65-5301. Definitions.

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65-5301. Definitions. As used in this act:

(a)"Asbestos project" means an activity undertaken to remove or encapsulate friable asbestos containing materials.

(b)"Business entity" means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship or other business concern.

(c)"License" means an authorization issued by the secretary permitting a business entity to engage in an asbestos project.

(d)"Secretary" means the secretary of health and environment.

(e)"Friable asbestos containing material" means any material that contains more than 1% asbestos, by weight, which is applied to ceilings, walls, structural members, piping, ductwork or any other part of a building and which, when dry, may be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

(f)"Asbestos" means that asbestiform varieties of: Chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite and actinolite.