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HealthSafe Inspections Inc
390 Apple Drive
Basalt CO 81621
970-920-2100
Jim Baker
CDPHE Asbestos Building Inspector, Asbestos Air Monitoring Specialist (AMS) &
Project Designer Certification #13437
CDPHE Lead-Based Paint Inspector & Lead Hazard Assessor Certification #23607
ASBESTOS REPORT
DATE
10/19/2018
CLIENT
Craig Cohen & Alix O’Brien
Attn: PJ Bory, Real Estate Broker
Aspen Associates Realty Group, LLC.
510 E Hyman Ave, Ste #21
Aspen CO 81611
PROJECT PROPERTY ADDRESS
124 West Hyman Avenue, The Cottonwood Condominium #2B, Aspen, Colorado
81611
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For orientation purposes, the front door faces south.
CLIENT BACKGROUND
The Clients, Craig Cohen & Alix O’Brien, facilitated by their real estate broker, PJ Bory
of Aspen Associates Realty Group, LLC., are under contract to purchase the above
referenced 2-bedroom 2-bathroom condominium. The condominium is a one-floor
condominium on the second-floor area of The Cottonwoods complex. During the
inspection period, the Clients requested an asbestos inspection during the inspection
period. The Clients hired HealthSafe Inspections, Inc. (hereinafter, HealthSafe) to
perform the limited interior asbestos inspection. At the time of inspection, the Clients did
not have any concrete plans for any renovation-remodel, but they were going to at least
remodel the kitchen. Because the two bathrooms have been more recently remodeled,
their representative broker, PJ Bory recommended limiting the sampling to the older
materials; therefore, the suspect drywall materials in the bathrooms are exempt from this
report (not tested). All other interior suspect materials (drywall materials only) over 32 sf
of surface area are included. Many of the walls are currently covered with wood paneling.
The following photos depict the interior finishes at the time of inspection.
The party wall to the east, behind the sofa, is wood paneling; the ceiling drywall & wood
beams.
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The kitchen and pantry closet are drywall.
East hallway wall, wood paneling. Kitchen walls are drywall.
Bedrooms are original ceiling and wall drywall materials with updated doors.
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Bathrooms have been more recently remodeled with new drywall materials.
Note: this report is not intended for estimating purposes. Measurements provided in this
report are for the sole purpose of determining numbers of samples required per suspect
material. Contractors or subcontractors will have to do their own surveys and inspections
for their own estimating.
VISUAL INSPECTION & LABORATORY FINDINGS
An inspection was conducted by Jim Baker of HealthSafe on October 12, 2018 with PJ
Bory present during the initial survey. Suspect ACM/ACBM (drywall materials only)
were identified and sampled throughout the condominium interior except the bathrooms.
Samples were collected randomly--considering different sections of walls and ceilings
and different rooms or locations where each homogeneous material was installed or
applied. No two samples were collected next to the other. This inspector did his best to
get a broad representative of each homogeneous miscellaneous and surfacing material
without bias of locations with the attempt to not damage readily visible surfaces. Those
materials collected and analyzed by PLM analysis are the following:
1. Original Semi-Textured Flat-Finish Surfacing Material/Texture: a
homogeneous trowel-applied surfacing material/texture [samples 1-5: F-T-
1,2,3,4,5]. This surfacing material/texture is on ceilings and walls of the condo
interior except the two bathrooms. The estimated surface area is more than 1,000
sf, but less than 5,000 sf, requiring a minimum of at least five surfacing/texture
material samples. Samples were taken from the southeast living room ceiling,
pantry south wall, kitchen west wall, north hallway west wall and northwest
bedroom north wall west side, respectively. The EPA 600 method PLM analytical
estimated results: NONE DETECTED in samples 1 and 2; <1% or TRACE
Chrysotile asbestos in samples 3, 4 and 5. Those estimated results were then EPA
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400 Point Counted with the following results: samples 3 and 4, <0.25%, and in
sample 5, 0.5%. This surfacing material is not classified or regulated by the State
CDPHE at less than 1%, and therefore will not require an asbestos abatement if
the materials are disturbed, demolished and/or disposed of. However, OSHA
regulations shall apply, as the materials do contain trace amounts of asbestos and
when disturbed become friable; this is OSHA Class II Asbestos Work.
