[MassHistPres] asbestos removal contractors?

[slater at alum.rpi.edu]

>Could anyone give me the source citations for
>asbestos removal, or a lay 
>person's guide to? We have recently seen a demolition permit
accompanied by 
>an asbestos removal survey citing a threshold 1% of material. I assume,
but 
>am not sure, that this removal is needed for demolition, but is not a 
>justification for demolition? thanks, Marcia Starkey, Greenfield HC

I can tell you that to remove 2,490 sq. feet of asbestos siding from my
house, it cost me $5,000. I can't believe that this could ever be used
to justify demolition because it needs to be removed prior to demolition
anyway; the cost is borne either way.

Ralph