Airborne asbestos concentrations three years after abatement in seventeen schools
HERO ID
3970146
Reference Type
Technical Report
Year
1993
Language
English
| HERO ID | 3970146 |
|---|---|
| Year | 1993 |
| Title | Airborne asbestos concentrations three years after abatement in seventeen schools |
| Authoring Organization | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Publisher Text | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory |
| City | Cincinnati, OH |
| Abstract | From 1988 through 1991, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory (RAEL) and the New Jersey Department of Health's (NJDOH) Environmental Health Service (EHS) conducted air monitoring in 17 schools in New Jersey to determine the effectiveness of 1heir asbestos control programs. In 1988, a study was conducted to document Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act final clearance concentrations of asbestos at these 17 schools. The findings of this study prompted a followup study in 1990 to determine the airborne asbestos concentrations 2 yr after the abatement efforts in these schools. Although the data from the 1990 study provided information regarding airborne asbestos levels during simulated occupancy conditions 2 yr after abatement, whether these data were representative of levels during actual occupancy was equivocal. Another followup study was conducted in May 1991 to determine the airborne asbestos concentrations in these 17 schools during actual occupied conditions. Eight of the sites showed airborne asbestos levels above the AHERA criteria of 70 s/mm2• Reentrainment of residual asbestos containing debris from the 1988 abatement or operations and maintenance (O&M) activities may have contributed to the elevated airborne asbestos concentrations measured during the May 1991 study. This Project Summary was developed by EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, to announce key findings of the research project that is fully documented in a separate report of the same title (see Project report ordering information at back). |
| Report Number | EPA/600/SR-93/152 |
| Url | https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi/30003WJW.PDF?Dockey=30003WJW.PDF |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Number Of Pages | 8 |
| Comments | ICF NOTE: 1113-Asb-49.pdf |
| Is Public | No |
| Language Text | English |
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