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ASTM E1368-05e1

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Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects

Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects

SCOPE
1.1 This practice covers procedures for performing visual inspections of asbestos response actions to:
1.1.1 Establish the extent of the required work before it begins;
1.1.2 Determine the progress and quality of the work and evaluate the completeness of the response action; and
1.1.3 Evaluate the cleanliness of the work area prior to final air testing for clearance (if performed), and subsequent to dismantling of critical barriers.
1.2 This practice can be used on an abatement project, or for operations and maintenance (OM) work, performed by the building owner's staff. It can also be used in conjunction with contract documents between the building owner and other parties involved in an abatement project. Note 1
Standard contract documents (such as AIA and EJCDC documents) define contractual relationships and responsibilities for projects within the construction industry. Asbestos abatement projects differ from traditional construction projects in the manner of their design and execution, as well as in the type and level of oversight required to substantiate their successful completion. Non-traditional responsibilities are given to the building owner, project designer, and abatement contractor by this practice. Furthermore, responsibilities related to project oversight, inspections, and approvals are placed upon an additional non-traditional representative of the building owner; the project monitor, as defined by this practice. All parties are cautioned that the subject authorities and corresponding responsibilities be understood, mutually agreed upon, and correspondingly addressed with appropriate modifications, if necessary, to the contract documents for a specific project.
1.3 This practice provides the following information:
1.3.1 The objectives of the visual inspection process;
1.3.2 The responsibilities and qualifications of the individuals involved in the visual inspections;
1.3.3 The schedule of visual inspection activities during an abatement project and OM work;
1.3.4 The inspection procedures for the various types of abatement work and OM tasks; and
1.3.5 The criteria for certifying work as complete on the basis of the visual inspections.
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only and are not considered standard.
1.5 Warning-Asbestos fibers are acknowledged carcinogens. Breathing asbestos fibers can result in disease of the lungs including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Precautions in this standard practice should be taken to avoid creating and breathing airborne asbestos particles from materials known or suspected to contain asbestos. See for regulatory requirements addressing asbestos.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific safety statements, see 12.2.

General Information

Status
Historical
Publication Date
30-Apr-2005
ICS
13.030.30 - Special wastes
Technical Committee
D22 - Air Quality
Drafting Committee
D22.07 - Sampling, Analysis, Management of Asbestos, and Other Microscopic Particles
Current Stage
Ref Project

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Replaces
ASTM E1368-05 - Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects
Effective Date
01-May-2005
Replaced By
ASTM E1368-11 - Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects
Effective Date
01-Oct-2011
Referred By
ASTM D7886-14(2019)e1 - Standard Practice for Asbestos Exposure Assessments for Repetitive Maintenance and Installation Tasks
Effective Date
01-May-2005
Referred By
ASTM E2394-11(2020)e1 - Standard Practice for Maintenance, Renovation, and Repair of Installed Asbestos Cement Products
Effective Date
01-May-2005
Referred By
ASTM E2356-18 - Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys
Effective Date
01-May-2005
Referred By
ASTM E1494-18 - Standard Practice for Testing Physical Properties of Friable Surfacing Materials
Effective Date
01-May-2005
Referred By
ASTM E1513/E1513M-93(2023) - Standard Practice for Application of Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials (SFRMs)
Effective Date
01-May-2005

