Laws and Rules
What the exam tests
This domain checks the federal-state framework and which agency enforces which requirement.
Core rules and concepts
- NESHAP, 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart M sets emission controls, inspection, notification, and waste-shipment requirements for demolition and renovation.
- OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.1101 covers construction asbestos work: exposure limits, regulated areas, respirators, medical surveillance, training, and work classifications (Class I-IV).
- AHERA, 40 CFR Part 763 governs inspections and management plans in K-12 schools and accreditation of inspectors, management planners, project designers, and workers.
- Indiana 326 IAC 14-10 incorporates NESHAP and adds state licensing, notification, fees, and training-provider approval.
- DOT, 49 CFR 171-180 governs shipment of asbestos waste; asbestos is not a RCRA hazardous waste unless it is mixed with a hazardous waste.
- Indiana requires licensed asbestos abatement contractors, supervisors, workers, inspectors, management planners, and project designers.
Worked example
A contractor renovates a 40,000-square-foot commercial office building, removing 500 linear feet of friable pipe insulation. NESHAP applies because the threshold is exceeded; the contractor must notify IDEM 10 working days before start, use licensed workers and a supervisor, follow OSHA Class I work practices, and ship waste under DOT rules to an approved landfill. AHERA does not apply because this is not a school.
Traps
Do not cite OSHA as the source of the 10-day notification; that is NESHAP/IDEM. Do not call asbestos a RCRA hazardous waste by itself. Do not assume a state license substitutes for federal OSHA training.