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932 40 CFR Ch. I (7–1–11 Edition) § 763.120 Sinai School of Medicine of the City Univer- sity of New York, New York, New York. 19. A. M. Langer, M. S. Wolff, A. N. Rohl, and I. J. Selikoff, Variation of properties of chrysotile asbestos subjected to milling, J. Toxicol. and Environ. Health, 4:173–188, 1978. 20. A. M. Langer, A. D. Mackler, and F. D. Pooley, Electron microscopical investigation of asbestos fibers, Environ. Health Perspect., 9:63–80, 1974. 21. E. Occella and G. Maddalon, X-ray dif- fraction characteristics of some types of as- bestos in relation to different techniques of comminution, Med. Lavoro, 54(10):628–636, 1963. 22. K. R. Spurny, W. Sto ¨ ber, H. Opiela, and G. Weiss, On the problem of milling and ul- trasonic treatment of asbestos and glass fi- bers in biological and analytical applica- tions, Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J., 41:198–203, 1980. 23. L. G. Berry and B. Mason, Mineralogy, San Francisco: W. H. Greeman & Co., 1959. 24. J. P. Schelz, The detection of chrysotile asbestos at low levels in talc by differential thermal analysis, Thermochimica Acta, 8:197– 204, 1974. 25. Reference 1, pp. 372–374. 26. J. Leroux, Staub-Reinhalt Luft, 29:26 (English), 1969. 27. J. A. Leroux, B. C. Davey, and A. Paillard, Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J., 34:409, 1973. [47 FR 23369, May 27, 1982; 47 FR 38535, Sept. 1, 1982; Redesignated at 60 FR 31922, June 19, 1995] Subpart F [Reserved] Subpart G—Asbestos Worker Protection SOURCE: 65 FR 69216, Nov. 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted. § 763.120 What is the purpose of this subpart? This subpart protects certain State and local government employees who are not protected by the Asbestos Standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This subpart applies the OSHA Asbes- tos Standards in 29 CFR 1910.1001 and 29 CFR 1926.1101 to these employees. § 763.121 Does this subpart apply to me? If you are a State or local govern- ment employer and you are not subject to a State asbestos standard that OSHA has approved under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act or a State asbestos plan that EPA has exempted from the requirements of this subpart under § 763.123, you must follow the requirements of this subpart to protect your employees from occu- pational exposure to asbestos. § 763.122 What does this subpart re- quire me to do? If you are a State or local govern- ment employer whose employees per- form: (a) Construction activities identified in 29 CFR 1926.1101(a), you must: (1) Comply with the OSHA standards in 29 CFR 1926.1101. (2) Submit notifications required for alternative control methods to the Di- rector, National Program Chemicals Division (7404), Office of Pollution Pre- vention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. (b) Custodial activities not associ- ated with the construction activities identified in 29 CFR 1926.1101(a), you must comply with the OSHA standards in 29 CFR 1910.1001. (c) Repair, cleaning, or replacement of asbestos-containing clutch plates and brake pads, shoes, and linings, or removal of asbestos-containing residue from brake drums or clutch housings, you must comply with the OSHA standards in 29 CFR 1910.1001. § 763.123 May a State implement its own asbestos worker protection plan? This section describes the process under which a State may be exempted from the requirements of this subpart. (a) States seeking an exemption. If your State wishes to implement its own as- bestos worker protection plan, rather than complying with the requirements of this subpart, your State must apply for and receive an exemption from EPA. (1) What must my State do to apply for an exemption? To apply for an exemp- tion from the requirements of this sub- part, your State must send to the Di- rector of EPA's Office of Pollution Pre- vention and Toxics (OPPT) a copy of its asbestos worker protection regula- tions and a detailed explanation of how your State's asbestos worker protec- tion plan meets the requirements of TSCA section 18 (15 U.S.C. 2617). VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:57 Aug 29, 2011 Jkt 223174 PO 00000 Frm 00942 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\40\40V31.TXT ofr150 PsN: PC150

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