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10.0 Definitions

  • 10.1  Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) -Any material containing greater than one percent (1%) of asbestos.
  • 10.2  Presumed Asbestos Containing Material (PACM) -All Thermal System Insulations and Surfacing Materials found in buildings constructed no later than 1980.  PACM is considered to be ACM unless proven otherwise by appropriate bulk sampling and laboratory analyses.
  • 10.3  EHS –Environment, Health and Safety
  • 10.4  Incidental Disturbance -The unintentional disturbance of ACM or PACM.
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