United States
                    Environmental Protection
                    Agency
Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268
                    Research and Development
EPA/600/SR-93/159    October 1993
? EPA        Project Summary
                     Airborne Asbestos
                     Concentrations During  Buffing  of
                     Resilient  Floor  Tile
                      A study was conducted to determine
                    the level of airborne asbestos concentra-
                    tions during  routine spray-buffing of as-
                    bestos-containing floor tiles at 17 schools
                    in northern,  central,  and southern  New
                    Jersey. Although the schools selected do
                    not represent a statistical random sample,
                    they do represent a cross section of floor
                    conditions and  floor-care maintenance
                    practices. Increased airborne asbestos lev-
                    els during spray-buffing were measured
                    at 12 of the 17 schools. The increase was
                    statistically  significant  at 7  of the 17
                    schools. Overall, the mean relative increase
                    in airborne asbestos concentrations dur-
                    ing spray-buffing with the high-speed ma-
                    chines (1000 to 1500 rpm) was statistically
                    significantly  higher than  that during buff-
                    ing with low-speed machines (175 to 330
                    rpm). Machine speed appeared to  have a
                    significant effect on the structure mor-
                    phology of the airborne asbestos struc-
                    tures generated during spray-buffing. Re-
                    sults of the study indicate that spray-buff-
                    ing can generate asbestos-containing par-
                    ticles from the surface of asbestos-con-
                    taining resilient floor tile. The estimated 8-
                    hr time-weighted average (TWA) of total
                    fiber concentrations (0.093 f/cm2 maximum)
                    in the breathing zone of the machine op-
                    erators (as determined by phase contrast
                    microscopy  [PCM]) did  not exceed the
                    Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
                    tration  (OSHA) action level  of 0.1  fibers
                    per cubic centimeter (f/cm3), 8-hr TWA.
                       This Project Summary was developed
                    by EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering
                    Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH,  to announce
                    key findings  of the research project that is
                    fully documented in a separate report of
the same title (see Project Report order-
ing information at back).

Introduction
  Although no longer manufactured in the
United States, asbestos-containing resilient
floor tiles are installed in residential dwellings,
institutions, commercial and public office build-
ings, and industrial facilities. The organic ma-
trix  in floor tiles may be either asphalt or
polyvinyl chloride, and their dimensions are
either 9 in. by 9 in.  or 12 in. by 12 in. The
asbestos in nearly all floor tiles is chrysotile,
which is dispersed throughout the thickness
of the tile. Although these floor tiles are con-
sidered nonfriable, the frictional forces ex-
erted on these materials during routine floor-
care maintenance operations can generate
asbestos-containing particles.
  The principal types of maintenance per-
formed routinely on resilient floor tiles include
spray-buffing  and dry burnishing, and wet
scrubbing and stripping followed by refinish-
ing. The U.S.  Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), school districts, and the Resil-
ient Floor Covering Institute have monitored
airborne asbestos levels during wet stripping
of asbestos-containing floor tiles. These stud-
ies  have shown elevated levels of asbestos
structures in the air during the stripping op-
eration  (based on transmission electron mi-
croscopy [TEM]), but the 8-hr TWA concen-
trations (based on  PCM) were below the
OSHA permissible exposure limit and action
level of 0.2 and 0.1 f/cm3 of air, respectively. If
the action  level is exceeded, periodic per-
sonal air monitoring, employee training, and
medical surveillance  are required (29 CFR
1910.1001). The results of the two analytical
techniques differ mostly because PCM does

