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Asbestos in Soil Workgroup
Register for this workgroup, email: Sarah.Weinstein@state.ma.us

Meetings & Agendas (when available)

No meetings scheduled at this time

Handouts/Publications/Background/Historical Information

10/11/07 - Proposed AIS regulations

Web Page

8/11/06 - Handouts from 8/10/06 Workgroup Meeting

MS Excel Spreadsheet Summarizing Data 1.2 MB | PDF 37 KB 
MS Word Compilation of Data Sheets 429 KB | PDF 230 KB

Handout from the January 27, 2004, Workgroup Meeting

MS Word 67 KB | PDF 48 KB

Notes from telephone conversation with Wayne Berman regarding his method for determination of Asbestos in Soils

Web page

Analytical Methods to Risk Assessment
Paul Locke, MassDEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

MS Word 644 KB | PDF 516 KB

Federal Requirements Governing Asbestos-Containing Waste Materials and Its Disposal
Wayne R. Toland, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

MS Word 17 KB | PDF 139 KB 

MassDEP Asbestos Regulations
Glenn Keith, MassDEP Bureau of Waste Prevention

MS Word 243 KB | PDF 87 KB 

Paul Locke, MassDEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup

MS Word 103 KB | PDF 75 KB  

Handout for the March 18, 2003, Workgroup Meeting

MS Word 388 KB | PDF 790 KB 

Protocol for Screening Soil and Sediment Samples for Asbestos Content Used by the EPA Region 1 Laboratory

US EPA Web site

Links of Interest

MassDEP Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup Numerical Standards Workgroup

Web page

MassDEP Bureau of Waste Prevention Asbestos Program

Web page

EPA: Libby Asbestos Site

USEPA Web site

Report on the Peer Consultation Workshop On a Proposed Asbestos Cancer Risk  Assessment

USEPA Web site 

Interim Asbestos NESHAP Enforcement Guidance: "Friable Asbestos" 1% by Area or Volume vs. 1% by Weight

USEPA Web site

EPA Monitoring Data from New York City
post-September 11, 2001

USEPA Web site

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

Potential Exposures to  Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center, New York City
CDC Web site

Other States

Colorado

Colorado Solid Waste Regulations

Guidance Document

Minnesota

Asbestos Guidance on Excavation Projects
Minnesota PCA Web site

New Hampshire

Guidance for Managing Asbestos Disposal Sites 
New Hampshire DES Web site

Pennsylvania

Report on Development of a Media Specific Soil Standard for Asbestos
Pennsylvania DEP Web site

 

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