2. Original Joint Compound: a homogeneous miscellaneous seam taping
compound requiring at least two samples [samples 6-7: F-JC-1,2]. Samples were
taken from the refrigerator pocket east wall and northwest bedroom closet west
wall, respectively. The PLM analytical estimated results: <1% Chrysotile
asbestos. This miscellaneous joint compound used to create the miscellaneous
drywall system (paragraph 3 below) prior to the application of the flat semi-
textured surfacing material/texture. The joint compound is not classified as ACM
at less than 1% or trace amounts. It is used in the composite sample to determine
the percentage of asbestos in the drywall system as a whole—prior to the
application of the surfacing material/texture.
3. Original Gypsum Wallboard/Drywall System: a homogeneous taped and joint
compounded drywall system with gypsum wallboard panels, trowel-applied joint
compound and tape (classified as a miscellaneous material as a complete integral
system) [samples 8-9: F-J-1,2]; these composite layered taped and joint
compounded drywall materials are on ceilings and walls of the condo interior
(except the bathrooms). The estimated surface area is more than 1,000 sf, but less
than 5,000 sf, requiring a minimum of at least two composite core samples of all
drywall layers (“…number of samples sufficient to determine” …if asbestos is
present or not). The samples were taken from the pantry southeast inside corner
and the northwest bedroom closet southwest inside corner, respectively. The EPA
600 method PLM analytical estimated results: <1% Chrysotile asbestos in
sample 8 with composite results of <0.25% and NONE DETECTED in sample
9. The drywall system is not classified and regulated as ACM/ACBM by the State
CDPHE at less than 1% asbestos. However, OSHA regulations as specified in
paragraph number 1 above.
There were no other additional suspect asbestos building materials to sample which were
slated to be disturbed, removed or disposed of in a kitchen or beyond remodel (except the
two bathrooms). A total of 9 suspect homogeneous ACM/ACBM bulk samples were
collected and 9 samples were analyzed. The 9 bulk samples were analyzed by EPA 600
PLM analytical methods and three samples by EPA 400 Point Count Method by a
NVLAP accredited laboratory in accordance with Colorado State Regulation 8 for the
presence of asbestos mineral fibers.
See supporting Hayes Microbial Consulting, Inc. data report #18036952.
HEALTHSAFE CONCLUSIONS
• There is trace amounts of Chrysotile asbestos in the original drywall system
surfacing materials and joint compound, but it is TRACE or less than 1% and will
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not require a Colorado State CDPHE permitted abatement if more than 32 sf of
drywall materials are disturbed, demolished and/or disposed. However, because
asbestos is present at trace amounts and will become friable during a disturbance
or demolition, OSHA regulations shall be required to be followed by the
contractor performing the work. See EPA 40 CFR 763.121 Worker Protection
Rule, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134 Respirator Protection Standard, OSHA 29 CFR
1910.1001 General Industry Standard and OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101 Construction
Standard regulations when dealing with asbestos hazards.
Sincerely Submitted,
Jim Baker
COLORADO & FEDERAL ASBESTOS REGULATIONS SUMMARY
Regulation No. 8 Part B – Asbestos of the Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment (CDPHE), Air Quality Control Commission requires a State-certified
Asbestos Building Inspector to inspect and collect bulk samples of all suspect asbestos
containing materials (ACM) or suspect asbestos containing building materials (ACBM)
prior to their disturbance, removal or demolition and disposal. The suspect materials shall
be analyzed by a NVLAP accredited laboratory by polarized light microscopy (PLM)
using EPA 600 analytical method. A material which is estimated to contain more than 1%
asbestos is classified as ACM/ACBM and regulated by the State and Federal
governments. Any friable (able to crush or reduce to powder by finger pressure) asbestos
with trace amounts of asbestos fibers or less than 1% must be point-counted using EPA
400 analytical method to prove that it is indeed less than 1%; if not, it must be classified
as ACM/ACBM and shall be treated as a State and Federal regulated material. Any
friable asbestos containing material (greater than 1% asbestos concentration) or
ACM/ACBM that could be rendered friable during its removal or demolition and disposal
shall require an asbestos abatement by a certified asbestos abatement contractor to
remove and dispose of the material(s).
