Minnesota Administrative Rules

7025.0340 CLASS II STORAGE STRUCTURE.

Subpart 1.

Application.

An owner or contractor who removes lead paint from a storage structure that requires class II pollution control shall use a method of removal and containment in this part or in part 7025.0350 as minimum pollution control.

Subp. 2.

Wet abrasive blasting.

If wet abrasive blasting is used to remove lead paint, the owner or contractor shall use the methods required in part 7025.0330, subparts 2 to 6, except curtains used must be rated by the manufacturer at not less than 85 percent impermeable. The owner or contractor shall use an amount of water such that dispersal of particulate matter is suppressed without loss of waste material from the ground cover by runoff.

Subp. 3.

Power tools and hand tools.

If power tools or hand tools are used to remove lead paint, the owner or contractor shall:

A.

use the methods required in part 7025.0330, subparts 2 to 6, except that if power tools or hand tools are used on ground storage tanks only, then the use of curtains is not required; and

B.

remove all lead paint with power tools or hand tools.

Subp. 4.

Dry abrasive blasting within total enclosure.

If dry abrasive blasting within a total enclosure is used to remove lead paint, the owner or contractor shall use the methods required in part 7025.0330, subparts 2 to 6, except that the owner or contractor shall totally enclose the structure with impermeable materials during lead paint removal from all parts of the steel structure, including the top surfaces.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 116.07; 144.9508

History:

21 SR 202; 23 SR 2224

Published Electronically:

April 14, 2000