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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63158</law_id><section_number>40.1-51.23</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>40.1-51.20</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.3">Virginia Asbestos Neshap Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, which may be cited as the Virginia <span class="dictionary">Asbestos</span> <span class="dictionary">NESHAP</span> Act, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this section unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Asbestos</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">material</span> containing more than one percent of <span class="dictionary">asbestos</span> by weight, which is friable or which has a reasonable chance of becoming friable in the course of ordinary or anticipated building use.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the Safety and Health Codes <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of Labor and Industry or his authorized representative.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Labor and Industry.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">NESHAP</span>&#x201D; means those portions of the regulations contained in 40 CFR Part 61 under the federal Clean Air Act which deal with the demolition and renovation of <span class="dictionary">asbestos</span> facilities. The following list of sections of the CFR are included in the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s authority but do not limit it: &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;61.140; 61.141; 61.145; 61.146; 61.148; 61.150, except subsection (a) (4); 61.154, except subsection (d); and 61.156.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Owner</span>&#x201D; means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the facility being demolished, renovated, sprayed, or insulated; any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises the demolition, renovation, spraying, or insulation operation; or both.</p></section></text><history>1992, c. 541.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