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not detect the smaller fibers (<5 (am in length
and  <0.25 pm in  width) as  measured  by
TEM. Also, the OSHA methodology requires
a length to width ratio (aspect ratio) of 3:1 or
greater whereas the TEM  methodology has
an aspect ratio of 5:1  or greater. In response
to concerns raised by school districts and
building managers  regarding the release of
asbestos structures during stripping opera-
tions, the EPA issued  interim  guidance  on
appropriate procedures for the stripping of
asbestos-containing floor coverings.
  Little data are available for evaluating the
extent of asbestos structures released during
other floor-care maintenance procedures, such
as spray-buffing. Spray-buffing  is the restor-
ative  maintenance  of a previously polished
floor by use of a suitable floor-polishing ma-
chine immediately after the surface has been
mist-sprayed with  an  appropriate product
whereby the wet application is buffed to dry-
ness. The levels of airborne asbestos struc-
tures released during spray-buffing could  be
higher than those during wet stripping, espe-
cially if the floor has been poorly maintained
(i.e.,  minimal wax layer), is worn, or is other-
wise damaged.
  The Risk Reduction  Engineering Labora-
tory (RREL) of the U.S. EPA and the Environ-
mental  Health Service (EHS)  of the  New
Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) con-
ducted a study to evaluate airborne asbestos
concentrations during routine spray-buffing of
asbestos-containing floor tile. The primary ob-
jectives of this study were (1)  to determine
the airborne asbestos concentrations  during
routine spray-buffing  of asbestos-containing
resilient floor tile in a cross section of schools
in northern, central, and southern New Jer-
sey,  and (2) to compare the fiber concentra-
tions measured by PCM during routine spray-
buffing of asbestos-containing floor tile with
the OSHA action level of 0.1 f/cm3 of air, 8-hr
TWA(29CFR1910.1001).

Study Sites
  This study was conducted at 17 schools,
distributed among eight school districts, in
northern, central, and southern New Jersey.
Although these schools do not represent a
statistical random sample, they do represent
a cross section of floor conditions  and floor-
care maintenance operations.
  Access to  the schools  was  coordinated
directly by the Environmental Health Service
of the New Jersey Department of Hearth (EHS-
NJDOH).  The EHS-NJDOH  collected bulk
samples of all floor tiles; and documented
floor-care practices, floor conditions, and char-
acteristics of the floor-buffing equipment and
materials in  each school, as  well as other
variables that might have an effect on the
release of asbestos structures.
  In all of the schools, the existing custodial
staff performed the floor-care  maintenance
operations. The  floors were prepared (i.e.,
dry and/or wet-mopped)  and spray-buffed in
accordance  with established practices and
procedures at the respective schools.

Sampling Strategy
  The first study objective was to determine
whether airborne asbestos concentrations in-
creased during the spray-buffing of floor tile.
This was addressed by collecting air samples
before and during floor-buffing operations. A
maximum of two distinct areas were tested in
each school studied. Immediately before buff-
ing operations began, three baseline, fixed-
station, area air  samples were collected in
each test area under normal building condi-
tions (i.e., no intentional  air disturbance be-
yond that attributable to normal occupancy
activity in the area). Three personal breath-
ing-zone  samples were collected during buff-
ing operations for comparison with the baseline
samples. These  samples  also  were taken
under  normal occupancy conditions (i.e., no
air disturbance beyond that attributable to the
buffing itself). These samples were collected
in the breathing zone of the buffing machine
operators so they would be representative of
airborne asbestos levels  during spray-buffing
operations. The three baseline and three per-
sonal breathing zone samples were analyzed
by TEM.
  The second study objective was to com-
pare total fiber concentrations during buffing
operations with the OSHA action level of 0.1
f/cm3, 8-hr TWA. This was achieved by col-
lecting one sample in the breathing zone of
the machine operator during the spray-buff-
ing in each area. These samples were col-
lected  in accordance with OSHA  sampling
protocols and analyzed by PCM.
  To confirm the  percentage  and type of
asbestos in the  floor tile, bulk  samples of
each type of floor tile present in each school
were collected.

Sampling Methods

Fixed-Station Area Air Samples
  The baseline, fixed-station, area air samples
were collected on  open-face, 25-mm-diam-
eter, 0.45-)um-pore-size,  mixed  cellulose es-
ter (MCE) filters with a 5-jim-pore-size MCE
diffusing  filter and  a cellulose  support pad
contained in a three-piece cassette. The filter
cassettes were positioned on tripods approxi-
mately 5  ft above the floor, with the filter face
at  a 45° angle toward the floor. The filter
assembly was attached to an electric-pow-
ered  (110 VAC) 1/6-horsepower  vacuum
pump operating  at  a flow rate of  approxi-
mately 9 L/min. Air volumes ranged from 564
to 916  L The sampling pumps were  cali-
brated with a precision rotameter both before
and after sampling.

