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:
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 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:
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:
Fact Sheet #5-Monitoring For Asbestos (CARB)
Federal Regulations: 40CFR Part 763 (US EPA)
Technical Reports:
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
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