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Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING ASBESTOS-CONTAINING AGGREGATE FOR ROAD SURFACING

Accession Number:

00646082

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309055717

Abstract:

In the late 1970s, the Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, embarked on a program to estimate the extent of public exposure to airborne asbestos particles from aggregate used for road surfacing and, if necessary, to restrict public exposure to this material. Asbestos emissions were measured during the operation of quarries producing asbestos-containing aggregate and the use of roads surfaced with asbestos-containing aggregate. On the basis of the results, abatement measures were adopted for aggregate-surfaced roads, native-surfaced roads, and off-highway-vehicle areas that contain asbestos. In 1991, the State of California enacted a regulation prohibiting the use of asbestos-containing serpentinite aggregate for road surfacing if the asbestos content should be greater than 5%. The Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service now follows the state regulation in its management of the use of asbestos-containing aggregate for road surfacing. The costs and benefits to the Pacific Southwest Region of this 5% limit are unknown, but probably small.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1424, Environmental Issues Related to Materials and Stabilization. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01398725

Language:

English

Authors:

Huf, William L
Stuart III, Edward

Pagination:

p. 44-46

Publication Date:

1993

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1424
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

0309055717

Features:

References (6) ; Tables (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Abatement; Exposure (Human)

Geographic Terms:

California

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I36: Aggregates

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 13 1994 12:00AM

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