Means any material, excluding Category I
nonfriable ACM, containing asbestos that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced
to powder by hand pressure.
C15.2.7. Regulated ACM. 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 a high
probability of becoming or has become crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by the forces
expected to act on the material in the course of demolition or renovation operations.
September 2012 Italy FGS 15-1
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