61 107.25 -LEAD EXPOSURE IN CONSTRUCTION : The Contractor will comply with all aspects of 29 CFR, Part 1926, Lead Exposure in Construction, by the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
107.26 Notification of Abatement, Demolition Or Renovation :
The notification for projects involving abatement, demolition, or renovation will conform to this section. The Project Engineer will have a copy of all asbestos inspection reports available at the field office. The Contractor shall p rovide copies of all notifications and correspondence to the Project Engineer.
107.26.1 Abatement: Abatement activities shall conform to section 681.
107.26.2 Demolition:
107.26.2 1 -Asbestos Containing Materials Reported: Notifications will be in
accordance with 107.26.4.
107.26.2 2 -No Asbestos Containing Materials Reported: For buildings or bridges
that do not contain asbestos, only the notification form must be submitted to the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the address given in 107.26.4. If an asbestos inspection report indicates that there is no asbestos present on a bridge scheduled for demolition or renovation, the need for a trained individual to be on site during either process is waived. However, the Contractor shall have an individual trained in accordance with the provisions as set forth in 40 CFR Part 61 , Subpart M on site to observe building demolition and file a report with the Project Engineer indicating if any suspect (asbestos containing) material was encountered during demolition. A copy of the individual's current training certification must be at tached to this report.
107.26.3 Renovation:
107.26.3 1 -Asbestos Containing Materials Reported: For projects involving the
renovation of a bridge or building, that has asbestos containing materials, the Contractor shall submit a “Notification of Abatement, Demolition or Renovation” in accordance with
107.26 4.
107.26.3 2 -No Asbestos Containing Materials Reported: Structures that are being
renovated and are free of asbestos, per the inspection report, do not require submittal of the “Notification of Abatement, Demolition or Renovation”.
107.26.4 Notifications: In accordance with state and federal regulations, the Contractor
shall submit a “Notification of Abatement, Demolition or Renovation” to the address shown below prior t o the commencement of demolition of any building or bridge (regardless of the presence of asbestos). All notifications must be made a minimum of 10 working days prior to the commencement of demolition or renovation operations. Particular attention is to be made to the “Schedule” section of the form. If for any reason, demolition or renovation cannot begin on the date as submitted, the DEP, Division of Air Quality must be notified at the address below: 62 West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection Division of Air Quality 601 57th Street S.E. Charleston, West Virginia 25304 Attn: Asbestos Coordinator Telephone: (304) 926 -0499 United States Environmental Protection Agency -Region 3 1650 Arch Street Philad elphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Attn: Rich Ponak Asbestos Program Coordinator Telephone: (215) 814 -2044 Ponak.Rich@epa.gov If a building or bridge contains asbestos, the notification process as outlined in Section 681, Asbestos Abatement shall be followed.
107.27 Construction Access and Environmental Permits :
The Division has obtained permits for activities shown in the contract documents. The anticipated Temporary Construction Access (TCA) methods are included, if a TCA is not shown in the plans, or the permit, it has been determined that at least one TCA met hod exists that does not require a permit. A copy of these permits is in the contract documents. The contractor must comply with the approved permits and exercise best environmental management practices at no additional cost to the Division. The permits do not cover waste or borrow sites, haul roads, storage sites, staging areas or activity not shown in the contract documents or permits. These permits are to be handled in accordance with Section 107.2.
107.27.1 Temporary Construction Accesses: A Temporary Construction Access is any
road, cofferdam, causeway and/or stream crossing, access fill, dike, channel retaining structure, etc. that may be required to access the work. This work shall consist of the constr uction of all temporary construction access required for the project and shall include, but is not limited to, all culverts, structures, excavation, rock borrow and incidental construction as required to construct the access. This work shall also include all necessary work required to maintain and remove the temporary construction access and to restore the area to its original condition. All of the work shall be in accordance with these Specifications and in reasonably close conformity with the contract d ocuments, approved permits, or as established by the Engineer. No payments shall be made for the Temporary Construction Access unless otherwise stated in the plans.
107.27.1 1 -Changing Temporary Construction Accesses: The Contractor may elect
to utilize alternate temporary construction access methods from those shown in the contract documents. If the Contractor proposes alternate temporary construction access methods, he shall obtain written approval from all affected landowners and shall provide to the Engineer all of the permit documents required to obtain additional or revised permits. The Division will submit the permit documents to the appropriate agencies for approval. Acceptance of the permit documents by the Engineer or forwarding them to the permitting agency does not