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The purpose of the asbestos Operations and Maintenance (O & M) Program is to prevent the improper disturbance of asbestos containing materials (ACM) and presumed asbestos containing material (PACM); to control the release of asbestos fibers until ACM is scheduled for removal; and to provide corrective measures when asbestos hazards are encountered. Compliance with these measures will allow asbestos to be safely managed in place, nuisances corrected, and danger to human health and the environment to be reduced or eliminated.

Asbestos is a generic name for a group of naturally occurring hydrated mineral silicates of the serpentine or amphibole series that are characterized by fibers or bundles of fibers of fine single crystal fibrils. It should be noted that these minerals may occur in a non-fibrous form, in which case they are not considered as asbestos. The six major recognized species of asbestos minerals are chrysotile of the serpentine group (white asbestos) and amosite (brown asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos), anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite of the amphibole group.