Personal Breathing Zone Air
Samples
  Three personal breathing zone air samples
were collected on the same filters described
in the previous section and were analyzed by
TEM. A fourth personal breathing zone sample
was collected on  a 25-mm-diameter, 0.8-nm-
pore-size MCE filter, and a cellulose support
pad contained in a three-piece cassette with
a 50-mm conductive extension  cowl. This
fourth personal breathing zone sample  was
collected in accordance with OSHA protocols
and analyzed by  PCM.
  The four filter cassettes were positioned in
the breathing zone  of  the buffing  machine
operator. Each filter was attached to approxi-
mately 50 ft of  Tygon tubing that was at-
tached to an electric-powered (110 VAC) 1/6-
horsepower  vacuum pump operating at a
flow  rate of  approximately 9  L/min. Air vol-
umes ranged from 617  to 970 L To achieve
the target air volume of 600  L in  the time
required to spray-buff the test area, traditional
battery-powered,  personal sampling pumps
could not be used because of their limited
airflow rates (approximately 2  L/min with the
0.45-nm-pore-size MCE filter).

Bulk Floor Tile Samples
  Bulk samples were collected of each type
of floor  tile  present  in each  school. Each
sample consisted of a 2-in. by 2-in. section of
floor tile. A 2-in. by 2-in. template was used to
delineate the area on the floor tile. A hammer
and wood chisel were  used to remove the
tile, which was then placed  in a labeled Ziploc
plastic bag. The exact location of the sample
was recorded on a plan drawing of the build-
ing.

Analytical Methods

Air Samples
  The 0.45-|om-pore-size  MCE filters were
prepared and analyzed in accordance  with
the non mandatory TEM method specified in
the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response
Act (AHERA) Final Rule (October 30, 1987;
40 CFR Part 763). Each of the 0.8-nm-pore-
size MCE membrane filters was analyzed by
PCM. These 0.8  urn sample filters were  pre-
pared and analyzed according to the NIOSH
7400  protocol  (Revision 3, June 5, 1989,

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National Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health Manual of Analytical Methods).

Bulk Floor Tile Samples
  The type and percentage of asbestos in
the floor tile were determined by polarized
light microscopy analysis in accordance with
the EPA test method "Interim Method for
Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Insulation
Samples" (EPA 600/M4-82-020). A confirma-
tory analysis was performed on floor tile from
8 of the 17 schools. The samples were ana-
lyzed by TEM in accordance with Chatfield's
Method (SOP-1988-02, Revision No. 1: Analy-
sis of Resilient Floor Tile). Portions of a freshly
fractured edge of the bulk samples were ana-
lyzed  by scanning electron microscopy to
examine the condition of the floor tile surface.

Statistical Methods
   Descriptive statistics  were calculated for
each school and each area within a school.
These  descriptive statistics  included the
sample  size; arithmetic mean, minimum, and
maximum airborne asbestos concentrations;
and the arithmetic  standard deviation.
   A two-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA)
was used to compare airborne asbestos con-
centrations before and  during floor buffing.
Each school was considered separately. The
experimental factors in the ANOVA analysis
were  the  sample period (baseline,  during)
and area within a school (A or B). If only one
area was studied  at a  school, the analysis
was reduced to a  one-factor ANOVA, which
is equivalent to a Student's t-test.

Quality Assurance
   Specific quality assurance procedures out-
lined in the AHERA rule were used to ensure
the precision of the collection and analysis of
air samples; these included filter lot  blanks,
open  and closed  field blanks,  and repeated
sample analyses (replicate  and duplicate
analyses).

Results and Discussion

Study-Site Characteristics

Resilient Floor Tile
   The resilient flooring  in the 28 study sites
(representing  17 schools) included mostly 9-
in. by 9-in. tiles and some 12-in. by 12-in.
tiles. Although the asbestos content of the
tiles ranged from  1% to 38%, the content of
most of the tiles exceeded 10%. The spray-
buffed areas ranged from 727 to 3386 ft2; the
average area  was  approximately 2150 ft2.
Any floor areas with damaged (e.g., broken)
or missing tiles were  isolated to prevent their
contact with the buffing machine.
Floor Care Maintenance Practices
  Sixteen of the 17 schools used a black pad
for stripping the floors, whereas EPA's interim
procedure guidelines for the stripping of resil-
ient floor coverings recommend the use of
the "least abrasive pad possible". The schools
wet-stripped and refinished the floors one to
three times a year (during the summer,  win-
ter, or spring breaks).
  The floors were dry- and/or wet-mopped
before they were spray-buffed.  All of the
schools  dry-mopped the  floors, and nine of
the schools both dry and wet-mopped the
floors. The floors are typically spray-buffed
once a year; however, some schools spray-
buffed the  floors one  to  three times  each
week.

