Section 456. Responsibilities  


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  • A. Asbestos project monitors shall conduct inspections of the contractor's work practices and inspections of the containment.

    B. Asbestos project monitors shall be present on the job site each day response actions are being conducted or in accordance with the owner-approved contractual agreement with the project monitor, shall perform the duties and functions established in 18VAC15-20-455, and shall maintain a daily log of all work performed. The daily log shall include, but not be limited to, inspection reports, air sampling data, type of work performed by the contractor, problems encountered and corrective action taken.

    C. Asbestos project monitors shall take final air samples on all abatement projects, except for abatement projects in residential buildings.

    D. Project monitors who analyze PCM air samples on site shall be employed by a licensed analytical laboratory and shall be listed or have applied for listing in the AAR and rated "acceptable" or is accredited by AIHA or has been rated "proficient" in the PAT Program's most recent round of asbestos evaluations.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 18, Issue 06, eff. January 2, 2002; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 03, eff. December 1, 2006.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.