Minnesota Administrative Rules

7025.0320 POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIRED.

An owner or contractor who removes lead paint from the exterior surface of a steel water tank, fuel tank, grain storage bin, or other steel storage structure shall use the paint removal and containment methods required in parts 7025.0320 to 7025.0350, except that paint removal conducted only for the purpose of coatings analysis is exempt. If lead paint is removed from a total surface area less than 200 square feet on one or more structures at one location in one calendar year, the owner or contractor may apply any method of class I, II, or III in parts 7025.0330 to 7025.0350.

The owner or contractor who uses dry abrasive blasting for surface preparation after removing all lead paint with any other method shall use the containment methods required in part 7025.0330, subparts 2 and 4, except that the use of curtains is not required if:

A.

a low-dust nonsilica abrasive is used;

B.

the structure is in proximity only to receptor properties B and C in the table in part 7025.0310, subpart 3, and

height of structure (ft) x area of surface preparation (ft 2 ) _ 5,000

< 10

or the structure is in proximity only to receptor properties C; and

C.

particulate matter does not cross the owner's property line.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 116.07; 144.9508

History:

21 SR 202

Published Electronically:

April 14, 2000