Buffing Equipment and Materials
  Twelve  of the schools used buffing  ma-
chines operating at  1000 to 1500 rpm and
five used buffing machines operating at 175
to 330 rpm. The appropriate buffing pad (i.e.,
a white pad with high-speed machines and a
red pad  with low-speed machines) was used
at all of the schools except two: school No. 1
used a red pad with a high-speed machine,
and school No. 13  used a green pad (de-
signed for heavy scrubbing and light stripping
applications) with a low-speed machine.

Airborne Asbestos Concentrations
Before and During Spray-Buffing
  Three samples were collected before and
three  during routine spray-buffing of asbes-
tos-containing floor tile in each area within a
school. Table 1 presents the descriptive sta-
tistics (i.e.,  mean, minimum, maximum, and
standard deviation) separately for each school/
area combination and each sampling period
(i.e., baseline and during spray-buffing). Fig-
ure 1  shows the average airborne asbestos
concentrations at each area before and dur-
ing spray-buffing.
   Increased airborne asbestos levels during
spray-buffing  were  noted at 12  of the 17
schools. The increase was statistically signifi-
cant at seven of these schools (Nos. 1, 5, 6,
7, 12, 14, and 17). When compared with
baseline measurements taken before buffing,
airborne asbestos concentrations were quali-
tatively the same or lower during buffing  at
the remaining five schools (Nos.  2, 4, 9, 10,
and 16).
   Overall, the mean relative increase in air-
borne asbestos concentrations during spray-
buffing with the high-speed machines (1000
to  1500  rprn) was  significantly higher
(p=0.0326) than the relative increase during
spray-buffing  with the low-speed machines
(175 to  330 rpm). On  average, airborne as-
bestos concentrations were approximately 5
times higher during spray-buffing than before
spray-buffing with the higher speed machines;
whereas, spray-buffing with the lower-speed
machines showed a 2-fold increase.

Airborne Asbestos Concentrations
Based on Frequency of Spray-
Buffing
  Spray-buffing is routinely performed (one
or more times weekly) at 7 schools, whereas
spray-buffing  is performed  less frequently
(once per month  to once per year) at the
remaining 10 schools.  The mean airborne
asbestos concentrations  measured  before
buffing at the schools in which spray-buffing
is routinely performed (0.035 s/cm3) was sig-
nificantly greater (p=0.0004) than the mean
baseline concentration measured at schools
in which spray-buffing is performed less fre-
quently  (0.007 s/cm3).

Personal Breathing Zone
Concentrations of Total Fibers
  Table 2 presents total fiber concentrations
measured in the machine operator's breath-
ing zone during spray-buffing, as determined
by  PCM. The actual time spent buffing the
floors ranged from 64 to 97 min.
  School maintenance workers do not typi-
cally spray-buff floors for a full 8-hr work shift.
According to school  custodians at the five
sites (Nos. 6A, 10A,  11 A, 13B, and 16B) that
showed measured levels above 0.1  f/cm3, the
average time spent buffing floors on a typical
day ranges from 1.5 to 2.5 hr. Assuming that
a maintenance  worker spends no more
than 2.5 hr/day buffing the floor and has
no  additional exposure to asbestos for the
remainder of the day, the estimated 8-hr
TWA concentrations for all of these sites
would be less than the OSHA action level
of  0.1  f/cm3, 8-hr TWA. The maximum
estimated  8-hr TWA exposure concentra-
tion (0.093 f/cm3,  8-hr  TWA)  was mea-
sured at Site 11 A.

Morphology and Size
Distributions of Asbestos
Structures
  The  TEM  analysis of the  163 samples
collected before  and during  spray-buffing
yielded  a  total of  4598 asbestos struc-
tures,  of  which more  than 99% were
chrysotile and less than  1% were amphib-
ole. The asbestos in nearly all floor tiles is
chrysotile. Overall, the asbestos structures
were  primarily matrices (approximately
80%) and to a lesser extent, fibers, clus-
ters, and bundles.
  The  structure  morphology for  asbestos
structures observed before (i.e.,  baseline)

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i/e 1. Summary of Airborne Asbestos Concentrations Measured By TEM Before and During Buffing of Floor Tile
Asbestos Concentration, s/cm3 (N=3)
	 Baseline DurinQ Buffino.

