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Asbestos Resources

EEA Asbestos Training and Certification Programs

Asbestos training includes nine asbestos courses. Environmental Education Associates is accredited by the New York State Department of Health under approval from the USEPA. Each asbestos certification course requires an annual refresher, which varies in length according to discipline. EEA offers competitive pricing, group rates, union member discounts and both off- and on-site training across New York.

This accreditation allows us to present asbestos certification training programs to those who are conducting or intend to conduct, asbestos containing materials (ACM) related activities. Our program meets the New York State Department of Labor and US Environmental Protection Agency requirements for certification.

Those who complete an accredited New York State Health Department asbestos certification training program are eligible to apply to the New York State Department of Labor for an asbestos handlers certificate, specific to the asbestos activities they intend to conduct.

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Important Asbestos Resources

Here’s where you find all the applications, forms, guidelines and regulations you’ll ever need to obtain and maintain your asbestos safety expertise. Take a look at the following documents and let us know if there’s something you need that we can add.  We’re your environmental resource!

Asbestos Course Agendas

Below find course agendas for classes offered by Environmental Education Associates in asbestos at our Brooklyn, Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester locations. These document show daily schedules for how each class day is organized as well as what sections will be covered on each day of the course.

Practice Tests & Review Sheets

Asbestos Course Manuals & Resources

Environmental Education Associates Training Course Manuals

Environmental Education Associates is a proud leader in environmental health and safety training in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Here at EEA we offer accredited courses and training which fullfills federal, state and local requirements with the U.S. EPA, HUD, NYSDOL, OSHA, and NYC. In some cases, EEA has reciprocity agreements where accredited NYS training courses can be recognized in other states. We also provide the necessary refresher courses required to maintain your certification over time. Below are some of our course manuals in the fields of lead, asbestos, mold, and hazardous materials. When you register for and attend one of our courses, specific course manuals will become available to you in print form. The course manual is your guidebook and is rich with the history, facts and technical information needed to safely and responsibly work with these dangerous materials and substances. Feel free to view our manuals on our website. If you have taken a course with us before and would like to print any of the documents below, call 888-436-8338 or email us today.

Our courses in asbestos certify you for positions such as: asbestos worker, handler, supervisor, inspector, air sampling technician, management planner, project monitor, and project designer. We also provide the asbestos worker initial and refresher courses in Spanish.

32 Hours — For any person employed on an asbestos abatement project whose duties involve the removal, encapsulation, application or enclosure of any asbestos containing material (ACM).

16 Hours — For those who perform asbestos abatement air sampling activities. Includes both personal exposure assessment sampling and project area sampling.

16 Hours — For workers whose duties require them to be on an asbestos abatement size and enter a regulated work area, but do not require their handling of asbestos materials, including building management/design, maintenance, and utility personnel.

40 Hours — For those who manage, supervise and act as OSHA certified competent persons during asbestos abatement activities, providing supervision and direction to workers engaged in asbestos removal, encapsulation, enclosure and repair.

16 Hours — For facility or building maintenance staff who conduct asbestos activities that will not exceed the disturbance of not more than twenty-five (25) linear or ten (10) square feet of asbestos containing material.

24 Hours — For any person who plans the scope, timing, phasing and/or remediation methods used on any asbestos abatement project.

40 Hours — For those who oversee the scope, methodology or quality control on an asbestos abatement project (other than contractor/supervisor). Course includes a project site visit.

16 Hours — For those responsible for facility asbestos mitigation, including management of data, response action planning, project scheduling and administration, or coordinates any activities of an operations and maintenance program. Asbestos inspector training is a prerequisite.

24 Hours — For individuals who investigate or conduct surveys for asbestos containing materials. Includes building renovation, building demolition, property assessment and property appraisal practices.

Presentations

We’ve had many requests over the years for access to our Power Point presentations.  Feel free to use them “as is” for your own knowledge or internal presentations. We’d appreciate that they don’t end up in any “commercial” presentations.

