§ 8-07 Presenting for Disposal.
RCNY § 8-07
No person shall present for disposal waste containing asbestos or cause or permit any person to present for disposal waste containing asbestos except in accordance with the provisions of this section. Any person presenting for disposal or causing or permitting any person to present for disposal waste containing asbestos shall: (a) do so only at a site approved by the Commissioner for this purpose; (b) comply with or cause the compliance with all requirements of applicable Department operations orders issued pursuant to § 16-131 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York; (c) ensure or cause to ensure that such waste containing asbestos has been wet down sufficiently to prevent all visible emissions of asbestos dust into the air and has been sealed while wet in a leak-tight container; (d) examine or cause the examination of the leak-tight container holding such waste containing asbestos so as to ensure that there are no visible emissions of asbestos dust into the air or breaks in the container. The examination shall be conducted in a manner reasonably calculated to minimize disturbance of and damage to the leak-tight container. If such examination reveals visible emissions of asbestos dust into the air or breaks in the container the person presenting for disposal the waste containing asbestos or causing or permitting to present for disposal the waste containing asbestos shall immediately wet down or cause to wet down the waste containing asbestos and shall immediately thereafter repackage or cause to repackage the waste containing asbestos and the defective container into a leak-tight container so as to prevent further emissions of asbestos dust into the air. Such wetting down and repackaging shall be conducted in a place and manner which minimize potential exposure of the public to asbestos and which are acceptable to the Commissioner; (e) keep or cause to keep the waste containing asbestos separate from any other waste.