Site
1A
1B
2A
3A
3B
4 A'
5A
6A
6B
7A
7B
8A
8Bf
9A
10A
10B
11 A
11B
12A
12B
13A
13B
14A
15A
16A
16B
17A
17B

Mean
0.004
0.001
0.006
0.001
0
0
0.009
0.030
0.029
0.003
0.008
0.011
0.041
0.010
0.086
0.038
0.033
0.029
0.012
0.065
0.015
0.194
0.006
0.094
0.001
0.003
0.001
0.050

Minimum
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.005
0
0.015
0
0.005
0.005
0
0
0
0.030
0.020
0.005
0.009
0.029
0
0.051
0.005
0.058
0
0
0
0.024

Maximum
0.009
0.005
0.010
0.005
0
0
0.014
0.076
0.054
0.010
0.014
0.020
0.103
0.020
0.254
0.045
0.0i4
0.069
0.014
0.113
0.040
0.390
0.010
0. 126
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.065
Standard
Deviation
0.005
0.003
0.006
0.003
0
0
0.005
0.040
0.021
0.006
0.005
0.008
0.055
0.010
0.145
0.008
0.018
0.034
0.003
0.043
0.022
0.175
0.003
0.034
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.023

Mean
0.014
0.013
0.003
0.011
0.003
0
0.107
0.163
0.205
0.145
0.414
0.025
-
0.003
0.067
0.032
0.056
0.077
0.067
0.096
0.082
0.290
0.052
0.151
0.001
0
0.056
0.114

Minimum
0.010
0.005
0
0
0
0
0.088
0.065
0.137
0.097
0.379
0.015
.
0
0.033
0.029
0.015
0.067
0.043
0.062
0.015
0.225
0.020
0.102
0
0
0.052
0.035

Maximum
0.019
0.019
0.005
0.025
0.009
0
0.123
0.302
0.291
0.179
0.464
0.030
_
0.009
0.094
0.035
0.097
0.090
0.113
0.151
0.206
0.329
0.087
0.216
0.004
0
0.059
0.189
Standard
Deviation
0.005
0.007
0.003
0.013
0.005
0
0.018
0.123
0.078
0.043
0.044
0.009
_
0.005
0.031
0.003
0.058
0.012
0.039
0.048
0.040
0.057
0.034
0.059
0.002
0
0.004
0.077
     ' Summary statistics are based on two samples (N=2).
     f The samples collected during spray-buffing were too heavily loaded with paniculate to count.
low-speed buffing was comparable with
that observed during  low-speed  buffing.
That is,  similar  percentages  of  fibers,
bundles, clusters, and matrices were ob-
served  both  before  and during low-speed
buffing. The structure morphologies for as-
bestos  structures observed  during high-
speed buffing, however, were distinctly dif-
ferent;  these morphologies showed that
the percentage of asbestos fibers observed
during  high-speed  buffing was approxi-
mately 2.5 times greater than the percent-
age of  fibers observed before buffing. In
contrast, the percentage of asbestos ma-
trices were greater before high-speed buff-
ing than during buffing. One possible ex-
planation for a decrease in the number of
asbestos matrices during buffing  is that
the high-speed buffing pulverizes any as-
bestos-containing particles lying on the sur-
face of  the floor  and/or any particles con-
tained in the wax layer on  the floor tile.
This could also explain the increase in the
percentage of asbestos fibers during high
speed buffing. Another possible explana-
tion for the increase in the percentage of
asbestos fibers during high-speed buffing could
be the abrasion of surficial fibers from the floor
tile.
  Overall, less than 1% of the asbestos fibers
measured before and during were greater than
5 yum in length. Although comparable structure
size distributions were  observed before  and
during low-speed buffing, a larger percentage of
the structures observed during high-speed buff-
ing were less than 1 jam compared to structures
observed before high-speed buffing. The in-
creased number of structures less than 1 jum in
length could result from (1) the pulverization of
asbestos structures on the floor surface  and/or
asbestos structures contained in the wax layer,
and/or (2) the abrasion of surficial fibers from
the  floor tile.

