Stakeholder process to clarify asbestos regulation

Asbestos regulation involves one of the most far-reaching environmental regulatory programs.  Colorado’s program establishes requirements for owners of all types of buildings from commercial space, to apartment complexes, to (once again) single-family residences.  Moreover, disturbing an area as small as a sheet of drywall can trigger these obligations.

Two basic asbestos characteristics account for this extensive regulatory reach: 1) It was used for years in a wide variety of building materials; and 2) Its connection to serious adverse health effects is well established.  These characteristics create a rather unique regulatory challenge since the…