Asbestos_Report_1561-1563.pdf

REPORT – LIMITED ASBESTOS

SURVEY – TOWERS 1561 TO 1563

Contract Number: F62562-02-A0006 Task Order #2008_44

Yokota Air Base Fussa, Japan

Prepared for:

Yokota AB

Prepared by: HIES Japan

William S. Randall, REM AHERA Building Inspector [Certificate #PTHAIRJ0526-113]

September 28, 2008

HIES-Japan Project #J07032 i Towers 1561 to 1563, Limited Asbestos Survey

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

REPORT SUMMARY 1

LIST OF TABLES

Number Title

1 List of Homogenous Areas for Asbestos Sampling, Limited Asbestos Survey at Building 305, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

2 List of Identified ACM - Limited Asbestos Survey at Towers 1561 to 1563, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

3 List of All Samples Collected- Limited Asbestos Survey at Towers 1561 to 1563, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

LIST OF FIGURES

Number Title

1 Towers 1561 to 1563 – Asbestos Sample Locations

APPENDICES

Appendix Title

A Asbestos Laboratory Reports B Photographs of Samples

LIST OF ACRONYMS

ACM Asbestos Containing Material

AFB Air Force Base

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

HA Homogenous Area

HIES Hawaii International Environmental Services, Inc.

PLM Polarized Light Microscopy

HIES-Japan 1 Towers 1561 to 1563

REPORT SUMMARY

On behalf of Yokota Air Base, Hawaii International Environmental Services, Inc. [HIES], conducted a limited asbestos survey of Towers 1561 to 1563 located at Yokota Air Force Base [AFB] in Fussa, Japan. HIES provided a certified asbestos building inspector to assist with the survey and report preparation. The survey described by this report was conducted on September 12, 2008 by inspector Masatomo Yoshii (Certification #PTHAIRJ0330-085).

This survey was performed in order to determine if asbestos is present in a portion of Towers 1561 to 1563 prior to upcoming renovation work. Only suspect building materials requested to be sampled by base personnel were sampled. The work was conducted in general accordance with applicable United States Environmental Protection Agency guidelines and the Japan Environmental Governing Standards.

Three materials were identified as suspect asbestos containing material [ACM] and were sampled and analyzed during this survey (Table 1). A total of 3 building material samples were collected from the area being inspected (Table 3). Samples were analyzed by NVL Laboratories, Inc., an accredited laboratory, for asbestos content utilizing polarized light microscopy [PLM] and PLM with 1,000 point counts in accordance with EPA Method 600R- 930516. The detection limit of the PLM 1,000 point count method for asbestos identification is 0.1% by volume using EPA Method 600/R-93/116.

Asbestos was not detected in any of the samples analyzed. Table 3 lists all of the samples collected. The laboratory reports are included in Appendix A.

HIES-Japan Towers 1561 to 1563

Section 1 ONE Introduction

TABLES

Table 1 - Homogenous Areas - Page 1

Homogenous Area No. Description

Material Color

Mastic Color Tower No.

1 Cement Smooth Coat Grey NA 1561 2 Cement Smooth Coat Grey NA 1562 3 Cement Smooth Coat Grey NA 1563

Abreviations: NA-Not Applicable

Table 1 List of Homogenous Areas for Asbestos Sampling

Limited Asbestos Survey at Towers 1561 to 1563, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

Asbestos Sampling BPA Contract No.: F62562-02-A0006

Table 2 - Positive ACM - Page 1

Homogeneous Layer Sample No. Description of Material

Area No. No.

Unit No.(s) Room(s) Estimated Amount Type %

Asbestos was Not Detected in any of the Samples Analyzed

TABLE 2

List of Identified ACM

Limited Asbestos Survey at Towers 1561 to 1563, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

Sample Location Asbestos

Table 3 - Comprehensive Sample List - Page 1

Homogeneous Layer Sample No. Description of Material

Area No. No.

1561 1 All Hall 1561-A1 Cement Smooth Coat - <0.1%

1562 2 All Hall 1562-A1 Cement Smooth Coat - <0.1%

1563 3 All Hall 1563-A1 Cement Smooth Coat - <0.1%

Sample Location

Not Estimated

Not Estimated

Asbestos

Not Estimated

TABLE 3

List of All Samples Collected

Limited Asbestos Survey at Towers 1561 to 1563, Yokota AFB, Fussa, Japan

Unit No. Room(s) Estimated Amount Type

HIES-Japan Towers 1561 to 1563

FIGURE

Towers 1561, 1562 and 1563 - Asbestos Sample Locations Figure No. 1

Asbestos Sample LocationA1

LEGEND

HIES Asbestos BPA

Yokota Air Base, Japan

Project: J08060

September 12, 2008

1561-A1

1563-A1 1562-A1

Note: Sample 1561-A1 from Unit 1e Sample 1562-A1 from Unit 1a Sample 1563-A1 from Unit 1a

Appendix A

Asbestos Laboratory Reports

Appendix B Photographs of Samples

PHOTOGRAPHS OF ASBESTOS SAMPLES – Towers 1561 to 1563

Sample 1561-A1 Sample 1563-A1

Sample 1563-A1