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Designation: E1368 – 05
Standard Practice for
1
Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1368; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1
´ NOTE—Asbestos warning editorially added in June 2006.
1. Scope 1.3.5 The criteria for certifying work as complete on the
basis of the visual inspections.
1.1 This practice covers procedures for performing visual
1.4 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded
inspections of asbestos response actions to:
as standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical
1.1.1 Establish the extent of the required work before it
conversions to SI units that are provided for information only
begins;
and are not considered standard.
1.1.2 Determine the progress and quality of the work and
1.5 Warning—Asbestos fibers are acknowledged carcino-
evaluate the completeness of the response action; and
gens. Breathing asbestos fibers can result in disease of the
1.1.3 Evaluate the cleanliness of the work area prior to final
lungs including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma.
air testing for clearance (if performed), and subsequent to
Precautions in this standard practice should be taken to avoid
dismantling of critical barriers.
creating and breathing airborne asbestos particles from mate-
1.2 Thispracticecanbeusedonanabatementproject,orfor
rials known or suspected to contain asbestos. See 2.2 for
operations and maintenance (O&M) work, performed by the
regulatory requirements addressing asbestos.
building owner’s staff. It can also be used in conjunction with
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
contract documents between the building owner and other
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
parties involved in an abatement project.
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
NOTE 1—Standard contract documents (such as AIA and EJCDC
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
documents) define contractual relationships and responsibilities for proj-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. For specific safety
ects within the construction industry. Asbestos abatement projects differ
statements, see 12.2.
from traditional construction projects in the manner of their design and
execution, as well as in the type and level of oversight required to
2. Referenced Documents
substantiate their successful completion. Non-traditional responsibilities
2
are given to the building owner, project designer, and abatement contrac- 2.1 ASTM Standards:
tor by this practice. Furthermore, responsibilities related to project
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
oversight, inspections, and approvals are placed upon an additional
E736 Test Method for Cohesion/Adhesion of Sprayed Fire-
non-traditional representative of the building owner; the project monitor,
Resistive Materials Applied to Structural Members
as defined by this practice. All parties are cautioned that the subject
E1494 Practice for Encapsulants for Spray- or Trowel-
authorities and corresponding responsibilities be understood, mutually
Applied Friable Asbestos-Containing Building Materials
agreed upon, and correspondingly addressed with appropriate modifica-
E2356 Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Sur-
tions, if necessary, to the contract documents for a specific project.
veys
1.3 This practice provides the following information:
E2394 Practice for Maintenance, Renovation and Repair of
1.3.1 The objectives of the visual inspection process;
Installed Asbestos Cement Products
1.3.2 The responsibilities and qualifications of the individu-
2.2 Other Documents:
als involved in the visual inspections;
EPA 560/5-85-024 Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-
1.3.3 The schedule of visual inspection activities during an
3
Containing Materials in Buildings
abatement project and O&M work;
EPA 20T-2003 Managing Asbestos in Place: A Building
1.3.4 The inspection procedures for the various types of
Owner’s Guide to Operations and Maintenance Programs
abatement work and O&M tasks; and
1 2
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor- For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
mance of Building Constructions and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
E06.24 on Building Preservation and Rehabilitation Technology. Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Current edition approved May 1, 2005. Published May 2005.
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Standard Guide for Characterization of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Support of Interim Storage, Transportation and Geologic Repository Disposal

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 In order to demonstrate conformance to regulatory requirements and support the post-closure repository performance assessment information is required about the attributes, characteristics, and behavior of the SNF. These properties of the SNF in turn support the transport, interim storage, and repository pre-closure safety analyses, and repository post-closure performance assessment. In the United States, the interim dry storage of commercial LWR SNF is regulated per the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 72, which requires that the cladding must not sustain during the interim storage period any “gross” damage sufficient to release fuel from the cladding into the container environment. In other countries, the appropriate governing body will set regulations regarding interim dry storage of commercial LWR SNF. However, cladding damage insufficient to allow the release of fuel during the interim storage period may still occur in the form of small cracks or pinholes that can develop into much larger defects. These cracks/pinholes could be sufficient to classify the fuel as “failed fuel” or “breached fuel” per the definitions given in Section 3 for repository disposal purposes, because they could allow contact of water vapor or liquid with the spent fuel matrix and thus provide a pathway for radionuclide release from the waste form. Therefore SNF characterization should be adequate to determine the amount of “failed fuel” for either usage as required. This could involve the examination of reactor operating records, ultrasonic testing, sipping, and analysis of the residual water and drying kinetics of the spent fuel assemblies or canisters.  
5.2 Regulations in each country may contain constraints and limitations on the chemical or physical (or both) properties and long-term degradation behavior of the spent fuel and HLW in the repository. Evaluating the design and performance of the waste form (WF), waste packaging (WP), and the rest of the engineered barrie...
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1.1 This guide provides guidance for the types and extent of testing that would be involved in characterizing the physical and chemical nature of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) in support of its interim storage, transport, and disposal in a geologic repository. This guide applies primarily to commercial light water reactor (LWR) spent fuel and spent fuel from weapons production, although the individual tests/analyses may be used as applicable to other spent fuels such as those from research reactors, test reactors, molten salt reactors and mixed oxide (MOX) spent fuel. The testing is designed to provide information that supports the design, safety analysis, and performance assessment of a geologic repository for the ultimate disposal of the SNF.  
1.2 The testing described includes characterization of such physical attributes as physical appearance, weight, density, shape/geometry, degree, and type of SNF cladding damage. The testing described also includes the measurement/examination of such chemical attributes as radionuclide content, microstructure, and corrosion product content, and such environmental response characteristics as drying rates, oxidation rates (in dry air, water vapor, and liquid water), ignition temperature, and dissolution/degradation rates. Not all of the characterization tests described herein must necessarily be performed for any given analysis of SNF performance for interim storage, transportation, or geological repository disposal, particularly in areas where an extensive body of literature already exists for the parameter of interest in the specific service condition.  
1.3 It is assumed in formulating the SNF characterization activities in this guide that the SNF has been stored in an interim storage facility at some time between reactor discharge and dry transport to a repository. The SNF may have been stored either wet (for example, a spent fuel pool), or dry (for example, an independent spent f...

