2023 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 12 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES (§§ 12-1-1 — 12-17-6)
Chapter 12 - ASBESTOS SAFETY ACT (§§ 12-12-1 — 12-12-21)
Section 12-12-3 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term:

• (1) "Asbestos" means any naturally occurring hydrated mineral silicates separable into commercially used fibers, specifically the asbestiform varieties of serpentine, chrysotile; cummingtomite-grunerite; amosite; riebeckite, crocidolite; anthophyllite; tremolite; and actinolite.

• (2) "Asbestos supervisor" means any individual who is employed or engaged by a contractor to supervise the removal, encapsulation, cleaning, or disposal of friable asbestos-containing materials.

• (3) "Board" means the Board of Natural Resources.

• (4) "Contractor" means any person who contracts with an owner or operator of a facility or residential dwelling to perform the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material from any such facility or residential dwelling. Such term shall not include any employee of such owner or operator.

• (5) "Director" means the director of the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources or his or her designee.

• (6) "Division" means the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources.

• (7) "Emergency project" means the removal or encapsulation of friable asbestos-containing material from any facility where such activity must be conducted immediately in order to prevent disruption of a commercial or industrial process or activity or destruction of property.

• (8) "Encapsulation" means the process of coating, binding, or resurfacing walls, ceilings, pipes, or other structures with a sealant to prevent friable asbestos from becoming airborne.

• (9) "Facility" means any institutional, commercial, or industrial structure, installation, or building, including an apartment building having more than four dwelling units.

• (10) "Friable asbestos-containing material" means any material which is applied onto ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, boilers, tanks, pumps, ductwork, or any other part of the building containing more than 1 percent asbestos, by weight, and which when dry may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

• (11) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, trust, firm, corporation, county, municipality, or other entity, including the state and federal governments.

• (12) "Project" means the removal or encapsulation by a contractor of friable asbestos-containing material from any facility or residential dwelling.

• (13) "Removal" means the process of taking out, stripping, cleaning up, or disposing friable or potentially friable asbestos-containing materials from any facility or residential dwelling.

• (14) "Residential dwelling" means any family residence or apartment building with four or fewer dwelling units.

• (15) "Small project" means any asbestos removal or encapsulation project involving less than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet of friable asbestos-containing materials.

Amended by 2006 Ga. Laws 453,§ 12, eff. 4/14/2006.