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Ordinance of 23 May 2001 of the Regional Government relative to the conditions applicable to decontamination work sites for buildings and civil engineering works containing asbestos and to work sites where asbestos encapsulation takes place

Jurisdiction Belgium - Brussels-Capital Region
Year 2001
Published in Dutch, French
Original/other title [Dutch] 23 mei 2001. - Besluit van de Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Regering betreffende de voorwaarden die van toepassing zijn op e werven voor de verwijdering van asbest in gebouwen en kunstwerken en op de werven voor de isolatie van asbest
[French] 23 mai 2001 - Arrêté du Gouvernement de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif aux conditions applicables aux chantiers de décontamination de bâtiments ou d'ouvrages d'art contenant de l'amiante et aux chantiers d'encapsulation de l'amiante [Belgique - Région de Bruxelles-Capitale]
Serial title Moniteur belge - Belgisch Staatsblad
Source 12 July 2001, 171st Year, No.202, p.24072-24079.
Descriptors [Primary] Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, asbestos, construction sites, decontamination
[Secondary] dangerous work, disposal of harmful waste, law, limitation of exposure, list
Subject category Chemical safety
Abstract This Ordinance specifies safe working methods in the presence of asbestos during operations of decontamination and encapsulation. Contents: definitions; general precautions; safety measures; air quality, confinement zones and permissible air concentrations (at the air extractor level: 0.01 fibre/cm3, elsewhere outside the confinement zone: 0.01 fibre/cm3 above the level measured before the work started); waste disposal; disposal of waste water in public sewers; particular measures on sites of minimal importance. In annex: indicative list of applications in which friable and non-friable asbestos are used.
CIS No. 02-1520
Database ID 100886

 

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