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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 26.11.23.01" title_num="26" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="23" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“ACBM” means asbestos-containing building material and includes surfacing ACM, thermal system insulation ACM, or miscellaneous ACM that is found in or on internal structural members or other parts of a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>School building; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public and commercial building.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Accreditation” means approval by the Department to engage in an asbestos occupation pursuant to Regulation .03 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“ACM” means asbestos-containing material and includes any material or product which contains more than 1 percent asbestos.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Chrysotile (serpentine);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Crocidolite (riebeckite);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Amosite (cummingtonitegrunerite);</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Anthophyllite;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Tremolite; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Actinolite.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Asbestos abatement” means any activity involving job set-up, removal, encapsulation, enclosure, renovation, repair, demolition, construction, alteration, or maintenance of asbestos-containing material.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Asbestos occupation” means any job as asbestos abatement worker, asbestos abatement contractor/supervisor, inspector, management planner, or abatement project designer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Demolition” means the wrecking or taking out of any load-supporting structural member and any related removing or stripping of asbestos materials.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Encapsulate” means to coat, bind, or resurface walls, ceilings, pipes, or other structures to prevent friable asbestos from becoming airborne.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Enclosure” means the construction or installation over or around the ACM of any solid or flexible coverings, which will not deteriorate or decompose for an extended period of time, so as to conceal the ACM, contain ACM fibers, and render the ACM inaccessible.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Inspector” means an individual performing on-site investigations to locate, identify, classify, record, sample, test, and assess the condition of all friable and nonfriable asbestos-containing materials located within a structure that is a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>School building; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public and commercial building.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Interior Space.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Interior space” means an area inside a school building or public and commercial building.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Interior space” includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>An exterior hallway connecting buildings;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>A portico; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A mechanical system used to condition interior space.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Management planner” means an individual using an inspector's data to assess the ACM's hazard, determine appropriate response actions, develop a schedule for implementing the response actions, and prepare management plans for a school building.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Maryland school” means any elementary or secondary school as defined in §198 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. §2854, and that is in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Project designer” means an individual who determines how an asbestos abatement project is conducted in a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>School building; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public and commercial building.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Public and Commercial Building.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Public and commercial building” means the interior space of any building that is not a school building.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Public and commercial building” includes, but is not limited to:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Industrial and office building;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Residential apartment building of 10 or more dwelling units;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Condominium of 10 or more dwelling units;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Government-owned building;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>College;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>Museum;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>Airport;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(viii)">
          <text>Hospital;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ix)">
          <text>Church;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(x)">
          <text>Store;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(xi)">
          <text>Warehouse; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(xii)">
          <text>Factory.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Public and commercial building” does not include a residential apartment building of fewer than 10 dwelling units, a condominium of fewer than 10 dwelling units, or a detached single-family home.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Public and commercial building asbestos project” means an activity involving the inspection of, project design for, or asbestos abatement in, a public and commercial building.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Removal” means the physical removal of ACM from a building and disposal of the ACM according to all applicable regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Repair” means returning damaged ACM to an undamaged condition or to an intact state to prevent fiber release.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“School asbestos project” means any activity involving the inspection of, management plan development for, project design for, or asbestos abatement in a Maryland school.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“Structural member” means any:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Load-supporting member such as beams and load-supporting walls; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Nonsupporting member such as ceilings and nonload supporting walls.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>Supervisor.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Supervisor”, for a school asbestos abatement project, means an individual responsible for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Oversight or contracting; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Directing the work of others involved in school asbestos abatement projects.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Supervisor”, for a public and commercial asbestos abatement project, means an individual responsible for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Oversight or contracting; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Directing the work of others involved in public and commercial building asbestos abatement projects.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>“Worker” means an individual who engages in an asbestos abatement project in a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>School building; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Public and commercial building.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>