CAL/EPA, EPA PLAN ASBESTOS RISK ASSESSMENT TO PRODUCE RULE FACTORS

Health hazard office, air board and U.S. EPA officials plan to launch a risk assessment for naturally occurring asbestos to produce key factors that local officials and other regulators can use to craft future emission reduction rules for construction and related projects, according to EPA Region IX officials. The air board will also review two of its asbestos air toxic control measures (ATCMs) to determine whether they need to be updated, or if a new ATCM should be drafted, the...