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Asbestos: OSHA construction and EPA school rules

Practice questions and study guides on OSHA's asbestos standard for construction (classes of work, exposure limits, regulated areas, controls, respirators, training, medical surveillance) and EPA's asbestos rule for schools (inspections, response actions, management plans, records).

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What these pages cover, and what they don't

The real test or credential

Asbestos professionals are trained by providers whose courses are approved by EPA or a State under the Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan, and most States also require a license to do this work.

Our pages

These pages cover OSHA's construction asbestos standard and EPA's school rule (AHERA). Accredited course content and State licensing are not covered.

Checked against these official pages on November 6, 2026. Practice here does not replace the official training or test.

Scope and sources

Everything here comes from the current eCFR text of 29 CFR 1926.1101 paragraphs (a) to (o) and 40 CFR 763.80 to 763.95 and 763.99. The appendices to both rules, enforcement and penalty provisions, and the training courses and exams accredited providers run are not covered. These pages help you study the rule; they are not a course. Your State may run its own OSHA-approved plan or asbestos program with its own rules, so check them too. goraedu is not an accredited asbestos training provider and does not train, accredit or certify anyone; our questions are not a course or accreditation exam. Not affiliated with or endorsed by OSHA, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. EPA or any State.

Key rules, in the regulation's words

  • OSHA's construction standard covers asbestos exposure in construction work, including demolition and removal or encapsulation of asbestos-containing materials.

    “This section regulates asbestos exposure in all work as defined in 29 CFR 1910.12(b), including but not limited to the following:”
    29 CFR 1926.1101(a)

  • EPA's school rule requires local education agencies to identify friable and nonfriable asbestos-containing material in elementary and secondary schools.

    “This rule requires local education agencies to identify friable and nonfriable asbestos-containing material (ACM) in public and private elementary and secondary schools by visually inspecting school buildings for such materials, sampling such materials if they are not assumed to be ACM, and having samples analyzed by appropriate techniques referred to in this rule.”
    40 CFR 763.80(a)

Sources

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