A Colorado State (CDPHE) issued asbestos abatement permit is required for the
following trigger levels of ACM/ACBM:
1. Residential buildings of four or fewer units--if more than 32 square feet of any
surface coverage (e.g., gypsum wallboard or drywall and associated applied surfacing
materials/textures, acoustic sprays, joint compounds, plaster, etc.), 50 feet of asbestos
covered or asbestos insulated pipe or any material which would fill a 55-gallon drum is
going to be disturbed, removed or disposed of, an asbestos abatement permit is required.
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2. Residential complexes with more than four residential units, public access areas to a
residential building, commercial and retail buildings, public and civic buildings,
industrial buildings--if more than 160 square feet of surfacing materials, 260 linear feet
or more than 35 cubic feet (NESHAP) or 55-gallon drum (CDPHE) of suspect
ACM/ACBM is going to be disturbed, removed or disposed of, an asbestos abatement
permit is required under NESHAP and by the CDPHE. See note below on OSHA.
The regulations require an absolute minimum of 3 samples (EPA suggests 9) per
homogenous suspect surfacing and TSI materials and an absolute minimum of 2 samples
of homogenous miscellaneous materials or any number of “samples sufficient to
determine whether a material is ACM” (Reg8.IV.D.3). More samples are required based
on surface area or volume. These are minimums; the asbestos building inspector has the
field responsibility to determine homogenous materials and the number of samples to
collect per material; more than the minimum number of samples may be necessary at the
discretion of the inspector. An assessment of friability and functional space conditions of
the materials are also the inspector’s field responsibilities.
OSHA compliance is required for all employers and employees no matter the
quantity of asbestos present with strict regulations regarding 10 sf or more of TSI or
friable surfacing materials, and therefore it does not matter what the quantity or
State trigger levels are: all suspect ACM/ACBM shall be inspected and tested for
asbestos prior to their disturbance, removal and disposal for worker protection and
safety. See EPA 40 CFR 763.121 Worker Protection Rule, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.134
Respirator Protection Standard, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1001 General Industry Standard and
OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1101 Construction Standard regulations when dealing with asbestos
hazards.
Note: County or City regulations may be more stringent.
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HMC #18036952
contact@hayesmicrobial.com
http://hayesmicrobial.com/
Analysis Report prepared for
HealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO. 81621
Phone: 970-920-2100
Job Name: Cohen
124 W Hyman Ave, #2B
Aspen, CO 81611
Date Sampled: 10-12-2018
Date Analyzed: 10-17-2018
Report Date: 10-18-2018
EPA Laboratory ID# VA01419
NVLAP Lab Code: 500096-0 Asbestos License: 300435 License: #PH-0198
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HMC #18036952
HealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
October 18, 2018
Client Job Number:
Client Job Name:Cohen
124 W Hyman Ave, #2B
Aspen, CO 81611
Dear HealthSafe Inspections,
We would like to thank you for trusting Hayes Microbial for your analytical needs. On October 15, 2018 we received 12 samples by FedEx for the job
referenced above. 12 samples were received in good condition.
The results in this analysis pertain only to this job, collected on the stated date and should not be used in the interpretation of any other job. This report
may not be duplicated, except in full, without the written consent of Hayes Microbial Consulting, LLC.
This laboratory bears no responsibility for sample collection activities, analytical method limitations, or your use of the test results. Interpretation and
use of test results are your responsibility. Any reference to health effects or interpretation of mold levels is strictly the opinion of Hayes Microbial
Consulting. In no event, shall Hayes Microbial Consulting or any of its employees be liable for lost profits or any special, incidental or consequential
damages arising out of your use of the test results.
