Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys

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1.1 This practice describes procedures for conducting comprehensive surveys of buildings and facilities for the purpose of locating, identifying, quantifying and assessing asbestos-containing materials.
1.2 The results of a Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey are intended to be used for ongoing management of asbestos-containing materials, including Operations Maintenance, removal and other response actions. This includes response actions associated with renovations. A Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey is also intended to provide information required for removal of asbestos-containing materials prior to demolition of a building or facility.
1.3 This standard practice discusses two types of surveys: Baseline Surveys and Project Design Surveys.
1.4 This standard practice discusses the following activities for each of the above types of surveys:
1.4.1 Planning the survey to meet defined objectives;
1.4.2 Obtaining and reviewing information on the building or facility including previous surveys and response actions;
1.4.3 Conducting the physical activities of inspecting the premises and collecting bulk samples of suspect materials;
1.4.4 Analyzing the bulk samples for asbestos type and content;
1.4.5 Assessing the Current Condition and Potential for Disturbance of asbestos-containing materials; and
1.4.6 Preparing a report that includes a narrative discussion of the findings, tabulations of inspection, sampling and analysis results, graphical depiction of the areas inspected, and the results of the assessment.
1.5 A Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey provides sufficient information about the asbestos-containing materials in a building or facility for purposes of a real property transaction. In situations where the amount of information required by a party to the transaction is minimal, a Limited Asbestos Screen may suffice in place of the Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey.
1.6 This standard practice does not include air sampling or surface (dust) sampling for purposes of evaluating a potential exposure hazard from airborne asbestos fibers.
1.7 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.

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Designation:E2356–04
Standard Practice for
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Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2356; 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.
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´ NOTE—Asbestos warning editorially added in June 2006.
1. Scope 1.6 This standard practice does not include air sampling or
surface (dust) sampling for purposes of evaluating a potential
1.1 This practice describes procedures for conducting com-
exposure hazard from airborne asbestos fibers.
prehensivesurveysofbuildingsandfacilitiesforthepurposeof
1.7 Warning—Asbestos fibers are acknowledged carcino-
locating, identifying, quantifying and assessing asbestos-
gens. Breathing asbestos fibers can result in disease of the
containing materials.
lungs including asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma.
1.2 The results of a Comprehensive Building Asbestos
Precautions in this standard practice should be taken to avoid
Survey are intended to be used for ongoing management of
creating and breathing airborne asbestos particles from mate-
asbestos-containing materials, including Operations & Main-
rials known or suspected to contain asbestos. See 2.2 for
tenance, removal and other response actions. This includes
regulatory requirements addressing asbestos.
response actions associated with renovations. A Comprehen-
1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the
sive Building Asbestos Survey is also intended to provide
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
information required for removal of asbestos-containing mate-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
rials prior to demolition of a building or facility.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
1.3 This standard practice discusses two types of surveys:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Baseline Surveys and Project Design Surveys.
1.4 This standard practice discusses the following activities
2. Referenced Documents
for each of the above types of surveys:
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.4.1 Planning the survey to meet defined objectives;
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
1.4.2 Obtaining and reviewing information on the building
E736 Test Method for Cohesion/Adhesion of Sprayed Fire-
or facility including previous surveys and response actions;
Resistive Materials Applied to Structural Members
1.4.3 Conducting the physical activities of inspecting the
E1368 Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abate-
premises and collecting bulk samples of suspect materials;
ment Projects
1.4.4 Analyzing the bulk samples for asbestos type and
E1494 Practice for Encapsulants for Spray- or Trowel-
content;
Applied Friable Asbestos-Containing Building Materials
1.4.5 Assessing the Current Condition and Potential for
MNL-23 Manual on Asbestos Control: Surveys, Removal,
Disturbance of asbestos-containing materials; and
and Management, 2005
1.4.6 Preparing a report that includes a narrative discussion
2.2 Other Documents:
ofthefindings,tabulationsofinspection,samplingandanalysis
EPA 560/5-85-024 Guidance for Controlling Asbestos-
results, graphical depiction of the areas inspected, and the
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ContainingMaterialsinBuildings.(“PurpleBook”)1985
results of the assessment.
EPA 560/5-85-030A Asbestos in Buildings: Simplified
1.5 A Comprehensive Building Asbestos Survey provides
Sampling Scheme for Surfacing Materials.(“Pink Book”)
sufficient information about the asbestos-containing materials
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1985
in a building or facility for purposes of a real property
EPA 20T-2003 Managing Asbestos in Place: A Building
transaction. In situations where the amount of information
Owner’s Guide to Operations and Maintenance Programs
required by a party to the transaction is minimal, a Limited
for Asbestos-Containing Materials. (“Green Book”) July,
Asbestos Screen may suffice in place of the Comprehensive
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1990
Building Asbestos Survey.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.24 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Building Preservation and Rehabilitation Technology. the ASTM website.
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