Conclusions
  Spray-buffing can cause asbestos structures
to be generated from the surface of asbestos-
containing resilient floor tile. Increased airborne
asbestos concentrations during spray-buffing
were measured at 12 of the 17 schools studied.
The increase was statistically significant at seven
of these schools.
  Overall, the mean relative increase in air-
borne asbestos concentrations during spray-
buffing with the high-speed machines (1000 to
1500  rpm) was significantly  higher than the
relative increase during spray-buffing with the
low-speed machines (175 to 330  rpm). On
average, airborne asbestos concentrations were
approximately 5 times higher during than before
spray-buffing with the high speed machines;
whereas, spray-buffing with the low-speed ma-
chines showed a 2-fokd increase.
  Machine speed appears to have a significant
effect on the structure morphology of the air-
borne asbestos structures generated during
spray-buffing. The percentage of  asbestos fi-
bers observed during high-speed  buffing was
approximately 2.5 times greater than that be-
fore buffing; whereas, the percentage of asbes-
tos  fibers  observed  during low-speed buffing
was approximately 1.3 times greater. The per-
centage of asbestos  matrices measured during
high-speed buffing were approximately 12 times
lower than before buffing; whereas, the percent

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                                                                                         Sampling period

                                                                                    Baseline  [    During buffing
        1
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  3
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                   0.1
                  0.01
                                       1B        2A         3A         3B        4A        5A         6A         6B

                                                                Study Site

 Figure 1. A verage airborne asbestos concentrations (measured by TEM) before and during buffing of asbestos-containing resilient floor tile (continued).
                                                                                       Sampling period

                                                                                  Baseline    j  During buffing
       i
3
I
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               0.001
                                   78        8A        9A       10A        10B      11A
                 0.01
                                                                                              11B      12A       12B
Figure 1.  (continued).

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    1
    §
    I
                0.1
               0.01
              0.001
                                                                                     Sampling period


                                                                                 Baseline  I  I  During buffing
                         13A
                                                                                                               17B
Figure 1. (concluded)

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Table 2. Total Fiber Concentrations During Buffing of Resilient Floor Tile (As Measured by PCM)
                         Site
Total Fiber Concentration,
         f/cm3
1A
1B
2A
3A
3B
4A
5 A'
6A
6B*
7A
7B*
8A*
8B*
9A
10A
10B
11 A
11B
12A
12B
13A
13B
14A
15A
16A
16B
17A
17B
0.033
0.034
0.078
0.077
0.076
0.024
.
0.130
-
0.048
-
_
.
0.030
0.133
0.061
0.295
0.065
0.067
0.070
0.085
0.220
0.042
0.076
0.080
0.104
0.027
0.055
age of asbestos matrices measured during low-
speed buffing was essentially unchanged (i.e.,
<0.4% bwer).
  The estimated  8-hr TWA of total fiber con-
centrations (0.093 f/cm3 maximum) in the breath-
ing  zone of the machine operators (as  deter-
mined by PCM)  did not exceed the OSHA
action level of 0.1 f/cm3, Siir TWA.

Recommendations
  Further research is recommended to study
the  effect of buffing methods on the release of
asbestos structures from the surface of asbes-
tos-containing resilient floor tiles. A study should
be designed to evaluate the extent of asbestos
release  during application of the two buffing
methods (low-speed spray-buffing and high-
speed dry-buffing) on three levels of floor care
(poor, intermediate, and good). The results of
this study would define the need for and nature
of guidance for the buffing of asbestos-contain-
ing  resilient floor tiles.
  The full report was submitted in fulfillment of
Contract No. 68-D2-0058 by  Environmental
Quality Management, Inc. under subcontract to
Pacific Environmental Services, Inc. through the
sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protec-
tion Agency.
                       ' Samples were all too heavily loaded with par-
                         ticulate to count.
                                                                            •trV.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1993 - 750-071/800*2

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This Project Summary was prepared by the staff of Environmental Quality
  Management, Inc., Cincinnati, OH 45240 and Environmental Health Service,
  New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton, NJ 08625
Aaron R. Martin  is the EPA Project Officer
Alva Edwards is the Technical Project Officer (see below)
The complete report, entitled "Airborne Asbestos Concentrations During Buffing
    of Resilient Floor Tile," (Order No. PB93-227 551/AS; Cost: $27.00,
    subject to change) will be available only from:
        National Technical Information Service
        5285 Port Royal Road
        Springfield, VA 22161
        Telephone: 703-487-4650
The Technical Project Officer can be contacted at
        Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory
        U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
        Cincinnati, OH 45268
 United States
 Environmental Protection Agency
 Center for Environmental Research Information
 Cincinnati, OH 45268

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