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Welcome to the CAPCOA Website on Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA)
This site provides a ready resource to important information relevant to NOA in California.
Please note that NOA conditions vary from one air district to another.
Part 1: Documents Available for Download
General Information:
- Asbestos-Containing Rock and Soil- What CA Homeowners/Renters Need To Know (CAL-EPA)
- Fact Sheet #2-School Advisory for Naturally Occuring Asbestos (CARB)
- Fact Sheet #2-Ways To Control Naturally Occuring Asbestos Dust (CARB)
- Fact Sheet #4-Naturally Occuring Asbestos Around Your Home (CARB)
- Some Facts About Asbestos (USGS)
Health Effects:
Maps of Asbestos Areas:
- Map of California
- Map of El Dorado County, Western Slope
- Map of Mendocino County
- Map of Placer County
- Map of City Of Folsom, Sacramento Cuonty
- Map of Eastern Sacramento County
- Map of Lake County
County Specific Information:
- Asbestos Map of El Dorado County (CAL-EPA)
- Areas More Likely To Contain NOA In Western El Dorado County (CA Dept. of Conservation)
- U.S. EPA Assessment For El Dorado Hills (Announcement by EPA, 05/2005)
- El Dorado Hills NOA Multimedia Exposure Assesment (Prepared For US EPA
- Lake County Serpentine Landscape Demonstration Garden (Lake County AQMD)
- Mendocino County Soil Mapping (Letter From NRCS To Mendocino AQMD)
- Relative Likelihood For The Presence Of NOA In PLacer CO (CA Dept of Conservation)
Guideance:
Sampling and Measurement:
- California Air Resources Board Method 435
- Fact Sheet #5-Monitoring For Asbestos (CARB)
- Federal Regulations: 40CFR Part 763 (US EPA)
Technical Reports:
- Guidelines For Geologic Investigations of NOA In California (CAL GEOL Survey)
- Final Draft: Technical Support Document For AA Protocal to Assess Asbestos Related Risk
- The Absestiform and Non-Asbestiform Mineral Growth Habit
- Asbestos: Geology, Mineralogy, Mining and Uses (US Geological Survey)
- A General Location Guide For Ultramafic Rocks in CA
Part 2: Websites With Information Pertaining to Asbestos/NOA
- California Geological Survey Website on Asbestos
- http://www.conservation.ca.gov/CGS/minerals/hazardous_minerals/asbestos/index.htm
- CARB Website on Asbestos
- http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/asbestos/asbestos.htm
- CARB Regulations - Asbestos ATCM for Surfacing Applications
- http://www.arb.ca.gov/toxics/atcm/asbeatcm.htm
- CARB Regulations - Asbestos ATCM for Construction, Grading, Quarrying and Surface Mining
- http://arb.ca.gov/toxics/atcm/asb2atcm.htm
- OEHHA website fact sheet on asbestos
- http://www.oehha.ca.gov/air/toxic_contaminants/Asbes_F.htm
- USEPA Region 9 NOA Website
- http://www.epa.gov/region09/toxic/noa/
- El Dorado County Board of Education - list of NOA-related documents
- http://www.edcoe.k12.ca.us/asbestos/noa.html