906 - Regulations.

§  906.  Regulations. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and  regulations as shall be necessary and proper to effectuate the  purposes  and  provisions  of  this article and to comply with the requirements of  the Federal  Asbestos  Hazard  Emergency  Response  Act  and  any  other  applicable  federal standards. Such regulations shall include but not be  limited to (1) standards for  asbestos  projects  including  methods  of  removing,  encapsulating,  enclosing  or disturbing friable asbestos and  standards for any handling of asbestos material which may result in  the  creation  of  friable asbestos or any handling of asbestos material that  may result in the release of asbestos fibers, as shall be  necessary  to  protect the public health and safety and shall include regulations which  will  permit  such  disturbance  that  results  from  actions  that  are  necessary to abate an emergency  which  poses  an  immediate  threat  to  safety  or  the  public  health; (2) standards for asbestos projects and  in-plant operations setting licensing  and  certification  requirements;  and  (3) standards for asbestos projects and in-plant operations setting  goal  air  monitoring  and  clearance  requirements,   including   those  necessary  to  insure  that  asbestos  work is properly designated as an  in-plant operation as defined in  subdivision  twelve  of  section  nine  hundred one of this chapter.