N.Y. Labor Law 906 – Regulations
§ 906. Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes and provisions of this article and to comply with the requirements of the Federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act and any other applicable federal standards. Such regulations shall include but not be limited to (1) standards for asbestos projects including methods of removing, encapsulating, enclosing or disturbing friable asbestos and standards for any handling of asbestos material which may result in the creation of friable asbestos or any handling of asbestos material that may result in the release of asbestos fibers, as shall be necessary to protect the public health and safety and shall include regulations which will permit such disturbance that results from actions that are necessary to abate an emergency which poses an immediate threat to safety or the public health; (2) standards for asbestos projects and in-plant operations setting licensing and certification requirements; and (3) standards for asbestos projects and in-plant operations setting goal air monitoring and clearance requirements, including those necessary to insure that asbestos work is properly designated as an in-plant operation as defined in subdivision twelve of section nine hundred one of this chapter.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 906
- Asbestos: means any naturally occurring hydrated mineral silicate separable into commercially usable fibers, including chrysotile (serpentine), amosite (cummingtonite-grunerite), crocidolite (riebeckite), tremolite, anthrophyllite and actinolite. See N.Y. Labor Law 901
- Asbestos material: means any material containing more than one percent by weight of asbestos. See N.Y. Labor Law 901
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor. See N.Y. Labor Law 901
- Friable: means any material that when dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, crushed or reduced to powder by hand pressure or is capable of being released into the air by hand pressure. See N.Y. Labor Law 901
- In-plant operations: means work within the premises of an employer other than the state, any political subdivision of the state, a public authority or other governmental agency or instrumentality thereof, in an area to which persons other than employees of that employer directly involved in the work will not have access during the course of the work and which is performed in a manner consistent with federal regulations promulgated under the federal occupational safety and health act pursuant to chapter 15 of title twenty-nine of the United States code, and is performed in a manner which will not expose the public or employees of that employer not directly involved with the asbestos project to asbestos fibers in excess of background levels or . See N.Y. Labor Law 901