Selected links to guidance documents
NOA-EMP Online Symposium: Recording Access form
International:
IAEG Commission on NOA: WikiNOA
World Health Organization: WHO guidance documents
USA:
EPA: Naturally Occurring Asbestos: Approaches for Reducing Exposure
USGS: Distribution of Fibrous Erionite in the United States and Implications for Human Health
EPA: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) #2015 Asbestos Sampling Presents step-by-step instructions on how to sample asbestos using a pump, includes calibration of the sample pump, how to record & check flow rates, etc.
FDA IWGACP: Asbestos in Talc White Paper text; White Paper Appendices
Alaska:
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation: Naturally Occurring Asbestos in Alaska
Alaska DOT: Naturally Occurring Asbestos Program
California:
California Department of Toxic Substances Control: Interim Guidance Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) at School Sites, Revised 9/24/04 (PDF)
California Geological Survey:
- Hazardous Minerals: Asbestos
- Special Publication 124: Guidelines for Geologic Investigations of Naturally Occurring Asbestos in California (PDF)
California Air Resources Board: Method 435: Determination of Asbestos Content of Serpentine Aggregate (PDF)
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA): Air Toxicology and Epidemiology
California Department of Industrial Relations: Cal-OSHA CCR Title 8, Subchapter 4, Article 4, Section 1529
California Department of Transportation:
- Deputy Directive: Management of Naturally Occurring Asbestos (PDF)
- Information
- Asbestos Management
Virginia:
Fairfax County:
- Asbestos
- Construction Safety in Areas of Naturally Occurring Asbestos
- Basic Elements for a Naturally Occurring Asbestos Compliance Plan (PDF)
Notable NOA Investigations, Cleanups, Mitigation Projects
Calaveras Dam Replacement, Fremont, California
SF PUC: Calaveras Dam Replacement Monitoring Results
Coalinga & Atlas Asbestos Mines, California
EPA: Coalinga Asbestos Mine
El Dorado Hills, California
ATSDR: Final Health Consultation on Asbestos Exposure in El Dorado HIlls, CA
County of El Dorado, California: Asbestos in El Dorado County
Libby, Montana
EPA: Libby Asbestos
Environmental Response Television (ERTV): Libby, Montana: An Asbestos Legacy (Video)
Sumas Mountain / Swift Creek, Washington
Washington State Department of Health: Advisory for Swift Creek Naturally Occurring Asbestos (PDF)
EPA: Sumas Mountain Asbestos