Superfund

Asbestos at Superfund Sites: National Policy Directives

This section provides EPA on-scene coordinators and remedial project managers with a comprehensive record of Agency directives and policies related to asbestos.

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This EPA memorandum summarizes the Clean Air Act Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations and clarifies their applicability to cleanups at CERCLA sites. Similarly, the memorandum addresses worker-protection safety regulations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act that apply to CERCLA actions.

This supplemental guidance provides recommendations for evaluating the protectiveness of a remedy for asbestos contamination at Superfund sites during a five-year review.

This guidance document provides EPA managers and staff with NESHAPs and asbestos cleanup responsibilities with information on how to address asbestos issues that may arise during catastrophic situations.
 

This memorandum provides EPA Regions with guidance for conducting removal site evaluations at residential asbestos contamination sites associated with vermiculite ore from Libby, Montana.

This EPA memorandum clarifies that Regions should develop risk-based, site-specific action levels to determine the need for response actions when materials containing less than 1 percent asbestos (including chrysotile and amphibole asbestos) are found at a site. Regions should not assume that materials containing less than 1 percent asbestos do not pose an unreasonable risk to human health