Asbestos Laws & Regulations

When working within the Asbestos remediation industry, contractors, workers and handlers of asbestos must have good knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern worker safety, and proper removal and disposal of this hazardous material. Below is information on the laws that pertain to asbestos removal as well as links to federal, state and local agencies who oversee and enforce asbestos regulations.

Federal Regulations Regarding Asbestos 

 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a federal organization that works in tandem with the state organizations in an effort to protect the public from asbestos contamination. They regulate any asbestos abatement projects in residences of more than four units, commercial buildings, and Federal facilities. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) enforces the AHERA and the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), and regulates ACM abatements in residences of more than 4 units, commercial buildings and Federal facilities. The NESHAP regulations include the emission of asbestos containing material. USEPA may be reached at telephone number (212) 637-4080 and USEPA’s fax number is (212) 637-3998.

Click here for a complete listing of EPA Regulations

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has recently revised their regulations to protect workers from the hazards of asbestos.aturally

Click here for a complete listing of OSHA Regulations

 State Regulations of the Asbestos Industry

 New York State

New York State Department of Health regulations for the training of workers in the asbestos abatement industry and regulations concerning asbestos safety training providers.

New York State Department of Labor regulations relating to the hazards to public safety and health during the removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, or the disturbance of friable and non-friable asbestos, or any handling of asbestos material that may result in the release of asbestos fiber.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation-Solid Waste Management Facilities regulations including definitions of asbestos waste, transfer stations, and land disposal issues.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation-Waste Transporter Permits regulations including waste transportation, transport permits, and asbestos transportation tracking.

 New Jersey

The NJDEP regulates only the management, transportation and disposal of ACM. In concert with county health departments, the Department investigates reports of unregistered transporters, illegal disposal and oversees the review of the 10-day notification submissions required by 40 CFR 61.145 to 61.155 and N.J.A.C. 7:26-2.12.

The Department of Labor (DOL), Asbestos Control and Licensing Section, licenses asbestos abatement contractors and issues performance permit identification cards to abatement workers and supervisors employed by those contractors. In the effort to protect public health and safety, DOL enforces the Asbestos Control and Licensing Act (N.J.S.A. 34:5A-32 et seq.) by conducting inspections involving the abatement of friable and non-friable asbestos containing materials in ALL private, public, commercial and residential buildings in New Jersey, including those asbestos projects performed in schools and public buildings under the Asbestos Hazard Abatement Sub-Code. DOL investigates illegal or improper abatements in any type of building, and routinely inspects the work of licensed contractors and their employees. DOL may be reached at telephone number (609) 633-2159. DOL’s fax number is (609) 633-0664.

The Department of Community Affairs (DCA), Asbestos/Lead Unit certifies asbestos safety technicians and authorizes asbestos safety control monitoring firms; provides information on methods of asbestos remediation for projects under the jurisdiction of N.J.A.C. 5:23-8 (educational facilities, public buildings, daycare center or nursery.) DCA enforces the provisions of the Asbestos Hazard Abatement Sub-Code pertaining to schools and public buildings. DCA investigates complaints and routinely inspects the work of monitors. DCA may be reached at telephone number (609) 633-6224. DCA’ s fax number is (609) 633-1040.

The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is the lead agency for asbestos and environmental health information, administers the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), provides site audits and Quality Assurance/Quality Control program for asbestos abatement in schools. DHSS also provides training and accreditation for asbestos training providers and conducts studies to evaluate asbestos abatement and management methods. DHSS may be reached at telephone number (609) 631-6749 and the DHSS fax number is (609) 588-7618.

Municipal Regulations of the Asbestos Industry

New York City
  • New York City Department of Environmental Protection Asbestos control program regulations that apply to all asbestos abatement activities occurring within the City of New York. This includes owners of buildings where asbestos abatement activity occurs and contractors engaged in asbestos abatement activities.
 Ontario Provincial Regulations

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