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CDPHE Background
The CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division’s experts provide essential support to comply with air pollution laws regulating asbestos-containing materials, including safe handling, disposal, certification, and permitting under the asbestos regulations. Colorado Air Quality Control Commission Regulation 8, Part B outlines the requirements for asbestos abatement activities. Additionally, the Colorado Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission's Regulations Pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal Sites and Facilities, 6 CCR 1007-2 Part 1, Section 5, establishes requirements for the disposal of asbestos waste and the management of asbestos-contaminated soil, in accordance with the Colorado asbestos guidelines.
This page offers comprehensive support and guidance for managing asbestos across various sectors and industries.
Buildings of any age may contain asbestos-containing materials. If the components that will be disturbed exceed the trigger levels, they must be inspected for asbestos by a Colorado-certified Asbestos Building Inspector before work commences. An exception may be made if the building, or portions thereof, were constructed after October 12, 1988, and if, after due diligence, the architect or project engineer responsible for the construction of the building, or a Colorado certified Asbestos Building Inspector, completes a form specified by the division indicating that no asbestos-containing material was used in the initial construction or subsequent renovations (if applicable).
Trigger levels for Single-Family Residential Dwellings include: 50 linear feet on pipes, 32 square feet on other surfaces, and a volume equivalent to a 55-gallon drum. For Public and Commercial Buildings, the trigger levels are: 260 linear feet on pipes, 160 square feet on other surfaces, and also a volume equivalent to a 55-gallon drum. Under many circumstances, a Colorado-certified General Abatement Contractor must remove asbestos-containing material that is or may become regulated before it is disturbed by renovation or demolition activities.
A written application to the division for a notice or permit may be required, along with payment of a fee and a ten-working-day notification period (emergencies may be expedited) before the removal of regulated asbestos-containing materials can begin. All asbestos-containing material waste must be disposed of at an approved asbestos waste disposal site, regardless of the quantity or the necessity for a notice/permit.
Types of Asbestos work
Abatement
Renovation
Renovation
Asbestos abatement is the removal of friable asbestos-containing material or materials that will be rendered friable in amounts greater than the above trigger levels.
- Removal, in accordance with Regulation 8, Part B, is required if the amount of asbestos-containing material that is friable or will become friable during demolition exceeds the trigger levels.
- Abatement must be conducted by a Colorado-certified General Abatement Contractor (GAC).
- The GAC must submit an Asbestos Abatement Notification and Permit Application form to the division along with payment of a permit fee.
- A ten working-day notification period is required before the work can commence.
- The GAC must follow all other regulations (e.g. OSHA) and disposal requirements (HAZ).
Renovation
Renovation
Renovation
Renovation is any alteration to one or more components in or on a facility. Examples of renovation work include replacement or repair of mechanical ventilation systems, pipes, ceilings, walls, flooring (including floor tiles), and insulating materials. Renovation may also include the construction of additions or the modification of existing components where tie-ins, joints, or other intersections may occur. For renovation activities that impact friable asbestos-containing material or asbestos-containing material that may be rendered friable, see Abatement. Removal of non-friable asbestos-containing material that will not be rendered friable by the removal activity falls under Renovation.
- Removal, in accordance with Regulation 8, Part B, is required if the amount of asbestos-containing material that is non-friable exceeds the trigger levels. Material must not be rendered friable during removal.
- Removal of friable asbestos-containing materials in excess of trigger levels must be conducted by a Colorado-certified General Abatement Contractor (GAC). Other contractors may remove non-friable materials if done in accordance with Regulation 8, Part B.
- The contractor must submit an Asbestos Abatement Notification and Permit Application form to the division along with payment of a permit fee.
- A ten working-day notification period is required before the work can commence.
- The contractor must follow all other regulations (e.g. OSHA) and disposal requirements.
Demolition
Demolition is the wrecking or taking out of any load-supporting structural member of a facility, together with any related handling operations or the intentional burning of any facility.
If you demolish, perform destructive salvage, perform de-construction, burn, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, implode, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck all of a structure or any structural components, or you move a building, you are may be subject to State asbestos and Federal regulations even when there is no asbestos in the facility.
The building or area of the building to be demolished must be inspected for asbestos by a Colorado-certified asbestos inspector.
- In accordance with Regulation 8, Part B, removal is required if the amount of asbestos-containing material that is friable or will become friable during demolition exceeds the trigger levels.
- A ten working-day notification period is required before the demolition can commence.
- A Demolition Notification Application Form must be submitted to the division, even if no asbestos was found during the inspection, along with payment of a notification fee.
- Inform all contractors of asbestos-containing material in amounts less than the trigger levels or any asbestos-containing material remaining in the building.
- Follow all other regulations (e.g. OSHA) and disposal requirements (HAZ).
- Obtain local permits if required.
During demolition, the recycling of materials, such as concrete or wood, bonded or contaminated with asbestos-containing material, such as floor tile or mastic, is not permitted. Demolition of a building that has any non-friable asbestos-containing vinyl asbestos tile or tar-impregnated roofing materials in excess of trigger levels must be completed without causing the asbestos-containing materials to become friable. If possible, concrete floors covered with floor tile shall be removed in large sections. Operations such as crushing or pneumatic jacking of materials containing asbestos are not permitted. When imploding or burning a structure, all asbestos-containing material, regardless of type or quantity, must be removed before any work.