§ 1-83 Waste Decontamination Enclosure System.
RCNY § 1-83
The following procedures shall be followed for removal of asbestos-containing waste material and equipment during the conduct of abatement activities on asbestos projects: (a) The waste decontamination enclosure system shall be located outside the work area and attached to all locations through which ACM waste will be removed from the work area. A waste decontamination enclosure system shall consist of two totally enclosed chambers and shall also comply with the following requirements: (1) the washroom shall be constructed with a curtained doorway to the work area and an airlock doorway to the holding area (see Illustration II); and be equipped with a catch basin and a drain installed to collect and deliver wastewater to either the shower drain or to a separate holding vessel where it is filtered; (2) the holding area shall be constructed with a curtained doorway to the washroom and a lockable door to the outside (see Illustration II); if remote from the washroom, it shall comply with all applicable NYC Department of Sanitation regulations pursuant to Local Laws 70 of 1985 and 21 of 1987.
(b)Where there is only one means of egress from the work area: (1) the holding area of the waste decontamination enclosure system may branch off from the equipment/decontamination room (see Illustration III). Thus constructed, the equipment room alternates as a waste washroom. In this case the waste washroom shall be equipped with a catch basin and a drain, installed to collect and deliver waste water to either the shower drain or a separate holding vessel from where it is filtered, or (2) where total asbestos-containing material disturbed in the asbestos project is less than 1,000 linear feet or 1,000 square feet, the shower room may be used as a waste washroom and shall be equipped as set forth in 15 RCNY § 1-83(b)(1), and (i) the clean room, in the configuration shown in Illustration I, may not be used for waste storage but may be used for waste transfer to carts, which are stored outside the clean room in a designated holding area.
(c)The waste decontamination enclosure system shall be constructed to meet the requirements of 15 RCNY §§ 1-82(a), (c), (d), (e), (g)(3) and (h).
