part_subject: "NATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS"
subpart_code: "M"
subpart_subject: "National Emission Standard for Asbestos"
section_number: "61.143"
section_subject: "Standard for roadways."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 61.143"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 61 to 62"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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No person may construct or maintain a roadway with asbestos tailings or asbestos-containing waste material on that roadway, unless, for asbestos tailings.
(a)It is a temporary roadway on an area of asbestos ore deposits (asbestos mine): or
(b)It is a temporary roadway at an active asbestos mill site and is encapsulated with a resinous or bituminous binder. The encapsulated road surface must be maintained at a minimum frequency of once per year to prevent dust emissions; or
(c)It is encapsulated in asphalt concrete meeting the specifications contained in section 401 of Standard Specifications for Construction of Roads and Bridges on Federal Highway Projects, FP-85, 1985, or their equivalent.