§ 2642. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter—
(1)
Accredited asbestos contractor
The term “accredited asbestos contractor” means a person accredited pursuant to the provisions of section
2646 of this title.
(2)
Administrator
The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(4)
Asbestos-containing material
The term “asbestos-containing material” means any material which contains more than 1 percent asbestos by weight.
(5)
EPA guidance document
The term “Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Material in Buildings”, means the Environmental Protection Agency document with such title as in effect on March 31, 1986.
(6)
Friable asbestos-containing material
The term “friable asbestos-containing material” means any asbestos-containing material applied on ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, duct work, or any other part of a building which when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. The term includes non-friable asbestos-containing material after such previously non-friable material becomes damaged to the extent that when dry it may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(8)
Most current guidance document
The term “most current guidance document” means the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Material in Buildings” as modified by the Environmental Protection Agency after March 31, 1986.
(9)
Non-profit elementary or secondary school
The term “non-profit elementary or secondary school” means any elementary or secondary school (as defined in section
7801 of title
20) owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
(10)
Public and commercial building
The term “public and commercial building” means any building which is not a school building, except that the term does not include any residential apartment building of fewer than 10 units.
(11)
Response action
The term “response action” means methods that protect human health and the environment from asbestos-containing material. Such methods include methods described in chapters 3 and 5 of the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-Containing Materials in Buildings”.
(13)
School building
The term “school building” means—
(A)
any structure suitable for use as a classroom, including a school facility such as a laboratory, library, school eating facility, or facility used for the preparation of food,
(B)
any gymnasium or other facility which is specially designed for athletic or recreational activities for an academic course in physical education,
(14)
State
The term “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Virgin Islands.