Section 447.07. Demolition and renovation; notification requirements.

  Each owner or operator of a demolition or renovation activity to which this chapter applies shall:

(1)  Provide the department with written notice of intention to demolish or renovate. Delivery of the notice by U.S. postal service, commercial delivery service or hand delivery is acceptable.

(2)  Update the notice, as necessary, including when the amount of asbestos affected changes by at least 20%.

(3)  Postmark or deliver the notice as follows:

(a) At least 10 working days before asbestos stripping or removal work or any other activity begins, such as site preparation that would break up, dislodge or similarly disturb asbestos material, if the operation is described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (a) or (d) 1. If the operation is as described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (b) , notification is required 10 working days before demolition begins.

(b) At least 10 working days before the end of the calendar year preceding the year for which notice is being given for planned renovations referred to in s. NR 447.06 (2) (d) 2.

(c) As early as possible before, but not later than, the following working day if the operation is a demolition ordered according to s. NR 447.06 (2) (c) or if the operation is an emergency renovation referred to in s. NR 447.06 (2) (d) 3.

(d) For asbestos stripping or removal work in a demolition or renovation operation, described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (a) or (d) 1. , and for demolition described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (b) that will begin on a date other than the one contained in the original notice, the owner or operator shall provide notice of the new start date to the department as follows:

1. When the asbestos stripping or removal operation or demolition operation covered by this paragraph will begin after the date contained in the notice:

a. Notify the department of the new start date by telephone as soon as possible before the original start date, and

b. Provide the department with a written notice of the new start date as soon as possible before, but no later than, the original start date. Delivery of the updated notice by the U.S. postal service, commercial delivery service or hand delivery is acceptable.

2. When the asbestos stripping or removal operation or demolition operation covered by this paragraph will begin on a date earlier than the original start date:

a. Provide the department with a written notice of the new start date at least 10 working days before asbestos stripping or removal work begins.

b. For demolitions covered by s. NR 447.06 (2) (b) , provide the department written notice of a new start date at least 10 working days before commencement of demolition. Delivery of updated notice by U.S. postal service, commercial delivery service or hand delivery is acceptable.

3. In no event may an operation covered by this paragraph begin on a date other than the date contained in the written notice of the new start date.

(4)  Include the following in the notice:

(a) An indication of whether the notice is the original or a revised notification.

(b) Name, address and telephone number of both the facility owner and operator and the asbestos removal contractor owner or operator.

(c) Type of operation: demolition or renovation.

(d) Description of the facility or affected part of the facility including the size (square meters [square feet] and number of floors), age and present and prior use of the facility.

(e) Procedure, including analytical methods, employed to detect the presence of RACM and Category I and Category II nonfriable ACM.

(f) Estimate of the approximate amount of RACM to be removed from the facility in terms of length of pipe in linear meters (linear feet), surface area in square meters (square feet) on other facility components, or volume in cubic meters (cubic feet) if off the facility components. Also, estimate the approximate amount of Category I and Category II nonfriable ACM in the affected part of the facility that will not be removed before demolition.

(g) Location and street address, including building number or name and floor or room number, if appropriate, city, county and state of the facility being demolished or renovated.

(h) Scheduled starting and completion dates of asbestos removal work, or any other activity, such as site preparation that would break up, dislodge or similarly disturb asbestos material, in a demolition or renovation; planned renovation operations involving individual nonscheduled operations shall only include the beginning and ending dates of the report period as described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (d) 2.

(i) Scheduled starting and completion dates of demolition or renovation.

(j) Description of planned demolition or renovation work to be performed and methods to be employed, including demolition or renovation techniques to be used and description of affected facility components.

(k) Description of work practices and engineering controls to be used to comply with the requirements of this chapter, including asbestos removal and waste-handling emission control procedures.

(L) Name and location of the waste disposal site where the asbestos-containing waste material will be deposited.

(m) A certification that at least one person trained as required by s. NR 447.08 (8) will supervise the stripping and removal described by this notification. This requirement shall become effective one year after November 1, 1992.

(n) For facilities described in s. NR 447.06 (2) (c) , the name, title and authority of the state or local government representative who has ordered the demolition, the date that the order was issued, and the date on which the demolition was ordered to begin. A copy of the order shall be attached to the notification.

(o) For emergency renovations referred to in s. NR 447.06 (2) (d) 3. , the date and hour that the emergency occurred, a description of the sudden, unexpected event, and an explanation of how the event caused an unsafe condition, or would cause equipment damage or an unreasonable financial burden.

(p) Description of procedures to be followed in the event that unexpected RACM is found or Category II nonfriable ACM becomes crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder.

(q) Name, address and telephone number of the waste transporter.

History: Cr. Register, October, 1992, No. 442 , eff. 11-1-92; correction in (3) and (4) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, May, 1993, No. 449 ; am. (3) (a), (d) (intro.), Register, December, 1995, No. 480 , eff. 1-1-96.