Notice of Intent (NOI) Submission and Review
What the candidate must know
Before regulated asbestos abatement or demolition begins, the contractor files a Notice of Intent with the state program. The NOI tells the agency who will work, where, when, what quantity and type of asbestos-containing material is involved, and how it will be handled. Reviewers check completeness, the accuracy of the start date and project duration, the abatement method, waste-disposal destination, and whether the filing arrived within the required lead time before work starts. Incomplete or late notices are the most common compliance failures.
Concepts: who is responsible for filing (the abatement contractor, not the building owner); what triggers a notice (threshold quantities of regulated material, demolition regardless of asbestos presence in many cases); amendments when the start date or scope changes; the emergency exception and its follow-up filing; and the relationship between the NOI and the on-site posted copy.
Traps questions use
- Assuming the building owner files-usually the contractor does.
- Forgetting that a changed start date requires an amended notice.
- Believing a phone call substitutes for the written notice.
- Confusing the NOI with the waste shipment record; they are different documents.
Rule of thumb
File early, file complete, and amend immediately if anything material changes. When a scenario shows a start date moved forward, the answer is almost always "submit an amended notice."
Worked example
A contractor plans to begin Thursday but the notice listed Monday. Because work has not started, the fix is an amended NOI reflecting the actual start date before mobilization-not a note in the project file.