2010 New York Code
LAB - Labor
Article 30 - (900 - 910) ASBESTOS OR PRODUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS; LICENSING
906 - Regulations.

§  906.  Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and
  regulations as shall be necessary and proper to effectuate the  purposes
  and  provisions  of  this article and to comply with the requirements of
  the Federal  Asbestos  Hazard  Emergency  Response  Act  and  any  other
  applicable  federal standards. Such regulations shall include but not be
  limited to (1) standards for  asbestos  projects  including  methods  of
  removing,  encapsulating,  enclosing  or disturbing friable asbestos and
  standards for any handling of asbestos material which may result in  the
  creation  of  friable asbestos or any handling of asbestos material that
  may result in the release of asbestos fibers, as shall be  necessary  to
  protect the public health and safety and shall include regulations which
  will  permit  such  disturbance  that  results  from  actions  that  are
  necessary to abate an emergency  which  poses  an  immediate  threat  to
  safety  or  the  public  health; (2) standards for asbestos projects and
  in-plant operations setting licensing  and  certification  requirements;
  and  (3) standards for asbestos projects and in-plant operations setting
  goal  air  monitoring  and  clearance  requirements,   including   those
  necessary  to  insure  that  asbestos  work is properly designated as an
  in-plant operation as defined in  subdivision  twelve  of  section  nine
  hundred one of this chapter.