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미국 환경보호국(EPA)은 감사관실의 제안을 받아들여 유해대기오염물질 국가석면배출기준(Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP))을 수정하기로 했다. 1973년부터 NESHAP 규제에 따라, 구조적으로 불안정하고 붕괴임박의 위험한 건축물에 대해서 석면함유물질을 사전 제거 없이 철거하도록 하고 있다고, 감사실 보고서에서 밝혔다. EPA의 석면통제실험을 따르면 기존 규제대로 하게 되면 상당한 양의 석면이 침출수를 따라 흘러가게 된다. 또한, 24시간동안 1파운드라는 법적기준을 넘어서는 양의 석면이 방출되는 것으로 실험결과가 나옴에 따라 잠재적 해로운 물질과 공중보건의 위험성을 알리기 위해 EPA 지침을 갱신하는 것이 좋다고 제안했다.
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8 July 2015 / United States
The US EPA has agreed to update its Asbestos National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) in response to a recommendation by its Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Since 1973, under the NESHAP Regulation, the EPA has allowed buildings that are structurally unsound and in imminent danger of collapse to be demolished, without first removing regulated asbestos-containing materials, the OIG said in a report.
The agency's alternative asbestos control method experiments show that this can result in the release of significant amounts of asbestos into runoff wastewater. The experiments also demonstrate that the amount of released asbestos “often exceeds the legally reportable quantity” of one pound in a 24-hour period, the OIG said, and recommended that the EPA should update its guidance to address such potentially harmful releases and assess the potential public health risk posed by them.
In response, the agency agreed that its guidance in the area was “dated and disparate” and said it would put together a team of asbestos experts to advise it in producing an “updated consolidated guidance document, which has practical application to the regulated community.”
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EPA_should_update_asbestos_guidance_June_2015.pdf
