2010 New York Code
LAB - Labor
Article 30 - (900 - 910) ASBESTOS OR PRODUCTS CONTAINING ASBESTOS; LICENSING
904 - Notice and recordkeeping requirements.

§ 904. Notice and recordkeeping requirements. 1. Each contractor shall
  keep  and  maintain  for at least thirty years a record of each asbestos
  project in which it engages, which record shall  include  the  following
  information:  the name, address and social security number of the person
  who supervised the asbestos project; the location and description of the
  asbestos project; the amount of asbestos or asbestos material  that  was
  removed,   enclosed,   encapsulated,  or  disturbed;  the  starting  and
  completion date of the asbestos project; the name  and  address  of  the
  deposit  or waste disposal site or sites where the asbestos material was
  deposited or disposed of; the name and address of  any  interim  storage
  sites  used  for  the asbestos or asbestos materials prior to deposit or
  disposal; the name and address of any transporters used to move asbestos
  or asbestos material; the name, address and social  security  number  of
  all   persons  who  worked  on  the  asbestos  project;  and  any  other
  information which the commissioner may require.
    2. Any contractor engaged in an asbestos project involving  more  than
  two hundred sixty linear feet or more than one hundred sixty square feet
  of  asbestos  or  asbestos materials shall notify both the United States
  Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Air and  Hazardous  Material
  Division  and  the  commissioner  in  writing  ten  days  prior  to  the
  commencement of work on the project or, if emergency conditions make  it
  impossible  to  provide  ten  days  prior notice, as soon as practicable
  after identification of the project.  The  notice  to  the  commissioner
  shall  include the following information: the name, address and asbestos
  handling license number of the contractor working on  the  project;  the
  address and description of the building or area, including size, age and
  prior  use  of  the  building  or  area;  the amount of friable asbestos
  material present in square feet and/or linear feet, if applicable;  room
  designation  numbers  or  other  local  information  where such asbestos
  material is found unless such material is found  throughout  the  entire
  structure;  the scheduled starting and completion dates for removal; the
  procedures and equipment, including ventilating  systems  that  will  be
  employed; any additional information which the commissioner may require;
  and shall be accompanied by a project notification fee as follows:
 
                 Project Size/Linear Feet                Fee
 
                      260-429                            $200
                      430-824                             400
                      825-1649                          1,000
                      1650 or more                      2,000
 
                 Project Size/Square Feet                Fee
 
                      160-259                            $200
                      260-499                             400
                      500-999                           1,000
                      1000 or more                      2,000
 
    3.  Upon  the  expiration,  revocation  or  non-renewal of an asbestos
  handling  license,  or  at  any  other  time  at  the  request  of   the
  commissioner,  any  records required to be kept pursuant to this section
  shall be given to the commissioner.
    4.  A  contractor  shall  post  or  otherwise  provide   for   written
  notification  to  residential  and  business occupants of a building ten
  days prior to the commencement of work on any asbestos  project  in  the
  building  or, if the work is scheduled to begin less than ten days after
  the execution of  the  contract,  at  least  three  days  prior  to  the

commencement  of  work, or if emergency conditions make it impossible to
  provide ten days notice or three days notice as applicable, as  soon  as
  practicable  after identification of the project. The notification shall
  be  made  in  such  a  manner  and  shall contain such information as is
  reasonably necessary to advise such occupants of any asbestos project in
  the building, according to regulations promulgated by the  commissioner.
  If  posted,  such  notice  shall remain in place until completion of the
  project. It shall be a violation of  this  chapter  for  any  person  to
  interfere with the obligations of a contractor under this subdivision.

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