Asbestos Action Plan for UCSD Project Managers

• Consult the FM/EH&S Asbestos Database. For access, contact Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S), (858) 822-1743 or 534-1075.
• If asbestos is known to be present in the project area, asbestos abatement must be completed before your employees can work in the area.
• Read about the project manager's responsibilities and decision logic:
  • Asbestos Project Management (Word) (PDF)
• Follow the steps below for small- or large-scale abatement.

Important: If suspected asbestos-containing materials have potential of being disturbed during renovation, a sample must be collected for verification by a certified consultant. Otherwise, the material must be presumed to contain asbestos unless proven otherwise by lab analysis.

• Instruct employees to stop work on the task involved.
• Do not take a sample of the suspect material yourself. Contact 1 of the following to conduct a sample analysis:
  • Option 1: Select and contact a consultant from the Vendors for Asbestos, Lead, and Mold Services.
  • Option 2: Contact Environment, Health & Safety, (858) 822-1743 or 534-1075.
    Please give 5 business days notice.
• If the sample is not asbestos, authorize work to resume.
• If the sample is asbestos, establish the scope of the abatement work, then follow the instructions in either Step 3 or Step 4 below.
  • Print and use the Asbestos Abatement Checklist. (PDF) (Word)

• Submit a request for asbestos abatement to Facilities Management.
• Complete the Asbestos Project Information Sheet before the project begins.
• Call EH&S Environmental Management Facility (EMF), (858) 534-2753, to have an authorized EMF specialist sign the hazardous waste manifest.
• When the hazardous waste manifest has been signed by EMF personnel, authorize your employees to begin or resume work.
• Keep records of the asbestos abatement work in your department's files.

Note: Only EH&S Environmental Management Facility (EMF) personnel are authorized to sign hazardous waste manifests for removal or disposal of asbestos-containing materials from UCSD facilities.

• Select a California-licensed asbestos abatement consultant and a separate contractor from the Vendors for Asbestos, Lead, and Mold Services list. To avoid conflict of interest, these individuals or entities must be separate. Duties for the 2 roles include:
  • Consultant: Monitors the work area before, during, and after the project. After the project, the consultant will provide a close-out report within 30 days.
  • Contractor: Seals or removes the asbestos.
• Complete the Asbestos Project Information Sheet before the project begins.
• Notify EH&S when the abatement work is done by mailing a copy of the consultant's close-out report to Mail Code 0958, or e-mail to ehsasbestos@ucsd.edu.
• Call EH&S Environmental Management Facility, (858) 534-2753, to have an authorized EMF specialist sign the hazardous waste manifest.
• When the hazardous waste manifest has been signed by EMF personnel, authorize your employees to begin or resume work.
• Keep records of the asbestos abatement work in your department's files.

Note: Only EH&S Environmental Management Facility (EMF) personnel are authorized to sign hazardous waste manifests for removal or disposal of asbestos-containing materials from UCSD facilities.