NR 447.02(27)(27) “Nonfriable ACM” means any material containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E to Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04 (28), that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure. NR 447.02(28)(28) “Nonscheduled renovation operation” means a renovation operation necessitated by the routine failure of equipment, which is expected to occur within a given period based on past operating experience, but for which an exact date cannot be predicted. NR 447.02(29)(29) “Outside air” means the air outside buildings and structures, including, but not limited to, the air under a bridge or in an open air ferry dock. NR 447.02(30)(30) “Owner or operator of a demolition or renovation activity” means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises the facility being demolished or renovated or any person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises the demolition or renovation operation, or both. NR 447.02(31)(31) “Particulate asbestos material” means finely divided particles of asbestos or asbestos-containing material. NR 447.02(32)(32) “Planned renovation operations” means a renovation operation, or a number of such operations, in which some RACM will be removed or stripped within a given period of time and that can be predicted. “Planned renovation operations” includes individual nonscheduled renovation operations if a number of such operations can be predicted to occur during a given period of time based on operating experience. NR 447.02(33)(33) “Regulated asbestos-containing material” or “RACM” means: NR 447.02(33)(c)(c) Category I nonfriable ACM that will be or has been subjected to sanding, grinding, cutting or abrading; or NR 447.02(33)(d)(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 regulated by this chapter. NR 447.02(34)(34) “Remove” means to take out RACM or facility components that contain or are covered with RACM from any facility. NR 447.02(35)(35) “Renovation” means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of RACM from a facility component. NR 447.02 NoteNote: Operations in which load-supporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions.
NR 447.02(36)(36) “Resilient floor covering” means asbestos-containing floor tile, including asphalt and vinyl floor tile and sheet vinyl floor covering containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using polarized light microscopy according to the method specified in Appendix E to Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, incorporated by reference in s. NR 484.04 (28). NR 447.02(37)(37) “Roadways” means surfaces on which vehicles travel. This term includes public and private highways, roads, streets, parking areas and driveways. NR 447.02(38)(38) “Strip” means to take off RACM from any part of a facility or facility component. NR 447.02(39)(39) “Structural member” means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load supporting walls; or any non-load supporting member, such as ceilings and non-load supporting walls. NR 447.02(40)(40) “Visible emissions” means any emissions, which are visually detectable without the aid of instruments, coming from RACM or asbestos-containing waste material, or from any asbestos milling, manufacturing or fabricating operation. This does not include condensed, uncombined water vapor. NR 447.02(41)(41) “Waste generator” means any owner or operator of a source covered by this chapter whose act or process produces asbestos-containing waste material. NR 447.02(43)(43) “Working day” means Monday through Friday and includes holidays that fall on any of the days Monday through Friday. NR 447.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, October, 1992, No. 442, eff. 11-1-92; am. (intro.), (1) (a), (16), (27), (36), r. (4), Register, December, 1995, No. 480, eff. 1-1-96; am. (3), Register, November, 1999, No. 527, eff. 12-1-99; CR 02-097: renum. NR 445.02 (2) to be NR 447.02 (4), am. (intro.) Register June 2004 No. 582, eff. 7-1-04. NR 447.03(1)(1) Each owner or operator of an asbestos mill shall either discharge no visible emissions to the outside air from that asbestos mill, including fugitive sources, or use the methods specified by s. NR 447.15 to clean emissions containing particulate asbestos material before they escape to, or are vented to, the outside air. NR 447.03(2)(2) Each owner or operator of an asbestos mill shall meet all of the following requirements: NR 447.03(2)(a)(a) Monitor each potential source of asbestos emissions from any part of the mill facility, including air cleaning devices, process equipment and buildings that house equipment for material processing and handling, at least once each day, during daylight hours, for visible emissions to the outside air during periods of operation. The monitoring shall be by visual observation of at least 15 seconds duration per source of emissions. NR 447.03(2)(b)(b) Inspect each air cleaning device at least once each week for proper operation and for changes that signal the potential for malfunction, including, to the maximum extent possible without dismantling other than opening the device, the presence of tears, holes and abrasions in filter bags and for dust deposits on the clean side of bags. For air cleaning devices that cannot be inspected on a weekly basis according to this section, submit to the department, and revise as necessary, a written maintenance plan to include, at a minimum, the following: