Our Asbestos Reporting & Tracking System (ARTS) enables you to submit forms for abatement activities and receive approvals (or objections) electronically: To search ACP7 and ACP5 project notification and assessment data for a property, use the ACP Search Portal. If you have questions about ARTS, please contact [email protected].

Due to the significant public health hazards associated with long term asbestos exposure, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned all new uses of asbestos in 1989 and established stringent regulations for the handling and disturbance of asbestos in the U.S. DEP has regulated handling of asbestos since 1987.

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These laws impact the ways that asbestos projects are fi led, approved and inspected, and involve new levels of cooperation among the agencies that oversee asbestos and construction safety: the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Department of Buildings (DOB) and the Fire Department (FDNY).

If ARTS determines that the project triggers an Asbestos Work Permit, the job must go through ATRU review. Jobs that will disturb less than 1,000 square or linear feet of ACM on any given floor may be filed with DEP using either the current ACP7 or the new on­line ARTS application, though these jobs will not be subject to review and permitting.

The removal and/or abatement of asbestos containing materials (ACM) from structures must occur in strict compliance with Federal, State, and City regulations. These regulations include the requirement that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) be formally notified at least seven days before abatement activities take place.

The DOB and DEP created a special review unit to address these conditions called the Asbestos Technical Review Unit (ATRU). This group reviews requests of this type upon submission to them of an Asbestos Variance Application (ACP-9) by the investigator or abatement contractor.

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These buildings, prior to permit, an asbestos assessment is required to determine whether the site is asbestos–free, has a minimally acceptable amount of ACM to not be an Asbestos Project, or requires asbestos abatement per NYC Department of …

Provide all related construction documentation and drawings associated with the ‘yes’ answers on the ACP-7. Floor plans must show the affected building component(s).