18VAC15-21-470: Asbestos project monitoring

A. A project monitor is required on asbestos projects performed in buildings that are occupied or intended to be occupied upon completion of the asbestos project exceeding 260 linear feet, 160 square feet, or 35 cubic feet of asbestos-containing material.

B. A project monitor is required on asbestos projects for which the property owner deems it necessary, regardless of whether the scope of the project is less than described in subsection A of this section.

C. Asbestos project monitors must be present when response actions are being conducted or more frequently if in accordance with the owner-approved contractual agreement with the project monitor.

D. Asbestos project monitors must maintain a daily log of all work performed. The daily log will include inspection reports, air sampling data, type of work performed by the asbestos contractor, problems encountered, and corrective action taken.

E. Asbestos project monitors will take final air samples on all abatement projects, except for abatement projects in residential buildings.

F. Prior to reoccupancy of a building following asbestos abatement, the asbestos project monitor will provide the air sample report on the asbestos analytical laboratory's letterhead in the final clearance report.