Naturaly Occuring Asbestos

 

NATURALLY OCCURRING ASBESTOS
IN FAIRFAX COUNTY

Naturally occurring asbestos has been mapped in approximately 11 square miles of Fairfax County, which includes a part of Fairfax City. Asbestos bearing rock is interspersed in the Green Stone Rock Formations that underlie the surface soils in the Orange Soils Group. Surface exposure of these rock formations are not usually seen.

County Map location of asbestos in Orange soils.
Orange Soils Group map of Asbestos by Taxmap number.  Tax Map numbers that describe areas in the county that contain naturally occurring asbestos soils.

Before beginning any construction activities, a compliance plan must be submitted and reviewed by the Fairfax County Health Department. The purpose of a compliance plan is to maintain safe working conditions on the construction site and prevent migration of asbestos laden dust off the site. The compliance plan must contain elements from DIRECTIVE 1 and 2.

Directive 1 - Standards of performance for Actinolite/tremolite soil sources - Fairfax Va - HTML format page. (PDF File)
Directive 2 - Monitoring and Reporting Requirements - Fairfax Va - HTML format page. (PDF File)
Compliance Plan Elements - Compliance Plan Elements - Fairfax Va (PDF File)
PPE Program -  Requirements for personal protection equipment (PDF File)

Photo Galley -   Naturally Occurring Asbestos, Dust Control, Micrographs, Personal Monitoring and PPE. NOTE: These pictures are large graphic files. The index page will indicate the size of the file.

Asbestos Documents - Available for download in Adobe Acrobat Format.

LINKS
OSHA asbestos Web site
EPA's asbestos Web site