Steve Hayes, BSMT(ASCP)
Laboratory Director
Hayes Microbial Consulting, LLC
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HMC #18036952
EPA 600/R-93, M-4/82-020 (PLM)HealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
Phone: 970-920-2100
Job Number:
Collected by:
Email:
Jim Baker
healthsafeinspections@gmail.com
Job Name:Cohen
124 W Hyman Ave, #2B
Aspen, CO 81611
Date Collected:
Date Received:
Date Reported:
10/12/2018
10/15/2018
10/18/2018
#Sample Name Description Asbestos Fibers Other Fibers Non- Fibers
1 1 F-1 Texture / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
2 2 F-2 Texture/Brittle / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
3 3 F-3 Texture / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
4 4 F-4 Texture / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
5 5 F-5 Texture / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
6 6 F-JC-1 Joint Compound / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
7 7 F-JC-2 Texture / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
Notes: Joint Compound not observed.
8 8 F-J-1 Drywall / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
Layer 2 F-J-1 Joint Compound / Cream
<1 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
Layer 3 F-J-1 Drywall/JC / White/Cream
<0.25 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
Notes: Composite of Drywall and Joint Compound.
Signature: Date:10/17/2018 Reviewed by: Date:10/18/2018
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HMC #18036952
EPA 600/R-93, M-4/82-020 (PLM)HealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
Phone: 970-920-2100
Job Number:
Collected by:
Email:
Jim Baker
healthsafeinspections@gmail.com
Job Name:Cohen
124 W Hyman Ave, #2B
Aspen, CO 81611
Date Collected:
Date Received:
Date Reported:
10/12/2018
10/15/2018
10/18/2018
#Sample Name Description Asbestos Fibers Other Fibers Non- Fibers
9 9 F-J-2 Drywall / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
Layer 2 F-J-2 Joint Compound / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
Layer 3 F-J-2 Drywall/Joint Compound / White
(None Detected)
(None Detected)
100 %
Signature: Date:10/17/2018 Reviewed by: Date:10/18/2018
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EPA 400 Point CountHealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
Phone: 970-920-2100
Job Number:
Collected by:
Email:
Jim Baker
healthsafeinspections@gmail.com
Job Name:Cohen
124 W Hyman Ave, #2B
Aspen, CO 81611
Date Collected:
Date Received:
Date Reported:
10/12/2018
10/15/2018
10/18/2018
#Sample Name Description Asbestos Fibers Other Fibers Non- Fibers
3 3 F-3 Texture / Cream
<0.25 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
Notes: Asbestos Observed Not In Counting Field Of View.
4 4 F-4 Texture / Cream
<0.25 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
100 %
Notes: Asbestos Observed Not In Counting Field Of View.
5 5 F-5 Texture / Cream
0.5 % Chrysotile
(None Detected)
99.5 %
Signature: Date:10/17/2018 Reviewed by: Date:10/18/2018
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Asbestos - Additional InformationHealthSafe Inspections
390 Apple Drive
Basalt, CO 81621
Phone: 970-920-2100
All samples were received in acceptable condition unless otherwise noted on the report. This report must not be used by the client to claim product certification, approval, or
endorsement by AIHA, NIST, NVLAP, NY ELAP, or any agency. The results relate only to the items tested. Hayes Microbial Consulting reserves the right to dispose of all samples
after a period of 60 days in compliance with state and federal guidelines.
All Polarized Light Microscopy (PLM) results include an inherent uncertainty of measurement associated with estimating percentages by PLM. Measurement uncertainty data can be
provided when requested.
'None Detected' - Below the detected reporting limit of 1% unless point counting is performed, then the detected reporting limit is .25%.
Per NY ELAP198.6 (NOB), TEM is the only reliable method to declare an NOB material as Non-Asbestos Containing.
Any NY ELAP samples that are subcontracted to another laboratory will display the name and ELAP Lab Identification number in the report page heading of those samples. The
original report provided to Hayes Microbial Consulting is available upon request.
Signature: Date:10/17/2018 Reviewed by: Date:10/18/2018
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