What is an ACM survey?

Only an Asbestos Survey or Asbestos Screening, which involves a sampling and laboratory analysis of the materials, can accurately identify and quantify asbestos fibers in building materials. Building purchasers and owners should be aware whether their building has ACM so that they can be safely managed or removed.

What is NSPS EPA?

New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) are pollution control standards issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

How is asbestos emitted?

Sources of asbestos emissions include: unpaved roads or driveways surfaced with ultramafic rock, construction activities in ultramafic rock deposits, or rock quarrying activities where ultramafic rock is present. Exposure to asbestos emissions presents a significant risk to human health on a statewide and local level.

What is EPA Neshap?

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) | US EPA. Official websites use .gov.

What is the definition of asbestos containing material ACM?

Asbestos containing material (ACM) means any material or thing that, as part of its design, contains asbestos. Asbestos-contaminated dust or debris (ACD) means dust or debris that has settled within a workplace and is (or assumed to be) contaminated with asbestos.

How do you find ACM?

The key criteria for identifying ACM are the material’s age, uses and features. These criteria, especially in combination, can provide strong evidence whether suspect material is ACM or not. However, often even asbestos professionals cannot be certain. Therefore, suspected ACM should be assumed to be ACM.

What does NSPS apply to?

The NSPS apply to new, modified and reconstructed affected facilities in specific source categories such as manufacturers of glass, cement, rubber tires and wool fiberglass. As of 2013, there are approximately 90 NSPS. The NSPS are developed and implemented by EPA and are delegated to the states.

What is NSPS compliance?

The 1988 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for residential wood heaters required manufacturers of wood stoves to certify that each model line of wood stoves offered for sale in the United States complied with the EPA particulate emissions guidelines in the Clean Air Act.