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ASTM D6232-21(Guide)
Standard Guide for Selection of Sampling Equipment for Waste and Contaminated Media Data Collection Activities

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Although many technical papers address topics important to efficient and accurate sampling investigations (DQOs, study design, QA/QC, data assessment; see Guides D4687, D5730, D6009, D6051, and Practice D5283), the selection and use of appropriate sampling equipment is assumed or omitted.  
5.2 The choice of sampling equipment can be crucial to the task of collecting a sample appropriate for the intended use.  
5.3 When a sample is collected, all sources of potential bias should be considered, not only in the selection and use of the sampling device, but also in the interpretation and use of the data generated. Some major considerations in the selection of sampling equipment for the collection of a sample are listed below:  
5.3.1 The ability to access and extract from every relevant location in the target population,  
5.3.2 The ability to collect a sufficient mass of sample such that the distribution of particle sizes in the population are represented, and  
5.3.3 The ability to collect a sample without the addition or loss of constituents of interest.  
5.4 The characteristics discussed in 5.3 are particularly important in investigations when the target population is heterogeneous, such as when particle sizes vary, liquids are present in distinct phases, a gaseous phase exists, or materials from different sources are present in the population. The consideration of these characteristics during the equipment selection process will enable the data user to make appropriate statistical inferences about the target population based on the sampling results.  
5.5 If samples are to be collected for the determination of per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), all sampling equipment should be made of fluorine-free materials. Other considerations for PFAS sampling may exist but are beyond the scope of this standard.
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1.1 This guide covers criteria which should be considered when selecting sampling equipment for collecting environmental and waste samples for waste management activities. This guide includes a list of equipment that is used and is readily available. Many specialized sampling devices are not specifically included in this guide. However, the factors that should be weighed when choosing any piece of equipment are covered and remain the same for the selection of any piece of equipment. Sampling equipment described in this guide includes automatic samplers, pumps, bailers, tubes, scoops, spoons, shovels, dredges, coring, augering, passive, and vapor sampling devices. The selection of sampling locations is outside the scope of this guide.  
1.1.1 Table 1 lists selected equipment and its applicability to sampling matrices, including water (surface and ground), sediments, soils, liquids, multi-layered liquids, mixed solid-liquid phases, and consolidated and unconsolidated solids. The guide does not specifically address the collection of samples of any suspended materials from flowing rivers or streams. Refer to Guide D4411 for more information.  
1.2 Table 2 presents the same list of equipment and its applicability for use based on compatibility of sample and equipment; volume of the sample required; physical requirements such as power, size, and weight; ease of operation and decontamination; and whether it is reusable or disposable.  
1.3 Table 3 provides the basis for selection of suitable equipment by the use of an index.  
1.4 Lists of advantages and disadvantages of selected sampling devices and line drawings and narratives describing the operation of sampling devices are also provided.  
1.5 Units—The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard. All observed and calculated values shall conform to the guidelines for significant digits and rounding established in Practice D6026. Reporting of test results in units other than SI shall not be regarded as nonconformance with this standard. ...

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